A BCS championship game without a Southeastern Conference team? It could happen, and LSU could be the cause. The fifth-ranked Tigers host No. 1 Alabama on Saturday, another huge game in a rivalry that has become the biggest event in college football. ”It’s obvious when you walk into the room that certainly we’re playing a different team,” LSU coach Les Miles said this week. ”It’s a little fuller, and there’s a little more attention to detail. That’s the way it’s supposed to be. The SEC has won the last six BCS championships, and the Crimson Tide has been rolling toward a third BCS title game in four seasons. Last season, losing 9-6 in overtime to LSU at home didn’t keep Alabama out of the championship game, which it won 21-0 in an all-SEC rematch with the Tigers. But last year, Alabama got a break when LSU was the only unbeaten team in major college football. Matched against other one-loss teams, specifically Oklahoma State, the Tide got the …
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