That’s been the case with Alabama’s players and LSU’s Leonard Fournette. My Alabama Crimson Tide were hosting the LSU Tigers on November 7. Fournette was held to 31 yards and a meaningless touchdown on 19 carries. We’d have to get the Marines involved so they can call in a highly targeted, tactical diaper change. If Clemson wins, it’ll have clear sailing to the ACC championship game.
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This will mark the sixth-straight time the teams have met in prime-time.
Alabama running back Derrick Henry didn’t enter the matchup with LSU as the frontrunner for the Heisman Trophy, and he probably left Bryant-Denny Stadium with a chip on his shoulder. Beating Nick Saban, the man he replaced at LSU has its merits and is so satisfying. He faces a Crimson Tide defense that is tops in the SEC in stopping the run (78.5), allowing just one 100-yard rusher this year.
BUGA Nation meets the BAMA Nation.
– Saban said there’s more maturity on this team compared to when it lost to Ole Miss. “I want to go out with a bang for them”. Even if someone like Tim Tebow or Cam Newton were still lacing it up at Florida and Auburn, they too would be an afterthought.
And for his state. Unless you’re Alabama and you know the selection committee will protect you and the SEC. That is the second-longest active streak in the FBS (Air Force, 10). “But that comes with the territory”. Like I say, it’s not just us that’s passionate.
“Going into a game like this, this is something we enjoy”, Allen said.
But Alabama is the favorite, because Alabama always deserves to be the favorite on its home field. He was beating Alabama with his arm and legs before his first interception of the season turned a tight battle into a beatdown. Jake Coker will need to step up at a few point and make a play to win this game.
Duke (+8) over NORTH CAROLINA; INDIANA (+7) over Iowa; Cincinnati (+8½) over HOUSTON; OKLAHOMA STATE (+5) over Tcu; Florida State (+11½) over CLEMSON; Lsu (+6½) over ALABAMA; PITTSBURGH (+8½) over Notre Dame. “So we’re going to go out there and do what we’ve done every week”.
The winning Titan will be well on its way to the SEC Championship Game in Atlanta and perhaps beyond to the College Football Playoffs in Arlington, Texas, or Miami and maybe the national championship in Glendale, Arizona.
“And it just”, Fournette said with a fervor, but had to catch his breath. It gives you chills.
The debates can make this part of the season great. “It’s the kind of thing you’ve got to look forward to and be ready to play”.
On a Saturday where there are a number of big games, this one trumps them all.
It will be the breathtaking fourth top five match-up between LSU and Alabama since 2011. But LSU-Alabama has become the marquee game on the college football calendar.
“Apparently, that’s a good thing”, Matias-Smith said.
With Saban in his ninth season at Alabama and Miles in his 11th at LSU, the programs have had ample time grow to the point of luring athletes with a consistent promise of such nights.
As many or more could be elite National Football League picks in the next two drafts. “We hit them”, Allen said.
There is one headline game, No. 2 LSU at No. 4 Alabama, and a bunch of must-win games this weekend. “When you play games like this, you don’t ever really dominate the other guy because of his quality. That will ultimately determine the outcome of the game”.
This is the 10th consecutive meeting in which both teams are ranked in the top 10.
A 6-foot-3, 206-pounder from Bossier City, La., Harris was rated by ESPN as the No. 2 dual-threat quarterback nationally in the 2014 class, with 247Sports.com ranking him No. 3 and Rivals.com No. 5. “You can’t let up”, Fournette said. First team to 50 wins.
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LSU’s quarterback seemed to have found his groove in recent weeks. If it came down to quarterbacks, LSU would get the edge.
