Brian Griese Predicts The LSU/Alabama Game

ESPN College Football Analyst Brian Griese shared his prediction for the LSU-Alabama game on the ESPN's SVP & Russilo today. Without predicting a winner, Griese pretty much said that Alabama will win on Saturday. Here is what he had to say:

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"When I look at quarterback play, the most important thing is third-down. And there has not been a better quarterback in all of college football from an efficiency stand-point on third down then Blake Simms. And thats the game from a quarterback perspective, especially when you have a running tandem like Alabama has..."

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Ryen Russilo then asked Griese if he worries about Blake Simms in this "spot" on the road Saturday night at LSU, and he quickly responded "Not at all."

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"I don't think you are going to need 30 points to win this game. So if you score 24 points and you're Alabama, you are feeling really good about your chances. As long as Blake Simms does not make that big mistake and he's efficient and manages that offense and uses the weapons that he has, I think he will be fine in that situation."

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Griese also picked:
(7) Kansas State over (6) TCU
(4) Oregon over (17) Utah
(8) Michigan State over (14) Ohio State
(10) Notre Dame over (9) Arizona State