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Clash of the TitansThe big game is finally here as No. 2 Alabama is set to face off against No. 1 LSU. Page 10

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Gameday Staff• Tony Tsoukalas, GAMEDAY editor• Marquavius Burnett, assistant GAMEDAY editor• Victor Luckerson, editor-in-chief• Jonathan Reed, managing editor• Sarah Massey, magazine art director• John Davis, chief copy editor

PAGE 5TONY’S TASTE OF THE

TOWN: THE POTTErY Grill Tony tries out some of Bama’s

best gameday barbecue at a Northport eatery.

By Tony Tsoukalas Cover photo: CW | Jerrod Seaton

PAGE 6iNSiDE THE GAME:

CHAMPiONSHiP OFFENSE Alabama’s defense is great,

but the Tide is not lacking on the opposite side of the ball.

By Marquavius Burnett

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EYES OF THE ENEMY The Gameday editors debate LSU editors on which team is better.

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KEY PLAYERSA peek at Saturday’s pivitol performers

ALABAMA LSULSU receivers Rueben Randle and Odell Beckham both have the ability to produce big plays for the Tigers. Look for the Tide to stack the box against LSU, forcing the Tigers to throw. With plenty of pressure on LSU quarterback Jarret Lee, Menzie will look to capitalize.

Tiger’s running backs Spencer Ware and Michael Ford have pounded opposing defenses this season. However, Alabama’s defense has been equally punishing toward opposing running backs. Look for Chapman to be a brick wall against the LSU offense on Saturday.

The Heisman contender is having a tremendous season for Alabama. Already he has compiled 989 yards and 17 touchdowns on the ground. The Tide will need another stellar performance from Richardson against LSU if it wants to stay undefeated.

DeQaun Menzie, DB

Josh Chapman, DT

Trent Richardson, RB

The junior receiver is possibly the Tigers most danger-ous threat on offense. In his last three games, Randle has compiled 319 yards and four touchdowns. With Ala-bama set to stack the box and stop the run, look for LSU to go deep to Randle throughout the game.

The quarterback previously known for throwing in-terceptions has turned it around this year, passing for 1,250 yards with 13 touchdowns and only one intercep-tion this season. Look for Alabama to pressure Lee and force him back to his old ways of turning over the ball.

The sophomore has done just about everything for the Tigers this season. This year he has proved to teams that he can hurt them by forcing fumbles or intercep-tions. Mathieu was recently suspended for failing a drug test and will be looking to redeem himself Saturday.

Rueben Randle, WR

Jarrett Lee, QB

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Whether you are looking to spend Saturday’s big game at Bryant-Denny or just out relaxing on the Quad, one thing is essential before you gear up to cheer on the

Tide: a good barbecue. The Pottery Grill, located at 3420 Highway 69

North, Northport, Ala., is the perfect place to get your barbecue fix. The small joint is large in flavor and offers true slow-cooked barbecue not found anywhere else.

“We use an open pit, which most people don’t do anymore,” manager Michael Chambriss said. “We use hickory wood and cook every-thing over an open fire real slow.”

The restaurant has become a gameday favor-ite for many in the Tuscaloosa/Northport area. Chambriss said that it is his customers that give the restaurant a unique charm.

“I got some of the same people for twenty years who eat with us once a week, twice a week, “Chambriss said. “I’ve got some who come in here every day.”

The Pottery Grill offers a friendly atmo-sphere for fans to come in, relax and pig out on all their barbecue favorites.

“I like eating here because the food is great,” junior Cory Hardesty said. “I can just come in here, sit and relax. They are always playing

football, so a lot of the time I will come in here to eat and watch the game.”

Chambriss said that the restaurant prides it-self on its barbecue pork, which the restaurant prepares slowly to bring out its entire flavor.

“Our specialty is our barbecue pork,” Cham-

briss said. “We cook it slow for 16 hours and we hand clean it and chop it to order so it’s good, fresh and hot.”

Another favorite dish at The Pottery Grill is the rib plate, which Hardesty claimed is the best in town.

“The ribs here are amazing,” Hardesty said. “I like them better than Dreamland. The sauce here is amazing and the actual ribs themselves are very good.”

Even if you are planning to set up a tailgate and enjoy the game from the Quad, The Pottery Grill has got it covered. The restaurant fulfills plenty of catering requests on game days.

“On game days we take a lot of orders, we are really busy,” Chambriss said. “We do a lot of catering. We do anything from 15 people up to 1000.”

