SPORTS PSYCHOLOGIST DR. Kevin Elko was sitting across from Alabama coach Nick Saban in 2019, relaying postgame gossip he'd seen online. Not only had LSU beaten the Crimson Tide in Tuscaloosa, apparently the Tigers had made a spectacle of it, toasting themselves as if they'd won the national championship in early November.
LSU coach Ed Orgeron had gathered his team around the 50-yard line and, in full view of reporters, shouted, "Right here on the middle of the damn field, let's break it down! Tigers on three! Because this is our house from now on!