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COL FB: Alabama 24, LSU 15

Sun, 11/08/2009 - 10:40 by shalini.bahadur

Tuscaloosa, Ala. -- No. 3 Alabama scored 14 fourth-quarter points to down No. 9 LSU 24-15 Saturday in a comeback win to clinch the SEC Western Division title.

Greg McElroy connected with Julio Jones on a 73-yard touchdown with 10:24 left in the game, and running back Trent Richardson ran in the two-point conversion to give the undefeated Crimson Tide (6-0 SEC, 9-0 overall) a 21-15 lead they would never relinquish.

Leigh Tiffin made all three of his field goal attempts, including a 40-yarder with 3:04 left to make it a two-possession game at 24-15. LSU was unable to stop the clock down the stretch as the Tigers fell to 4-2 in the SEC and 7-2 overall.

Alabama grabbing poll attention

Mon, 10/12/2009 - 17:48 by shalini.bahadur

Mclean, Va., Oct. 12 Alabama narrowed the distance between itself and No. 1 Florida and No. 2 Texas in the USA Today Coaches college football poll.S

The Crimson Tide (6-0) increased its first-place mentions to five ballots in the poll released Monday, four more than last week but Alabama remained ranked No. 3. All of those first-place votes came from Florida (5-0), which lost the votes despite a win over former No. 4 Louisiana State.

Florida has 53 of the 59 first-place votes. Texas (5-0), for the third consecutive week, is No. 1 on one ballot.