Pffft. I’d like to see how LSU does in a conference where they actually play offense.
Brutal game.
Ah well. Mississippi State next week.
Great game, LSU. You guys have a tough team.
Roll Tide.
The 56-42 football games are fun, but damn, this 9-6 game was entertaining.
I would like to see what Stanford (or OK State) does against LSU.
As much respect as I have for the SEC and their football programs, Bama had their shot at LSU (at home), and they should not get another chance. But they could get a shot if OU beats Okie State and Oregon beats Stanford.
I live in Alabama but I’m neither a Tide nor Tiger (FSU fan). I think I heard my entire neighborhood cry out in pain when the Bama kicker missed that field goal at the end. Tough break but what a great game!
It’s like Saban said in the postgame. Yeah, OK, he’s not happy about the missed kicks, but they were extraordinarily long. Cade Foster missed from 49 and 50, I believe. The last kick was a 52 yarder. The failure doesn’t rest on the kicker’s shoulders exclusively. He should not have been put in a position to make half-field kicks all game long. Bama’s play-calling, especially after getting an advantage (Trent Richardson’s long run, etc.) was weird. Should have stuck to power football instead of the cutesy stuff.
Anyway, I don’t want to be a poor sport, but 1) Michael Williams’s back was on the ground (with what looked like possession to me) when the ball was stripped, and 2)fuck Tyrann Mathieu. Yes, he’s a good football player, but that was a dirty, ugly, cheap-ass hit, and he gave Dre Kirkpatrick a concussion. Asshole.
Is it 2005 again already?
Fair point, but I haven’t seen anything from UGA this year that makes me think they would have a shot. They’ve either lost or won close against any BCS conference teams they’ve played (and Boise). I guess I shouldn’t even be counting out South Carolina to get to the SEC-CG, should I? Not with Auburn @ UGA and UF @ SC next week.
A hard fought game. As a die-hard LSU fan, I’m glad they won. However, for the first time this year I disagree with the offensive approach. LSU has the capability of scoring 40+ points on most nights, and I do think they could have scored at least one TD on this night if we at least tried to open it up downfield. Both LSU quarterbacks are capable of hitting a guy in stride 40-50 yards down the field.
OK, for this game, tip my cap to the Alabama defense for shutting that down, but I think Miles gave up on that (and on Lee) too quickly.
And I’ll tell you right now, if LSU tries to put the rest of the season on Jefferson’s back to carry them to a national championship–it ain’t gonna happen. We need Lee as the starter. Miles should play him in such a way these next few games so that Lee knows the coach is confident in him and not ready to yank him to the bench after one or two bad throws.
I agree with point # 2. Regardless of what the SEC may or may not do, I think Miles should bench him for 2 games. (A 1 game suspension only sits him for our Homecoming patsy).
Must disagree with point # 1, however. To complete a catch you have to maintain control of the ball through the catch. It’s hard to show control of the ball when it’s resting in the arms of the defender. There’s no way that ball was secure.
It’s a fine line, and I’ve seen calls fall on both sides of it. I remember a catch last year by Marquis Maze where he dove, and apparently did not maintain possession, because the ball flew out as he landed. On replay, though, the refs called it a catch because he had his arm under it when landing. Touchy call, but it went our way. To my eye, Michael Williams had the ball tucked, and his back was down, making him down, which means that it was a catch. The impact on the ground shook it loose enough that Reid got his hands around it.
I’m not going to argue this like it was the Immaculate Reception or anything. The call didn’t go our way. LSU played us tough, tough, tough, and won the game. I’m not a ref-blamer.
Regarding the catch, I disagree completely that the Bama TE/WR ever caught it. I don’t think there was any indication possession was his. Of course if it were shared possession, it’s the offensive player’s, but I didn’t see it.
For the play by Mathieu against Kirkpatrick, I can’t even figure out what Mathieu was trying there. I guess he wanted to start with a block in the back and decided to club Richardson, perhaps? I also couldn’t figure out how that clothesline gave Richardson got a concussion from that. I guess that was just a freaky result of a poor/stupid play by Mathieu.
Kirkpatrick and Mathieu had been jawing all game long. It looked to me like he just straight-up clotheslined him.
