Shula is pretty confident in Bama's chances. Following last week’s win over Mississippi State, Shula noted the advantage of having former State Assistant Coach Sparky Woods on the Tide staff. This week Bama can utilize Wide receivers Coach Charlie Harbison, who came to Bama from LSU, where he coached defensive backs. But Shula does not want to overstate the value. Shula said, “The first thing is personnel, just getting a feel for what their players do, what certain guys do well; what certain guys don't do well. Who are experienced guys, who are young guys. What packages will they use with certain personnel. But LSU is aware of that, too, and if they feel like there's some tendencies, I'm sure they'll try to do things to break those tendencies. You've still got to go out there and play the game. It's our players against their players. But hopefully it will give us a little bit of knowledge about their personnel." Alabama has had good luck against LSU, holding a 43-18-5 advantage in the series. But LSU has won four of the last seven games and three of the last five in Tuscaloosa. The series has been noted as one in which the visiting team has had great success. Since 1970 the road team has had a 23-9-1 record.
Well............................we always go into a game expecting to win. We are Bama fans, to expect anything less than a win would make us barners.
Well, are you gonna pull those pistols ... or whistle Dixie. The Outlaw Josey Wales I'm sure they'll die magnificently for the young Shula.
