{"id":20942,"date":"2012-01-09T10:32:03","date_gmt":"2012-01-09T15:32:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=20942"},"modified":"2012-01-09T10:32:03","modified_gmt":"2012-01-09T15:32:03","slug":"lsu-vs-alabama-bcs-national-championship-game-kicks-off-monday-night-from-the-mercedes-benz-superdome","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/lsu-vs-alabama-bcs-national-championship-game-kicks-off-monday-night-from-the-mercedes-benz-superdome-20942\/","title":{"rendered":"LSU vs. Alabama: BCS National Championship Game Kicks Off Monday Night from the Mercedes-Benz Superdome"},"content":{"rendered":"

No. 2 Alabama Crimson Tide vs. No. 1 LSU Tigers
\nMonday, 1\/9\/12, 8:30 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ESPN
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 LSU -1
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Alabama -2.5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 39
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 40.5
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Tennessee<\/a>
The LSU Tigers are slight neutral-site underdogs for tonight's rematch with the Alabama Crimson Tide<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Alabama is set to play LSU in the 2012 BCS National Championship Game in a rematch of a 9-6 overtime defeat as 5.5-point home favorites on Nov. 5.\u00a0 \u201cThis could be a totally different type of game,\u201d Crimson Tide head coach Nick Saban stated.\u00a0 \u201cThere\u2019s so much opportunity for this game to play out completely different\u00a0 and have a completely different flavor than the first game.\u201d\u00a0 The program\u2019s senior class has won a school-record 47 games over the past four seasons while losing only six contests.\u00a0 Alabama is 4-0 ATS on a neutral field the last two-plus seasons.<\/p>\n

The Crimson Tide have outscored their opponents by a 336-69 margin in the final three quarters this season, while holding a 96-37 edge in the first quarter.\u00a0 Alabama has tallied a solid 17-6 mark versus AP Top 25 over the past four seasons, which includes a 9-4 mark versus top 10 squads.\u00a0 There\u2019s no better defensive unit in the country, allowing just 191.3 yards per game, including 74.9 rushing yards per game.\u00a0 The Crimson Tide offense is led by Heisman Trophy finalist Trent Richardson, who averaged 142 rushing yards versus five ranked teams this season.<\/p>\n

LSU will likely kick off as an underdog against Alabama for the second time this year, coming in as the No. 1 team in the nation after posting an unblemished 13-0 record.\u00a0 The Tigers outscored opponents by a 491-131 margin and possesses a defense that ranked second nationally in surrendering just 252.1 yards per game.\u00a0 \u201cThis team loves the big stage,\u201d stated Tigers head coach Les Miles.\u00a0 He has led the program to a perfect 4-0 straight up and against-the-spread record in BCS bowl games.\u00a0 LSU has tallied a 10-3 ATS record during the 2011-12 campaign.<\/p>\n

The Tigers thrive on creating turnovers on the defensive end, leading the nation with a plus-22 turnover margin, as Heisman Trophy finalist Tyrann Mathieu patrols the secondary.\u00a0 LSU took advantage of those miscues, turning 21 of 30 into points.\u00a0 Scoring points in big games comes naturally to this program, combining to score 147 points in its four BCS games, putting at least three points on the scoreboard in 15 of 16 quarters.\u00a0 Senior quarterback Jordan Jefferson will be directing the offense and will hand the ball off to a deep backfield that possesses four runners that gained over 400 yards on the ground this season.<\/p>\n

Bettors will likely back the Tigers due to their 8-1 ATS mark versus winning teams, while the Crimson Tide are 3-7-1 ATS as a favorite of three points or less.<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t miss out on a winning season and let the college football handicappers at Maddux Sports line your pockets with cash.\u00a0 Long term packages are available now!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

No. 2 Alabama Crimson Tide vs. No. 1 LSU Tigers Monday, 1\/9\/12, 8:30 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ESPN Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 LSU -1 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Alabama -2.5 Opening Total:\u00a0 39 Current Total:\u00a0 40.5 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Alabama is set to play LSU in the 2012 BCS National Championship Game in a rematch of a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":3922,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[200,1444],"tags":[462,6332,2804,3309,498,6292,588,5390],"class_list":["post-20942","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-football","category-headlines","tag-alabama-crimson-tide","tag-bcs-national-championship-game","tag-jordan-jefferson","tag-les-miles","tag-lsu-tigers","tag-mercedes-benz-superdome","tag-nick-saban","tag-trent-richardson"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20942","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/181"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20942"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20942\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20943,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20942\/revisions\/20943"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3922"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20942"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20942"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20942"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}