Alabama Players Looking for Another Raucous Crowd on Saturday Night vs. LSU

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — On "Hey Coach" before the Tennessee game two weeks ago, Alabama head coach Nick Saban called for the fans to make an impact on the game.

Needless to say, the Bryant-Denny Stadium crowd made an impact during the Crimson Tide's 27-0 second half against the Volunteers.

Now that the bye week has come and gone, it means the Tigers from Baton Rouge are coming to town, and the stakes are even bigger.

"I’m very excited how they were here against Tennessee. I feel like we need the same amount of energy, if not more, for this game," cornerback Kool-Aid McKinstry said. "We need the fans to be there. We’re very excited to have the fans at our game, and we want to make the game as hard as we can and make it to our advantage that we have a crowd here that’s on our side."

Chris Braswell and JC Latham also want to see 100,077 strong on Saturday night in Tuscaloosa.

"It was very loud at Bryant-Denny [against Tennessee], probably the loudest I’ve seen this year," Braswell said. "They do a tremendous job making noise and we’ll definitely need that again this week."

"Crowd noise definitely plays an extreme part into the game," Latham said. "That was the loudest I think I've heard Bryant-Denny get. I loved it. They got two false-start penalties. When Jihaad scored that touchdown I was insane. Just having the crowd behind you definitely adds momentum for the defense. Because you know that the offense, when they're out there, just creates a lot of confusion, a lot of stuff going on. Sometimes the offense can't communicate with one another so they can't be all in tune and get ready to go. And then when the offense is out there we know we got the home fans behind us so we're all playing as one and it's a great feeling."