The advantage held for the Crimson Tide, a defense that won the turnover battle — a Jihaad Campbell strip sack and interceptions by Deontae Lawson and Bray Hubbard — a defense that turned two promising scoring drives into field goals, a defense that did not allow LSU to have any offensive momentum whatsoever.

The largest crowd ever to see Alabama play in Tuscaloosa, 8,000 strong, turned out to watch the Thin Red Line roll to a 47