The epic rivalry between LSU Tigers and Alabama Crimson Tide continues Saturday at 8:00 p.m. ET in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
This meeting will be a year after LSU stunned Alabama in Tuscaloosa en route to an SEC championship, and nine months after the Crimson Tide returned the favor in the BCS national title.
Nearly 10 months later, the sting of the BCS championship game is still felt in the Bayou. The Tigers were unbeaten and ranked No. 1 when they took on the Crimson Tide at the New Orleans Superdome. But the night turned out to be an embarrassment, Alabama romping to a 21-0 victory while limiting LSU to 92 yards and five first downs.
''They took something from us,'' LSU running back Michael Ford said. ''We should have won the national championship. We got it taken away. It should have been a magical season for us.''
These teams have long been Southeastern Conference rivals, but it was a largely overlooked series on the national stage. That all changed in 2007, when former LSU coach Nick Saban, after a brief stint in the NFL, returned to the college game - at Alabama.
Alabama (8-0) is this year's clear-cut No. 1, ahead of three other undefeated teams - Oregon, Kansas State and Notre Dame. LSU, No. 5 in the BCS and in the Associated Press poll, is the highest-ranked one-loss team at 7-1.
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