Bama vs. LSU - In game thread

MgoBlue-LightSpecial · Sun Nov 06, 2011 1:04 am

The crowd noise fucking over the Bama defense? Bahahaha.

You'd think with all this NFL talent Bama could recruit a kicker capable of chipping it within 40 yards of the uprights.

MgoBlue-LightSpecial · Sun Nov 06, 2011 1:05 am

Wouldn't call it a cripple fight though. These defenses are ridiculous.

Van · Post by **Van** » Sun Nov 06, 2011 1:09 am

Yep, I'm thinking these offenses would be rolling through most defenses.

Bama seems to be doing the slightly better job of controlling both lines of scrimmage, but LSU's special teams are keeping them in this thing. On top of the blocked FG attempt their punting game has been nails.

Mace · Post by **Mace** » Sun Nov 06, 2011 1:14 am

Great game so far. Alabama is losing the field position battle so far, in part because they choose to attempt field goals when they should be punting.

Van · Post by **Van** » Sun Nov 06, 2011 1:15 am

Getting kinda tired of Danielson and his constant "To play in this league, you gotta have...."

Mace · Post by **Mace** » Sun Nov 06, 2011 1:20 am

Helluva run after the catch by Richardson. Might have broken a couple of dback ankles with those moves.

Van · Post by **Van** » Sun Nov 06, 2011 1:21 am

That guy is a serious bitch to get on the ground. No kidding.

Van · Post by **Van** » Sun Nov 06, 2011 1:31 am

This thing feels like Lincecum vs Halladay.

BSmack · Post by **BSmack** » Sun Nov 06, 2011 1:38 am

Icing the kicker on a 19 yard field goal?

WTF?

Van · Post by **Van** » Sun Nov 06, 2011 1:44 am

88, who do you think will beat the winner of this game?

Go Coogs' · Post by **Go Coogs'** » Sun Nov 06, 2011 1:45 am

88 wrote:I would like to see one of these defenses face a good PAC-1? offense. I'm not that impressed. The running backs are stopping in the holes and jumping around trying to make guys miss rather than just powering through them. I don't think the winner of this game will go undefeated this year.

You're showing your ignorance, 88. This is Ali vs Frazier right here.

MgoBlue-LightSpecial · Sun Nov 06, 2011 1:51 am

Mace wrote:Helluva run after the catch by Richardson. Might have broken a couple of dback ankles with those moves.

His shiftiness with that kind of frame is impressive. You don't see that often.

I picked 24 total points. Starting to think that is way too much.

MgoBlue-LightSpecial · Sun Nov 06, 2011 1:55 am

88 wrote:I would like to see one of these defenses face a good PAC-1? offense.

LSU vs Oregon would be pretty cool.

Carson · Post by **Carson** » Sun Nov 06, 2011 1:55 am

88 wrote:The running backs are stopping in the holes and jumping around trying to make guys miss rather than just powering through them.

More like the holes, if any, are closing up faster than they can get to them.

TenTallBen · Post by **TenTallBen** » Sun Nov 06, 2011 1:57 am

MgoBlue-LightSpecial wrote:
88 wrote:I would like to see one of these defenses face a good PAC-1? offense.
LSU vs Oregon would be pretty cool.

Awesome post right there. :twisted:

MgoBlue-LightSpecial · Sun Nov 06, 2011 2:02 am

It's true that Bama and LSU do not have great offenses, in large part because neither team has a great qb. But they most certainly would roll up points against just about anybody else. Even if they didn't, scoring 17-21 points would be enough to beat anybody.

MgoBlue-LightSpecial · Sun Nov 06, 2011 2:03 am

88 wrote:I would like to see that. I think Oregon or Stanford could stand toe to toe with either of these teams. It wouldn't be 3-3 at the half.

Huh? LSU already handed Oregon their ass, despite what Dins will try to convince you.

Van · Post by **Van** » Sun Nov 06, 2011 2:20 am

I'm still thinking Stanford is the only team with a decent shot against these two. To beat them it's going to take a quick-thinking, precise QB with a right-now delivery and enough of a running game to keep these defenses honest. It's not going to be some "dual-threat" guy who roams sideline to sideline. The speed of these defenses will feast on that crap.

