The Unstoppable Force, meets the Immovable Object

I really hate to sound cliché here but for lack of a better analogy, I try to spin this one towards a tangible angel. LSU come to Alabama to begin a battle that promises to be the classic unstoppable force meets the immovable object.

When you really crunch the numbers the two teams are not that far apart as the 8 point spread indicates. Still it is no secrete that Alabama-in this analogy anyway-represents the unstoppable force averaging a little over 28 points per game. In the mean time the immovable object-LSU defense-is only allowing a little over 10 points per game. That is the surface view of this clash in waiting.

If we take a closer look, there are a couple of games that tend to stand out and set off alarms. On the Alabama side we only have to reach back to their most recent game. The Tennessee volunteers tested Alabama to the point where it took a stroke of luck to pull it off. As for LSU, although they lost, in mid October LSU defense held the Florida Gators to just 13 points.

This will end up being more of a defensive battle, a chess game of field position waiting for the opposing team to make a mistake. I am anticipating that the LSU defense have studied the Alabama and Tennessee game tapes till even the commercials were memorized. They will be ready.

Look for low scoring and for both teams to leave it all out on the field. The unstoppable force is at home and with the no surprise exception of Arkansas and North Texas, have not really blown out teams. The immovable force as been consistently solid and will offer Alabama a strong wall to penetrate. If you love defense this is your game, it will be close, and look for Alabama to pull this one off but only by a small margin.