Big Brother Alabama put LSU in its place once again, which is behind the Tide, courtesy of a 30-16 victory in front of 101,821 Saturday night at Bryant-Denny Stadium.
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The Crimson Tide (7-1) was a surprising fourth in the first playoff rankings, but one more loss would pretty much eliminate Alabama from that race.
The Crimson Tide dominated the line of scrimmage on both sides of the ball and transformed Fournette, a unanimous Heisman frontrunner and a back many were led to believe wasn’t human, into a liability. Alabama’s front seven short-circuited LSU’s running game, led by Heisman front-runner Fournette, holding him to 31 yards and the Tigers to just 54. And deal with it he did to the tune of 210 yards and 3 TDs on 38 bone-wearying carries against the nation’s No. 5 run-defense.
TCU’s Trevone Boykin passed for 445 yards and ran for 73 yards and two touchdowns, but also threw a career-worst four interceptions.
When the games begin at noon on Saturday, the top four playoff teams are Clemson, LSU, Ohio State and Alabama. They never materialized, with Coker hitting an efficient 18-of-24 for 184 yards, and the fumbles that played such a huge role in the Ole Miss loss were limited to one in de facto garbage time.
The big game of the college football weekend features SEC rivals as No. 7 Alabama plays host to No. 4 LSU at 8PM ET on CBS.
LSU has the bruising running of tailback Leonard Fournette. Our defense was on the field for the whole second half virtually.
LSU thrives on winning on the lines, too, and has been able to do that with the magnificent Fournette running behind a good line and a very good defensive line making havoc happen. Not just on the field, but in the draft as well, as only three teams in the National Football League – Pittsburgh Steelers, Indianapolis Colts and Detroit Lions, don’t have a player from either of these schools. He’ll suit up for the Crimson Tide in his hometown for his college career.
Being from Baton Rouge and having attended LSU, Odell Beckham Jr. knows that as well as anyone, but the NY Giants wideout took the high road with this Instagram post in response to the ‘Bama fans.
The performance against LSU came after a few critics weren’t enamored of Alabama’s inclusion into the playoffs. We have to improve. Regardless of what happens later in the evening in Tuscaloosa, Ole Miss will still control its own destiny in the West by beating the Hogs.
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“Well, the good news is we’ve played in these games before, and we certainly understand them”, Miles said. The phrase “roll Tide” can make you feel sick, but at the same time, don’t act like what they pulled off wasn’t impressive. With the big game, he’s now up to 1,254 rushing yards in nine games.
