Official 2019 NCAA Football thread

I leave the forum for a 20 minute drive home... and 2 1/2 pages of butthurt commences...

Jeez. I root for a two-loss team and I have done half as much griping is you guys with one or zero losses.

 

Don’t be objective! Your team sucks!

 

im fighting the fight for a one loss team that’s being treated as a two or three loss team hahahahaha

 

My team fucking rocks and kicks ass so idc what anybody says lol

geaux tigers.

 

Your team might have lost if football games lasted 9 quarters. Relax.

 

Lol doubtful.

Alabama outscored LSU by 7 in the 3rd quarter and by 8 in the 4th. Everyone seems to forget LSU outscored Alabama 23-6 in the 2nd quarter and Joe Burrow showed no signs of slowing up aside from one scoreless quarter...that bama only scored once.

 

OK let me say this and be realistic about it.
I fully understand that until the pac12 gets better in may ways (ref/exposure/play/scheduling) that we will always be looked upon as the bastard step child
Do I think the pac12 conference is shooting its self in the foot?? Yes from the top (commish) down
Should the pac12 keep #pac12afterdark? Yes but they should never put one of their top 4 teams on that or on Friday nights. Put your top 4 teams on between 12:30 and 5pm PST
Is that gonna stop me from arguing for them to be talked about? No
I saw a stat today that oregon has the best opponents winning percentage 58% with LSU second at 57% between all undefeated and one loss teams.
Can Oregon play in the SEC week in and week out? No but they are getting the players they need to compete (in cristobal we trust)

With all that said I will scream from the rooftops that oregon is 9 seconds away from being perfect this year and for National analysts to put them as low as 10 in some polls is ridiculous!

***jumps back down from my soapbox***

 

Preface: I predicted LSU to win this game.


Dear LSU faithful,

Wow, what a season so far! Your QB is tough, making plays and in the running for the Heisman and will probably win it! You must feel great knowing Coach O has culturally added to and changed the way your program operates. Congrats.

I fear your elation from this big/garbage win (pick one, would ya?) while well timed and long awaited is giving you delusions of grandeur and I want to bring this up now so that when the fall out happens (and it will) you don't end up at the bottom of a noose. I'd like to clarify a few of the "facts" not only from the game, but shortly after the game and for the future.

- You escaped Bryant Denny with a win. There is no sugar coating or denying that LSU was ABSOLUTELY and UTTERLY dominant in the first half. However, this game was much closer than you're going to admit, specifically in the 4th quarter. You're also going to have a hard time admitting that minus one turnover, or plus one defensive stop, your trip back to Baton Rouge would have been with a loss. One possession going differently in that game, on either side of the field, for either side of each team and LSU loses. Period. Joe Burrow was "excellent" and you even got a bump in performance from Edwards-Helair who was the best for LSU Saturday night. You had 14 points off of turnovers (which by any metric is a sign of a dominant defense and typically results in big wins.) LSU played the exact game they needed to play with minimal mistakes. Had you played any other team besides maybe Clemson, this game would have been over at half time. Alas, it wasn't. Alabama stayed and fought. LSU was victorious in holding that comeback off (mainly due to Edwards-Helair fighting like a god damned GLADIATOR extending drives.)

Now, you're going to talk about Alabama only being in the game because of busted plays. You're going to say it with such confidence (as has previously been pointed out in this thread.) That confidence is blinding you to the fact that busted coverages happened on BOTH sides of the field. As a matter of fact, Burrow having as many rushing 1st downs is proof. That was a missed assignment. His passes were well executed to open receivers whether they were to WR's or TE's.

The fact is, this game was a tail of two halfs. Talent was similar on both teams, execution was not. LSU was able to hold off a second half push and skeedaddle out of Tuscaloosa with a grand performance.

LSU has the mojo and voodoo this year. There is excitement all around the program, which is well deserved and has been all season. Just a few quick points before I end this post.



-Bryant-Denny is not your house now. One win does not equal "Your house".
-You will have some wins on the recruiting trails, but let's not get ahead of ourselves here. Saban is pretty good at recruiting.
-Roll Tide, Fuck You will bite you in the ass eventually. Best not to be so classless, as fans. Locker room shit is one thing, fans projecting that into the culture of your program is a different thing. Let's let that stay where it was supposed to.
-Please win the SEC. Also, carry this momentum into the playoffs and dominate. I am now rooting for a LSU natty, in which they blow out OSU or have a knock down, drag out fight with Clemson.


I'll end this with my thoughts on Alabama going forward.

Many will think Alabama doesn't deserve to be in the playoffs no matter what this year. In a big way, I agree. When you look at their schedule alone, the best team they play all year, they lost to. Strictly from a W/L standpoint, I agree.

