BCS National Championship Tickets

The LSU Tigers will face off for the second time this year against the Alabama Crimson Tide in the BCS National Championship game taking place on January 9 at 8:30 p.m. (ET) at the Louisiana Superdome, now Mercedes-Benz Superdome.

The two teams met earlier in the year at Alabama, a game the Crimson Tide certainly haven't forgotten. Alabama missed three field goals in the game and lost 9-6 in overtime, which could have very likely ended their national championship hopes. The Tide won out, a number of teams in front of them lost, and the rematch was theirs.

LSU had a couple of scares late in the season, falling behind to Arkansas and Georgia in back-to-back games before pounding them in the second half to pull away for easy victories.

These two teams are mirror images of each other, which is why the first contest went the way it did. Both teams have unbelievably stingy defenses, powerful running games and solid but inconsistent quarterback play. The quarterbacks are more game managers than playmakers, but both teams have more than enough talent surrounding their signal callers to get by.

The second matchup is likely to be a bit more high scoring, but not by much. It's really hard to beat a really good team twice in a season, but that's the challenge that LSU faces. It's also nearly impossible to go through an entire season undefeated in the SEC, but that's the task at hand.

Prediction: LSU 16, Alabama 13