Alabama A Lot, LSU Nothing
by Poseur on Jan 9, 2012 10:39 PM CST
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PrintWell, we got our asses kicked. Completely and totally kicked in. There's not much else to say than that.
But on a night in which LSU's offense didn't even muster 100 yards, it is absolutely unfathomable why Jarrett Lee could not get meaningful snaps.I spent the second half wishing that LSU had a pocket QB with the ability to throw the ball deep, only to be reminded that indeed we had one sitting on the bench.
Maybe Lee couldn't have lead a comeback, as Alabama's defense looked stout all night long. But to not even attempt to change things up, especially when Jefferson was only trying short underneath routes in the fourth quarter and needing some big yards, was a monumental coaching blunder that defies explanation.
What a damned waste of a game. That was a miserable game made worse by the fact that the coaching staff didn't even try anything to change things up. It's one thing to lose. It's even another to get dominated. But to get dominated why you just passively take it is beyond frustrating.
You may use this thread as your place to vent, and to question Saban's parentage.
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I am beyond pissed, and I have no one to complain to
but I can’t bear to go apeshit on this thread knowing full well that every asshole bama fan on RBR is going to put the naked pictures of their cousin with a dildo up her ass away for the night so they can jerk off to disappointed LSU fans who, unlike Bama, don’t get a second chance to avenge their first loss.
I always keep a supply of alcohol handy in case I see a snake, which I also keep handy.
Good God! How could we have been so overrated?
"The more important the game, the more sincere the contact." Les Miles
by lsufanfrommobile on Jan 9, 2012 10:45 PM CST reply actions
Not overrated
You had a great year and a bad game. I’m not an SEC fan, but I respect what the team accomplished this year. Extra credit for taking on Oregon in the first game and not scheduling a cupcake there.
*post fail
All I can say right now is wow. I haven’t seen us that out coached in a long long time. We need a true OC, we had no identity tonight. Also glad the Jefferson era is done, sorry if that offends anyone but he’s been so frustrating to watch the last 3 years it’s ridiculous. Can’t name Crowton for this offensive performance.
by cbkao on Jan 9, 2012 10:50 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
I don't see how that should offend anybody
The whole situation was terrible for everybody involved. From 2008 up until the end of this game. Fans, teammates, coaches. I’ve never really expressed my feelings about the debacle on here because people were condemning others just for having strong opinions based on JJ’s and JL’s football play.
After this offensive performance, it almost makes me want to bring in an actual OC and keep krag as a QB coach. and Stud as a OL coach.
It will get better next season. Which I take comfort in.
Off the top of my head, does this make Mo stay another year?
LSU is an 800 lb gorilla. With a chainsaw as a penis.
Thank God the JJ era is over!!
Not sure why we kept calling the option (especially in the 4th quarter) when we still had an outside chance to win. JJ was his usual indecisive self. Like Elway told Tebow, “pull the trigger.” The 10-20 yard passes were there and it would have slowed down the blitz. Speaking of blitz, does anyone remember our NC under Saban against OU? What did he dial up on 4th down with the game on the line? Oh yea A BLITZ!!!!! Why we didn’t expect that is a little surprising, but the way the line played it may not have mattered. Lee would have given us the deep threat along with hitting those intermediate routes. STOP the flanker screens already!!! Bama is the one team that has as good or better of a defense than we do.
Better. Clearly.
Still, LSU’s defense was mighty strong.
I don’t think Alabama blitzed very much though.
"You play fast! You play strong! You go out there and dominate the man you're playing against, and you make his ass quit! That's our trademark! That's our M.O.... as a team! That's what people know us as!" - Coach Nick Saban before the 2008 LSU game.
by 12NationalChampionships on Jan 10, 2012 12:30 PM CST up reply actions
On this site...
you have to preface any criticism of Jefferson with “i hope this doesn’t offend anyone” or else you’ll be labeled a racist. Chuck it up to the liberal/yankee authors.
by downbad on Jan 10, 2012 7:50 AM CST up reply actions 3 recs
really?
Odd. I didn’t realize things were like that at LSU fan sites. What happened during the Rohan Davey/Jamarcus Russell eras then?
They played well.
"Dracula and LSU are at their best after the sun goes down." - ESPN
by Chinese Bandit on Jan 10, 2012 4:32 PM CST up reply actions
Utterly Embarassing
I can’t even think of anything to say. (as a side note, not a LSU fan, but partial to LSU since lived there a couple years when my dad did his graduate work) That was just awful.
I think one thing is clear about this game. LSU got out-coached and out-prepared. Alabama came out and settled McCarron down with a couple simple roll outs and safe throws to Smelley. It seems clear that the LSU staff simply didn’t trust Jefferson, but to not find a way to get him going early in the game with some safe throws (admittedly, even on some safe throws, he air-mailed some, and on the ones he completed tonight, such as the one to Beckham when they went cover 2, he was still off)?
One gets the feeling that Miles’ staff came into this game thinking that it would be the same game as last time. I think the fact that the game never got out of reach hurt LSU – I wonder if they were hesitant to take a gamble, take some chances deep on account of the fact that a big mistake could tilt the game much earlier. All that said, Alabama didn’t have to do anything difficult since LSU didn’t challenge them.
They showed the graphic of Lee’s last two starts against Alabama, but it was dang clear, even at halftime, that Jefferson was so out of his elements. I mean, on that interception … he had a lane. Where was the confidence to charge ahead? I’ve always thought Jefferson was a good athlete, but a poor runner, and I didn’t fault Ware in that situation. He looked back, saw the QB running, and went to block.
The defense simply looked worn down near the end, and yet, they were fighting. Give credit where credit is due – Alabama’s OL was dominant all game, and their DL was dominant as well. They won the trenches, and they won this game.
The Mettenberger era will only be better if the coaches trust the QB. It’s sad how talented that WR core was this year, along with Peterson, and to not have a capable QB to deliver them throws this game, outside of the flanker screens. Ugh, that reminds me of the next to last drive where they threw a flanker screen right after mild success on the first one. WTF?
Yes
I’ve always thought Jefferson was a good athlete, but a poor runner, and I didn’t fault Ware in that situation. He looked back, saw the QB running, and went to block.
Ware made a heads up play turning around to block. JJ was seemingly just rattled.
"You play fast! You play strong! You go out there and dominate the man you're playing against, and you make his ass quit! That's our trademark! That's our M.O.... as a team! That's what people know us as!" - Coach Nick Saban before the 2008 LSU game.
by 12NationalChampionships on Jan 10, 2012 12:32 PM CST up reply actions
No QB
finally caught up to us. AL developed McCarron all year. Why didn’t we do the same with Mett? You will have to work hard to convince me he’s worse than tonight’s performance.
I would have settled for just keeping on developing Lee
They say hindsight is 20/20, but it really does look like the QB option play with Jefferson was just a flash in the pan gimmick.
BSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
Wouldn’t surprise me to have Miles come out with a contract to somewhere else. This is an absolute travesty. Who stays with their starter all the way through a game when they can’t even get across the 50 yard line. I know he has carried us this far and seems to be our answer to out prayers but OMG he cant finish us off as well as an asian hooker.
Perhaps the coaching staff thought it would be like UGA?
It’s all hindsight, but we didn’t look ready to play tonight, in any aspect. I don’t know that Lee would have done any better, but yeah, it might have been good to see him for a series or two.
I still think Miles has done a superb job this year. He might have blown it on this game, but he’s still better than 80%. There are a lot of places (most of them?) that would like to have that. We just got beat by a better team.
Better to die happy than to live miserably.
Agree, Miles gets a big mulligan
cause we know we’re gonna win it all next year.
Alot of places...
This isn’t alot of places or alot of teams. I am tired or coaching screw us costing us games. We have the money, we have the talent…. why don’t we do it?
This coaching staff...
… won us the SEC title and 13 straight games this year. They don’t suddenly suck. Slow your roll.
Fake Pundit. Real Fan.
And The Valley Shook!
I self-indulgently tweet @ATVSPoseur
Who Would Take It?
