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KNOW THE ENEMY: Alabama
Game 8 Alabama (8-0 overall and SEC West) at LSU (3-4 overall and SEC West), 7 p.m. CBS Last week for Alabama: Even with head coach Nick Saban sitting out the game because of COVID-19 […]
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Jim Engster: Dreadful mismatch awaits LSU
When LSU conquered Alabama 46-41 last Nov. 9, a Baton Rouge radio personality boldly proclaimed that it was time for Nick Saban to step aside because “there is a new sheriff in town.” Just over […]
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Jim Engster: Alabama provides Tigers chance for redemption
LSU and Alabama renew a rivalry Saturday in Tiger Stadium that has been highly competitive in the 21st Century as the primary powers of college football face off for the 22nd time in the new millennium. The […]
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Jim Engster: Is LSU football too big to cancel?
Conventional wisdom dictates that 20/20 hindsight is keenly accurate when analyzing football games that are part of the historical record. Looking ahead is much murkier, and crystal balls are elusive for football this fall. Anyone […]
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LSU and Burrow savor the past and relish the future
The Golden Age of LSU football shimmers through every hamlet and crevice of Louisiana as the 21st season of the 21st century seeks to survive Covid-19. In two decades of the new millennium, LSU has […]
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An Alabama at LSU 2020 season opener? It could happen
Come November, Nick Saban is scheduled to return to Tiger Stadium for the eighth time (once with the Miami Dolphins and seven times at Alabama) since his abrupt departure from LSU 15 years ago. The […]
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HIGGINS: ‘Bama fans should look in the mirror before playing the “no class” card
There’s a record in the annals of college football that will never be broken. Alabama has just lost one game in its illustrious football history. That would be last season’s national championship matchup, a 44-16 […]