Game of the Week: LSU battles Alabama for SEC West supremacy

Nov 4th, 2009 - SI

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Game of the Week: LSU battles Alabama for SEC West supremacy

On Saturday afternoon, Cajun-twanged expletives will surely ring through Bryant-Denny Stadium. There will be people in purple and gold shirts comparing Nick Saban to the devil. But for the first time since Saban landed in Tuscaloosa, LSU-Alabama will be about much more than a fanbase scorned.

The No. 3 Crimson Tide aren't hosting the No. 9 Tigers in the 2009 Saban Bowl; they're hosting them in what amounts to a national quarterfinal. Alabama can clinch the SEC West with a win and all but end LSU's BCS hopes. LSU, meanwhile, stands to gain control of the division and put a serious kink in the Florida-Alabama SEC title game clash many consider inevitable.

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