Poseur is right. Let’s see, Les Miles went 13-1 this year. He lost the BCS Championship and now LSU
has fired him. They are offering me the job. I can coach at LSU but if I don’t win the BCS I’m gone. What coach would be interested in stepping into that situation…
We have a great coaching staff…we simply got beat. Coaching was a part of it, lack of intensity was a part of it, execution was a part of it.
Looking forward to the fall season…
Good judgment comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgment. - Will Rogers
They sucked last night
Anything else is being disingenuous.
I understand the ATVS is extremely anti-Milesbashingcrowd, and that’s cool…..I don’t think most of the Miles-bashing is generally justified. But that was a suck-ass effort from the coaches first and foremost, and the 13 straight games have absolutely no bearing on whether or not they did a good job LAST NIGHT.
At least UGA tried...unlike LSU
UGA put themselves out their for the first half and let it fall apart the second half. LSU didn’t do jack! I don’t think LSU thought it would “be like UGA” because they could very well have had their butts handed too them if UGA had kept it going. The only thing that saved LSU when they played UGA was their precious little #7. Apparently he was “out” when they played Bama cause all he managed to do was attempt a few tackles. I am by no means a Bama fan, and I am from central Louisiana, but since UGA didn’t win I was so rooting for Bama and I’m glad they pulled LSU down a few pegs. Their showboating ticked me off to no end when they played UGA. The littlest thing had them juking and jiving like the world was theirs…and that was in the first half! Whatever happened to getting penalties for that stuff anyways? Oh well, seasons over, LSU is not on top, and I am happy! :)
by durdenslabs2 on Jan 10, 2012 6:34 AM CST up reply actions
My lead comment was sarcasm.
If you’re happy, that’s great.
Better to die happy than to live miserably.
True.
The fact that it was an open question (among unbiased observers) who was the better coach between Miles and Saban before the game and frankly, that after six games head to head they are 3-3, argues for the fact that they’re both pretty damn good. Saban outcoached Miles last night, but I think Miles edged Saban in November. The worst thing that happened to you guys last night was winning on November 5th. Saban is fierce when he can get the team to focus on avenging a loss (see Auburn 2011, Florida 2009)
"You play fast! You play strong! You go out there and dominate the man you're playing against, and you make his ass quit! That's our trademark! That's our M.O.... as a team! That's what people know us as!" - Coach Nick Saban before the 2008 LSU game.
by 12NationalChampionships on Jan 10, 2012 12:36 PM CST up reply actions
Lee
WHAT could Jarrett Lee POSSIBLY have done to get in Miles’ Doghouse so far that he couldn’t get in a game that was going this poorly???
by swb0427 on Jan 9, 2012 10:54 PM CST via mobile reply actions
Sorry y'all
If it helps I’m super embarrassed about it…
by Les Miles on Jan 9, 2012 10:55 PM CST reply actions 10 recs
You should be Les
You let your team down with that game plan ad stubbornness of sticking with JJ
by cbkao on Jan 9, 2012 11:04 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
OMG LES MILES
CANIHAVEYOURAUTOGRAPH?
"Fuck this shit. Is this fucking season over yet? It is? Jesus H. motherfucking Christ on a stick! Get Nick Holt on the phone NOW! Stupid motherfucker forces us to score touchdowns on every possession, and we still can't win the Alamo Bowl? Hey, asshole! It's Steve Sarkisian. You're fucking FIRED, you FUCK!"
Get em next year coach, great season
Reporter: What would you say a Greg Studrawa offense is like? Stud:
"Attack and be very physical…fly around…attacking, come after you and come after you and come after you…." Me: I love this answer.
GET TO THE RIM HEAT (and SKY)! ATTACK THE PAINT!
by mjtig on Jan 9, 2012 11:32 PM CST via mobile up reply actions 1 recs
Lol
Reporter: What would you say a Greg Studrawa offense is like? Stud:
"Attack and be very physical…fly around…attacking, come after you and come after you and come after you…." Me: I love this answer.
GET TO THE RIM HEAT (and SKY)! ATTACK THE PAINT!
by mjtig on Jan 9, 2012 11:32 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
I dont see how you could go down there and play a great defense, but not play to your own strengths
LSU has a good OL and a stable of RBs, and didn’t really run their best play, pitch Iso. They didnt try to line up and push them much at all.
Not saying they’d have a great amount of success at it, but watching them pound their heads into a wall with a speed option that doesn’t look like it was practiced is no way to lose a game.
No way could I have justified to myself how to leave JJ in there midway thru the 3rd. There was no gameplan adjustment on a nonexistent gameplan to begin with.
I was thinking the same thing.
They barely used the RB’s and when they did it was in the form of the option and Jefferson ran the play all the way to the sideline. It was just terrible.
- FOW
by skandrewj62j on Jan 10, 2012 8:16 AM CST up reply actions
this. I fully expected
a heavy dose of pitch iso and play action. I thought it would have been obvious that bama would be ready for the option
Dawgsports guy here
Condolences. On our thread I said I had no idea what Les was doing towards the end of the 3rd quarter. All of us were saying to put Lee in right before Jefferson through his shovel pass INT. I think Bama had the better team today, but as a UGA guy I can relate to the maddening “keep trying it even it doesnt work” formula. Jefferson looked utterly lost. We liked Met and he would be a bulldog if he hadnt got in trouble, he should do better in that position for you.
I am truly surprised at the option attempts in the second half and never trying anything middle or deep. That just hurts.
Y’all will be good again next year, and you won out in the SEC.
Editor, "Dawgsports"
"The ball ain't heavy." Herschel Walker
i remember you!
"Fuck this shit. Is this fucking season over yet? It is? Jesus H. motherfucking Christ on a stick! Get Nick Holt on the phone NOW! Stupid motherfucker forces us to score touchdowns on every possession, and we still can't win the Alamo Bowl? Hey, asshole! It's Steve Sarkisian. You're fucking FIRED, you FUCK!"
thanks, proud of the Tigers for the great season they had.
Wished they would have went with Lee also and opened things up in the third but I do think Bama had our number tonight.
Reporter: What would you say a Greg Studrawa offense is like? Stud:
"Attack and be very physical…fly around…attacking, come after you and come after you and come after you…." Me: I love this answer.
GET TO THE RIM HEAT (and SKY)! ATTACK THE PAINT!
We weren't out coached
We had a coach that REFUSED to put in the QB that got us there. We had a coach that couldn’t see the forest for the trees. I am just glad that the Jefferson era is over but i wonder whether it will change. I am seeing a pattern of a coach that can’t make the appropriate needed changes at the QB position when it affects the game. What NFL team wouldn’t have taken their QB out somewhere in the 4th quarter when he couldn’t even get the ball across the 50 yard line?????
i am going to be very curious about
Miles answer on Lee post—game. Someone’s got to ask that, right? (and if he has spoken, can someone let me know what was said)
I get that Lee has been bad against Alabama in the past, but Jefferson was gone. Outside of his halfway decent run late in the game, he didn’t show any signs of life.
What I just saw on TV
with Erin, was that Les thought JJ’s feet would still give us something. Their D line had something to say about that though.
Better to die happy than to live miserably.
I guess
LSU was just waiting and waiting for one spark, one turning point, that would give the Jefferson some confidence and momentum. But it never came. I thought it would come after the missed field goal that left the score 12-0.
"Fuck this shit. Is this fucking season over yet? It is? Jesus H. motherfucking Christ on a stick! Get Nick Holt on the phone NOW! Stupid motherfucker forces us to score touchdowns on every possession, and we still can't win the Alamo Bowl? Hey, asshole! It's Steve Sarkisian. You're fucking FIRED, you FUCK!"
He didn't really answer
Miles is usually pretty straightforward, but he mumbled some crap about “we just thought it fair that Jefferson finish”. Lee must have done something to REALLY piss Miles off sometime after the first Bama game. Maybe Lee said something when Les took him out n the first one. or after the game..