The Pottery Grill has been a mainstay in the Tuscaloosa area for quite some time now, as the restaurant is coming up on its 20th anniversary in December. Chambriss said the success of the restaurant has everything to do with the sur-rounding area and would like to thank the com-munity for supporting him.

“I just wanted to thank the University and the surrounding Tuscaloosa area for all the support for 20 years,” Chambriss said. “Twenty years for a restaurant to be staying in business is really saying something.”

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INSIDE THE GAME:CHAMPIONSHIP OFFENSE

hile the Crimson Tide defense is re-ceiving consideration as one of the best ever, the offense is quietly mak-ing a strong case for itself.

Because while the defense may only be al-lowing just under seven points a game, the of-fense is scoring just under 40, and balance has

been the key.“How we control the line of scrimmage on

both sides of the ball is going to be critical,” head coach Nick Saban said. “I think our key on offense has been we’ve been able to create balance by our ability to run the ball effectively as well as make plays in the passing game. And

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I don’t think that will be any different in this particular game.”

Statistically, Alabama has the 21st best of-fense in the nation. The Tide lead the South-eastern Conference in six of the eight major offensive categories.

The Alabama offense begins and ends with Heisman Trophy candidate Trent Richardson. He’s the engine that makes the Tide’s offense run. So far this season, Richardson has been the Tide’s workhouse, carrying the ball 149 times for 989 yards and 17 touchdowns.

Everyone knows about Richardson, but the biggest key to the Tide’s offensive success has been the development of sophomore quarter-back AJ McCarron. McCarron has completed 67 percent of his passes for 1664 yards and 10 touchdowns.

Tough road tests against Penn State and Florida and a first half struggle against Tennes-see helped boost McCarron’s confidence and his teammates confidence in him.

“AJ has really progressed throughout the season and I’m really proud of him,” wide re-ceiver Darius Hanks said. “He’s taken some very big strides this season and you can tell he’s getting better every game.”

The Tide also have several top-ranked play-ers in the SEC. Richardson is tied for the lead in rushing yards and leads the conference in rushing touchdowns. McCarron is top-5 in both passing yards and passing touchdowns, while Marquis Maze is top-5 in total receptions and receiving yards.

Alabama’s high-powered offense will look to make big plays in Saturday’s game and expose some holes in the LSU defense.

Left: McCarron calls out a play during last year’s game against Mississippi State; Top Right: Trent Richardson breaks free vs. North Texas; Bottom Right: Marquis Maze hauls in a touchdown against Kent State.


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Gameday: Talk about your recruitment.Clem Gryska: It was during the war, and I was six foot two, 170 pounds and 4-F, because my right hand, I had no fingers on my right hand. So I was a hot commodity during the war period, and that’s where I got to the University of Alabama.

GD: What was it like playing for Frank Thomas and Red Drew? CG: Kind of like what Coach Saban’s doing. The minute things were so important. In other words, make sure you don’t do this and no offside penalties, and no missed assignments.

Clem Gryska played blocking back and end at the University of Alabama from 1945-48, under coaches Frank Thomas and Harold

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GD: What was your favorite part of being a part of Alabama?CG: We were all fundamentally sound. In other words, you don’t have to win, just keep from losing. And that means like jumping off sides, holding penalty… We never worried about winning, just keeping from losing. And that sounds kind of crazy, but that’s what Coach Bryant did, too.

GD: Which did you enjoy more: being the recruiting coordinator for Alabama or playing for Alabama?CG: I’d say fifty-fifty. As I played, I think I

got enough of that later on as the program developed, I guess - the players and everything. And [being] the recruiting coordinator was [also] good.

GD: During your time at Alabama, what were your big games you looked forward to playing every year?CG: The Tennessee game. General Neyland was the head coach at Tennessee, and he wanted to beat us, so we really, really worked hard to beat Neyland.

GD: After your recruiting career, you got the opportunity to work for the Paul W. Bryant Museum. What was that like?CG: [There is] so much tradition in there and a lot of it of Coach Bryant. And people would come in there and say, “What kind of a guy was Coach Bryant?” And I’d say the same old thing I’ve told you. We don’t worry about winning and they’d all look at you like “hell, you’re crazy.” And then we’d get the winning record and the fans would walk in and say something like, “yeah, that’s right.”

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October 21, 2011 GAMEDAY

THe TITAnsBY MARQUAVIUS BURNETT


It’s been the only thing any local or national media outlet has been able to talk about when discussing college football since the beginning of the season. It’s the battle between Southeast-ern Conference heavy-weights that is sched-uled to go all 12 rounds.

