Gameday picture · Week 10 · SEC
BAMA at LSU
No. 7 Sat, Nov 7 · TBD · Tiger Stadium
Desk line: LSU −3.5, total 54.5. Road dog in Death Valley. Steal a possession. The FSU secondary tape cannot be the November tape.
Spread
BAMA +3.5
Market desk line
Total
54.5
Win
42%
LSU
28
desk projection
Crimson Tide
24
Desk implied 26–29 · LSU −170 / BAMA +150
Kick weather
66°F
Death Valley night · lo 48°F
25% precip
Window
TBD
Sat Nov 7 at Tiger Stadium. Kick TBD. No. 7 LSU.
Death Valley after the bye
Unit matchups
Quarterback
BAMA 8 · 8 LSU
Russell on the road in Death Valley. The bye has to put legs under him.
Offensive line
BAMA 7 · 8 LSU
LSU's front is the problem. Don't get behind the chains.
Receivers
BAMA 8 · 8 LSU
Brooks as the night-game answer.
Front seven
BAMA 7 · 8 LSU
Wommack vs an LSU run game that lives in November.
Secondary
BAMA 6 · 8 LSU
Night in Baton Rouge. Corners without help.
Special teams
BAMA 7 · 7 LSU
Hidden yards. One mistake and the building takes it.
Players to watch
- BAMA
Keelon Russell QB
Road night. Experience is the question.
- BAMA
Daniel Hill RB
Hill as the clock.
- BAMA
Lotzeir Brooks WR
Need a 40-yard answer.
- BAMA
Jackson Lloyd OL
Survive the first 20 snaps.
- BAMA
Yhonzae Pierre EDGE
Set the edge or the night is long.
- BAMA
Terrance Green DL
Two-gap November football.
Key injuries
- out
Jeremiah Beaman DL · BAMA
Torn ACL, late-August practice. Out for the season.
- out
Noah Rogers WR · BAMA
A-Day injury. DeBoer still had him in a return window as of FSU week.
- questionable
AK Dear RB · BAMA
Ankle. Missed ECU, Kentucky, and FSU. Week-to-week after that.
- available
Aubrey Walker WR · BAMA
Full go.
- available
Keelon Russell QB · BAMA
23-of-30, 320, 3 TD plus a 57-yard rush score vs FSU. Full go.
Opponent injury report not cited yet.
What the tape says
- First 20 snaps. Death Valley punishes slow starts.
- Hill as the tempo-killer.
- Don't settle for five field goals.
History
- No. 7 LSU at Tiger Stadium. November on the road.
- The bye has to put legs under the front seven.
- DeBoer's Death Valley trips are résumé games.
Roster advantage · vs LSU
LSU holds the two-deep
Starter-vs-starter grades for Brian Kelly's LSU (No. 7). Tap a card for stats and reasoning.
Net grade
-4
1 BAMA · 3 even · 4 LSU