Screw that
Again I say at what point do you say that JJ Evans isn’t worth a crap(like most of us thought for the last 2 years(yes even you liars know you said it)). If not Lee (whom I am not a believer in), then Mettenberger or even Claiborne(I don’t care anyone but the guy that is failing)??? WTF. Even in the pro’s they put a 2nd or 3rd string in when the started can’t get across the 50 yd line. This is a bunch of lame ass politic crap that has no place in our GAME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!111
I feel compelled to say....
I understand the frustration, but to pin this on not putting Lee in seems to understate severely what was really going on out there. I don’t think it would’ve mattered if we put Drew Brees in. Jefferson did poorly, but that was a TOTAL TEAM DERP. The playcalling. The line play. WR play away from the ball. Backs cleaning up the pocket. You’d have thought our **** line had never played together, for all the cohesion they had. For a unit that claimed to be disappointed with their first Bama game performance and who vowed to do better…….they really couldn’t have played worse.
by MikeDeTiger on Jan 10, 2012 12:07 AM CST up reply actions
i find it hilarious
that Jordan Jefferson thought he played well, but that the offense didn’t execute. Um, poor option execution, horrible interception, poor accuracy, poor pocket presence, indecisive open-field running, and perhaps the biggest sign that he wasn’t there was blaming Ware on that interception, when it was clearly on him.
I am a Bama fan
And I was left scratching my head as to how in the heck Lee was never put in. The only thing that was really seemingly working on Bama was the long throw. Lee would have done well on that.
I am not sorry we won … But I’ll be danged if i didnt think you guys got slighted on that. Where were the crazy Les calls ?!?!
I have never been more scared of a game than I was of this one.
I cant wait to play you all next year – though I feel that is most DEF your year.
Congratulations
People disrespected you guys, saying Okst belonged and not you. How wrong they were.
"Fuck this shit. Is this fucking season over yet? It is? Jesus H. motherfucking Christ on a stick! Get Nick Holt on the phone NOW! Stupid motherfucker forces us to score touchdowns on every possession, and we still can't win the Alamo Bowl? Hey, asshole! It's Steve Sarkisian. You're fucking FIRED, you FUCK!"
In fact, I will admit
I was one of those people.
"Fuck this shit. Is this fucking season over yet? It is? Jesus H. motherfucking Christ on a stick! Get Nick Holt on the phone NOW! Stupid motherfucker forces us to score touchdowns on every possession, and we still can't win the Alamo Bowl? Hey, asshole! It's Steve Sarkisian. You're fucking FIRED, you FUCK!"
by WaveOcean on Jan 9, 2012 11:08 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
Me too!!!!!
If you ever wanted to see Boise St play...may be a good chance. Love em or Hate em, they are always interesting; and now, no matter where you live, "They're Coming To Your City"
Either of our teams
would have simply RAPED OkSt. There was no chance in hell they would have been able to beat you guys !
Ive said all year long I thought LSU was the best team only to be traded off with Bama’s D … I am proud of my team for playing against such a phenomenal team… No one else was in our league ( and by us I mean BOTH teams )
by lastmilefire on Jan 9, 2012 11:11 PM CST up reply actions
Sorry, but I simply disagree with you.
If you ever wanted to see Boise St play...may be a good chance. Love em or Hate em, they are always interesting; and now, no matter where you live, "They're Coming To Your City"
This
No one else was in our league
If you ever wanted to see Boise St play...may be a good chance. Love em or Hate em, they are always interesting; and now, no matter where you live, "They're Coming To Your City"
You think OkSt.??
who else would you say could have beat you guys ??
by lastmilefire on Jan 9, 2012 11:25 PM CST up reply actions
No, I said I disagree with your remark that nobody else is in your league.
Not that somebody is better, or you can’t whip us our any of that. Alabama & LSU are arguably the two best teams, but not out of our league. Either team can be beat. Just not likely…
If you ever wanted to see Boise St play...may be a good chance. Love em or Hate em, they are always interesting; and now, no matter where you live, "They're Coming To Your City"
Ahhh gotcha sorry
Misunderstood what you were saying.
by lastmilefire on Jan 9, 2012 11:32 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
Either team could be beat
Maybe one time out of 20. I’m pretty sure that on a neutral field, with four weeks to prepare, against any other college football team, these two teams would destroy anyone else they played.
"You play fast! You play strong! You go out there and dominate the man you're playing against, and you make his ass quit! That's our trademark! That's our M.O.... as a team! That's what people know us as!" - Coach Nick Saban before the 2008 LSU game.
by 12NationalChampionships on Jan 10, 2012 12:42 PM CST up reply actions
to the 4 idiots that voted osu #1 (I would have been cool with any votes for LSU)
Obvious Troll is Obvious.lulz! Bama and Lsu averaged close to 40 pts a game…..IN THE SEC!!!! If you can’t appreciate the greatness of the no tds you don’t know anything about good football. osu lost to noone university and btw the anxiety of the death of coaches they probably never met didn’t bother them until after half time.lol. osu is the 6th best team #1 Bama #2 LSU #3 Arkansas #4 USC #5 Oregon #6 osu (maybe. probably Wisconsin but as a nice gesture.) big 12 is garbage this year that got any ranking based off of feeding on each other
What the hell is an aluminum falcon?
you skull dragged us
congrats on a great game.. we stunk the entire night
Great Game for Alabama!
Thank you for your comments. They are appreciated … especially from a ‘Bama guy. Your team was very well prepared and had a very good game plan. I felt our defense kept us in the game for a while, but our offensive game plan … well, if there was one, I couldn’t find it. I just can’t imagine coming out and predicating your offense on the run against a defense like yours. When that didn’t work, we had no “Plan B”. But I don’t want to take anything away from Alabama. You looked like a champion last night, and the win was well deserved!
I can’t wait for next year to get this horrible taste out of my mouth! Again, congratulations!
by Texas Tiger96 on Jan 10, 2012 7:52 AM CST up reply actions 1 recs
Every day i'm shufflin'
I understand that I would take a 13-1 season over most other seasons, but a competent QB that you can logically surmise his reasoning on…. will help me sleep better hopefully.
by funkyheadhunter on Jan 9, 2012 11:02 PM CST reply actions
Can we FINALLY get actual "Linebackers" on the field?
NOT Hybrids or converts?
I love what Coach Chavis has done, but we need true ’Backers out there. Too many dinks and dunks and guys out of position, and this game exposed all of that with fatal results.
Forever LSU, 'cause that's how we roll.
That was the worst team offense I've ever seen
I think. And I remember the 1999 3-8 team. Yes, I said it…..I don’t ever remember the ‘99 squad collectively doing that bad. A lot of people will hang Jefferson and Les Miles for this, but that was a bad job by the playcalling, the line missing assignments, setting blocks from the wideouts, and something I never thought I’d say…..a poor job in most areas by the backs.
It seemed obvious by halftime that we were going to have to try to get vertical, yet we never did. I like sticking with the running inside, even when it wasn’t netting much, but we never tried to leverage that into some downfield passing. Clearly, Bama had a bead on our WR screens and options. It was like Crowton crept back in….I knew the plays before the snap, so I’m sure Bama did too.
I don’t really care about Jefferson vs. Lee……if they wanted to leave JJ in, fine, but they needed to let him throw downfield some.
Also, how odd is it that we’re 13-1 and SEC champs, they’re 12-1 and not SEC champs, but national champs? College football is screwy.
see Bama’s 1964 and 1973 “National Championships”
by CalLSURoseBowl on Jan 9, 2012 11:13 PM CST up reply actions
The BCS is kinda like the Gov, but intead of "If it aint broke fix it til it is." its " When you lose, just keep playin them til you win"
If you ever wanted to see Boise St play...may be a good chance. Love em or Hate em, they are always interesting; and now, no matter where you live, "They're Coming To Your City"
You know Drew Brees is the first qb from Texas to win a superbowl?
A haiku, by Deadpool: I hate broccoli / And think it totally sucks / Why is it not meat?
About Nick's parentage...