In the purple corner, LSU is 8-0, and the team has embraced the crazy and unpredictable per-sonality of their head coach. In the crimson cor-ner, Alabama is 8-0, lead by a Heisman Trophy candidate at running back and a head coach that teaches being a champion over winning championships.

This will be only the fifth time in the BCS-era that the top two teams will clash in a regular-season game when No. 1 LSU travels to No. 2 Alabama at 7 p.m. on Saturday at Bryant-Den-ny Stadium. The national media has deeemed it the ‘Game of the Century,’ and the only way to settle the debate on who is better is for the teams to square off on the first Saturday in No-vember.

“The hardest part is to get our players to not think about everything surrounding the game,” head coach Nick Saban said. “It’s certainly go-ing to take our best effort from every guy on our team to play with a very good LSU team.”

It’s the rare football game where the defenses are discussed more than the offenses. Alabama features the No. 1 statistically ranked defense in the country, while LSU is not too far behind with the No. 4 statistically ranked defense in the country.

Statistically these teams are evenly matched, with Alabama having a slight edge. But they don’t play the games on paper and Saban said he doesn’t crunch numbers like most people.

“We look at the technical aspects,” Saban said. “For instance, I might look at who gets the ball on third down ... and what position is he in on third down? That may not make that guy the leading receiver, but it means he’s the go-to guy in certain instances and certain formations and certain situations. So I’m not a big statistical guy.”

Saban and Miles are 2-2 in head-to-head matchups since Saban’s arrival at Alabama in 2007. Miles outcoached Saban in their match-up last year, calling trick plays and staying one step ahead of the Alabama coaching staff en route to a 24-21 victory. Saban rarely loses to a coach in back-to-back years.

“Listen, let’s start with the premise that Nick Saban is the best coach in college football and

one of the best in recent history,” radio-host Paul Finebaum said in an e-mail interview. “So he always has the edge. But I think it matters less against Miles than against a [Bobby] Petri-no or Houston Nutt. Miles is scary good and last year is the perfect example. He badly out-coached Saban, but so did [Steve] Spurrier and [Gene] Chizik. You can outcoach Saban once. But can you go back to back?”

In three of the last four years, the winner of this game has represented the SEC West in the SEC Championship game, with LSU going in 2007 and Alabama going in 2008 and 2009.

Both of these teams are built in similar fash-ions. They’re both physical up-front, have stin-gy defenses and neither quarterback throws for over 300 yards per game. It’s the type of smash-mouth football that was played in the 1970s and 1980s.

“LSU’s always going to be the team that says, ‘we got our guys and we’re going to do what we do, can you beat us?’” center William Vlachos said. “There aren’t many gimmicks to what they do.”

Offensive lineman Barrett Jones said, “They’re really fast and strong at the point of attack. You really have to execute to get big plays on them because they are so fast and fun-damentally sound.”

With the teams being so evenly matched, this game could come down to one thing: home field advantage.

Last season, the Tigers got the win in Tiger Stadium, and this season the experts are giv-ing Alabama a slight edge in Bryant-Denny Sta-dium.

“It’s really hard to pick this game,” ESPN College GameDay analyst Desmond Howard said. “It would be really interesting to see who people would pick if this game was at a neutral site, but some people are giving the edge to the Tide since it’s a home game.”

Another element that makes this game in-teresting is that both schools recruited a lot of these players before they chose a place to play college football. Running back Trent Richard-son said he keeps in touch with a lot of LSU players and that they’ve all been anticipating this game.

“This is one of the games that you do mark on your calendar,” Richardson said. “I have a lot of friends that play for LSU. We’re friends before the game, but while we’re in the game, nobody’s friends.”

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ach team has rolled over all eight of its previous opponents en route to this epic showdown. Both have national championship winning coaches and NFL-type defenses, with the winner of this game having the inside track to the National Championship

game in New Orleans. This collision will be like the confrontation be-tween two schoolyard bullies when they realize that the playground is only big enough for one boss.

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Far Left: Running back Trent Richardson wrestles with cornerback Patrick Peterson on his way to the end zone; Top: Trent Richardson knifes though an opening in LSU’s defensive line; Bottom: Darius Hanks eludes a LSU defender during last season’s game.


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THE GREAT DEBATE ALABAMAOFFENSE

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A lot will be said about the matchup between Alabama and LSU in terms of defense. It’s the bad vs. the nasty, the fast vs. the fleet, the tough vs. the tenacious. Too bad the offenses couldn’t be a little more equal.

If you want to look for a deciding factor in this matchup, look no farther than the offensive side of the ball.

