LSU at Alabama kickoff time announced

The showdown between Alabama at LSU on Nov. 9 will be an afternoon game.
CBS announced early that it will broadcast the game, beginning at 2:30 p.m.
The network had already used up its allotted prime time slots this year, per its contract with the Southeastern Conference. So the afternoon broadcast was its lone option or it otherwise would let the game slide to another network.
When it’s the Tigers and the Crimson Tide, anything can happen.
— CBS Sports College Football 🏈 (@CBSSportsCFB) October 21, 2019
We’ve selected No. 2 @LSUfootball vs. No. 1 @AlabamaFTBL on November 9th as our SEC on CBS Game of the Week. pic.twitter.com/U0Z52Jgp3e
The Crimson Tide has won the last eight meetings against the Tigers and won last season’s matchup, 29-0, in Baton Rouge.
Meanwhile, the SEC released the broadcast times and networks for Nov. 2, when the Crimson Tide will be on a bye:
When it’s the Tigers and the Crimson Tide, anything can happen.
— CBS Sports College Football 🏈 (@CBSSportsCFB) October 21, 2019
We’ve selected No. 2 @LSUfootball vs. No. 1 @AlabamaFTBL on November 9th as our SEC on CBS Game of the Week. pic.twitter.com/U0Z52Jgp3e

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