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[252BAMA]

<TABLE cellSpacing=1 cellPadding=2 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR class=bg0><TD align=left colSpan=5><CENTER>Game of the Week I: No. 9 LSU at No. 3 Alabama -- Get Tickets!</CENTER></TD></TR><TR class=bg2><TD vAlign=top width="50%">

J. Darin Darst, Producer: Expect this game to be a lot like the LSU/Florida one -- low scoring, with the higher-ranked team winning. Neither team can pass much, so there should be a ton of running and lots of great defense. The one difference is Alabama's defense is better and has better special teams. Prediction: Alabama 13, LSU 10</TD><TD vAlign=top width="50%">

Dennis Dodd, Senior Writer: LSU can't score and Alabama can't wait -- after sitting out for two weeks. This will be a defensive struggle on the order of the LSU-Florida game (13-3 Gators). All that Houndstooth, all that defense. Take Tide to win a mini-Iron Bowl. Prediction: Alabama 16, LSU 10</TD></TR><TR class=bg2><TD vAlign=top width="50%">

Jason Horowitz, On-Air Talent: Alabama was my national champion at the beginning of the season, and I'm not going away from it just yet. Having said that, Greg McElroy needs to get his act together in a hurry because there is only so much a team can do when it can ONLY run the ball, no matter how great Mark Ingram may be. I like 'Bama. Prediction: Alabama 19, LSU 16</TD><TD vAlign=top width="50%">

Johnny Rosenstein, Editor: Would you believe the Tide haven't beaten the Tigers in Tuscaloosa since 1999? It's true. Alabama snapped a five-game skid in the series with a 27-21 overtime win in Baton Rouge last season. The winner of this game will likely represent the West in the SEC title game. Expect the 'Bama D to deliver the victory. Prediction: Alabama 16, LSU 13</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>

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[BAMAFSTBACK]

Pretty much sums it up. Our D will be too much and our offense will do just enough if not more.

 

[ExiledTidefan]

I'm one of the few who thinks that this score might get well into the 20's. Something along the magnitude of 28-24. I think there is big play potential if we open up the offense and go downfield. I also think that LSU presents some match-up problems for us with our defensive secondary. Anyone that Arenas is covering is going to have a big height advantage, unless it's Holliday, who doesn't have a height advantage on most 5th graders. Not even to mention that Lafell and Rueben Randle, Terrance Tolliver are big-time play makers. I love Maze, Jones, and others, but they don't have that big play potential of those guys. How many times has Lafell burned people over his career?

 

[252BAMA]

Average o/u on those 4 picks is 28.25. Bama gets all of them!
30-0 BAMA!

 

[TerryP]

I'm one of the few who thinks that this score might get well into the 20's. Something along the magnitude of 28-24. I think there is big play potential if we open up the offense and go downfield. I also think that LSU presents some match-up problems for us with our defensive secondary. Anyone that Arenas is covering is going to have a big height advantage, unless it's Holliday, who doesn't have a height advantage on most 5th graders. Not even to mention that Lafell and Rueben Randle, Terrance Tolliver are big-time play makers. I love Maze, Jones, and others, but they don't have that big play potential of those guys. How many times has Lafell burned people over his career?

Lafell? Depends on which teams you are talking about. Out of the eight touchdowns he's had this year, three in SEC play. Two against Miss. St., one against Auburn.

His first three years he had fourteen total TD's.

 

[RollTideRandy]

It’s really common for the media to be convinced a game will be a defensive struggle then have it erupt into a shoot-out. Recent example is UGA-ARK. These same “experts” all predicted something in the 17-10 range and it ended up 52-41.

 

[252BAMA]

It’s really common for the media to be convinced a game will be a defensive struggle then have it erupt into a shoot-out. Recent example is UGA-ARK. These same “experts” all predicted something in the 17-10 range and it ended up 52-41.

An even better example of that was UGA-SC this year. They had played for the past 10 years with horseshoe scoring - first one to 21 wins. I was predicting 3-0 in 3 OT's for this year. Final was 41-37.