The Alabama-LSU rivalry has written a book of great moments but Saturday's meeting of two wildly different teams makes this a night game you can't miss.
For all the attention fans give the Crimson Tide blood feuds with Tennessee and Auburn, players always seemed more likely to identify LSU as the one they’d circle.Of course, there’s the matter of last year’s game. That 32-31 overtime loss was an indictment of where things had slipped when combined with what happened at Tennessee three weeks earlier.
And in 2019, the shootout between quarterbacks Joe Burrow and Tua Tagovailoa and their first-round receiver talent again made this game the center of college football’s orbit.Former Alabama OL starter announces he’s entering transfer portal Conversely, LSU brings a beat-up defense that’s allowed stunning yardage and scoring allowances this season. We’re talking a program worst 706 yards surrendered in a 55-49 loss to an Ole Miss team that managed just 301 yards in a 24-10 loss to the Crimson Tide just seven days earlier.
have it as close to a dead heat as possible. With all the data tossed in the bowl, it spit out a projection of Alabama 33.8, LSU 33.2.advanced stats analysis gives Alabama a more favorable forecast with a 29.42 to 24.59 projected points projection. Tide win probability: 61.38%.If this turns into a shootout, advantage LSU.
At the same time, LSU’s beat-up secondary leaves itself vulnerable to the home-run threat that’s kept the Crimson Tide’s title hopes alive. This is an LSU defense that’s allowed the 97th-most passing plays of 30-plus yards facing an Alabama offense with 16 of those and 11 of more than 40 yards .
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