In fact, it's just a football game between two great football teams. But it might as well be a mutual admiration society.
One, as the other, is built in the other's image. Physical and though with an abundance of talent and desire to own the line of scrimmage, Alabama and LSU have nothing but respect for the other.
“They're similar to us,” senior safety Geno Matias-Smith said. “They're tough. They like to run the ball, and they have a really good defense. So I feel like we're playing ourselves, basically.”
The view is the same from Baton Rouge.