UCLA scored 13 points in each of their first two games vs Hawaii and Indiana. They have 17 vs LSU in the 1st half. UCLA is not a good team. Neither is LSU.
I don't know the rule, but the clock started as soon as the ref blew the whistle. My guess would be had we taken the penalty, the clock would not have started until the snap. Since UCLA did the obvious, quick snap almost as soon as the clock started, the reasoning for declining the runoff was negated. Again, I may be wrong about the way the rule works.
TOUCHDOWN TIGERS! Josh Williams takes it in from the 2 and after the DPI call! LSU regains the lead 24-17!