Creature Vs. Creature: A Crimson Tider on Bama-LSU

2) LSU can keep the first half close.

This will largely relate to how well LSU controls the mistakes, or how many they force Bama to make early, but if they can keep within 10 points or fewer at halftime, then they will have a shot at pulling this thing out.

Getting up on their foes early in the game is the second of Bama’s biggest prides this season, right behind not making mistakes, and they dearly want to hold on to this one. This has, however, hindered them as they seem to put things in cruise control for the second half and “coast” to the finish. That will eventually catch up with them, as it almost has in three games, if they don’t learn from this.

Hints of Bama learning to play in the second half came against Tennessee and Arkansas State, but I would by no means place this LSU team in a category with those two teams. A close halftime score could be the difference, as Bama often seems to run low in the second half. Last year’s meeting between the Tide and Tigers is a prime example of the “cruise control” that cost Bama the game.

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