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AALABAMALABAMA CCRIMSONRIMSON TTIDEIDE FFOOTBALLOOTBALL 1155 NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS 111515 FIRST TEAM ALL-AMERICANS 6622 BOWL APPEARANCES 3344 BOWL VICTORIES 2244 SEC CHAMPIONSHIPS 7/7 ALABAMA (7-1, 4-1 SEC) GAME 9 Sept. 5 vs. 20/18 Wisconsin (ABC) W, 35-17 Sept. 12 Middle Tennessee (SECN) W, 37-10 Date ............... Saturday, Nov. 7 Sept. 19 *15/11 Ole Miss (ESPN) L, 37-43 Time ......................... 7 p.m. CT Sept. 26 Louisiana-Monroe (SECN) W, 34-0 Location ......... Tuscaloosa, Ala. Oct. 3 *at 8/6 Georgia (CBS) W, 38-10 Venue ....Bryant-Denny Stadium Oct. 10 *Arkansas (ESPN) W, 27-14 Capacity ...................... 101,821 Oct. 17 *at 9/10 Texas A&M (CBS) W, 41-23 Television .......................... CBS Oct. 24 *Tennessee (CBS) W, 19-14 Series Record .. UA leads 49-25-5 Alabama (7-1, 4-1 SEC) lsu (7-0, 4-0 sEC) Nov. 7 *LSU (CBS) 7 p.m. Last Meeting .......... Nov. 8, 2014 Nov. 14 *at Mississippi State TBA CRIMSON TIDE ............ Alabama 20, LSU 13 (OT) TIGERS Nov. 21 Charleston Southern TBA Nov. 28 *at Auburn TBA THE GAME: The No. 7/7 University of Alabama football team remains at home for a top- 10 matchup in its annual battle with the No. 4/4 LSU Tigers. The game is scheduled for a 7 p.m. CT kickoff on CBS with Verne Lundquist, Gary Danielson and Allie LaForce calling 4/4 LSU TIGERS (7-0, 4-0 sEC) the action. Eli Gold and Phil Savage will handle the radio call on the Crimson Tide Sports Sept. 5 McNeese State (SECN) Canceled Network, with Chris Stewart serving as the sideline reporter. Compass Media will be Sept. 12 *at Mississippi State (ESPN) W, 21-19 airing the game nationally, with Gregg Daniels and Dale Hellestrae calling all the action. Sept. 19 *18/15 Auburn (CBS) W, 45-21 Sept. 26 at Syracuse (ESPN) W, 34-24 RANKINGS: Alabama enters week 10 ranked seventh in both the Associated Press and Oct. 3 Eastern Michigan (ESPNU) W, 44-22 Amway Coaches Poll. LSU is seeded ahead of the Crimson Tide in the polls, sitting at Oct. 10 *South Carolina (ESPN) W, 45-24 No. 4 in both. The fi rst College Football Playoff rankings are set to be released Tuesday Oct. 17 *8/11 Florida (ESPN) W, 35-28 evening. Oct. 24 Western Kentucky (ESPNU) W, 48-20 Nov. 7 *at 7/7 Alabama (CBS) 7 p.m. LSU: The Tigers come to Tuscaloosa with a perfect 7-0 record, including a 4-0 mark in the Nov. 14 *Arkansas TBA SEC. LSU’s season opener against McNeese State was canceled due to weather, putting Nov. 21 *at Ole Miss TBA the Bayou Bengals one game behind the rest of the NCAA. The Tigers then traveled Nov. 28 *Texas A&M TBA to Starkville and left with a 21-19 win over Mississippi State to open conference play. *Conference Game Auburn proved no test for LSU in Baton Rouge, as LSU took down AU, 45-21. The trip All times are Central and subject to change to Syracuse the following week saw the Tigers escape with a 34-24 win before returning Rankings listed are AP/Amway Coaches Poll home to dominate Eastern Michigan, 44-22. A return to home conference play resulted in a 45-24 win over South Carolina followed by a 35-28 victory in a top-10 matchup against ON THE AIR Florida. In the most recent matchup, LSU fi nished off Western Kentucky, 48-20, before TELEVISION using last weekend for the team’s fi rst and only bye of 2015. LSU is led by Les Miles, who CBS owns a 110-29 record now in his 11th year in Baton Rouge. The Tigers return 16 starters Play-by-Play: Verne Lundquist and 46 lettermen from a season ago, while losing only eight and 25, respectively. Color Analyst: Gary Danielson SERIES HISTORY: Alabama and LSU will meet for the 80th time in a series that the Sideline: Allie LaForce Crimson Tide leads, 49-25-5, dating back to the 1895 season. Since 2005, the LSU- RADIO Alabama games have been true battles, with seven of those games being decided by seven points or less. During head coach Nick Saban’s tenure in Tuscaloosa, six of the nine Crimson Tide Sports Network duels between the two teams have been decided by that same narrow margin, with three Play-by-Play: Eli Gold of those games going into overtime. Most recently, a stunning last-minute drive in the Color Analyst: Phil Savage fourth quarter by Blake Sims produced a game-tying field goal to send the 2014 matchup Sideline: Chris Stewart into overtime. The Crimson Tide would secure the win, 20-13, as Sims found DeAndrew SATELLITE RADIO White in the corner of the end zone for a six-yard score to push UA ahead for the win in Baton Rouge. CTSN on Sirius: 84 CTSN on XM: 84 NEXT GAME: The Crimson Tide will take to the road for a matchup with the No. 24 Mississippi State Bulldogs in Starkville. Alabama holds the series lead, 77-18-3, and has NATIONAL RADIO claimed victories in each of the last seven meetings. The most recent matchup came on Compass Media Nov. 15, 2014, when the top-ranked Bulldogs fell to the Tide in Tuscaloosa, 25-20. 