LSU is just 1-for-3 this season against football teams from the state of Alabama, but there don’t seem to be many complaints about its most recent outcome.
After suffering an inexplicable loss to Troy in Tiger Stadium on Sept. 30 and rallying for an upset victory over Auburn on Oct. 14 in the same locale, Ed Orgeron’s Tigers went to Alabama last Saturday night and lost 24-10. The Crimson Tide jumped out to a 14-0 lead and were never in danger of losing, but LSU wound up posting a 306-299 edge in total yardage.
Alabama had not been outgained since January’s loss to Clemson in the national championship game and set a program record earlier this season by outgaining Vanderbilt by 599 yards.
“It was a physical football game,” Orgeron said Wednesday. “It’s always a war. It’s always a battle. We went into the game saying that we were going to deliver the blows, and we did. They delivered their blows, and we delivered ours.
“I thought we matched the physicality of Alabama, and I was proud of the boys in that area.”