The scoreboard says 6-6-6 for AL. Any questions?
…just kidding, I’m not a hater.
Like to further add -
Bama got away with PFs UGA would never be allowed to. Knocking the ball out of JJs hands one time, someone slapped an LSU player on the head, the end of game tackle with 1 million whistles and still trying to strip the ball and hold him up. There were a few more as well.
Editor, "Dawgsports"
"The ball ain't heavy." Herschel Walker
Those complaints might hold some water
if the game was closer. We showed up not ready to play. Those non-calls wouldn’t have made a difference.
Better to die happy than to live miserably.
I hear what you are saying, and respect it for not blaming the refs,
but it would have created some first downs and maybe helped with momentum. I also just know UGA would have been called on all of them, and Bama got away with 3 for sure PFs.
Editor, "Dawgsports"
"The ball ain't heavy." Herschel Walker
yup.
"LSU's ability to eat the other team's soul is unparalled in my memory." -Aaron Chastain via Twitter
"Madam, you have between your legs an instrument capable of giving pleasure to thousands and all you can do is scratch it."
--Sir Thomas Beecham to a lady cellist.
LSU had some late hits as well.
Not arguing the Bama fouls, but the Big 12 refs let them play. Hell, I thought for a moment that they were going to let the PF on the fair catch go too.
"You play fast! You play strong! You go out there and dominate the man you're playing against, and you make his ass quit! That's our trademark! That's our M.O.... as a team! That's what people know us as!" - Coach Nick Saban before the 2008 LSU game.
by 12NationalChampionships on Jan 10, 2012 12:45 PM CST up reply actions
Keep it up and maybe Mettenburger will send you an autograph
"Be polite to everyone you meet, but be prepared to kill anyone"-tc16cav
by otisnixon'sparty on Jan 10, 2012 2:00 PM CST up reply actions
I noticed that too. But on both sides with the horse collar tackles. There were several on both teams but none were called.
I believe that because they were a Big 12 crew, they wanted a low profile. Just let ’um play.
yep.
We suck. no question. I didn’t even notice bama out on the field. I was too busy seeing the crap plays we increasingly failed to complete. It would be one thing if bama just out and out beat us, but that didn’t happen. Bama never even got that chance. I really hate it for our defense. They did what they could, but our offense was not even at the game. Hell, we might have done better if they stayed in Baton Rouge and let the D play the whole game… oh, wait, they did.
I won’t be surprised if Montgomery changes his mind after this. I won’t be surprised if some of our other recruits scatter, too. wow. just… wow.
I bet we get 4th place at best in the final rankings. We would be lucky to be in the top 5 at this point. I don’t think we deserve to be in the top 25 with that… what would you even call that? To call it a performance you have to at least perform… even if it is badly.
I might give something to bama at this point… if they actually did anything to earn the win other than show up. It’s all too clear that we beat ourselves Bama, you’re welcome. Hope you like the new crystal in your case. We picked it just for you.
I have always been a fan of miles up to this point…
They just lost me for next season. That was worse than any game I have ever experienced.
Maybe I’ll watch a game in the 2013 season. I can’t do it anymore this year.
Y’all have a great time.
LSU just ate my soul.
"LSU's ability to eat the other team's soul is unparalled in my memory." -Aaron Chastain via Twitter
"Madam, you have between your legs an instrument capable of giving pleasure to thousands and all you can do is scratch it."
--Sir Thomas Beecham to a lady cellist.
One bad game and you're done?
Good night, and good luck.
Better to die happy than to live miserably.
That wasn't a bad game.
Tennessee last year was a “bad” game. That “ole miss” loss was a bad game. This was something worse. We not only couldn’t do anything right on offense… we didn’t even try to. We just kept doing the same thing. over. and over. and over. and over. and over…
ad nauseum.
Obviously, I’m overreacting to one game. I’m sure of it. But, dammit, games like this are like having a phenomenal sexual encounter, then being castrated right at the instant before you climax. That’s about the best description I can come up with. Nobody other than the fans are going to remember the 13-0 season, only the choke job we performed for a national audience. And as much as I would like to blame it on just getting beat by a better team, that ain’t what happened. We beat ourselves and gave them the game. Someone who wants to win the game would actually try something different. Mix it up. We didn’t even try. Miles even looked apathetic on the sideline during the game.
"LSU's ability to eat the other team's soul is unparalled in my memory." -Aaron Chastain via Twitter
"Madam, you have between your legs an instrument capable of giving pleasure to thousands and all you can do is scratch it."
--Sir Thomas Beecham to a lady cellist.
REALLY?? FLA 58 LSU 3 in a 5-6 season with a coach who went 16-28 in 4 years??
LIFE HAS BEEN WORSE than 13-1 and f-ing 1.
by swb0427 on Jan 9, 2012 11:41 PM CST up reply actions 3 recs
Good perspective, I was at that 58-3 game. We got it good and the future is bright.
GEAUX!
Reporter: What would you say a Greg Studrawa offense is like? Stud:
"Attack and be very physical…fly around…attacking, come after you and come after you and come after you…." Me: I love this answer.
GET TO THE RIM HEAT (and SKY)! ATTACK THE PAINT!
by mjtig on Jan 9, 2012 11:44 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
At least we led FL 3-0 at one point in that game.
Just saying.
GEAUX TIGERS
rofl, hey we got Bama in 93 in T-Town...
straight up, not needing them to forfeit it. The was the highlight of the whole Hallman era sigh. . We got it good, I’ll never forget!
Reporter: What would you say a Greg Studrawa offense is like? Stud:
"Attack and be very physical…fly around…attacking, come after you and come after you and come after you…." Me: I love this answer.
GET TO THE RIM HEAT (and SKY)! ATTACK THE PAINT!
A bad loss during a losing season...
is much easier to take than a loss at the end of an undefeated season. Yeah, I remember Hallman, too. I also remember a Spurrier-coached UF hanging 50 something points on a Saban-coached LSU team during a decent season. Damn that Ike Hilliard. For that matter, a Meyer-coached UF squad hung 50+ on us not too long ago, though we put up more points in that one. It’s not the points or even the shut out tonight. It’s the apathy during the game that I didn’t think this team had. It’s like we just expected to show up and win with no game plan or preparation at all.
Like I mentioned above, I’m just bitching and bellyaching, and being a general asshole because this night got really crappy really fast. I tried to stay upbeat and optimistic for most of the game. I even got a rec for one of the posts in the game thread. Unfortunately the display during the game brought out the pessimist in me. I guess I’m trying to get it all out. I really thought that I wouldn’t be too upset if we lost this game. I just didn’t take into account that we would lose it by not trying. On offense, anyhow.
"LSU's ability to eat the other team's soul is unparalled in my memory." -Aaron Chastain via Twitter
"Madam, you have between your legs an instrument capable of giving pleasure to thousands and all you can do is scratch it."
--Sir Thomas Beecham to a lady cellist.
Everyone has to vent in their own way.
Once the spring practice hits, you’ll be over it.
Better to die happy than to live miserably.
I dunno.
I’ve watched some bad losses. I can be an arm chair ranting homer with the best of’em. but it’s normally all in fun and I don’t let it get to me. This loss was like a rusty meat hook to the gut. All the fun of the season just evaporated for me. I just feel like I’ve lost confidence in this coaching staff. It just felt like we reverted to ‘08. 3 years of delusional optimism just got shot down the tubes for me. For what it’s worth, I hope you’re right. Maybe I’ll chime in for next season. We’ll see. Either way, y’all have a great year.
"LSU's ability to eat the other team's soul is unparalled in my memory." -Aaron Chastain via Twitter
"Madam, you have between your legs an instrument capable of giving pleasure to thousands and all you can do is scratch it."
--Sir Thomas Beecham to a lady cellist.
It happens!
You guys will be rocking everybody’s house next year! RTR but we need you guys to keep the crystal in 2012! Bama fan but respect the LSU tigers alot! Keep your heads up!
What the hell is an aluminum falcon?
by gibbygoat on Jan 10, 2012 2:02 AM CST up reply actions 1 recs
Rec’d.
