Not every game in this weekly trip down memory lane of great Alabama games I have personally attended will be meaningful in deciding the SEC champion. That statement is definitely in full effect when discussing the ’Bama versus LSU game of 1998 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

LSU had begun that season highly ranked and the preseason favorite to take the SEC West title but coach Gerry DiNardo and Co. lost a tough game at home to Georgia early in the year and that started an LSU “shame spiral.” The Tigers went on to lose six of their next seven games despite having future NFL players like Kevin Faulk and Booger McFarland.

Luke Robinson is a regular columnist, contributor to BMetro, AHSAA Radio Network Broadcaster and Sportzblitz Team Member.