In recent years this was a huge game in the eyes of the SEC, however, it has lost its luster. Not because of anything going on in Tuscaloosa, but because of the mediocre football being played in Baton Rouge.
“I knew if we won that game, we had a chance,” Orgeron said about the 2019 title run. “Things are different now but it’s still LSU-Alabama. My job is to get these guys to play as hard as we can and we’re going to be prepared.”
You hope they are prepared and have a better showing than they did a year ago, LSU lost by 38 points to the eventual national champions. This game features the last two champs, but no one is really talking about the game from a national perspective.
“We had one of the best seasons in football and then we got locked up it seemed like for almost a year,” Orgeron said. “I would have liked to have gone out recruiting and doing the things that we want to do, but I can’t say it made that much of a difference in what’s happening now.”
With so many doubting the Tigers, for good reason, is anyone picking them to shock the world? With the number of top 25 teams falling this season, it has shades of 2007 all over again. That season, LSU beat Alabama by one touchdown. Here’s hoping that they can do the unthinkable.
The experts weigh in.