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Two Hours Until Kickoff.

Let's hear from those thousands of CRS fans in T-town, those here in the United States of America who are cheering for Alabama, plus those fans around the world in the UK (Old Tider), China (BAMAphil), and elsewhere.  

I'm going to sit back and enjoy this Saban masterpiece.  My friends, this will be a game for the ages.  It will featurine Trent Richardson, the best running back to ever wear the Crimson and White, and the best DEFENSE ever at the Capstone.

Listening to Eli.  CNS says "We're ready".  I know I am ready.  Let's do this thing.

Roll Tide!  I'm ready too.

ESPNU showed the team get off the buses and walk into the stadium a little while ago. It looked like 50,000 Bama fans there to greet them. It was awsome.

This has been a long day. I can not wait until kickoff.

ROLL TIDE! Let's get this thing on.

Just spoke to a friend who is on the quad and he said he had never seen so many people on campus ever.  Also said the positive energy was incredible.  RTR

I will be standing in front of my TV tossing/spinning a football in my hands until Bama has the game in hand.

I think I've warned everyone before about this. Stay back away from the TV. Those young studs in crimson come crashing through and you'll be a statistic!

I sit in my favorite chair in front of the TV. I relax between plays but right before the snap I move up to the edge of the chair so I am almost in a three point stance. Easier to jump up to celebrate a big play from that position.  During time outs I pace. I have to step outside and get fresh air occasionally. After the game I feel like I played in the game. Very intense.

I am so ready! No nap for me today. Ended up working another 8 hours. 
I just watched Nebraska throw their game to Northwestern so Bob isn't happy.  I'm just glad that we'll have something to celebrate after this game! :)

Question for everyone:  I know they sell a lot of SMACK t-shirts before big games like this. Do you buy a SMACK shirt before the game? I'm too superstitious and won't buy one - no matter how much I like it. Now after the win, I have no problems with a SMACK tshirt. Just curious if anyone here buys the shirts before the game...

No smack before game. Act and play like a champion. About to eat oyster poboy. Then into the red chair and help coach em to victory.

In Pasadena, I made the mistake of not buying a T-shirt before the game.  I didn't want to keep up with it and figured I would buy one on the way back to the car.

Big mistake.  They sold out.  Of everything.  Bama fans where taking down the BCS logo signs and taking them home.  One vendor said the Bama fans came through there like a swarm of locusts.

 :pray: Roll Tide  :pray:

No nap here either....and no smack just facts before the game.  Are We There Yet?  I haven't been this impatient since I was a kid...and that was 2 years ago!   :D
Roll Tide

Got your #3 jersey on?    :D

No, I'm wearing my SEC Championship "We own this conference" shirt from 2009.  I thought it fitting for the occasion.

I bought tickets for my 19 year old son back in May or June. He has been calling us all day saying what an uncredible atmosphere it was. He says the excitement and energy is overwhelming. He went down Thursday night and he said it was crazy then.


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Guys, I am starting to sense that AJ is going to have a big game tonight with all of that loading the box and playing man coverage on the corners.  Once he burns them a time or two they will have to play a base D to guard against both threats, then TR opens a can.

Or TR could just run all over all 11 defenders.  :dunno:

I had not been paying attention to the shirt I had been wearing today.  It was purple.   :-[  It has now been replaced with the NC shirt I got in Pasadena.   :)

Expect LSU to come out with an option or two with George (stomp-your-head) Jefferson.  They've had 2 weeks to get ready, so I expect LSU to have some success.  But us too.  :D

All set up and ready to go here!  I'm at my wife's office with fast internet and watching on the projector in the conference room.

Roll Tide!!

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Nice setup.  Roll Tide!

Dee Hart warming up. Taking taking handoffs and catching punts.

Nice.  Yes, I heard Eli talking about that just now.   :dunno:

Won $60 playing golf today, so the good times should carry over into tonight (in spite of my terrible early picks). Got a house full of people and all are ready to carry the Tide through. This night is Bama's!!!

ROLL TIDE!!!

need a radio link, dixie 94.5 is down

That's mine too; down.  I've got the real radio tuned in.

http://1400wfpa.com/programs.htm  Ignore the now on the air nonsense about "Science Fantastic with Dr. Michio Kaku".  Click listen live and it really is Eli.

Try 94.5 JOX

2 minutes to go!!!!

Thanks Corch!

THANK YOU!!!  This is the first radio link that has worked on my computer all year!

This works.

Thanks SC

I think AJ has a good, solid game. I don't think he will be affected by all the hype.


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Here we go!!!! RTR!!!!

Where is Micheal Buffer when you need him.....LET'S GET READY TO RUMBLE!!!!!!!!!!

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Tradition

let's get this game underway!!

So if we win the toss - defer ?

