Alabama launches intense hype video on eve of rivalry matchup with LSU
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Alabama released a really intense hype video on Friday night for a really huge Week 11 showdown against a program it hates a lot.
Yes, LSU is down right now with a 2-3 SEC record and having just fired head coach Brian Kelly after its last game a couple weeks ago. But the Tigers got a week off, just like Alabama did in Week 10, and they’ll likely be loose and ready to try to ruin their rival’s College Football Playoff dreams — or at least put a dent in them.
This is what the 4th-ranked Crimson Tide will be up against in primetime on Saturday as interim head coach Frank Wilson leads LSU into Bryant-Denny Stadium. That stadium will be rocking for the 7:30 p.m. ET kickoff on ABC, as the old SEC rivals resume their annual early November series. In the spirit of all that, Alabama football’s social media account released that 1-minute, 33-second hype video that is sure to get Bama fans’ blood pressure up slightly on the eve of the big game.
The video begins with the true statement that Alabama-LSU is one of the best rivalries in college football. It absolutely is, whether it’s in Baton Rouge or in Tuscaloosa, like this year, and whether both teams are elite or not. This time around, the Tigers aren’t elite, but any real Bama fan knows that rivalries like this mean you throw the records out the window.
The headline on the hype video post, “It’s all about US,” tells Tide fans that if their team attacks this game with the right attitude, then it can very well win its 8th game in a row on Saturday night.
Here is the hype video that’s a must-watch on the eve of another LSU-Bama showdown:
Cory Nightingale, a former sportswriter and sports editor at the Miami Herald and Palm Beach Post, is a South Florida-based freelance writer who covers Alabama for SaturdayDownSouth.com.