LSU Tigers: 13-0, 2011 SEC Champions
Beat Bama (again)!
by TheOtherAndrew on Jan 10, 2012 12:54 AM CST up reply actions
I actually felt Bama beat us pretty thoroughly.
Eye right blahgs.
by Paul Crewe on Jan 10, 2012 10:52 AM CST via iPhone app up reply actions
hey I really respect your objectivity
I am a Bama fan and I try to be honest when my team screws up or outright sucks. I will be reading more of your stuff!
What the hell is an aluminum falcon?
Um
It would be one thing if bama just out and out beat us, but that didn’t happen.
Bama’s defense respectfully disagrees.
"You play fast! You play strong! You go out there and dominate the man you're playing against, and you make his ass quit! That's our trademark! That's our M.O.... as a team! That's what people know us as!" - Coach Nick Saban before the 2008 LSU game.
by 12NationalChampionships on Jan 10, 2012 12:46 PM CST up reply actions
All Drew Alleman's fault
Could not be counted upon to make 75 – 80 yard FG’s consistently.
by CalLSURoseBowl on Jan 9, 2012 11:18 PM CST reply actions 9 recs
Okay Jordan Jefferson
A haiku, by Deadpool: I hate broccoli / And think it totally sucks / Why is it not meat?
PUZZLED ALSO????
I am a Bama fan and glad we won but I didn’t see Les not putting in Lee after Jefferson was so rattled. Just wanted to say I think our team was really fired up by the comments made to the press by “the Honey Badger”. Last time anyone dogged Bama’ like that was in 1992 when Miami Hurricanes talked trash and then had to eat those words. Lamar Thomas comes to mind for those of you old enough to remember it. There is something to be said about speak softly but carry a big stick……I got angry when a few of our guys even responded to anything the “Honey Badger” had said.
Wynn
Funny.
Everything I read was Honey Badger reacting to bama player statements.
"LSU's ability to eat the other team's soul is unparalled in my memory." -Aaron Chastain via Twitter
"Madam, you have between your legs an instrument capable of giving pleasure to thousands and all you can do is scratch it."
--Sir Thomas Beecham to a lady cellist.
Still Puzzled at Les?
Don’t know why he didn’t change quarterbacks as Jefferson wasn’t in it before the half. He just looked stunned.
Wynn
Probably was not worried so much over putting in JL but choked on the prospect of putting a messed up JJ back in if JL reverted to Bama int form.
by CalLSURoseBowl on Jan 9, 2012 11:26 PM CST up reply actions
hmmm
I’m not sure one of your starters stating on Espn that Alabam winning would “restore the natural order” actually counts as “walking softly.”
by pennybackLSU on Jan 9, 2012 11:25 PM CST via iPhone app up reply actions
Defense actually played pretty good
Have to give credit to McCarron, who lit us up between the 20s. All night long, we seemed to have good coverage on the fade routes, and all night long he kept putting it where his guys could get it but our guys couldn’t. It did help him that we never got to him in the pocket, but keeping them out of the endzone for so long while that was happening is a testament to the defense.
The offense was putrid though. And it wasn’t just JJ, although he was especially terrible. The lines were beat all night, and it looked like Bama knew what play was coming. Of course, after the sixth time we ran the WR screen, they probably did.
It’s not going to be a good week here in Montgomery, that’s for sure.
GEAUX TIGERS
This game vindicates the ESPN bias towards LSU
and Coach Miles still has the monkey on his back RE: Saban comparisons. A win here removes all of the criticism he receives completely.
This loss keeps all of that intact.
Forever LSU, 'cause that's how we roll.
No way to compare
Two different coaching styles and thoughts. Take it from a long time Bama fan…..You can’t compare. All that will do is have you changing coaches and losing more games for 20 years.
Wynn
Mobile won't be any better.
"The more important the game, the more sincere the contact." Les Miles
by lsufanfrommobile on Jan 9, 2012 11:21 PM CST reply actions
Proud of my Tigers, great year! A lot to look forward to....
Sometimes you get your butt kicked. Hats off to Bama. GEAUX!!!!
Reporter: What would you say a Greg Studrawa offense is like? Stud:
"Attack and be very physical…fly around…attacking, come after you and come after you and come after you…." Me: I love this answer.
GET TO THE RIM HEAT (and SKY)! ATTACK THE PAINT!
by mjtig on Jan 9, 2012 11:29 PM CST via mobile reply actions
Hope you enjoyed your last game Jarret, not sure if redemption was in your plans, but it wasn’t in ours. Thanks for the 9 wins though, great season.
by funkyheadhunter on Jan 9, 2012 11:31 PM CST reply actions
Greetings from BSU
Don’t feel bad, if you played em next week, you’d win.
That’s just the stat on your two teams. I believe your like 50-50 against each other. The odds were completely against you, regardless of how good you were. You could have been 13-0, and Bama 6-6 and had the same results. I played a lot of sports, and our worst nightmare was playing our rival in a championship game. Especially, if we beat them already. Their coaches have dissected those tapes like you can’t believe. And its their guys against yours.
If you ever wanted to see Boise St play...may be a good chance. Love em or Hate em, they are always interesting; and now, no matter where you live, "They're Coming To Your City"
Tigers...
I think you have a great team and had a great season. I know it wasn’t a result that anyone planned on, but I have a feeling y’all are going to put the hurt on us next season.
Congrats to a great team and season. Looking forward to the game next year.
Talent can only get you so far. Give me a player who has less talent, but the heart of a champion and the will to succeed.
Thanks and congrats. We will try to get you is TS next year.
Reporter: What would you say a Greg Studrawa offense is like? Stud:
"Attack and be very physical…fly around…attacking, come after you and come after you and come after you…." Me: I love this answer.
GET TO THE RIM HEAT (and SKY)! ATTACK THE PAINT!
by mjtig on Jan 9, 2012 11:46 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
Great Game!
Alabama played a great game last night. You were well prepared and used your players very effectively. I still believe LSU and Alabama are the two best this year, but this one belongs to you guys. You just can’t win a game of this magnitude without an effective game plan, and to be honest, I didn’t see one on offense except to try the same plays as we did November 5th. That isn’t going to work against a great team like yours. Your coaches showed some imagination and creativity, and ours (on offense) showed little or none.
Next year should be very interesting to say the least. For now, it’s time to heal our wounds and move on to the 2012 season.
by Texas Tiger96 on Jan 10, 2012 7:59 AM CST up reply actions
Tough break guys
I personally thought you beating Bama the first game should have settled that little deal. Everyone knows it’s hard as hell beating a team twice,you guys had a great season and should be proud,still the best team in my eyes,just not your night
Yep , I watched that Husker/Sooner rematch in the early 70's
If you ever wanted to see Boise St play...may be a good chance. Love em or Hate em, they are always interesting; and now, no matter where you live, "They're Coming To Your City"
Thanks, proud of my Tigers. Great season, Bama just better tonight.
Reporter: What would you say a Greg Studrawa offense is like? Stud:
"Attack and be very physical…fly around…attacking, come after you and come after you and come after you…." Me: I love this answer.
GET TO THE RIM HEAT (and SKY)! ATTACK THE PAINT!
by mjtig on Jan 9, 2012 11:48 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
ADD a note
I love my tigers and am proud of the season they had but this game I am not proud of. Even if they were better, this loss is on Les Miles and no one else. To keep JJ in this game that long is a travesty to J Lee. He brought us out of the slums at the beginning of the year and made us a Contender. One bad game has made him so bad in our coaches minds that he doesn’t warrant enough courtesy or respect to give him a chance after the JJ ship has sunk for the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th……… time in recent memory. I just hope that Met, Rivers or Colins pulls out of this awful QB hole we are stuck in.
Not sure it would have mattered..
but I too would have liked to see JLee in the 3rd. The playcalling was bad also from the mid third on, but Bama had our number tonight. I am grateful for JJ and JLee for all they have done for LSU (not always pretty I agree) and like you I am excited for the guys we have now. Better mechanics already, hope the staff can coach em up. GEAUX!!
