LSU/Alabama game SUCKED!!!

[center rising]

Just a horrible game. Turned it off at halftime. HORRID!!

[RZM]

1. It was pretty bad

Not only was LSU shut out, they finished with under 100 yards of total offense. That's pretty pathetic for an undefeated number one in the title game.

[JCMach1]

2. Oklahoma State was the national champ as far as I'm concerned

I boycotted this SEC Championship game...

[av8rdave]

23. Oh, Please

NEW ORLEANS -- To those LSU followers who think they got short-sheeted by the BCS …

To those Oklahoma State honks who insist their team belonged here Monday night …

To those Associated Press voters who said they would keep LSU atop their ballots even if the Tigers lost to Alabama …

To all of them I say, "Are you nuts?"

Alabama removed LSU (and OSU) from the national title equation and also removed all doubt about who's No. 1.

More at link:

http://espn.go.com/college-football/bowls11/story/_/id/7445348/alabama-crimson-tide-dominates-lsu-tigers-allstate-bcs-national-championship

OSU was pretty good, but would have been blown out far worse than LSU.

'Bama played about as complete a game as you can play. You also have to consider that the Tide outplayed LSU in their earlier meeting this season (though they deserved to lose because they couldn't kick field goals).

[YellowRubberDuckie]

47. Amen!

I love me some Cowboys. Win or lose. But they were amazing this season and THEY deserved the title, not those douches.

[JCMach1]

53. Exactly... roll of tide, indeed...

emphasis on roll needed!

[Charlemagne]

3. Cant hold a candle to our Buckeyes

am i right or what?

[RZM]

4. Wasn't raised a Buckeye fan, actually

So I've never had much of an attachment to them. You sure can't escape it here in Columbus though. 'Tattoo-gate' has shaken this city to its core!

[Charlemagne]

29. The tattoo guy

gets busted for drug dealing by the feds.

They were trading in stuff for more than just tattoos.

[blueamy66]

9. one name

Woody Hayes

and WTF is a buckeye anyway? a tree nut?

[Charlemagne]

14. ahhh yes, but

the nuts are poisonous. So its dangerous and risky to touch them with your mouth.

[blueamy66]

15. Ummmmm.....

don't think too many football players use their mouths during the game!

And hey, here's a secret.....I carry a buckeye in my backpack....gift from a friend!

[av8rdave]

25. With their new coaching staff, I suspect the Buckeyes will be a force to be reckoned with soon

Meyer is a great recruiter and coach.

[Charlemagne]

27. I just talked

To the sports reporter who covers the buckeyes for the past 25 years. He has reservations about Meyer. Here was his argument

1. Too many players at florida getting arrested.
2. He was only 7-5 when his team was full of guys he recruited.
3. He retires citing health reasons and then reconsiders the next day (sports reporter said that was fishy).
4. He retired again saying he wanted be with his family...but his daughters were already away at college (fishy again)
5. He then takes the job with OSU after retiring for his family.

I enjoy college football, but I dont know the nuts and bolts of everything associated with it. The sports reporter said this may not be a perfect marriage.

We shall see.

[av8rdave]

28. Those are some interesting points

But what may balance all that is that Meyer will have a greater measure of autonomy (from what I've read) than he did at Florida.

As you said, we shall see.

[era veteran]

5. A great game

The SEC has SIX National Championships in a row.

[JCMach1]

6. This one is far from legit... the Championship game should never be an in-bread

inter-conference affair...

[taterguy]

7. What about when Maryland played Duke in the basketball finals?

Was that not a 'legit' championship game?

[JCMach1]

8. Tournament is another animal entirely... I would support an NCAA 2, or 3 round playoff at the end

of the season...

[taterguy]

12. Then you'd just complain about who got invited to the Tourney

No way the 1985 Champ Villanova gets in if the Tourney was only 2-3 rounds

[Bake]

19. He's just still pissed about Oklahoma State or whoever that didn't get in the championship game ...

He'll get over it in a few years. Maybe.



Bake

[JCMach1]

20. Of course...

Oklahoma State won the title as far as I'm concerned. Of course if 'Bama wants to play for it, bring it on!

[era veteran]

13. In-bread Wonder Bread-Rainbow Bakery Bowl

Bread & Circuses

[JCMach1]

21. LOL. yeah

[blueamy66]

10. One of my good friends from High School is a HUGE

Bama fan. She's thrilled. That's all that matters to me.

ROLL TIDE!

[era veteran]

11. SEC haters

Quit whining and play better.

