LSU caught up with University of Alabama football team on Alabama's turf. Saragin, the statistical predictor, had Bama up about four points plus and 3 or points for home field advantage in his analysis. They got beat by a score of 46 to 41. Bama was favored by the Las Vegas crowd by a touch down, they basically lost the game by a touch down.
Bama played really sloppy football in the first half. That is to say LSU played near perfect ball in the first half. The score at the end of the first half was 33 to 13.
Bama came back very strong in the second half but LSU kept up with two touchdowns in the forth quarter. LSU was never behind the Tide of the whole game. You might say the Tide got rolled by the Tiger. Bama will say their vaunted quarterback, Tua, was playing hurt. Maybe so, but he should have been replaced by Coach Saban and he was not replaced. So he must have been capable of playing his game at a high level. This time he did not have a Jalen Hurts to come into the game and save the day. He, Jalen, is playing for Oklahoma now
LSU has faced four football teams ranked in the top ten and beat them. Bama faced only one top team this year and that was LSU.
My thoughts are they had better get prepared for Auburn in the Iron Bowl. That is a big rivalry game in Alabama. Auburn is a tough team albeit it has lost to LSU and Florida. But there is no predicting the outcome of the Iron Bowl. Auburn will be licking its wounds and wanting a victory very bad. Should Auburn win, Bama will be totally out of the competition for a National Championship.
If Auburn takes down the Tide I believe heads will roll. They will say Coach Saban is slipping. I think SEC Western Division has become more balanced and the dominance of Alabama is on the decline.
I close with "Geaux Tigers."
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