Reporter: What would you say a Greg Studrawa offense is like? Stud:
"Attack and be very physical…fly around…attacking, come after you and come after you and come after you…." Me: I love this answer.
GET TO THE RIM HEAT (and SKY)! ATTACK THE PAINT!
by mjtig on Jan 10, 2012 12:18 AM CST via mobile up reply actions
Still proud of this season...
OK, had time to sober up a little…
First time poster, reader of the blog for many years…
Delusional optimist? HELL YES…
The finish I wanted? Nope….
You can’t have the mountaintops without the valleys…
I truly believe tonight is the night we needed for the dawn of the next 5 years… The best is truly yet to come…
Call me an ass, I just believe that a coach being loyal to his players and employees is a hell of a lot more refreshing and true to the reason we love this game than anything else…
Was Jefferson staying in right? Maybe yes, maybe no… Was a coach standing by his decision that the best option was in correct? Once more, maybe yes, maybe no… I believe he deserves the benefit of the doubt…
Besides, without days like today, there is no “next time”….
I am not, or have ever been a football player or athlete of any type. (maybe mathlete, but thats stretching it). I would take Les Miles to the end of days and to hell with Saban…
I love this team and what they have done, and that’s all I have to say about that…
by demeaner on Jan 9, 2012 11:48 PM CST reply actions 1 recs
derp...
Rip me a new one…
Prolly deserve it…
You can’t fault this team for talent, and had we been the one-loss coming into it, does anyone doubt we liekly would have one?
Having to make a statement versus having made one already leaves some interpretation, no?
Still think we should’ve been playing Okie State, but then again that thinking probably got us here…
Proud and loud, 13-1…. how many teams get there, huh?
double derp
that should have read
“had we been the one-loss coming into it, does anyone doubt we would not have won this one?”
The power of double negatives…
I think you guys had a great season
just one bad day. I’m glad Bama won, but it appeared as though LSU did what we did in our first meeting…..just shooting themselves in the foot. I was puzzled why Lee didn’t at least get a shot (when McCoy went down in the 09 championship game, it actually made it tougher on us since we hadn’t planned on his replacement), but I do think Les Miles is a good coach.
And if I was a betting man and had to pick a team, as tough as it is for me to admit, I would put my money on you guys winning it all next year…..even if Claiborne comes out.
13-1, SEC Championship, SEC West Champs, that’s a great overall season, just a bad game. Just like we had a great overall season, just a bad game on Nov. 5. Looking forward to seeing some good football from you guys next year with Zach and all that amazing returning talent that will get another spring to get even better.
The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his. ~General George S. Patton~
Thanks
Reporter: What would you say a Greg Studrawa offense is like? Stud:
"Attack and be very physical…fly around…attacking, come after you and come after you and come after you…." Me: I love this answer.
GET TO THE RIM HEAT (and SKY)! ATTACK THE PAINT!
by mjtig on Jan 10, 2012 12:00 AM CST via mobile up reply actions
I'm completely dumbfounded
Bama played a hell of a game and we got completely outcoached. Les’ stubbornness cheated the team out of even having a chance to compete. The defense played pretty well but the O didn’t even show up tonight. How hard is it to get motivated for the biggest game of your life?
identity crisis
The greatest thing Steve Spurrier did NOT say was "We’re not Alabama and we sure aren’t LSU. But at least we are not Clemson. " There’s a light in this tunnel, folks.
by lucynell48 on Jan 10, 2012 12:20 AM CST via iPhone app reply actions
I feel bad for the players, they didn't deserve to go down like that
Coaches gotta look in the mirror, on this one. What’d they do the last 40 days, practice the option. Not one deep ball, to stretch the field, even if its incomplete, gotta keep pumping it vertically, that opens the run game up, to much sideline to sideline stuff . Bamas D to was too quick and they never got gassed tonite.
Hope Mett’s the deal, looking forward to next yr, lots of kids returning. No more HS offense, pleeze. Always a Tiger…..
You think you know, and you don't know, and you never, ever, will.-Jim Mora Sr.
I understand ....nothing.-Michael Scott
The Future is Unwritten.-Joe Strummer
"First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win."-Mahatma Gandhi
yeah, I kept screaming at the tv to pass the ball downfield. Offense was just in a daze to start with...
in the beginning with false start penalties and JJ not handling the snap, but yeah always a Tiger—on to b-ball and then baseball. GEAUX SAINTS!! we still have that hope. Beat the 9ers!
Reporter: What would you say a Greg Studrawa offense is like? Stud:
"Attack and be very physical…fly around…attacking, come after you and come after you and come after you…." Me: I love this answer.
GET TO THE RIM HEAT (and SKY)! ATTACK THE PAINT!
Their D never had a chance to get gassed
Our offense didn’t stay on the field……ever. I amazed it took our own defense as long as it did to start wearing down. I can’t bring myself to look at the TOP for the game. It’s a stat that is often meaningless with teams like Oregon or even Arkansas, but for teams like ours and particularly games like that one, it is definitely relevant.
It was pretty much the opposite of 11/5 when Bama wore down in the 4th quarter. There was no fight from our guys tonight and no chance to wear them out. Our guys definitely looked out of it in the 4th, their runs up the middle kept getting longer and longer…
defense played their hearts out and had to be gassed by halftime. They showed so much heart...
but I was not surprised by the longer runs and the eventual TR break through td—had to be exhausted by then.
Reporter: What would you say a Greg Studrawa offense is like? Stud:
"Attack and be very physical…fly around…attacking, come after you and come after you and come after you…." Me: I love this answer.
GET TO THE RIM HEAT (and SKY)! ATTACK THE PAINT!
First time ever commenting on anything.
I am doing this because I can’t fathom what just happened. It was like a football terrorist attack…you’re left looking at the wreckage and wondering: “Why?”
But the terrorists in this situation are those who are supposed to lead you to victory, or at least giving you the opportunity to feel like you put up a good fight…that you tried everything you could before going down. Yes, I’m talking about the coaches. The offensive coaching staff and Les Miles.
I don’t mind getting beat…especially by the number 1 defense in the nation. But to not even try anything even remotely creative, to not go with a viable backup quarterback. to continue to throw the ball BEHIND the line of scrimmage in the 4th quarter, to run the option in the 4th quarter, to eat the clock when clearly the clock is not your friend, to do nothing inspiring, to not gamble at all even as you are reaching the critical stages of the game, to do nothing NOTHING AT ALL TO EVEN SHOW SOME SORT OF GUTS AT ALL IS THE MOST MISERABLE FAILURE POSSIBLE.
People talk about the respect they have for the uprising in the Warsaw Ghetto in WWII…even though they were doomed to certain failure, they tried something, anything so they would not go down passively.
That’s my second war reference. i think it’s time to end this one. I don’t feel any better.
An earlier commenter summed it up best: “LSU just ate my soul.”
by jeffreytmedford on Jan 10, 2012 2:00 AM CST reply actions
Congrats on a great season
Solve your qb issues and I think you’ll play in this game again next year (and win).
Roll Tide!
I just got home teaching English in Japan.
Sorry I didn’t have time to wish you good luck. I we hadn’t been in the game, I’d love to see you make history.
I’m pleasantly surprised by the outcome.
I look forward to next year in Baton Rouge. And maybe again if there is a +1.
"The same things win today that have always won, and they will win years from now. The only difference is the losers have a whole new bunch of excuses why they don’t win or can’t win."-Bear Bryant
(12-4)+2=12 hoping for a +1
Robot Chicken Star Wars should be canon.
by the thin red line on Jan 10, 2012 3:09 AM CST reply actions
Great season LSU.
