BOL Round Table

Just got home from a 6 hour drive....lots of time to catch up on sports radio and chew on the game.

-I keep hearing alot of people say that LSU dominated the game. I disagree. We had a 14-3 lead going in to the half. Early 3rd we drive down the field and are going in for the score when AJ fails to put the ball in Yeldon's belly. Running back isn't looking at the ball and didn't seem to short hand it. That would have made it 21-10. It was a tale of 2 halves.
-I can think of at least 3 passes that Mettenberger completed where the DB had his hand on the ball. As my DB coach sometimes told me, "great defense, better offense."
-We averaged 6.6 ypc, they averaged 3.3 ypc.
-The smartest thing Miles said leading up to the game was that they are so familiar with Bama that they can tell by the way we line up what's coming. It's like the Redskins or Cowboys beating the Giants. Giants much better team, but your old foes know you best.
-Great gameplan by LSU's OC. He got matchups (very NFL like) on our LB's and let's face it, their slot receivers were at an advantage being covered by Vinnie and Perry.
-I think AJ's back contusion was worse than we expected. He missed on several wide open receivers.....typical of someone with a back injury who's throwing mechanics are off.
-Les Miles made questionable calls a few times....we didn't. Last time I checked, coaches are part of the team. So no....the better team Saturday night wasn't LSU. They exposed some weaknesses and had a raucous crowd on their side. We were pushed to the brink.....to a place we haven't been all year. AND WE RESPONDED!! Champions do that, good 6-2 teams don't. Don't give me any of that junk that LSU was better. I've never understood that.....how can a team lose if they were the better team ON THAT NIGHT?!?! Yes higher ranked teams can lose because they didn't play well enough to win. But when you WIN you were clearly the better team THAT NIGHT!

Anyway, just the way I see it. My brother in law who lurks on here told me,"you finally got the game you wanted!" Yeah, I did, but.....let's go back to just kicking people's arses.

RTR!