Let's go! enough pregame stuff. Time to line up and play.

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Never-say-die attitude

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Speed, Quickness, and Power

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Power and Domination

 #+ here comes the TIDE!   :-*

MAKE THEIR ASS QUIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I saw #1 run out of the tunnel with the team.

Bama wins the toss and Stabler says "we want the ball"

Alabama takes the ball.

YEP! yep yep yep :clap: :clap:

FIFY

so very PROUD we wear Crimson and not purple and gold

I'm SERIOUS and FOCUSED! Are you?

 #+ whoop

They miss hurt.

Dang it. Missed.

Aaargghh....  A few good plays.  McCarron looks poised. 

Let's go D. 3 and out!

Come on D!

Jesse?

What happened to Jesse?  :(

Smelly and Willisms out. Hope they return

Jesse's back.

He's back. Whew!

Wlliams back in.

Let's go Bama!  Move the ball down the field.

Time to pound the rock to get some field position.

Wel done defense!!!

Those deep crossing routs are open.

I just about went through the TV on that facemask.

My 13 year old daughter too.  She has said she would walk to t-town and kick his butt.

AJ checked into right into the teeth of the D

You are raising that girl right I see.

Sometimes that is better than what was called.  :dunno:

 :'( cade your killing me

2 missed opportunities. Should have punted them deep.Come on D!

Trying my best!  RTR

He cannot make those over 40. Blast!!

 :clap: #+Yes INT

Great interception by Lester!I HOPE we can convert it to POINTS!!

Interception!!! Need 6 this time. 

I like the play action calls. They are loosening their D. Now let's get 6!

Nice throw by AJ on that deep ball.  They won't make that play most of the time.  Plus it loosens them up for the run.

Exactly!

About what we expected so far I guess.  We could really use those two FGs though.  >:(

Let's put some points on the board!

AJ is looking so cool & calm and the pass protection is incredible. I say keep passing the ball and and make LSU back off a little so Trent can run more.

Honey Badger meet TR!!!!

BLOOM!!!!

maybe we should just punt ?

oh boy

 >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:(

D we need 3 and out

What the hell is wrong with Saban insisting on trying these long field goals. Punt the ball and pin LSU back around the 10! This is ridicuulous, and that gadget play Saban called when the team was driving just totally screwed up the offense. Is he trying to act like Les Miles?

Defenses win championships.  Let's go defense!

Our kicking game killing us. If it's over 40 yards we might as well go for it.

It would make more sense.

If we kick one more FG I'm gonna quit watching this stupid game. Dumbest move in the history of college football. This is ridiculous.

or just go for it on that last one at least their field position would have been worse  :dunno:

Sounds like the crowd is doing their job.

Our punter is actually perfectly suited for pinning them deep with a short punt.  He gets a lot of altitude and he is not likely to kick it into the end zone.

yeah they are ... our guys can't even hear their own calls   :lol:

Has anyone else noticed that under Saban, the Tide seldom seems to make a trick play work? Just wondering.

We could solve this problem by just scoring touchdowns.

1st qtr we had 114 to 38 total yards

Great job D! By the way TR is now over 1000yrds for the season.

This tells the story guys.  The points will come for us in buckets in the 2nd half.

95 yards away? Not to worry. MFBATR needs the exercise. RTR

Our D is playing lights out. They have completely shut LSU down. ANd our O is moving the ball. We just need to sustain the drives, and for the love of God, no more FGs!

Why the blue blazes can't a NC caliber team get a decent filed goal kicker?!!

!!@#$%^&!!!

Coach if you are never right on anything ever again I hope you are right on that one  :clap:

We really need 6 on this drive.

Coach said it...I believe it!

TR is one bad man!

Nice run, TR!

Roll Trent Roll!

Let's pound the rock. Break their will.

Great job AJ and TR! Let's get 6!!!!!!!

You just have the feeling TR is getting ready to break on big.

 #+ #+Roll Tide!

Great job Shelley. We made one!

I can't believe we actually made one!

I wonder who CNS was yelling at and about what?

Finally on he board.

Total yards 181 to 52 right now.

181-52 in total yards

 #+ #+ #+ #+ #+

Gary and Vern are explaining  :)

Those long field goals I wasn't expecting to be good anyway.  Did big fat Verne just clown on our kickers not making 50 yd fg when he can't even touch his freaking toes

I was thinking pass interference but they had to show other things instead of replaying it. >:(

The option?? Are u kidding me??

Don't give them something to hang their hat on before the half.

 
I sure hope you're right. My experience has been when teams squander scoring chances and waste a lot of offensive energy with no results, they lose. I hope this is the exception.


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Let's go Defense.

Where was our secondary on that play. 

That is our end zone. They cannot go in there.

Well, I would have to say there have been some questionable play calling by us in the first half.



