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Alabama’s defense shines as Tide leave no doubt as to who’s No. 1

Alabama defeated LSU on Saturday in a 29-0 throttling that honestly wasn’t as close as the score indicates. Besides the kicking game – again – Alabama was as close to perfect as you could be. The Tide shutout what many believe to be their toughest opponent of the year, at their place, at night. I’ve been told this feat is rare.

Nevertheless, Alabama put all of college football on notice Saturday night with the win. Let’s take a look at how Alabama did just that.

Dominating defense

Pitching a shutout is difficult in modern football.