Nobody in their right mind would have predicted a blowout for either side. Thinking about it this morning, I think it boiled down to veteran leadership. Besides the coaching staff the younger Bama players have had Barron, Hightower, Richardson, Maze, Barrett Jones, Kirkpatrick, et al in their ear about everything to expect this week- media, hype, pre-game events, intensity of the game, etc. With that kind of “been there” experience against your young squad, maybe this type of performance was somewhat predictable. Y’alls best players are mostly youngsters who will better understand what they’re up against on this stage, and they’ll be the ones kicking underclassman ass for a month.
'There are two pains in life. There is the pain of discipline and the pain of disappointment. If you can handle the pain of discipline, then you'll never have to deal with the pain of disappointment,'- Nick Saban
Agree, congrats to you guys.
You may not have deserved to be in the game, but you certainly earned the trophy.
Alabama fans, ask yourself this question: Is this who you want representing your University and your fanbase?
"Been saying it for six f**king years now...That g**damn hurricane just wasn’t big enough." - Outsidethesidelines, Manager, RollBamaRoll.com
http://www.rollbamaroll.com/2011/12/3/2607240/sec-championship-game-open-thread#
outsidethesidelines@gmail.com
Boise fan here.
This game was such bullshit. You guys should have played Okie Lite. LSU and OSU = robbed.
Clippers // Chargers // Rays // Boise State
"The Lakers do win games. But things can change." - Blake Griffin
by 82-0 on Jan 10, 2012 6:32 AM CST via mobile reply actions
derp 2 u lol.
Obvious Troll is Obvious.lulz! Bama and Lsu averaged close to 40 pts a game…..IN THE SEC!!!! If you can’t appreciate the greatness of the no tds you don’t know anything about good football. osu lost to noone university and btw the anxiety of the death of coaches they probably never met didn’t bother them until after half time.lol. osu is the 6th best team #1 Bama #2 LSU #3 Arkansas #4 USC #5 Oregon #6 osu (maybe. probably Wisconsin but as a nice gesture.) big 12 is garbage this year that got any ranking based off of feeding on each other
What the hell is an aluminum falcon?
SOMETIMES . . .
. . . you just get beat by a better team, and in my opinion, ’Bama was the better team, at least last night. Better prep, better coaching, better execution.
I’m not smart enough to know what happened, and I couldn’t even finish last night’s game; I know I couldn’t sit through it again to try to figure it out. Not that it would matter, anyway.
I do believe, however, that JL wouldn’t have made a damn bit of difference. Their D line shut down our run game and there didn’t seem to be ANYWHERE to throw all night. The Tide sliced us up through the air.
It is as if Saban took every criticism and question mark about his team and set out to prove them all wrong: (kicking problems; McCarron; can’t win without running Richardson 50 times) and he did. After seeing what they did to us in the 1st half WITHOUT much use of Richardson, I didn’t have the usual halftime confidence that we could “make adjustments.” By the middle of the third, it was clear to me that there was NOTHING we could do last night to turn the ship around. As someone else said, I don’t think it would have mattered if Drew fricking Brees was playing QB.
One of the problems with getting so emotionally invested in a bunch of kids playing a game is the crushing letdown last night. I know it was for me, anyway. It made me regret getting so caught up in it.
We certainly and indisputably earned the right to play in that game last night, but we didn’t appear to even belong on the same field as Alabama. The Tide proved to me beyond all doubt they belonged in that game.
Not going to read this whole thread but this is pretty much how I feel.
Alabama fans, ask yourself this question: Is this who you want representing your University and your fanbase?
"Been saying it for six f**king years now...That g**damn hurricane just wasn’t big enough." - Outsidethesidelines, Manager, RollBamaRoll.com
http://www.rollbamaroll.com/2011/12/3/2607240/sec-championship-game-open-thread#
outsidethesidelines@gmail.com
Embarrased
Not since the Curly Hallman era has an LSU team been as ill prepared, and un-motivated as this team was last night. Just wondering what the hell the coaching staff did all month.
I surmised that there were cold blooded killers in the Miles house, holding his wife and kids hostage until LSU convincingly threw the game. Only explanation I can come up with for Miles staying with JJ and not giving JL even one snap.
I am totally embarrased by not only the outcome but the way we achieved Bammers goal.
by OldfartTigerFanatic on Jan 10, 2012 7:12 AM CST reply actions
For all of you people who think today sucks...
Just be glad you don’t live in Alabama.
/silverlininged
Alabama fans, ask yourself this question: Is this who you want representing your University and your fanbase?
"Been saying it for six f**king years now...That g**damn hurricane just wasn’t big enough." - Outsidethesidelines, Manager, RollBamaRoll.com
http://www.rollbamaroll.com/2011/12/3/2607240/sec-championship-game-open-thread#
outsidethesidelines@gmail.com
I have...
15 months of hell in Montgomery. Rather than waiting for a promotion to escape I (we) paid our own ransom and transferred to Atlanta. Been here ever since.
Deserves got nothin' to do with it...
Poor bastard.
Montgomery sucks. I have tons of family there and wouldn’t wish living there on anybody.
'There are two pains in life. There is the pain of discipline and the pain of disappointment. If you can handle the pain of discipline, then you'll never have to deal with the pain of disappointment,'- Nick Saban
What made it worse...
was we were transferred there from Boca Raton, FL. Not sure who we pissed off to deserve that move.
Deserves got nothin' to do with it...
Wow. Yeah, little cultural difference there.
I live in Mobile and even I know Montgomery sucks. Tons of LSU fans here in Mobile though.
Jonno-
I’m a Bama fan and you have my sympathy living in Mongo.
I'm not really a CPA, I just play one on television.
by BamaTaxMan on Jan 10, 2012 12:19 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
I don't live in Montgomery
I live in Huntsville. I’d never live in Monty.
But I appreciate the sympathies nevertheless. I’m sitting at my desk counting the seconds until I can leave and take off this damn crimson tie…
Alabama fans, ask yourself this question: Is this who you want representing your University and your fanbase?
"Been saying it for six f**king years now...That g**damn hurricane just wasn’t big enough." - Outsidethesidelines, Manager, RollBamaRoll.com
http://www.rollbamaroll.com/2011/12/3/2607240/sec-championship-game-open-thread#
outsidethesidelines@gmail.com
Huntsville's a great town.
'There are two pains in life. There is the pain of discipline and the pain of disappointment. If you can handle the pain of discipline, then you'll never have to deal with the pain of disappointment,'- Nick Saban
Thank you.
"The same things win today that have always won, and they will win years from now. The only difference is the losers have a whole new bunch of excuses why they don’t win or can’t win."-Bear Bryant
(12-4)+2=12 hoping for a +1
Robot Chicken Star Wars should be canon.
by the thin red line on Jan 11, 2012 12:47 AM CST up reply actions
Credit to Bama, Questions for Coaches
That D was amazing last night and the QB played with more confidence than his skill should allow. They obviously prepared better and it showed.
JJ clearly was flailing and frustrated early and often. I don’t know why Lee wasn’t given a series or two, even just to refocus JJ. He led the team in a downward spiral and nothing was done to counter that. He lost composure and the team followed. Honey Badger looking depressed will be the image that sticks with me the most.
The only bright spot is I’m looking forward to when the trophy makes it’s typical Bama trip to Walmart. The pics last time were HYSTERICAL. LA will NEVER be AL!
This trophy?
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Every day we make it, we'll make it the best we can.
by animalcracker on Jan 10, 2012 3:55 PM CST up reply actions 2 recs
At a Loss for Words
I still cannot fathom why what happened last night happened. At a time like this, I should just keep my mouth shut, and I will.
Not our night
Wow gentlemen that was pretty tough to watch. Congrats to our defense for what, I thought, was a heroic performance considering they seemingly never left the field. Offensively I have no words to describe it, so I’ll be nice and just say dissapointing. There was nothing good about it, except to finally prove to me how important it is to atleast have a QB who is steady, consistently steady. JJ just looked scared. I actually was screaming for JL to get a chance, because if the ship is going down you might as well fire all cannons first. In the end, with an ode to perspctive, it was a great year for our Tigers and I appreciate all the good times they gave us this season. Coach Krags do your best to coach up the next QB’s and lets go get it next year. CLM you’re still my guy and I wouldn’t want it any other way. GEAUX TIGERS!
