Jalen Milroe addresses impact of LSU crowd noise

Tiger Stadium in Baton Rouge is one of the best environments across college football, especially at night. Which will be the site for one of the mist high stakes games of the college football regular season this weekend when LSU hosts Alabama in a game with major College Football Playoff implications on the line.

Crimson Tide quarterback Jalen Milroe has been in Tiger Stadium as a backup quarterback and helped lead Alabama to a home victory over LSU last season. But this Saturday will represent his first game as a starting signal caller on LSU’s home field.

“So I had an experience two years ago, we played at LSU on the road and it’s definitely a place that external factors are at a high when it comes to their crowd noise, when it comes to the fans impacting the game as much as possible,” Milroe said on Tuesday. “Also just the energy that’s poured into the to the stadium.”

Tiger Stadium moved up to the top spot in EA Sports’ rankings of the toughest places to play in college football. A ruckus environment that will certainly make Milroe and the Crimson Tide pay extra attention to the details of their offensive execution.

“So for us, when you’re playing games like this on the road it’s all about being a great communicator. Being on the same page, starting fast, all being on the same page, and when we simplify the game into those key components that’ll allow us to elevate our game and allow us to be prepared as much as possible,” Milroe expalined.

“But the biggest thing we try to do is eliminate bad plays, eliminate miscommunication, and just try to be on the same page so that we can be our best us. And that’s what’s going to allow us to be our best us, being on the same page and having the right mindset.”

Both Alabama and LSU are coming off of bye weeks as two loss teams looking to avoid a third this season. A defeat that could eliminate either team out of the College Football Playoff picture ahead of a matchup kicking off at 7:30 p.m. ET.