HOOVER, Ala. – The last LSU football coach lost his final five head-to-head meetings against Alabama.
The current coach already is 0-1 with the Tigers against Nick Saban’s Crimson Tide.
As Ed Orgeron prepares for his first full season at the helm in Baton Rouge, there is little doubt which program remains a towering roadblock in keeping the Tigers from their objectives. The Tide posted their sixth straight series triumph last November with a 10-0 road blanking.
“Obviously they’ve done a great job at Alabama,” Orgeron said Monday afternoon as SEC media days opened. “Coach Saban has done a great job. He did a great job at LSU. Last year was a tight game. It was 0-0 going into the fourth quarter.
“Their quarterback made two plays. We didn’t. I don’t know if it’s that big of a gap. I just think we need to play our football.”