The Tigers lived up to their ranking as well, narrowly edging the Tide 9-6 in a defensive battle.
Following the game, the question that everyone was asking was who would challenge the unbeaten Bayou Bengals in the BCS National Championship Game.
Although it's a question worth asking, it requires us to discount the last four weeks of the college football season, which are sure to include some more fireworks.
If LSU can avoid upset bids by Western Kentucky and Ole Miss in the next two weeks, the real question will become the following: Will we see the second Game of the Century of the 2011 season on Nov. 25 when the Tigers host SEC West rival Arkansas?
Perhaps.
If Arkansas can get past unranked Tennessee and Mississippi State at home in the coming weeks, they themselves will enter the match-up with a whole lot to lose.
The match-up could potentially see the 11-0 Tigers host the 10-1 Razorbacks in a winner-take-all SEC West Championship Game.
A Razorback win would create a three-way tie atop the West division standings, with a one-loss Alabama team coming back into the picture.
The easiest way to avoid a mess will be for LSU to win and finish the regular season 12-0, 8-0 in the SEC.
But to say that the Tigers are out of the woods already would be both premature and foolish.
As of right now, the Friday after Thanksgiving has Game of the Century written all over it.