[Dr. Strange]

22. Someone should have said that to LSU.

[Bake]

35. Ain't. That. The. Truth!

Although I haven't heard them whining. I think they just silently slinked back home.



Bake

[Dr. Strange]

36. No, LSU didn't whine.

But it was nice of them to use their third string players the whole game.

[Bake]

37. Yeah, they had George Jefferson playing QB all night.

Weeeee-zie!!



Bake

[Dr. Strange]

38. Yeah, they took Jefferson to the cleaners!

See what I did there? Ya see?

[Bake]

40. I am in awe of your brilliance!

Bake

[av8rdave]

42. I heard they still haven't made it home

Somebody painted a 50 yard line across the freeway.

[Bake]

46. Excellent!!

Bake

[Major Hogwash]

56. Bwah-hahaha-haha-ha!!

That's killer!!

[rurallib]

16. North Dakota Bison are true national champs for sure

[rurallib]

17. 2 out of 3! 2 out of 3! 2 out of 3!

Let's have another game in another 6 weeks or so to really settle the score!
No field goals allowed this time.

[Iggo]

33. No field goals allowed?

It'll end up 6-0 after the 17th overtime.

North Dakota State: National Champions.

[Bake]

18. Bama played serious defense.

But LSU came out absolutely flat on offense as well. I mean, they only got past midefield ONE TIME. REALLY????

LSU sucked large last night. Great team, but they had a horrible night. And now, of course, we have to listen to "Roll Tide" for a few weeks ...



Bake

[av8rdave]

24. As we should

Of course, Air Force is the real national champion as far as I'm concerned.

[Bake]

34. Go Air Force!

BTW, shouldn't it be "avi8rdave?" Just wondering ... I'm assuming you're a pilot.



Bake

[av8rdave]

41. I am...if you read and pronounce the letters in sequence, there's no need for the "i"

But you have to say each letter individually (skipping the dave part, obviously).

Go Falcons!

[Bake]

44. Aha! Of course.

a-v-8-r.



Bake

[av8rdave]

54. Not very obvious, I know!

[gratuitous]

26. I'm not saying Oregon would have beaten Alabama

But they would have scored more than a point a quarter like some teams did against Alabama. Embarrassing.

[KeepItReal]

31. LSU whupped Oregon. 'Bama would have done the same.

Any questions?

[marmar]

30. I tried to watch the whole game but it put me to sleep shortly after halftime....

I woke up with the TV still on and the rebroadcast was already well underway.

[Iggo]

32. ...AGAIN!!!

[Rambis]

39. My 11yo "this game has been very one sided"

"and not all that interesting" LOL

[pdx_prog]

43. As a spectator

I say the best team won, and proved they were the best team.

As a Bama alumni I say no matter what anyone says there isn't a team this year that could beat them. I lived in New Orleans for almost ten years, and I can sympathize with LSU but they took Bama for granted and did not bring their "A" game.

I live in Oregon now, and as to the comment about the Ducks.....are you serious? The ducks wouldn't have made it past the first quarter. Different caliber team all together.

Oregon runs track very well though. Prefontaine was a hero in my book. When Oregon wins 9 BCS championships we will talk again....actually, when they win one we will talk again...

[woolldog]

45. USC would've beaten Bama

Oregon would've given them a game too. Stanford as well. Oregon scored a TD on LSU in the first quarter of their game. 27 points total. In 7 quarters Bama scored no TDs against LSUs defense.

Basically any team with a good run defense and strong offense Bama would've had trouble with. There are no teams like that in the SEC. Bama only played 3 or 4 teams with a winning record, and Bama's out of conference schedule was pathetic, so we'll never know.

[HuckleB]

50. Hogwash.

[woolldog]

51. insightful post....

You make some great points, but I think I'll stick with my well reasoned opinion.

[HuckleB]

52. You have no reasoning.

You have nothing but baseless wishes.

Try to be more concise with those wishes.

[woolldog]

55. Who has Bama played that has an elite offense?

No one.

Last time Bama played an elite offense was Utah in the Sugar Bowl a few years ago. I don't have to remind you what happened in that game do I?

[Lisa D]

48. We need a playoff.

Other divisions in football seem to manage a playoff just fine. I'm tired of the money men orchestrating who plays in what bowl. If the fans of a team "travel well", then that team can get in a bigger bowl.

Let's make it about winning games. I'd be fine with an LSU/Alabama title game if they'd actually gotten there through a playoff. Otherwise, it was just a
do-over game and held little interest for me.

[HuckleB]

49. Most of the country forgot that there was a game, I think.

Who cares?