I love when it is. Saban spoke of it a couple y ears ago and said his goal is to get through 3/4 of the schedule, and we are usually out of gas by the time November gets here but that week enables us to re-focus and heal up for the stretch run. Its been very effective.

As far as LSU goes, the fans, players media everybody tells the team all year you HAVE to beat Bama, you HAVE to beat Bama. They come into that game so tight you couldn't drive a nail up there. The game is hardly talked about in Bama. Its not nearly talked about like Auburn is. Its why a couple of years we have struggled with Auburn honestly. For LSU, our players are just more relaxed. Lets be honest. For LSU this isn't about beating Alabama as much as beating Saban. As long as this game is the end all be all for LSU not only will they continue losing to Bama but it keeps them losing to Ole Miss and Arkie as well. Those 2 games just flat don't matter to LSU and they should. But, it hasn't changed in 10 years so LSU will continue obsessing and probably continue losing. Even Miles obsesses about beating Saban.

On Bama though, the bye week comes at a great time to hit that stretch run and its been a HUGE factor in our 4 out of 7.

This post was edited on 6/8/16 at 10:10 am