The game of the year in college football is Saturday night at Tiger Stadium in Baton Rouge, La.
Alabama and LSU battle via ABC at 6:30 p.m. CT at “Death Valley.” This matchup has critical College Football Playoff implications as the loser of the game has no hope to get into the 12-team dance. Paul Finebaum, an ESPN personality, called the Alabama-LSU game the ‘first playoff eliminator.’ The game has always carried conference championship implications, national championship implications, Heisman implications, NFL Draft implications, and CFP implications, and that has not changed.
Former Alabama star LB Reuben Foster narrates significance of this Crimson Tide vs. LSU matchup
Finebaum picked Jalen Milroe over Garrett Nussmeier and said LSU will go down to Alabama.
He said the loser of the contest has ‘really has almost no path back’ to the playoff.
“This is the biggest game of the year in college football. Not because these are the two best teams, but this is the first playoff eliminator. The loser really has almost no path back.”
—@finebaum on what Alabama and LSU have at stake in their showdown 🍿 pic.twitter.com/U6eA4BX7MD
— Get Up (@GetUpESPN) November 8, 2024
We will see who carries the most intensity throughout the game between the Crimson Tide and the Tigers.
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Stephen M. Smith is the senior writer for Touchdown Alabama Magazine. You can “like” him on Facebook or “follow” him on Twitter, via @CoachingMSmith.