The problem with Stanford is their relative lack of depth and speed. They don't have a lot of major weapons to begin with, and now one of their TEs and Owusu are hurt. With concussions in successive weeks, Owusu may be done for the year. Minus any deep threats, I don't know that Stanford will be able to stretch the field enough to give Luck any breathing room.

Nonetheless, he and Stanford remain the nation's best hope for taking down the winner of this game.

MgoBlue-LightSpecial · Sun Nov 06, 2011 2:27 am

88 wrote:Did you watch that game?

I watched it. Oregon got owned in the trenches through 3 quarters, and lost by double digits. No need for a rematch. It was decisive. To your Pac-1 point, I would certainly rather see Stanford play the winner of this game.

M2 · Post by M2 » Sun Nov 06, 2011 2:29 am

Jesus Christ, these could be two of the worst offenses I've seen all year...

If these teams played Cal ten games in a row they might get a field goal... as long as Maynard wasn't allowed to throw a pass in the game.

If Maynard was allowed to throw 10 passes... Cal would probably lose by 70.

Cal just held a team that averages around 500 yards of offense and 40 something points a game to just over 200 yards and 7 points.

Stanford and Oregon would blow the doors off these two teams on a neutral field (Dallas wasn't a neutral field)

M2 · Post by M2 » Sun Nov 06, 2011 2:32 am

MgoBlue-LightSpecial wrote:
88 wrote:Did you watch that game?
I watched it. Oregon got owned in the trenches through 3 quarters, and lost by double digits. No need for a rematch. It was decisive. To your Pac-1 point, I would certainly rather see Stanford play the winner of this game.

Psst... Oregon had a true freshman fumble twice for two easy TD's... and the game was played in Dallas (basically a home game for LSU)

MgoBlue-LightSpecial · Sun Nov 06, 2011 2:35 am

M2 wrote:Psst... Oregon had a true freshman fumble twice for two easy TD's...

So turnovers are no longer part of the game?

and the game was played in Dallas (basically a home game for LSU)

So what? LSU is currently playing in perhaps the most electric, hostile environment I've seen all year and they're right in it.

Mace · Post by **Mace** » Sun Nov 06, 2011 2:36 am

KC Scott wrote:y'all are missing a good game on ABC

KSU +21.5 was a gift

I've slipped over to check out that game a few times tonight but the big boys are playing on CBS.

Van · Post by **Van** » Sun Nov 06, 2011 2:37 am

While I agree that Oregon probably wins if the game is held in Autzen with only one week to prepare for that offense, that's never going to be the case come bowl season. This year's title game is in LSU's home away from home, the Superdome, and Oregon isn't going there and beating a fast, physical SEC team that had a month to get ready for them.

Stanford might. Oregon wouldn't. Cal wouldn't even have the balls to board the plane.

MgoBlue-LightSpecial · Sun Nov 06, 2011 2:38 am

M2 wrote:Jesus Christ, these could be two of the worst offenses I've seen all year...

What is wrong with you idiots? Cause and effect.

WHEN YOU PLAY BAD TEAM YOU SCORE MANY POINT. WHEN YOU PLAY GREAT TEAM YOU SCORE LITTLE POINT.

Mace · Post by **Mace** » Sun Nov 06, 2011 2:41 am

Uh oh, for the Tide. Scoring opportunity here for LSU.

MgoBlue-LightSpecial · Sun Nov 06, 2011 2:49 am

Cause and effect, 88. When you play a defense like this you do things you wouldn't normally do. Why do you think Oregon, with the best rushing attack in the nation, got so tentative vs LSU?

M2 · Post by M2 » Sun Nov 06, 2011 2:53 am

MgoBlue-LightSpecial wrote: Why do you think Oregon, with the best rushing attack in the nation, got so tentative vs LSU?

Ummmm.... because they had 3 of their best offensive players not in the game ???

and a true freshman coughing up 2 easy TD's.

That won't happen again... trust me.

Van · Post by **Van** » Sun Nov 06, 2011 2:53 am

And why is it that when these same offenses play anyone else they have little problem dominating? Does anyone really think Bama's O-Line and Trent Richardson wouldn't be rolling right through, say, Okie St or Oregon? How many times do we need to see them destroy the Big 10 before we realize that those defenses aren't these defenses?

