For Some AP Voters, Alabama Not No. 1
NEW ORLEANS -- Alabama's convincing victory in the BCS championship wasn't enough to convince all 60 Associated Press college football poll voters tha...
NEW ORLEANS -- Alabama's convincing victory in the BCS championship wasn't enough to convince all 60 Associated Press college football poll voters tha...
AP | PAUL NEWBERRY | Posted 03.11.2012
NEW ORLEANS — As required, Alabama's players whooped it up amid the confetti and fireworks, yet there was something muted about this championshi...
AP | By PAUL NEWBERRY | Posted 01.10.2012
NEW ORLEANS -- The Alabama defense took no chances in the rematch. When Jordan Jefferson dropped back to pass, he was swept under by a tide of crimso...
Posted 01.10.2012
Through the first seven and a half quarters of football -- and an overtime period -- played between Alabama and LSU this season, the scoring consisted...
AP | JOHN ZENOR | Posted 03.10.2012
NEW ORLEANS — Jeremy Shelley redeemed Alabama's kickers. Shelley overcame a few errant kicks to equal a bowl record with five field goals in th...
AP | By DAVE SKRETTA | Posted 01.10.2012
NEW ORLEANS -- Alabama delivered what everyone expected from the first play of the BCS title game, when a host of red jerseys stuffed LSU running back...
AP | RALPH D. RUSSO | Posted 03.10.2012
NEW ORLEANS — Jeremy Shelley kicked five field goals and Trent Richardson broke a 34-yard touchdown run late in the fourth quarter as No. 2 Alab...
The Huffington Post | Chris Greenberg | Posted 01.09.2012
No. 1 Louisiana State Tigers (13-0, 8-0 SEC) vs. No. 2 Alabama Crimson Tide (11-1, 7-1 SEC) Mercedes-Benz Superdome New Orleans, Louisiana 8:30 ...
AP | By RALPH D. RUSSO | Posted 01.09.2012
NEW ORLEANS -- The points have been piling up so fast this postseason it's as if they're giving away touchdowns along with all those video games and w...
AP | By DAVE SKRETTA | Posted 01.09.2012
NEW ORLEANS -- Jordan Jefferson remembers nearly every second of the last time he played in the Superdome. He was the starting quarterback for Destre...
The Huffington Post | Dan Treadway | Posted 01.09.2012
The taut 9-6 regular-season match up between Alabama and LSU could hardly have been closer. In fact, a few extra feet to the left or right on any of A...
AP | JANET McCONNAUGHEY | Posted 03.10.2012
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Alabama fans poured onto Bourbon Street late Monday night to celebrate the team's second BCS title win in three years with shouts...
AP | PAUL NEWBERRY | Posted 03.09.2012
NEW ORLEANS — Les Miles squeezed out a smile, clenched his left hand nervously and extended his right hand toward Nick Saban. The coaches got in...
AP | RALPH D. RUSSO | Posted 03.05.2012
NEW ORLEANS — No. 1 LSU and No. 2 Alabama had just gotten into town, and already it felt a little like a home game for the Tigers. "If we can't...
AP | By RALPH D. RUSSO | Posted 01.04.2012
NEW ORLEANS -- Picture this: A nail-biter of a Bowl Championship Series title game next Monday night comes down to a long field goal attempt by Alabam...
AP | RALPH D. RUSSO | Posted 02.03.2012
Play it again, LSU and Alabama. The Crimson Tide edged out Oklahoma State in the final round of voting Sunday and will play the top-ranked Tigers in ...
AP | PAUL NEWBERRY | Posted 01.05.2012
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — The defenses lived up to the billing in the latest Game of the Century. Neither No. 1 LSU nor No. 2 Alabama could reach the e...
The Huffington Post | Chris Greenberg | Posted 01.05.2012
No. 1 Louisiana State University (8-0) vs. No. 2 University of Alabama (8-0) Bryant-Denny Stadium, TUSCALOOSA, AL 8:00 PM EST Tigers vs. Tide....
AP | By JOHN ZENOR | Posted 01.04.2012
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. -- Alabama's Trent Richardson is eager to show what he can do against No. 1 LSU. Not because Saturday night's showdown is the type o...
AP | By The Associated Press | Posted 01.04.2012
-- Urban Meyer was 3-3 against Les Miles' LSU teams in his six seasons as Florida coach. Meyer was also 1-2 against Nick Saban's Alabama squads durin...
AP | By JOHN ZENOR | Posted 01.04.2012
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. -- The LSU and Alabama showdown promises to be a throwback of old-school football. Both the top-ranked and barely-tested Tigers, and...
AP | By The Associated Press | Posted 01.04.2012
-- No. 2 Alabama (8-0, 5-0 SEC) vs. No. 1 LSU (8-0, 5-0), 8 p.m. (CBS). Line: Alabama by 5....
HuffingtonPost.com | Jordan Schultz | Posted 01.03.2012
This week's HuffPost Sports spotlight game is No. 1 LSU at No. 2 Alabama. With the Bowl Championship Series system as convoluted as it is, this sea...
HuffPost Radio | Posted 01.02.2012
In the fifth episode of Sports Blitz Now -- the brand new Huffington Post sports radio show -- Jordan Schultz and the crew break down the Tim Tebow fiasco and fully preview Saturday's monstrous 1-2 LSU-Alabama showdown in Tuscaloosa.
AP | By JOHN ZENOR | Posted 01.01.2012
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. -- LSU and Alabama's defenses seem to have it all: Talent, cool nicknames, star power and loads of speed. Many say they're mirror im...
AP | By RALPH D. RUSSO | Posted 01.10.2012