War Eagle.
They’re two of the most taboo words in the LSU fan dictionary, but saying them will be a necessary evil this Thanksgiving weekend.
Auburn plays Alabama this weekend in Auburn, and LSU fans should be pulling wholeheartedly for the other Tigers.
The Bayou Bengals don’t need any help advancing to the Southeastern Conference or national championship games. Just win and they’re in.
But looking way too far into the future, should LSU win out and be sitting pretty at No. 1 with a 13-0 record, there is no reason for the Tiger faithful to pull for a rematch with Alabama.
LSU has already beaten Alabama in Tuscaloosa. Why play them again?
The Crimson Tide has the No. 1 overall defense in the country, which held LSU to nine points in the teams’ first meeting.
The other most logical choices to play the Tigers if Alabama loses would be No. 4 Oklahoma State and No. 6 Stanford.
The Cowboys’ defense is 67th in the country, giving up 27.3 points per game. The unit held just two opponents to less than 24 points and was especially porous in the 37-31 double-overtime loss to Iowa State this past weekend.
Oklahoma State’s offense scores the second most points the country, averaging just less than 50 points per game.
LSU’s defense allows just 10 points per contest and faced a near clone of the Cowboys’ offense earlier this season at West Virginia. Mountaineers head coach, Dana Holgorsen, was the offensive coordinator at Oklahoma State last season and groomed senior quarterback Brandon Weeden into what he is today.
The next choice in the revolving door of national title contenders is Stanford, which just two weeks ago fell victim to Oregon, 53-30.
The Cardinals also put up points at a frantic pace, posting 45 points per game. Stanford plays stiffer defense than Oklahoma State, surrendering just 20.9 per game, but against the Ducks it showed team speed is not one of its attributes.
Throughout the course of LSU’s 52-3 dismantling of Ole Miss, there were small pockets of LSU fans drumming up the “We want