I know if I go into stats right now, I will have everyone in Baton Rouge rolling their eyes faster than a Marquis Maze punt return. Well guess what, I’m going to do it anyway.

Alabama is better than LSU in

every offensive category. Net total yards: Alabama ranks 21st, LSU 83rd. Passing yards: Alabama 67th, LSU 99th. Rushing yards per game: Alabama 13th, LSU 27th.

But hey, the game is not played on paper, it’s played on grass - on, not with Mathieu.

If you want to talk actual players, Alabama holds the advantage as well. Heisman candidate Trent Richardson is a bad man. You don’t need a cute nickname to see why Richardson is a Heisman contender; his numbers speak for themselves. Spencer Ware’s 512 yards on the ground are no match for Richardson’s 989. In fact, to be a little more fair to LSU, let’s let them have Ware and Michael Ford go up against Richardson. That total is still LSU’s 953 yards to Trent Richardson’s 989.

If Richardson’s numbers don’t say enough about him, his bruising

Tide and Tigers editors prove why their team is the best

COLUMNS / GAMEDAY EDITORS

hits fill in the rest. Nobody on the LSU defense can stop Richardson one-on-one -- even the fearless “Honey-Badger” would yellow his pants a little if he had to stop Richardson with the game on the line.

The defenses will keep this game close, but Alabama’s offense will put the Tide over the top.

ALABAMADEFENSE

BY MARQUAVIUS BURNETTGAMEDAY ASSISSTANT EDITOR

Alabama’s defense is just flat out better than the LSU defense.

They are better statistically, they are more physical, and they are just nastier than LSU’s defense.

This is not to say that LSU’s de-fense isn’t great. Alabama’s is just

on another level. For comparison’s sake, Alabama will be big brother and LSU will be little brother.

While little brother has shown signs of brilliance, he still has a long way to go before being on big brother’s level.

The one thing that separates big brother from little brother this season is big brother’s linebacker corps.

You know you’re good when you can lose a player like C. J. Mosley and not miss a beat. When Mos-ley went down, Nico Johnson and Jerrell Harris stepped up and took their games to another level.

Linebackers aside, Alabama also has the best secondary in the country. Both Dre Kirkpatrick and Mark Barron are finalists for the Jim Thorpe Award. DeQuan Men-zie, Dee Milliner and Robert Les-ter would all be on that list if they were at any other school.

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Last but not least, Alabama has the most under-appreciated defen-sive line ever. Josh Chapman, Da-mion Square and Jesse Williams don’t get the press clippings be-cause of the talented back half of the defense, but all three will have a chance to play in the NFL.

Alabama’s defense has multiple players who will play on Sundays. They also don’t lack leadership, like certain LSU defenders.

LSU OFFENSEBY ROWAN KAVNER

THE DAILY REVEILLE SPORTS EDITOR

Alabama’s defense might still have nightmares about Rueben Randle.

The Crimson Tide got a taste of the junior wide receiver’s play-making abilities in last season’s 24-21 upset win, as Randle caught three passes for 125 yards, includ-ing a 75-yard touchdown grab.

The deep threat has only gotten better.

Randle is third in the Southeast-ern Conference this season with 638 receiving yards. His seven touchdowns are tied for the most

among wide outs in the confer-ence, and his 19.3 yards per catch lead the SEC.

He was electrifying in LSU’s most recent game against Auburn, catching five passes for 106 yards, including one touchdown apiece from senior quarterbacks Jarrett Lee and Jordan Jefferson.

While there’s no doubt Alabama running back Trent Richardson is among the nation’s elite at the po-sition, LSU did hold him in check last season for just 28 yards rush-ing.

The star halfback and the rest of the Alabama offense have done much of their work this season against inferior opponents.

Five of the eight teams LSU has faced were ranked in the top 25, compared to just three top-25 op-ponents for Alabama.

The Tigers have thrived against the type of competition Alabama hasn’t seen, in large part because they protect the ball. LSU’s plus-15 turnover margin leads the next two teams in the SEC by a whopping nine turnovers.

Lee has thrown just one inter-ception and 13 touchdowns; three more than Alabama sophomore

quarterback AJ McCarron. In the Nov. 5 battle of the nation’s

best, the team with veteran play callers who consistently deliver in-side the 20 will be superior.

LSU DEFENSEBY KATHERINE TERRELL

THE DAILY REVEILLE DEPUTY SPORTS EDITOR

In LSU’s locker room, the words “Four quarters of mean, nasty, tough ass football” stand out on a whiteboard.