1 ALABAMA FOOTBALL CRIMSON TIDE FOOTBALL MEDIA SERVICES Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday MEDIA DAY PRACTICE SEC COACHES NO MEDIA NO MEDIA LSU OFF DAY 12 p.m. - Coach 1 p.m. - Players TELECONFERENCE AVAILABILITY AVAILABILITY 7 p.m. CT Saban 3:40 p.m. - Viewing 10:40 a.m. CBS 12:30 p.m. - Players 4 p.m. - Viewing PRACTICE 3:40 p.m. - Viewing 6 p.m. - Coach Saban 6:15 p.m. - Players @AlabamaFTBL @AlabamaFBL @AlabamaFTBL MONDAY 12 p.m. CT - Coach Saban Press Conference – Alabama head coach Nick 6 p.m. – Coach Saban available to the media following practice in the Naylor Saban will be available to the media for his weekly press conference in the Stone Media Room. Naylor Stone Media Room in the Mal Moore Building at 12 p.m. The audio of Coach Saban’s media briefi ng can also be heard by teleconference by 6:15 p.m. – Selected players available to the media following practice in the calling 1-800-973-1544 (password is U of A). Selected players that have been Naylor Stone Media Room. requested 24 hours in advance will be available in the Naylor Stone Media Room following Coach Saban’s press conference at 12:30 p.m. Player requests THURSDAY should be made by contacting Josh Maxson or Alex Thompson. Josh can be No media availability reached by e-mail ([email protected]) or phone (205) 348-3631. Alex can be reached by e-mail ([email protected]) or phone (205) 348-6084. Requests FRIDAY must be made no later than 5 p.m. CT on Sunday. No media availability MONDAY PRESS CONFERENCE SCHEDULE ON THE INTERNET 12 p.m. Coach Saban RollTide.com – Alabama’s offi cial athletics web site serves as a resource for 12:30 p.m. Selected Players in-depth information on current and historical Crimson Tide student-athletes, coaches and teams. The football page includes links to rosters, coaching 3 p.m. CT – Game notes and press conference quotes/video posted on staff, notes packages, practice reports and schedules as well as Tide TV and RollTide.com. all of Alabama’s rich football history and tradition. Crimson Tide Video Uplink – Links to download footage for broadcast SECsportsmedia.com – Media covering the Southeastern Conference have television use will be emailed when footage is made available. For questions its own web site to get the latest information on the league. Through the or to be added to the list, please contact Christopher England by e-mail at services of Sports Systems, Inc., the site has the latest updated standings, [email protected]. results, schedules, statistics, notes and PDF versions of all SEC releases and media guides. On the site, the SEC has a digital image platform that provides TBA – Practice at the Thomas-Drew Practice Fields (limited viewing period at access to the SEC’s latest photographs, images, logos and links to all of the beginning; no media availability following practice). SEC school media web sites and home pages. TUESDAY ALABAMA PLAYERS: Interview requests for Alabama players should be 1 p.m. CT – Selected players available in the Naylor Stone Media Room. made through Josh Maxson or Alex Thompson. Player interviews are usually conducted at Monday’s press conference beginning at 12:30 p.m., before TBA – Practice at the Thomas-Drew Practice Fields (limited viewing period practice on Tuesday and after practice on Wednesday. All player requests at beginning). for Monday’s press conference need to be made by 5 p.m. on the Sunday before, so proper notice can be given to the players. Players are off limits for WEDNESDAY interviews beginning Thursday. 10-12:10 a.m. – SEC Weekly Teleconference – Nick Saban (10:40-10:50 a.m.) - 1-877-381-5694 (Confi dential). Contact SEC Offi ce 1-205-458-3000 for GAME CREDENTIALS: Media should apply for credentials at www.RollTide. weekly passcode to access the call. com/media. All credentials are held at media will call, which is located in the northwest corner of Bryant-Denny Stadium at Ticket Window 8 which is TBA – Practice at the Thomas-Drew Practice Fields (limited viewing period located next to Gate 3.