Staples: Why LSU-Alabama won’t be in primetime, and CBS’ gamble behind it

It’s time to play the game that’s sweeping the nation — GUESS WHO SAID THAT?

I’ll give you two quotes from prominent college football personalities. You tell me who said each. Ready? Here we go …

Quote No. 1

Right now — and I hope the LSU fans will turn their radio down — but the LSU-Alabama game at Bryant-Denny Stadium does not have the cachet that it used to.