AL.com: Seven things you may not know about the LSU/Alabama rivalry

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Here are seven things you may have never known about the series that dates back to 1895.

1. The Bear's first time: Loss to LSU 13-3

2. Which LSU coach has the most wins against Alabama? Les Miles

3. Home Field advantage: LSU has beaten Alabama more times in Tuscaloosa than it has in Baton Rouge.

4. Point spread: For the past six seasons, the time Nick Saban has spent as Alabama's head coach, the rivalry has been decided by a total of 26 points.

5. Drafting, the football kind: LSU has sent 51 players to the NFL draft in the past eight years, the time that Les Miles has been the head coach there. Alabama has sent 33 players in the past four years. Thirty-one players from the 2011 BCS title game -- Alabama vs. LSU -- were drafted into the NFL.

6. Biggest rivalry: A survey of SEC fans a couple of years ago showed that 60 percent of LSU Tigers fans who responded considered Alabama to be their most bitter rival.

7. Picking presidents: The winner of the Alabama/LSU match-up in a year we have a presidential election seems to have an uncanny bearing on who gets to occupy the Oval Office.

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