M2 · Post by M2 » Sun Nov 06, 2011 2:58 am

Van wrote:And why is it that when these same offenses play anyone else they have little problem dominating? Does anyone really think Bama's O-Line and Trent Richardson wouldn't be rolling right through, say, Okie St or Oregon? How many times do we need to see them destroy the Big 10 before we realize that those defenses aren't these defenses?

Ummm... the defenses aren't very good in the SEC and the correctional schools they play 4 times a year suck ???

LSU scored 16 points on Ole Miss... yes, that Ole Miss

MgoBlue-LightSpecial · Sun Nov 06, 2011 3:00 am

What a fucking play. That was a microcosm of this game.

Van · Post by **Van** » Sun Nov 06, 2011 3:04 am

Van wrote:And why is it that when these same offenses play anyone else they have little problem dominating? Does anyone really think Bama's O-Line and Trent Richardson wouldn't be rolling right through, say, Okie St or Oregon? How many times do we need to see them destroy the Big 10 before we realize that those defenses aren't these defenses?
88 wrote:There isn't a team in the B1G this year that could beat either of these teams. The challenge has to come from the PAC-1?

Yes, I know. I'm just making the point of what happens when Bama's offense plays elsewhere. Case in point: Michigan St. Last year's Sparty defense was considered to be fairly damn good, and Bama didn't have one of their better years. Once they played a Big 10 team in a bowl situation, though, look how easily their offense dominated.

Stanford stands a chance where others probably wouldn't simply because of their offense, not their defense. Their offense is different enough and precise enough to keep their own defense off the field, and they might even be able to score in the red zone.

Man, and once again LSU's punt team dramatically shifts the field. Bama's returner there cannot let that ball go over his head. Damn.

BSmack · Post by **BSmack** » Sun Nov 06, 2011 3:06 am

I think LSU's punter may get the game ball. Quite possibly the most boring 1 vs 2 matchup in the history of the game.

Van · Post by **Van** » Sun Nov 06, 2011 3:08 am

This sure doesn't compare to that wild Ohio St-Michigan #1 vs #2 tilt in, what, '06?

MgoBlue-LightSpecial · Sun Nov 06, 2011 3:09 am

M2 wrote:Ummmm.... because they had 3 of their best offensive players not in the game ???

Thomas and James didn't play a snap?

and a true freshman coughing up 2 easy TD's.

Uhh, yeah, you're only as good as your personnel.

That won't happen again... trust me.

Ohio State - Auburn - LSU. Why should I trust you?

BSmack · Post by **BSmack** » Sun Nov 06, 2011 3:12 am

Bama was trying for the -3 yards and a cloud of dust strategy on that last drive.

Van · Post by **Van** » Sun Nov 06, 2011 3:13 am

MgoBlue-LightSpecial wrote:
M2 wrote:That won't happen again... trust me.
Ohio State - Auburn - LSU. Why should I trust you?

Don't forgot both games against Boise St. Oregon is in the midst of a five-game skid OOC on the national stage.

Mace · Post by **Mace** » Sun Nov 06, 2011 3:19 am

BSmack wrote:I think LSU's punter may get the game ball. Quite possibly the most boring 1 vs 2 matchup in the history of the game.

I've been anything but bored. It's like two great heavyweights heading into the 15th round. This is football the way it's supposed to be played, and the loser is likely to be in the NC game if the other undefeated teams go down.

Van · Post by **Van** » Sun Nov 06, 2011 3:20 am

Jesus...OT, for all the marbles.

Van · Post by **Van** » Sun Nov 06, 2011 3:22 am

Mace wrote:
BSmack wrote:I think LSU's punter may get the game ball. Quite possibly the most boring 1 vs 2 matchup in the history of the game.
I've been anything but bored. It's like two great heavyweights heading into the 15th round. This is football the way it's supposed to be played, and the loser is likely to be in the NC game if the other undefeated teams go down.

Yep. I'm even more convinced now than I was before the game that either of these teams would dismantle the likes of an Okie St.