10 juicy college football revenge games we can’t wait to see in 2020: LSU-Alabama, Notre Dame-Clemson, more

2. Alabama Crimson Tide at LSU Tigers (Saturday, Nov. 7)

Though there is no way the LSU Tigers will be as good as they were last year, they might have the upper hand when the Alabama Crimson Tide walks into Death Valley on Saturday, Nov. 7. This has the feel of an SEC primetime affair, one that will go a long way in deciding who wins the SEC West and gets to Atlanta.

Alabama dropped this one at home last year. The Crimson Tide rarely lose games under head coach Nick Saban and certainly much less at Bryant-Denny. That’s a testament to the historic year the Bayou Bengals had under head coach Ed Orgeron and Burrow. While Orgeron remains, Burrow is now a professional Bengal up in Cincinnati.

While this won’t be the first difficult game for either team (Alabama hosts Georgia, LSU hosts Texas), this is one that matters a great deal in the SEC hierarchy. Back-to-back losses to LSU won’t sit well at all.

1. Notre Dame Fighting Irish vs. Clemson Tigers (Saturday, Nov. 7)

With the Notre Dame Fighting Irish joining the ACC in all sports but football, they have taken on a five-game ACC schedule recently. Two seasons ago, Notre Dame punched its first ticket to the College Football Playoff as a national independent, only to be humiliated by the eventual national champion Clemson Tigers in the national semifinals. They meet again, this time in South Bend.

Clemson is the reigning dynasty in college football. The Tigers have made the playoff each of the last five years as ACC Champions. No program in their conference has been a worthy adversary for them for going on a decade. Notre Dame may not be on Clemson’s level, but the Irish are a top-tier team under Brian Kelly nonetheless. This game also features the same quarterbacks as last time.

While Trevor Lawrence was only a freshman back in 2018, Ian Book was a sophomore for the Golden Domers. Both signal-callers have played in a ton of big games in the last few years. Lawrence may be the better quarterback, but we’ve seen Book play some great ball for the Irish, too. This game has major implications in the ACC, as well as the College Football Playoff at large.

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