 Had the ball been incomplete, the clock keeper would have stopped the clock immediately upon the ball hitting the ground.This likely would have left LSU with 3–4 seconds on the clock and a chance to run another play.In the game dubbed "Saban Bowl I", in which Nick Saban's new Alabama team faced an LSU team that featured several players Saban himself had recruited during his tenure in Baton Rouge, the Tide found itself in an SEC shootout.