For the Alabama Crimson Tide and LSU, the history of football competition dating back to 1895 has been a strange one. It has been different than the 'long strange trip' the Grateful Dead sang about in their 1970 classic, Truckin. But the long history has been strange, nevertheless.
The first game was on a Monday in 1895. The Alabama Crimson Tide played four games that season, all in November. The middle two games were played over three days in Louisiana. Alabama lost on Saturday in New Orleans to Tulane, 22-0, and on Monday in Baton Rouge to LSU, 12-6.