Little is still considering a fifth and final official visit at Ole Miss, according to Sayles, though that trip probably won’t occur until after he commits somewhere.
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“It was pretty insane”, he said. “Not many people have Nick Saban and Les Miles in their house on the same day”. But it will sort itself out after Alabama and LSU play each other. Teammates say he has made big strides as both a player and a leader.
With the SEC Championship Game’s potential to catapult a team into the playoffs, the Crimson Tide and Tigers have the most to lose after being ranked in the top four of the initial playoff rankings. There is something wonderfully ostentatious about the way Big 12 games unfold these days-the perverse and attractive way in which Baylor manages to produce truckloads of touchdowns week after week, the way TCU manages to outscore opponents while playing with a depleted defense, the way Oklahoma State rains down buckets of points from the sky.
“I guess when I was real young I remember the play where Julio (Jones) catches it and runs like 70 yards for a touchdown, and I remember the ‘Game of the Century, ‘” Coker said.
Every season that Alabama and LSU take the field the entire country knows it will be a physical, knock down drag out brawl until the clock hits:00. “This is the game they want to watch”. You continue with the bitterness of Tennessee-Alabama.
NOTES: The bye week gave both teams a chance to heal injured players.
Neighbors, a former walk-on, is an outlier to a trend at each program.
The hype train is fully engaged but in spite of the familiarity these SEC West rivals share there will be a lot of new faces when they play this years match.
Which is why, after nearly two weeks of discussion about Fournette and his nation’s-best 1,352 rushing yards, and how Alabama’s SEC-leading run defense will fare against him, the time for talking is over for the Tide.
They are first-year starters who have contently taken back seats to Heisman Trophy candidate tailbacks and strong defenses.
That’s just one example.
There’ll be a few head-to-head clashes, too. LSU freshman Kevin Toliver was the second-best cornerback in the same class.
LSU’s defenders figure they may be better prepared for Henry, having practiced regularly against Fournette. That trio chose the Tigers over the Tide.
The Tigers are a seven-point underdog against the Crimson Tide and the Over/Under (O/U) for the matchup is unavailable now.
“That was other teams”. Alabama’s linebackers are among the nation’s best – particularly Ragland – but Fournette might be the only back capable of matching up with them physically while also being able to outrun them. If Clemson wins, it’ll have clear sailing to the ACC championship game.
But is LSU closing the gap? If they finish undefeated, they might move up to No.1. I would go back to Gale Sayers, and heck in my lifetime, Doak Walker.
“Our latest Graduation Success Rate scores are just another indication of our mission in action”, Battle said in the release. “It just wasn’t me”. Alabama is 21-13 in previous games and LSU is 15-8. “It’s tough, very tough”, he said.
“Two powerhouses”, he said. These two could develop into dominant bookends together when star sophomore left tackle Cam Robinson eventually heads to the NFL. And the Alabama coach before Nick Saban? That’s how he is in person. “And when you see him run on the field it’s a lot different than seeing him on TV, I can tell you that”.
LSU-Alabama really does have a claim to being sneaky-good as a top-tier college football rivalry… even though CBS has given it early-November prime-time treatment for several years.
“It’ll be a fistfight”, Fournette said, “all night”.
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