With all the mistakes that Alabama made vs. LSU, that game should have been a 3 or 4 touchdown difference on the scoreboard. It wasnt. With almost two minutes left, Alabama was vying and pushing to take the lead. (A great play selection and execution by Burrow and Edwards-Helair milked the clock really well.) One defensive stop on LSU's last offensive possession would have put Alabama in position to win the game on the last drive. That is a fact. LSU fans know it, the players could feel it and they rose to the challenge. This is what makes teams GREAT. LSU has it this year.

The fact still remains, that Alabama was in position to win this game, even WITH all the mistakes and the dominating performance by LSU.


Bama wont be in the playoff. I predicted a two loss season, and I still believe that to be the case.

 

Geaux Tigers.

“Roll Tide, Fuck That”

 

nah Mac Jones ought to take care of business the next 2 weeks, and they shouldn't play Tua. They have got to put a show on against Auburn, assuming those "expected" to win out do so. If they can plaster Auburn, and they get compared to Oregon...they'll get chose over them.

 

Um. I dunno. I really think Auburn is going to pull off a win. I actually think it will be more decisive than the LSU win.

I dont think Miss St. really has anything for Alabama. Mac Jones will probably play, if not start, so there's that.

 

I agree with you that Tua shouldnt play and that Mac Jones should be able to handle MSU. (Tua probably shouldnt have played versus LSU, but that was also his Heisman bid....)


Najee Harris came on really strong against LSU. Probably his most telling game to date about his skills and talent. It was nice to finally see him somewhat "featured".

I dont think Alabama will get chosen either way. The SOS seems to be a main topic this year.

 

I agree, they didn't use Najee enough honestly. Coming from a team that would have put Trent Richardson in the grave over the span of 2 games (more than 90 something attempts)...they depended on peg leg Tua too much.

Yeah, the 2 giant TDs were poor defense, good reads, and decent passes....but those were flukes to get them back in the game. Najee and sustained drives are what were really going to change the game, but they didn't do it. LSU had the ball for 10 minutes more than Alabama, Joe Burrow with 10 extra minutes is disgusting....as he showed.

I'm not taking anything from Bama, they did what they needed to in order to claw their way back in, but they did IN FACT, depend on 2 big busted plays and a crazy punt return (all plays that rarely happen and probably wouldn't again) to even be in the game. The scoreboard seriously does not reflect the fact that LSU had full control of the game after the first drive fumble. ESPN even put out that from halftime on, LSU's chances of winning never fell below 73%.

 

LSU was the better team. Joe Burrow was the better QB. I don’t think Tua is that great in general, personally. He’s soft and if the pocket isn’t perfectly clean, he starts to fold. Not great against better defenses, great against the weaker ones.
I know the last couple years have proved me wrong, but as a Georgia fan, I would have rather seen Bama win and play them in Atlanta (assuming we make it there.)

 

Alabama backed themselves into a corner where they really couldnt feature Najee like I think they originally planned. Specifically after the interception, completed pass out of bounds and touchdown right before half time.

Alabama had to throw. It isnt Alabama's fault the coverages were busted. Just like it wasn't LSU's fault that Alabama's coverages were busted quite a bit. I mean, you had dudes coming out of the backfield with nobody on the screen from Alabama's defense and 10 yards of green grass...lol.


Shame on Alabama.

 

Good morning TW

Miracles have happened before...

-Hail State

 

yes, but what I'm saying is LSU didn't need 64 yard TD pass and an 85 yard TD pass...they sustained longer drives and ate clock. Alabama wasn't capable of it aside from like 3 drives the whole game. sorry, but 21 points of 3 blown plays does not make you "competitive and in the game" when the opponent turns right around and responds to your TD with a 10 play 5 minute drive.

 

New SEC Short..

 

Alabama didn't "need" it. They got it. They found the weakness in LSU's scheme for that play and exploited it for big yards and points. Thats what offenses do. Just because the style of drive was different doesnt make it less valuable. You can continue to discount it all you want. I bet if the storylines were switched, you'd be saying "Bama isn't all that, we almost beat em, they only won by 5 points.....if LSU meets them again, LSU wins..."


When Bama is ahead, they too run sustained, long, clock eating drives. THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO DO...
When you're behind, you need to score fast, save clock. That's what Bama did, and it kept them in the game and put them in a position to potentially craft a game winning drive.


"Blown plays" isnt Alabama's fault. You want them to just nickle and dime LSU to death when they are behind? You are justifying and rationalizing this from a perspective that doesnt make sense.....

Alabama sustained a long drive on the first play, and the ghost of Jalen Hurts caused Tua to somehow fumble a tucked football without being touched...lol (thats weird, btw...not really sure how that happens...) They sustained longer drives in the second half....which is why LSU didnt score.


LSU had the ball for 10 more minutes which is what you want as an LSU fan. Kept the ball away from an explosive offense.

 

This is hilarious. HAHAHAHAHAHAHA