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LOUISIANA TECH at LSU 6 p.m. CT, Baton Rouge, La., Tiger Stadium THE COACHES Derek Dooley is in his third season at Louisiana Tech and overall with a record of 16-18 . The Bulldogs' offensive coordinator is Frank Scelfo and the defensive coordinator is Tommy Spangler.

This time there's a difference. When Les Miles took an LSU football team into Tuscaloosa to play Alabama two years ago, his Tigers were ranked No.

On Sept. 12, when LSU's offense was still sputtering and misfiring like a used pickup bought from a salesman in a plaid sports coat, the Tigers had to turn to some other element for offense.

For what looms as the biggest game of Alabama's regular season, beat writer Randy Rosetta of the Baton Rouge Advocate joins us to discuss LSU.

When they last met, Alabama vs. LSU was all about Nick Saban coaching against his former team.

When they last met, Alabama vs. LSU was all about Nick Saban coaching against his former team.

Peter Schrager is a frequent contributor for FOXSports.com. You can e-mail him at PeterSchrager@gmail.com . The fourth team in everybody's three-team race The way I see it, four teams currently control their own destinies in the BCS Championship race: If Florida wins out, it's your 2009 national champion.

LSU's ground game has run aground. The ninth-ranked Tigers are averaging 141.5 yards rushing.

For the first time in three years, LSU and Alabama will play a football game without the game being hyped as coach vs.

The 10-year drama continues this Saturday in Tuscaloosa, Ala., with Miles-Saban III.

Brothers Rahim Alem and Chad Jones have a somewhat unusual view of the rivalry between LSU and Tulane.

BATON ROUGE - It would have been a great story, had it worked. LSU's defensive starters dramatically charged back onto the field with eight seconds to play Saturday night as Auburn faced a first and goal with just eight seconds left to play.

Willy Gray has made the most of his varsity time this season. The Ozark High School sophomore has experience playing nearly every position on the football field.

Just as a defeat can overly enlarge a team's weaknesses, so, too, can a victory make it seem stronger than it is.

LSU Athletic Director Joe Alleva is going fishing this weekend. LSU fans can pack their bags or put up their feet because it's that one fall weekend when they get a break from complaining about the offense and picking apart the defense.

LSU junior linebacker Kelvin Sheppard and junior safety Chad Jones tackle Florida sophomore wide receiver Jeffery Demps in LSUa s 13-3 loss Saturday.

It's the midpoint of the semester for LSU's football team, which is in an eerily similar situation to last season on the surface.

Today is GameDay in Baton Rouge, LA and ESPN is here to cover this historic event of two Top 5 teams battling it out in Tiger Stadium .

BATON ROUGE, La. _ Saturday night's game was the first time in 50 years that two teams ranked in the top five had met at Tiger Stadium.

At about the halfway point, we give LSU a "B." The Tigers have looked great and sick at times, but in the end, its only loss is to the No.