As the LSU-Alabama showdown heads to halftime, the defenses have been decidedly as good as advertised. Neither team has a TD to show for its efforts, and LSU needed a rare bit of successful clock management from Les Miles to tie the game at 3-3 heading into the break.

LSU, though, has to count itself lucky that it was even in a position to tie the game with a last-second field goal. Alabama’s kicking duo of Cade Foster and Jeremy Shelley has combined to miss three of four tries in the first half.

None of the misses was a gimme (44 and 50 yards for Foster and 49 for Shelley), but the dismal start bodes ill for the Tide’s hopes in the second...

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