re: First trip to Bryant-Denny Saturday.. what to expect?

Tuscaloosa is a blast for LSU games. Big crowds tailgating, loud and active stadium, normal amount of a-hole students and sidewalk fans (no more or less than anywhere else).

I've also been to games against smaller schools (Duke, Kentucky, a few more I can't remember) and campus and the stadium was dead, at least compared to what I am used to for the LSU game.

I imagine the game this weekend will be somewhere in the middle. You'll have a good time either way.

eta:
2011 LSU/Bama game was probably the loudest game I've been to. I was 9 rows from the field and it was deafening. 2007 LSU/UF might have been louder, as it compared and I was higher up, but BDS gets loud as frick when it has to.