curly h

1. Les Miles - best big game coach in America. Love defeats fear every time. LSU aspires to be great, Bama to execute efficiently;

2. The better defense: Bama had 21 snaps inside the LSU 40 and gained a total of 4 yards on those snaps (Thx to previous poster for this stat). Bama has better stats because instead of playing West Virgina and Oregon on the road, they played Kent State and Georgia Southern at home (West Virgina put up 70 on Clemson last night);

3. Will. Bama wins by breaking your will. Forcing you to give up. This LSU team never gives up;

4. Stars. We have several stars on this team that can take a game over. Mathieu, Hilliard, Randle, Beckham, Claiborne, Reid. Bama has Richardson. With great defenses, big plays will make the difference;

5. Depth - we have more depth and more importantly, we have put it on the field and given it experience. Anybody know who Bama's backup QB is? Backup RB? We can play the hot hand, overcome adversity, injury. Bama is stuck with their starters and will suffer should they have a bad game or get hurt;

6. NOLA - Our Tigers understand and love New Orleans. For many, this is their home town. They will relish the atmosphere.

7. Special teams!!!! No comment necessary

Tigers 30-10, break open a close game in the 2nd half. Bama presses and turns the ball over. It gets a little out of hand.

We will win by 10 to 13 points. In the Dome, More time to prepare, superior athletes AND Jefferson and his offense will have improved much more than McCarron and his. Just think, we switched QBs mid-game to a rusty JJ and still won! This will be a coronation.