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How Alabama's title defense will be decided by this three-game stretch

Three losses in a college football season? That's bad.

Three losses in a row during a college football season? That's worse than bad. Just ask LSU.

After starting 7-0 last season, the Tigers hit one of the most grueling three-game stretches in the nation (at Alabama, versus Arkansas and at Ole Miss). They lost all three games, falling from No. 2 to unranked in the College Football Playoff rankings.

Who's this year's LSU? Start with SEC rival Alabama, but there are lots of other horrendous three-week stretches on the horizon.

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