Everything that’s been good about Georgia quarterback Jake Fromm all year — the high completion percentage, the cool demeanor, the big plays at the right time — that all disappeared Saturday against LSU’s aggressive defense.

And because of it, No. 2 Georgia is no longer unbeaten after falling 36-16 Saturday in Baton Rouge.

Georgia, which had trailed for only 15 seconds all season, never led against No. 13 LSU. The Bulldogs struggled from the get-go offensively and the defense never had an answer for LSU and its transfer quarterback, Joe Burrow.

Burrow, who arrived from Ohio State this summer as a graduate transfer, struggled down the stretch last week in LSU’s loss at Florida and vowed to bounce back with a big game. He did just that, keeping LSU’s offense rolling from the start, carefully managing four scoring drives in the first half and making some big throws on a fourth-quarter scoring drive that iced the game and got LSU back in the Playoff picture.

He also got some help from Georgia’s defense, which seemed confused with LSU’s motion. Ahead 10-0, Burrow sent wide receiver Justin Jefferson in motion but Georgia freshman cornerback Tyson Campbell didn’t go with him. Jefferson ran downfield uncovered for a 50-yard gain.

Georgia was lucky that LSU was forced to settle for field  goals on three of the four drives. The only first half touchdown came from from Burrow on a 1-yard run that capped an impressive 12-play, 86-yard drive.

LSU rolled up 246 yards of total offense in the half. Georgia’s defense came into the game allowing only 283 per game, which was good for sixth in the country, Burrow finished 15-for-30 passing for 200 yards and was productive all day. LSU also was able to rush for 185 yards. The Tigers finished the day with 275 yards rushing. Burrow provided the dagger, a 59-yard run to set up LSU’s final score.

Georgia tried to make a game of it late, getting it 19-9 late on an impressive drive led by freshman quarterback Justin Fields But LSU answered with an impressive drive of its own and then recovered a fumble by Mecole Hardman on the ensuing kickoff to help put the game away.

Fromm, who leads the nation with 10 games with two touchdowns and no interceptions since the start of the 2017 season, was nowhere near that good Saturday.  Fromm completed his first pass for 19 yards to tight end Isaac Nauta but then was just 1-for-10 passing for 1 yard on his next 10 throws. He was just 11-for-27 for 123 yards when Georgia trailed 29-9 in the fourth quarter.

He missed a couple of key throws early. He had Mecole Hardman streaking down the left sideline on the first drive and overthrew him, and then on the next drive, Fromm threw behind Hardman in the end zone. He also made two poor throws on third downs in the second quarter. He finished the half just 5 of 16 passing for 47 yards.

Down 20 with 7 minutes and change to go, Fromm led Georgia down the field quickly, scoring in only 1 minute, 20 seconds, going 75 yards and finishing it off with a touchdown pass to Riley Ridley.

But Burrow once again made a huge play to keep things under control. He kept the ball on a run-pass option and raced 59 yards down the right sideline to the 3-yard line. Nick Brossette scored  on the next play to make it 36-16. LSU had 262 yards rushing on the day, with Clyde Edwards-Helaire leading the way with 131 yards on 15 carries.

LSU is now 6-1 overall and 3-1 in the conference, still controlling its own destiny in the SEC West. It was certainly the biggest win in Ed Orgeron’s career at LSU.

The SEC East race suddenly got much more interesting. With the loss, Georgia joins Florida and Kentucky as one-loss teams in the division. What makes it very interesting is that Georgia still needs to play both teams.

Georgia has its bye week coming up, and then travels to Jacksonville for its annual showdown with the Gators.  Florida beat Vanderbilt Saturday.