... into a game where the team that could finish the strongest would walk off the field as a winner.

It became a game of attrition for LSU with players either limping off or being helped off the grass.

For Alabama it became a game of overcoming mistakes and applying more late game heroics. 

Alabama had to overcome mistakes and there were plenty of them. Greg McElroy missed wide open receivers, Julio Jones continued his string of games with a 'right in your hands' drop and defensive backs slipped, fell and blew coverages. Then there were the costly stupid penalties, like breaking the huddle with 12 men on the field.

Alabama was winning the war of total offense but losing the battle of points.

Since Nick Saban's a...

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