12 rushes by LSU Running backs
O Lline was completely dominated… Bama was only 3 / 12 on 3rd down. Coach Stud’s O line and game plan completely let the team down. This is a heart breaker. 11 plays for negative yds.
The contact that takes place when our defense is on the field is very sincere ~ Les Miles
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Saw this elsewhere on SBNation...
23% of LSU’s snaps went for negative yards. Which means, on nearly a quarter of LSU’s snaps, we would’ve been better off to spike the ball. It was just a dismal offensive performance. The coaches’ refusal to even try Lee is baffling to say the least.
Jefferson was beyond terrible last night.
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Bingo
Say what you want about the flying circus type offenses, but at least they attack the entire field. When the WR screens and options didn’t slow down the rush, LSU had no idea where to attack next.
GEAUX TIGERS
We aren't a WR screen team
We have executed those poorly all year.
Alabama fans, ask yourself this question: Is this who you want representing your University and your fanbase?
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I just wish they would have tried Smash mouth football.
At least gain a yard running into a wall then losing 3 on options trying to run around it. For all the improvement we still need a true O Coordinator. At the beginning of the season I thought 10-2 would be an acceptable season. we can bitch all we want. LSU 2011 SEC Champs.
The contact that takes place when our defense is on the field is very sincere ~ Les Miles
Dirk Nowitzki's Flamingo Fade away is this generation's Sky Hook
by jharrison2090 on Jan 10, 2012 9:52 AM CST up reply actions
it is a total head scratcher
It was like we learned nothing in the UGA game and the coaches decided to the put the game on JJ’s shoulders. I hate to sound hyperbolic but I was just plain floored when they left JJ in after the first series in the 3rd. I started texting everybody I know “Surely they pull him now, right?” I was looking for some hope that we weren’t doing what we were obviously doing. When they continued to run the option, I actually switched to diet coke because I thought that I was hallucinating.
by haveagreatday on Jan 10, 2012 10:57 AM CST up reply actions
This is the ultimate issue: our OL got crushed, leaving no lanes to run and no pocket to throw from.
I’m happy JJ is done at LSU, and I was hoping Lee would get a shot, but I can hardly blame Miles/Krag/Stud. Lee’s worst situation is a collapsing pocket – and there was barely even a pocket to collapse last night. Lee would have been torched. But I wish he had a shot anyway.
Without an OL, you don’t have many options.
"They play violent football at risk of injury for their team and for their school. The gift that I'm given is to be allowed to be on the sideline with them and coach them." Les Miles
by ZimmZimmZalaBimm on Jan 10, 2012 11:02 AM CST up reply actions 1 recs
O line
While I agree that the line was terrible as well, part of the reason for no lanes was that Jefferson didn’t throw a single vertical pass to stretch the defense. By the second half, Bama had 11 guys in the box, with their ears pinned back, knowing they wouldn’t get challenged deep.
By the midpoint of the 3rd, it was apparent that Lee literally couldn’t do worse. Hell, even had he gone out there and thrown a quick pick, it probably wouldn’t been as bad as what actually happened. Maybe the pick would’ve at least been on a deep ball.
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Actually they had the safeties back in cover 2 all night
They were practically daring LSU to run the ball.
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by Billy Gomila on Jan 10, 2012 12:04 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
Yeah, I have to agree. Our linebackers were just playing lights out and the safety's played safe for the long ball.
That was by far the best game we played all year. Congrats on a great season. LSU will be even better next year and we lose a lot on defense so look to be in the hunt again next year. We will be pulling for ya every game but one. These two teams have always had a healthy rivalry which is what I like best.
2013 is the Year
As you can probably tell I live in Kansas and am a Jayhawk grad, but I was born in Baton Rouge and growing up my dad took me and my brother to a lot of LSU football games. So I’m still a fan, and wish I still lived in Louisiana. There’s a big group of LSU Alumni/fans here in KC that watch all the games together. Very disappointed in Miles, Saban is just a better coach. However, no reason to dwell on it, game is over. Next year is LSU’s year. Almost everyone is coming back and Mettenberger = Flynn (though I think he’s better than Flynn). QB’s win championships, LSU finally has one in Mettenberger and Gunner Kiel after that. Congrats to LSU on being 2012-2013 BCS National Champions.
Also Jefferson and Lee both really suck and I blame this loss
on Zach Lee with his 9-6 record and 3.47 ERA for The Great Lake Loons
The contact that takes place when our defense is on the field is very sincere ~ Les Miles
Dirk Nowitzki's Flamingo Fade away is this generation's Sky Hook
by jharrison2090 on Jan 10, 2012 9:58 AM CST reply actions 4 recs
yeah, we were hopeful he would stay with LSU...
but, sigh.
Reporter: What would you say a Greg Studrawa offense is like? Stud:
"Attack and be very physical…fly around…attacking, come after you and come after you and come after you…." Me: I love this answer.
GET TO THE RIM HEAT (and SKY)! ATTACK THE PAINT!
JJ's best play of the night was his tackle of Mosely after the interception.
At least he was decisive on the tackle.
With that said, anyone know the extent of Mosely’s injury? Hope it wasn’t too serious.
This game reminded me a lot of the UF game a two or three years ago where our O was absolutely owned by their defense (except this was worse b/c not only was our O owned, but they were then traded for a pack Marloboro’s in the shower).
Tip of the hat to the Bama D, QB, kickers, and coaches. Their coaches clearly did a lot of work with their QB and kickers getting them ready for this game. Some of the throws over our DBs were NFL caliber.
Is it time for the 2012 season yet?
by Displaced Tiger on Jan 10, 2012 11:08 AM CST reply actions
Dislocated hip
The contact that takes place when our defense is on the field is very sincere ~ Les Miles
Dirk Nowitzki's Flamingo Fade away is this generation's Sky Hook
by jharrison2090 on Jan 10, 2012 11:13 AM CST up reply actions
Sounds painful
Alabama fans, ask yourself this question: Is this who you want representing your University and your fanbase?
"Been saying it for six f**king years now...That g**damn hurricane just wasn’t big enough." - Outsidethesidelines, Manager, RollBamaRoll.com
http://www.rollbamaroll.com/2011/12/3/2607240/sec-championship-game-open-thread#
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That was actually a pretty vicious tackle
A haiku, by Deadpool: I hate broccoli / And think it totally sucks / Why is it not meat?
I don't think was vicious in a malicious sense but
he was likely taking out some frustration with the hit.
by Displaced Tiger on Jan 11, 2012 3:15 PM CST up reply actions
Congratulations to Alabama on a dominating performance, and to
CNS and his entire staff, and especially to AJ for a virtually flawless game. He certainly deserved the MVP award.
I knew that they hadn’t played up to their potential on 11-5, but then neither did we. I really believed that we were going to bring our A-game. Our total collapse is just baffling. I wonder if the team and coaches didn’t buy into the “greatest season ever” hype a little too much?
As much as I love CLM, I can’t help but be disappointed on so many levels. Everything was just so out of character for him in this game(the whole offense coming out flat, inadequate game-planning, failure to make adjustments, etc.), and he was thoroughly out-coached.
I could only get bits and pieces of the game here in Vietnam, the internet streams kept going down, but from what I did see it was obvious that JJ was just lost, wandering in the wilderness. I could not believe that Les didn’t make a change, at least for a series or two (especially after his comments earlier in the week about JL and playing time), or come out with some kind of trickeration or new wrinkle, anything. As they say “Doing the same thing over and over but expecting different results…..”
All of that, and RS’s indignant tweet about only getting in for 3 plays, makes me believe that there has to be something else going on. What, if anything, I have no idea. Oh well, I’m sleep-deprived, the phone keeps falling out of my hand, so…..
no excuses, congrats Bama, you’re the champs
Geaux Tigers!
Head coach Les Miles of the LSU Tigers leads his team in their usual pregame warmup song "Head, Sheauxlders, Knees, and Teauxs." -Spencer Hall
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