Game of the Century

#1 LSU is taking on #2 Alabama in Tuscaloosa on saturday.

I'm already excited.

Excited is an understatement.

I'm so jittery that I look like I'm coked-out.

Besides the obvious fact that the top two teams in the country are squaring off in a game with monster national championship and Heisman implications, these two teams are bitter rivals. Let me throw some stats at ya.

These two teams began playing way back in 1895. LSU took the inaugural game 12-0 but the teams didn't start playing annually until 1964. Alabama owns the rivalry pretty substantially with 45 wins to LSU's 24, but both teams have gone through periods of severe beating by the other. And strangely enough, it would occur on their home turf. From 1971-1999, LSU went 0-14-1 in Baton Rouge. Likewise, 'Bama went 3-10 from 1982-2007.

Here's a curveball for ya. Current Alabama coach Nick Saban actually coached at LSU from 2000-2004 winning the school's second National Championship in 2003 with a convincing victory over Oklahoma.

So, who's going to win?

I'm going with Alabama. LSU has thoroughbred athletes but Alabama's are more disciplined and refined. Saban is also a better coach than Les Miles. He's more creative and has much better game management capabilities. But history dictates that the home team is most likely to lose, giving this game an added mystique.

But as we've seen in the past few weeks, anything can happen. Any team can pull a rabbit out of their hat and take a game by surprise. Just sit back, relax, and grab a cooler full of your favorite beer. I'm not even going to suggest something to drink this week. Because anything with alcohol compliments this game perfectly.

Roll Tide