It only garnered a big Meh from me. Clearly the defenses were outstanding, and I have no problem with low scoring games. But that game had way too much bad quarterbacking play to be considered entertaining to me. The 4 interceptions weren’t the result of a fantastic play on the ball by a defender, they were just poor throws. And that happened all game. I don’t recall seeing a great throw for more than 7 yards from either (or more precisely any of the three) quarterbacks. They missed open receivers, underthrew passes, and basically gave up throwing down the field.
I just couldn’t get excited about a game where the quarterbacking play was so bad. It was fun to watch great defenses swarm to the ball, or Trent Richardson break an occasional run, but with no quarterbacking to speak of, the game didn’t live up to the hype.
I personally thought the LSU-'Bama game was great. And yesterday’s losses by S. Carolina and Appalachian State helped my teams (UGA and Ga. Southern.) I just hope that 'Bama doesn’t kill too many of the GSU kids when they play in Tuscaloosa in a couple of weeks. We’ll need our boys healthy for the playoffs! And that my Dawgs don’t look too pitiful when they play the Tigers in the SEC championship … 
Woot! Spartans are one game in front of the Legends with 3 to go. A win at Iowa makes it hard to stop them.
How do you figure the Big Ten? Northwestern gets whipped at home by Michigan, then goes into Lincoln like they own the place. Wisconsin beats Nebraska like a rented mule, Nebraska does the same to Michigan State, yet Michigan State beats Wisconsin. Minnesota looks like death warmed over all year, then wakes up against Iowa and MSU and nearly pulls off the upset in East Lansing.
Well Michigan lost again, a bit gut-wrenching being so close only to fall short. But at least they are being good and competitive in loses, and not falling to pieces in adversity like the last the last few years. Just failing to make the last play when it’s all on the line. And that’s something I have confidence Hoke will take care of in a little more time, with his own recruits.
Next couple weeks are big though, ending the year with 4 loses would be devastating, but I don’t see that happening.
It’s going to be interesting next week with Nebraska at State Penn…err, Penn State. I’m shocked PSU has just 1 loss (to Bama) this season, and they’re primed for a B1G-CG appearance. But, holy fuck, these allegations against Sandusky and the PSU admins (and imo anyone who knew but didn’t go to real cops rather than just the University Police) are certainly going to take the focus away from the game on Saturday.
Wow, Boise and Stanford both lost. I am really happy that Boise lost. I don’t really have anything against Boise per se, but I am sick of the “Boise Whine” (wouldn’t that be Vodka?).
On one hand I am glad Stanford lost, because I don’t like the Pac-xx but I really dislike Oregon. I was channel surfing between that game and the Australian Open, but it looked like Oregon was playing really hard and dirty to me. A lot of extracurricular hits. Stanford was doing their part as well.
Oregon just looks like they are becoming the latest Thug University.
If LSU happens to lose to Arkansas, anyone know who will win the tiebreaker between Bama, LSU, and Ark for the SEC Championship game. ?
If LSU does lose and Okie St loses to Oklahoma, there is a bunch of one loss teams who could legit claim to the BCS Games.
Oregon
Stanford
OK St
Oklahoma
LSU
Ark
Bama
Clemson (or Va Tech?)
and then there is the annual BCS buster, undefeated Houston.
I was really conflicted about Oregon - Stanfurd. I am obligated to root against Stanfurd (it says so on my diploma)…but on the other hand, I wanted to see them in the NCG. And Oregon is indeed full of thugs, criminals and cheaters and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Nike, Inc.
But now I can have a completely clear conscience when Cal upsets Furd in the Big Game next week.
5 in a row now for the Garnet & Gold. Ugly win yesterday, but still a win. Jimbo said it best, it’s nice to see the team play badly, but still find a way to overcome. On a day where very little went right, we did not fold.
On a more sour note, the ACC referees have GOT to be the worst in the country.
LSU-OSU would certainly be interesting – great defense vs great offense. Barring that…there are 2 possible rematch candidates. I know that Bama-LSU is a southerner’s wet dream, but or the rest of us: we just saw that, and it was boring. Oregon-LSU at least has the advantage of that the original happened 10 weeks ago, and things have changed.
Oklahoma and Stanford each have an ugly loss on their resume. Houston has too far to go.