Lsu vs Alabama

For Some AP Voters, Alabama Not No. 1

AP | By RALPH D. RUSSO | Posted 01.10.2012

NEW ORLEANS -- Alabama's convincing victory in the BCS championship wasn't enough to convince all 60 Associated Press college football poll voters tha...

Crimson Tide Is The Best After BCS Rout

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...

Roll Tide Roll! Alabama Wins National Title

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...

The Only Touchdown In The BCS Title Game

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...

Alabama Kicker Ties Bowl Record In BCS Title Victory

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...

Alabama Defense Shuts Out LSU

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...

Tide Shuts Out Tigers For BCS Title

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...

BCS Championship Game LIVE UPDATES

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 ...

Point Well Taken: LSU, Alabama Rely On Defense

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...

Home Sweet Dome

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...

12 Player Who Could Make An Impact In The BCS National Championship Game

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...

Big Parties In Big Easy

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...

LSU Coach: Expect 'Big Boy' Football In Title Game

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...

Tide And Tigers Roll Into New Orleans

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...

Can LSU Lose To Alabama And Still Win The Title?

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...

Rematch Set For BCS Title Game

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 ...

LSU Beats Alabama In "Game Of The Century"

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...

LSU vs Alabama LIVE

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....

Trent Richardson Looking To Make Statement Against LSU

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...

Urban Meyer Breaks Down LSU vs. Alabama

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...

LSU vs. Alabama An Old-fashioned Showdown

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...

College Football Top 25 Previews

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....

Jordan Schultz

Can Les Miles And LSU Trust Jarrett Lee Against Vicious Alabama Defense In Tuscaloosa?

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...

Sports Blitz Now: Tim Tebow's Fate, LSU-Alabama and Tony La Russa

HuffPost Radio | Posted 01.02.2012

HuffPost Radio

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.

LSU-Alabama: It's (Almost) All About The Defenses

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...