LSU needs win to save season, but Tide is too tough
Saturday’s game in Baton Rouge shapes up as a season-saver for No.15 LSU. The defending national champs have a chance to knock off No.1 Alabama (9-0) and former coach Nick Saban in his return to Tiger Stadium.
Because of lopsided losses to Florida and Georgia, that’s where LSU (6-2) finds itself.
The good news for LSU is that it matches up well with Alabama. Both teams like to hang their success on defense and the running game and, if they have their druthers, avoid a lot of air time.
Now we’ll see who blinks first.
For Saban, he knows LSU is going to do everything it can to make the Crimson Tide play left-handed. What Alabama does best – run the football – is what LSU will try to stop. If that means putting seven and eight players near the line of scrimmage, they’ll do it.
al.com
11/7/08
Magnolia Tribune
