BATON ROUGE, La. — If first-year LSU coach Brian Kelly had remained at Notre Dame, there was no guarantee he would get another shot to coach against Alabama's Nick Saban.
From now until one of them leaves his current post, they'll be on opposite sidelines at least once a year. And odds are the stakes will be high — as they are this week.
People are also reading… “We can’t be distracted by: ‘This is a big game,’ or, ‘This is Alabama,’" Kelly said."That’s not going to help us in this situation. What’s going to help us is playing our best when our best is needed.” Although Saban is 12-4 against LSU since arriving in Tuscaloosa in 2007, he usually expresses wariness about this matchup.
“They believe in each other. I think they believe and trust in the coaching staff,” Saban continued."That’s why they made the progress that they’ve made.”Alabama's Young had a bye week to heal his sprained throwing shoulder ahead of his latest game against a Top 25 opponent. Young, the 2021 Heisman Trophy winner, has thrived against ranked teams, averaging 335.2 yards over nine such games with 22 touchdowns against six interceptions.
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