That’s how the LSU defense tends to play.

When you compare the Tigers to Alabama, it’s easy to look at the statistics and stop there. Bama ranks ahead of LSU in every defen-sive category—rushing defense, passing defense, total defense, and scoring defense.

That doesn’t tell the whole story. For this game, the statistics need to go out the window.

LSU is currently ranked No. 3 in scoring defense, allowing 11.5 points per game compared to Ala-bama’s 6.88.

However, three touchdowns

scored against LSU came at the end of the game when the Tigers were simply content to let the clock run out.

Take away late touchdowns by Oregon, Kentucky and Auburn, and that number drops to 8.88.

On paper, Alabama’s defense has a distinctive height advantage in many areas compared to LSU’s defense.

Good thing they don’t play games on paper.

LSU’s strength is its ability to fly to the ball and create turnovers.

The Tigers have forced 18 turn-overs this season compared to Ala-bama’s 14. LSU ranks No. 2 in the nation in turnover margin, in large part because of Mathieu’s knack for getting to the ball.

Nine different LSU players have forced turnovers. The Tigers didn’t miss a beat against Auburn, de-spite sitting Tyrone Mathieu and sophomore defensive back Thar-old Simon for violating team rules.

Mathieu and Simon are expected to play Nov. 5.

Mathieu aside, LSU may not have the stars of last season.

Still, the LSU defense stacks up against Alabama’s just fine.

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With Marcus Lattimore out for the rest of the year with a knee injury, Brandon Wilds stepped into the role of running back in South Carolina’s win against Tennessee. Steve Spurrier and the South Carolina Gamecocks cannot relax, as they only put up 14 points against Tennessee. Arkansas is looking for its fifth straight win.

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1. Parking and driving will be restricted on Colonial Drive, Wallace Wade and Bryant Drive on the day before and the day of the home football game before and until 3 hours after the end of home games.

2. Students who normally park on Colonial and in the Tutwiler lot and students with orange hangtags will be able to park in any lot normally available to holders of orange hangtags, including the lot at Hayden Harris and the Campus Drive Parking Deck. Please refer to the map for additional information on parking.

3. Students will be able to take Crimson Ride from parking lots to their residence halls during normal operating hours (7 a.m. to 10 p.m.) and can call 348-RIDE (7433) after hours.

4. Students with commuter hangtags will park as usual on the day before a home football game. On the day of the home football game, they can park free of charge with their permit in the Upper Rec Center lot off 5th Ave. East and the SW corner of Campus Drive and Bryce Lawn Drive as space allows.

by 5 p.m. on the day before a home football game will be towed at their own expense ($100).

1. Bring your Action Card!

2. Follow the signs that lead to Gate 31. Students will be able to enter through Gate 31 only.

3. Students who are participating in High Tide Club should enter through Gate 30.

4. Students with disabilities are encouraged to enter through Gate 35, which offers easier access to the wheelchair platforms.

5. The student section will include seating in the upper and lower bowls. The lower bowl will be closed when it reaches capacity, and students will be directed to the student section in the upper deck sections SS 2 - SS.

a. Students WILL NOT be allowed to go back and forth between the upper deck and lower bowl. b. Any student who enters and wants to sit in the upper deck prior to the lower bowl being filled will be allowed to do so.

6. Lines will be very long, so expect delays. Give yourself 60 to 90 minutes to get into the stadium, whether or not you participate in student organization seating. Student organization seating is in effect until 45 minutes before kickoff or capacity is reached in the lower bowl, whichever comes first.

7. Bringing prohibited items will increase the amount of time it takes to get into the stadium. (See list below.)

8. If you donate your ticket after 5 p.m. Friday, you’ll receive a half-point penalty.

open up 2 ½ hours before the game. It will take more time to reach the upper deck, so lines will be long. Give yourself plenty of time to get into the game.

do not use tickets assigned to them will receive one (1) penalty point for each game their ticket goes unused. Students who receive a total of 3 penalty points will not be able to purchase postseason tickets for this year or regular season and postseason tickets for fall 2012.

them three or more times during the season will forfeit the right to purchase postseason tickets this year.

list by clicking on MyFootballTickets and following the instructions to take your name off the waiting list for the ticket bank.

receive one (1) penalty point per game if:

donate it to the ticket bank

If your Action Card is lost on Game Day, replacement Action Cards are available at 104 Student Services Center starting 3 hours prior to kick-off through the beginning of the third quarter. Replacement cost is $25 and is billed to your student account. Temporary Action Cards are not accepted for Game Day entrance at student gates.

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