By james art 
Brian Kelly and the LSU Tigers will return to Death Valley on Nov. 9 for a critical Southeastern Conference matchup against the Alabama Crimson Tide in Week 11.
It will be a “College Football Playoff Elimination Game” in Death Valley, with all eyes on two of the most iconic brands in sports.
“The loser of this game is out for the season,” SEC Network’s Paul Finebaum told “SportsCenter.” “Not in the literal sense, but in terms of ODA [College Football Playoff].”
“The loser will have three losses. There’s no way you can go back. There will be an SEC Championship Game. There really will be no hope. There are too many schools competing for these general offers.”
The stage is now set for a key SEC showdown in Baton Rouge this Saturday night at Tiger Stadium.
A look at early information for November 9 at Tiger Stadium, ticket prices and current betting lines:
11 a.m. CT – Florida at Texas, ABC
2:30 pm CT – Georgia at Ole Miss, ABC
3:15 pm CT – South Carolina at Vanderbilt, SEC Network
* 6 or 6:45 CT – Oklahoma at Missouri, ESPN or SEC Network
* 6 or 6:45 CT – Mississippi State at Tennessee, ESPN or SEC Network
6:30 p.m. CT – Alabama at LSU, ABC
*(All Odds According to DraftKings Sportsbook)*
Distribution:
– LSU: (+3)
– Alabama: (-3)
Money line:
– LSU: (+124)
– Alabama: (-148)
Over/Under: 58.5
The Alabama Crimson Tide are currently a three-point favorite heading into the Week 11 matchup. A line that hovered around 1.5 points a week ago, Vegas continues to lean toward the Tide as the favorite Saturday night.
With the opportunity to further improve their resume and stay alive for postseason opportunities, the Tigers will face a challenging foe on Nov. 9 in Death Valley.
Kelly opened up about what’s next for the Tigers after the Week 9 loss to the Texas A&M Aggies as the program shifts gears.
“We have to be really good at a few things and that’s what we’re doing, and let’s get really good at it. We have a bye week. We’re going to clear some things up. We have a good football team,” Kelly said. “It was a bad half of football for us tonight. And we will go back to work on ourselves and prepare to play better football.”
It will be a Top 15 matchup at Tiger Stadium on Nov. 9 between LSU and Alabama, with both programs entering what will be a Week 11 College Football Playoff Elimination Game.
With high stakes, the showdown has become one of the hottest tickets on the college football market.
The cheapest ticket: $294.00
Most expensive ticket: $2,691
Both prices are according to TicketMaster via the single ticket option.
Brian Kelly and Co. enter a game with no room for error when they start the 2024 season.
LSU will face Alabama before games against Florida, Vanderbilt and Oklahoma to close out the year.
“I mean, we lost our margin, right? We have no right to make a mistake. We need to go back and look at some of the things I just talked about, right? We’ve got to build some balance within the offense,” Kelly said in College Station last Saturday. “We’ve got to be able to handle the running quarterback. The field game nonsense has to end. This is just ridiculous. We will clear this up in short order. But these two things in particular.”
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