re: Early spread on LSU vs. Bama: Tide -24.

Yes the history of this rivalry in the last decade has led the game to be extremely close and usually be decided by a touchdown or less. But this LSU team is not the same as it has been in previous years. As previous posted, LSU usually does get up for big games regardless of who is coaching them so don't be shocked if it comes down to a last possession again. The much more likely is Bama gets up big early and never lets their foot off the gas and LSU won't be able to make up the deficit; Bama cruises. With that said, I'll take the +24 today. It will end up being somewhere around -17 Bama.