7:05 pm
November 6

LSU @ #2 Alabama

What will be the GAME RESULT?

#2 Alabama: Wins By 20+ Points

Any Other Result

 

Current odds:

LSU Tigers: (+1800)

Alabama Crimson Tide: (-8000)

 

• The line for this game is Alabama by 28.5 points.

• Alabama is getting back on track as it prepares to host LSU on Saturday night. The third-ranked Crimson Tide (7-1, 4-1 Southeastern Conference) rolled past Mississippi State and Tennessee since Texas A&M knocked them from the top spot in the polls on Oct. 9. Alabama, which debuted at No. 2 in the first College Football Playoff ranking of the season Tuesday, is coming off a bye week. So are the Tigers (4-4, 2-3).

• Saban said he has been pleased with the improvement shown by Bryce Young, his first-year starter at quarterback.

• Alabama is a four-touchdown favorite over LSU, which is just two years removed from a national championship. The Tigers previously reached an agreement on a buyout with head coach Ed Orgeron, effective at the end of the season.

• The Tigers are missing several key players because of injuries, and Myles Brennan, the presumed starting quarterback before sustaining a broken arm before the start of preseason camp, is the latest player to enter the transfer portal.

• LSU thought Brennan might be able to play in November, but his announcement this week that he’s leaving means Max Johnson remains the starter.

• Johnson would benefit from a more consistent run game. LSU has had one of the least productive running games in the country for most of the season, though Tyrion Davis-Price ran for a school-record 287 yards and added three touchdowns in a 49-42 upset of then-No. 20 Florida three weeks ago.

• Armoni Goodwin is healthy and should join fellow freshman Corey Kiner as complements to Davis-Price. Tre Bradford, who returned to LSU at the start of the season after transferring to Oklahoma in the offseason, has been cleared academically and has recovered from a hamstring injury.

• Orgeron said the self-scouting that the coaching staff did during the bye week revealed that the Tigers have been too predictable on both sides of the ball.

6/10
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#2 Alabama: Wins By 20+ Points
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