Outdated confrontation LSU - Alabama (AP)

Confrontation TUSCALOOSA, Ala. - The LSU and Alabama promises to be a throwback to the old school of football.

Both the Tigers of the head and barely tested, and not. 2 and usually undisputed Alabama is built on power and defence run-stuffing a time spread offenses are popular and small Committee meetings are optional.

"If you want to see the 1970s, smashmouth," Alabama tight end Michael Williams said, "so this is what you want here."

Yes, the Saturday evening game will be a retro to it.

Vintage philosophies make this a reminiscence of a collision with an old Oklahoma-Nebraska or Alabama-Penn State. And if these teams, the edition of the tide and the Tigers - the two 8-0 with five azure accumulated victories double-digit Conference WINS.

But Alabama Nick Saban or LSU's Miles leads them the new Wishbone to fashion.

Knock and hit hard, well, which is certainly allowed. Even mandatory.

"It is a kind of game that... not necessarily also often today, you see" offensive lineman LSU T - Bob Hebert said. "" "". It is a little more old school, so I guess that this will be something fun to look at for the fans. »

The LSU Jarrett Lee - the Jordan Jefferson more mobile - and sophomore AJ McCarron Alabama more effective quaterbacks the prior leagues two offences high rating of the page. However, the Alabama class 66ème at the national level in the transition from the LSU offence, 99th.

The Tigers, who, five past seven visits to Bryant-Denny, won. have a great deep threat receiver Rueben Randle. Elements of the tide with more than one capture-and-run-type in rapid Marquis maze.

We will see this as the fans:

• A test of wills. Compact and powerful back-Trent Richardson, Alabama and LSU Spencer Ware will be between the tackles in defensive fronts which usually limited land.

• Play makers on defense. A defender of the stars are great choices, forces a timely turnover or simply pose a resounding on some unsuspecting player success. At Alabama, likely candidates include whose ' Hightower and Courtney Upshaw linebackers and safety All - America Mark Barron. For LSU, Tyrann Mathieu could be cornerback ball-stripping, colleague or researchers Morris Mingo Barkevious or Sam Claiborne Montgomery pass.

• Coaching eruptions. It may come from the ultrastrong, Saban angry or miles with his penchant for making abandoned apparently strange to repay.

With both teams come from open data, the hype surrounding the game are alienated. Williams Alabama heard lots of friends and family.

He said "of course, 1 vs 2 game of the century and that sort of thing". "You got shut down mental disorder".

That is not to say Williams did not adopt the hype, even if some teammates minimized the with this spiel "just another game".

"It is that avoid you Alabama", said the tight end. "Great opportunity for some players." I know that the atmosphere will be mad. This is what you want to play. It will be one of the age. »

It focuses on a community that was devastated by a deadly tornado in April, but received a regular alarm clock from Saturday the tide this fall.

"Whenever we have an important event, I think it makes people feel more and more normal on the way things are going," said Saban.

This is certainly admissible if important.

If the game up to the billing of life and the narrow ends, which lost the national championship aspirations cannot be completely reduced. Match instead of January a gun New Orleans, which is really.

Km is not thought that he is happy to now benefit from a massive decline Saturday night when temperatures should soak in the forty. It is almost poetic about it.

"It is wonderful in University football, you have two teams of quality than two large institutions with their best effort for the field to something that is hard and clean and pure as represent a competition," Miles said. "".How it's wonderful to be able to look to the region and take advantage of time of celebration of hard work and team values.

"The victories of the school, the victories of the team and the victories of the State." It is a wonderful time. "

And fans will have a menu of the star to enjoy.

There is a Heisman Trophy candidate in Richardson, who has 18 Touchdown on a team that produced a third of this total.

Mathieu withdrew early Heisman buzz, too. The 5 - foot - 9, 180 pounds with a strange talent for large parts in an attacks nine record for career LSU forced just two seasons.

Rear corner bookends Claiborne and the maze of Alabama are also two of the SEC more dangerous kick returners.

With which kind of talent on the field predicted Saban that the game will probably come to turnover or special teams.

No team made mistakes, but LSU makes tedious - hardly a period. The Tigers did a not commit a turnover in October and 18 forced this season. they scored a touchdown on half of the stations resulting.

"Their turnover ratio is off the charts, in terms of their defence and their ball-hawking of game style," said Saban. "They have many guys on the defence which plays."

What Alabama. The LSU Hebert said that it is more difficult for a team on his desire to impose a such physical opponent.

"It is a kind of style where if you can physically not up to you will find very hard succeed," he said. "And this is what is so special about this next game is that the two physical teams of the game against each other very well."