The Crimson Tide will face No. 16 LSU, No. 1 Mississippi State and No. 3 Auburn during the treacherous month of November.
“This is the time of the year when everybody has to be committed to playing their best football,” Alabama coach Nick Saban said. “Do your job … Play and execute with discipline. This is obviously an opportunity for two really good teams to have an opportunity to compete against each other.”
The game has more meaning for Alabama because of Ole Miss’ loss to Auburn. If Alabama wins the rest of its games, it would win the SEC West and put itself in position to make the first ever College Football Playoff.
“It’s definitely a will thing,” Alabama defensive lineman Jonathan Allen said. “We’re so excited, now especially, since we control our own destiny.”
Saban said he wants to take a game-by-game approach and concentrate on Alabama’s current opponent.
“When we played Arkansas we thought that was the biggest game of the year, so we prepared the best we could for what they did,” he said. “We think this is the biggest game of the year now because it is the game we have this week.”
