When the Schedule Fairy delivers the yearly list of who plays who and when, it is always interesting to see which teams have off weeks before they face Alabama — thus giving an extra week to prepare for what the Crimson Tide is about to unleash on them.

True to form, said Schedule Fairy allowed the LSU Tigers to conveniently have this coming week off before their showdown with Alabama.

But unlike in some years, the Crimson Tide will join them.

Source: Alabama football: 5 week-too-early thoughts about LSU