Clemson and LSU have been involved in an entertaining CFP National Championship Game in New Orleans, but LSU holds a 28-17 edge at halftime.

Clemson jumped out to a 7-0 lead, but Joe Burrow’s 52-yard strike to Ja’Marr Chase put LSU even at 7-7. After Clemson took a 17-7 lead on a B.T. Potter 52-yard field goal and a quick 4-play, 96-yard touchdown drive, Burrow marched LSU down the field in 5 plays thanks to a pair of big catches by Chase to draw within 17-14.

Then, with 5:19 left in the half, the Burrow-Chase connection struck once more as Burrow dropped a perfect throw into the hands of Chase from 14 yards out to give LSU its first lead of the game at 21-17, a lead that grew to 28-17 after Burrow’s 29-yard run on 3rd and 10 set up a 6-yard Thaddeus Moss touchdown catch with 10 seconds left in the 2nd.

The better news for LSU: It gets the ball to begin the 2nd half with a chance to put Clemson in a bigger hole.

Here’s what the media had do say about the 1st half action at the Superdome: