BCS Rankings: LSU-Alabama Rematch Would Be Ugliest National Title Ever

Forget popcorn, get your pillow ready.  Instead of ordering a big screen for the big game, buy a recliner.  An LSU vs. Alabama rematch would, without a doubt, be the ugliest, most unwatchable National Championship in the history of college football.

Besides Tiger and Crimson Tide fans themselves, only SEC homers would load up on the Red Bull to stay awake for this one.  And of course, if you’re a fan of defensive struggles, or in LSU and Alabama’s case, offensive struggles, the game may just be able to keep your attention.

LSU and Alabama boast the top two defenses in the country.  The units aren’t just great; they possess the potential to be legendary.

LSU fields a defense led by future shutdown cornerback Morris Claiborne that allows only 10.6 points per game and has stopped the explosive offenses of Oregon and Arkansas in their tracks. 

Alabama’s defense only surrenders 8.8 points a game and headlines a long list of names including Dre Kirkpatrick, Courtney Upshaw, Dont’a Hightower, Mark Barron, Robert Lester, Josh Chapman, Nico Johnson and DeQuan Menzie who will hear their names called next April.

When the two squads faced off on November 5^th in a contest labeled "The Game of the Century," the Tigers were the last ones standing in a battle of field goals that ended 9-6 in overtime.  As ugly as that game turned out to be, the hideous matchup fans are destined to witness will be far worse.

It isn’t just about defensive talent.  Let me take you back to the beginning of this 2011 calendar year. 

When Auburn and Oregon faced off in the BCS National Championship this past January, fireworks were expected to fly.  The two most potent offenses in the nation took the field, Cam Newton vs. LaMichael James; 52-49 realistically could’ve happened.  It didn’t, though; those explosive offenses were held back by the absurd 37-day layoff between their previous games and the title.

LSU is scheduled play Georgia in the SEC Championship game on December 3^rd while November 26^th marked Alabama’s last of the regular season.  Assuming the Tigers and Crimson Tide receive National Championship bids, they wouldn’t play for well over a month after those showdowns.  

During those 30-40 days, LSU and Alabama would watch so much film of each other that both would know their opponent's tendencies like the backs of their hands.  While that would theoretically aid the offenses and defenses, the offenses are the ones at an unrecoverable disadvantage.

Players on an offense thrive on chemistry with each other far more than players on defense do.  While everyone gets rusty, LSU and Alabama’s defense will be able to shake off that rust after a possession or two of play and relentless smother their opposition. 

Even though they’ll both be familiar with the opposing defense, the offenses of each ball club will be helpless.  A lack of repetition will wreck their timing therefore destroying their usual precision.  That will then result in the Tigers and Crimson Tide’s offensive attacks floundering for three downs at a time.

Despite two unstoppable offenses, Auburn vs. Oregon ended 22-19. LSU vs. Alabama could end up dropping two goose eggs in regulation and be forced into a field-goal shootout in OT.

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David Daniels is a featured columnist at Bleacher Report and a syndicated writer.  Follow him on Twitter.