re: Honest Assessment of Game

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Yes, I'm biased w/ a purple N gold slant. But being as objective as possible, a few observations: ALA should not be in this game, it should've been OK ST. It really is NOT fair to LSU to win the SEC West, SEC, play an extra game, and STILL have to beat a team they already beat in their stadium. OK, boo hoo, it is what it is. There is no doubt that ALA is the SECOND best team in college football - they are clearly better than Stanford or OK ST. LSU will win in the Superdome next week b/c (1) despite what anyone says, LSU DOES have an advantage playing in N.O. (the Big Easy is a huge LSU town), and, playing on turf gives LSU an advantage (LSU is faster.) Mano y mano, Saban is a better coach than Miles, but Miles has the better staff. The Tigers will be ready and will show ALA a few things they haven't seen before. The Tigers have not come this far to lose. Of course, it would not be a huge surprise if ALA won, but it ain't going to happen. The reason many of the so-called experts pick ALA is b/c they cannot accept that Miles is a great coach in his own right, and they cannot accept that Saban can be beat THREE TIMES IN A ROW by the same team. They are doubting Thomas' who won't believe it until they see it (and they'll see it next wk.)

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