2012 BCS National Championship Game: LSU vs Alabama football Start Time, TV Channel

Battle of the brains, that’s for the Nick Saban and Les Miles. Battle of executions, that’s for the players. It is what everybody is looking for as the BCS National Championship Game features the unavoidable rematch of two of the best teams not only in the SEC but the entire nation. LSU Tigers vs Alabama Crimson Tide are set to play for the prestigious BCS title.

No 1 LSU Tigers are prepared to do this football battle for the second time. Indeed, love is sweeter the second time around as the Tigers will meet the Crimson Tide again in just more than two months. It was November 5, 2011 when the Tigers defeated the Tide in a low scoring game 9-6 in OT. Everybody knows that the Crimson Tide should have won the game as they gained more yards than the Tigers. However, the Tigers end up the team to be victorious as they stayed undefeated the whole season.

Destined to be in the BCS National Championship game? The LSU Tigers were selected as the No 1 team in the nation without any controversy as they have a 13-0 record. While the selection of Alabama as the second best team in the nation through the BCS system was clouded with doubts and questions because the Crimson Tide was not even the champion in the SEC conference while other teams like Oklahoma State had a 12-1 record winning the Big 12 conference. With all the dissatisfied reasoning of many, the Alabama vs LSU football game will go on.

The analysis for this game can be drawn from their previous game in November. Yes, with all the stats accumulated in that game will provide as a glimpse of what to expect in this BCS game 2012. Aside from the score of 9-6 in which the Tigers won, it can also be clearly stated that the Crimson Tide had a 6-3 advantage in the third quarter. Of course LSU tied the game in the fourth quarter and eventually won through the field goal of Drew Alleman in OT. That would be easy to scrutinized but certainly it was filled with mysteries how these two teams managed not to score any touchdown?

One of the reasons why the SEC conference won the last five BCS title games is because of the defense. Surely, Alabama and LSU programs are focused on how the team will play defense that the recruits were better and athletic to fit the defensive oriented team. Defense was the key why both teams couldn’t make a touchdown in their last meeting. Defense was the reason why both offenses were stifled and satisfied with field goals.

Not that the Tigers have no offense at all. LSU averages 38.5 points in that 13 games they played, the lowest was the win against Alabama. Tigers have the offensive game that competed with other teams but the secret of their success was primarily because of their defensive team that can shatter any offense. Alabama also has that defense that can upset LSU.

After losing the “Game of the Century”, all hopes were gone for the Crimson Tide to be back in the BCS National Championship game. But it seemed that Alabama is destined to have a rematch as other teams faltered in their favor. It was out of their control the rest of the way but other teams suffered defeats the following week that put Alabama in a scenario of getting back to the picture.

The BCS National Championship title game is also a battle of two coaches who had been here before. Saban had two titles, one with LSU and the other with his current team; Miles captured a title also. Is is a matter of selecting the right buttons as the game progresses. It is the coach who will make the right decision will win the game. Miles vs Saban, this is about the two gentlemen who built these teams to be in the biggest college football game. A classic in the making that will put either Alabama or LSU in the record book.

BCS National Championship Game Start Time / Game time is at 8:30 PM ET. LSU vs Alabama BCS National Championship title game tv channel coverage is on ESPN. We will provide you the LSU vs Alabama score after the game.