BATON ROUGE, La. -- Dwayne Thomas has watched his LSU team blow late leads each of the past two times Alabama visited Tiger Stadium. The senior defensive back has no intention of allowing that to happen in his final shot against the Crimson Tide.?Even more, he feels like the Tigers defense can dominate the offense of the nations top-ranked team Nov. 5.?I just feel like this is the year, Thomas said before Wednesdays practice. Weve been letting them off the hook for the last couple of years. This is my senior year. Were going out with a bang and its time for us to bring that win back. And were going to be at home. I feel like we have the edge to take it to them, and were going to take it to them and I feel like were just going to dominate this game.Alabamas overall winning streak in the series is five games.?Although Crimson Tide freshman quarterback Jalen Hurts has been exceptional, becoming a Heisman Trophy candidate for the nations top-ranked team, Thomas reminded reporters that Hurts has yet to play at Tiger Stadium -- or against LSUs resurgent defense.The Tigers handled Ole Miss and all-SEC quarterback Chad Kelly last Saturday, shutting out an opponent in the second half for the second straight week. Thomas believes they can do the same to Hurts.After hitting him a couple times, most quarterbacks dont like to get hit, Thomas said. They start making mistakes after that, and then with the tight coverage that were going to have on the back end, hes not going to want to go to some of his favorite targets. Thats all we have to do. I really see us dominating this offense. I really see us dominating this team.Thomas realizes predicting his team will dominate an opponent that has won three of the past five national titles will create a stir. The knowledge that his comments could be posted throughout Alabamas locker room didnt seem to bother him.We put stuff up, too, over here, Thomas said. If that helps to motivate, if that helps motivate them, then so be it. We know what motivates us, and thats we want that No. 1 thats next to their [name]. We want it. We want it next to our LSU.The Crimson Tide have pulled out late wins in their past two trips to Tiger Stadium.In 2012, Alabama scored the winning touchdown with 51 seconds remaining. And in 2014, Alabama hit a field goal with 3 seconds left to force overtime.Those are some great [Alabama] teams also, Thomas said. But this year, I feel like were not going to put ourself in harms way to give them anything. We dont turn the ball over on offense and we get turnovers on defense and we make first- and second-down stops, we should come out on top in this game. Swell Vesipullo . -- About a third of the way through the regular season, the Washington Wizards are at . Swell Bottle Suomi .C. -- Rodney Hood connected from all over the court while freshman Jabari Parker was busy swatting shots and scoring in transition. http://www.swellbottlesuomi.com/swell-juomapullo.html . On Mar. 16, coming off a "fight of the year" performance at UFC 154 the previous November, St-Pierre faced Nick Diaz at UFC 158 in what would be his eighth defence of the welterweight title. Using his superior athleticism, St-Pierre cruised to a five round, unanimous decision victory setting up a much-anticipated title defence against number one contender Johny Hendricks. Swell Pullo Suomi . -- Golden State Warriors coach Mark Jackson asked his players a simple question during Fridays morning shootaround: How many of them had ever been on a team 14 games over . Swell Jälleenmyyjät . -- The Bishops Gaiters are showing they belong among the countrys top varsity football teams. SYDNEY -- Swiss team Alinghi clinched the Extreme Sailing series on the final day of competition in Sydney Harbour on Sunday, with skipper Arnaud Psarofaghis holding off a late attempt from archrival Oman Air to win the title.It was the third time Alinghi has won the Extreme Sailing series following victories in 2008 and 2014, but the first time it has done it aboard the speedy GC32 caatamarans.ddddddddddddAlinghi started the final day with a 19-point lead on Oman Air. The victory was guaranteed only after the 24th and penultimate race of the series, with Alinghis fourth place ahead of Oman Air in fifth finally giving it the series edge. ' ' '
