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Game Preview: Alabama ning 29���24 upset. The rival LSU in Death Val- finally caught up with Crimson Tide defense, ley the previous week them. [This year���s team which ended the regular opened the door for a has] good leadership, season at the top of the misstep. they just don���t have a lot list in fewest yards al���I think it was a vari- of experienced players. lowed per game (246.0), ety of things,��� said Chris That was a huge key in had surrendered only Walsh, an Alabama beat that game.��� six points combined in writer at 247Sports afInstead of crumbling the first quarter like they did in through the first 2010, head coach nine games. AgNick Saban���s gies quarterback group this year Johnny Manziel, mirrored the 2011 who launched his outfit that lost Heisman Trophy to LSU in early candidacy that November and day, led a 20-point scratched out three outburst in the straight victories opening frame and to close the year Alabama ran out of and meet up with time. the Tigers again It was reminisin New Orleans. cent of the 2010 Alabama hoisted Alabama squad, the crystal football which was coming after blanking LSU off a BCS National 21-0. C h a m p i o n s h i p Sophomore linebacker Adrian Hubbard leads ���The fact that victory and un- Alabama in tackles for loss (10), sacks (six) and they went through defeated season, forced fumbles (three) in 2012.photo courtesy alabama this a year ago rebut attempted to ally helped them defend its crown with a filiate BamaOnLine.com. in that respect,��� Walsh far less seasoned group ���No. 1, they���re coming said. ���Last year, it kind that experienced a three- right off a game against of took them a little bit loss bathos. The Crim- LSU, which is just such a [to deal with the shock]. son Tide entered this fall physical meat grinder of ��� This time it was imwith only nine seniors, a game. It is every year. mediate. You could and that lack of experi- I think that was a huge sense it the following ence finally trumped factor. There was a little Monday. It was like, ���We raw talent against the bit of a letdown. screwed up; we���re goAggies. A physically and ���There was a leader- ing to get this right and emotionally draining 21- ship void [in 2010], and we���re going to win out.��� 17 victory against SEC you could tell, and it There was a refocus; I