 ???

THAT end zone belongs to us.

How about a miss or a block

Try to fake it, les, but that is STILL our end zone.

 Our guys come alive the 2nd half... Feeling good that we have kept it close

 #+ :clap: #+ :clap: #+

3 is ok. Good job not giving up the TD

Tie ballgame. Shouldn't be but is.

It is what it is....3rd qtr is ours. I'm only disappointed because my game by qtrs is not correct now.

I am pacing the sideline in front of my TV. We got this guys in the second half.

AJ McCarron 8-of-13 for 116 yards

Trent Richardson 11 carries for 53 yards.

 Total offense: UA 181, LSU 124.

I agree.  We will own them during the second half.  RTR

Bingo!! I think we can pass on these guys and AJ had a good first half. I feel good about this for the 2nd half.

LSU gets the ball to start the 2nd half. It will be interesting to see how they respond and how our D reacts.



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Some things to feel good about it in the first half, but the kicking problems are a huge concern.  Apart from the points we've already lost, if the game comes down to a field goal I'm not sure we can win it.

Looks like AJ is better than LSU's 1st qb. I think he'll be better than their 2nd one too. :popcorn2:

Les' strategy is to run the option sideline to sideline to wear out our LBs..they won't get far doing that..but we gotta be ready for the trickerooskis.

I do believe we will beat them down in the 4th qtr!!

Yep, I think our O will score some points.  I am a little concerned with how well they moved the ball with JJ in the game at QB.  But we kept them out of the end zone, and I doubt they will be able to continue doing that in the 2nd half.

Just keep kicking Foster. He's bound to hit one or two. LOL  Tell me which team is feeling like crap about themselves right now?

That running QB JJ is taking some licks too when they do that.  They won't be able to sustain that very long.  They might be -1 QB if they keep that up.

Right.  And that might be all we need.

The kickers are getting flack but how often do the attempt fg at 50
Yards?  I was more surprised by the attempts than the failures.

I think we're in great position.  I'm enjoying this; Bama is playing well.  Bama will win by 2 TDs.  RTR.

The calls were certainly questionable but the kicks weren't even close.  That's what concerns me.

YOU GO CHECH !!!!!   #+ #+ #+

I think we are good shape. I know they worked on the option at Half. Offense is fine just need to finish.

Since we're in an election season I'll say that I'm cautiously optimistic.  We've played well overall.  I think the D will figure Jefferson out.

Great job D!

Upshaw!  We are fired up!

Play Ball! :popcorn2:

THANK YOU WING A DING    #+

Good job with the pressure. Let's get 6 PLEASE!

Great start to the second half!  Good job D and thank you Wing!

I have a good feeling about this series. We get 6 this time.

Amen!

Give the ball to TR, PLEASE!

Did Alabama and LSU trade kickers at halftime? LOL

How about a TO and a short field.

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#+ for taking off from the auctions.

Flag on INT? ???

 :pray: #+

word on #4 ?

whoop 3 and a smile from Cade!

Glad to get three but we need six!

D put us in a position to score. Every score we make is precious in this one.

Let's go D! Let's get another TO! :popcorn2:

We are still killing ourselves. We should have had the ball on the 4 and scored a TD, instead we setlle for a FG. LSU is one big play from being in the lead. We need to get in an offensive rhytm with AJ throwing some passes This upcoming series with LSU having the ball is big.


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I m so sick of Danielsen slobbering over Jefferson.

FIFY :)

Maze rolled his ankle.

Hate that. We really need him.

Let's have a good drive with points, please.

Sources close to Ole Miss say Houston Nutt has been fired. Meeting expected tomorrow to see if he will finish season.

A TD would be huge here. Come on O.

Vern sounded disappointed that we got a time out before the penalty. I am sick of these two!!

Let's go D!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 >:( >:( >:( >:( >:(

TO please!

We could have gone without that interception. But that is OUR end zone. They cannot go in there. Our end zone.

15 minutes to the National Championship or the outhouse !

LETS GO BAMA !!!

I am so nervous, I feel like I could throw up. Please can we have a TD

please do not stop posting this when they are in the red zone or close to it

it is working great !!!! thank you very much !!!!     #+

Any news on Barrett Jones? 

Not surprising after they lost to Kentucky, today. I thought UK was the worst team in the SEC, but I guess I was wrong.

Jones is BACK !!!!!1    #+

It is time for Trent to bust loose!

MAZE !!!!!!!!!!

If Verne knows something he can't wait to run tell. I knew kids like Verne. Their fat moms drove them everywhere so the rest of us didn't kill him. She'd write his gym excuses for him. He always had money. Also Verne wants Maze out-lard azz.

Their getting tired!

TRENT !!!!!!!!!!!

That is what you get for talking about MFBATR.

LETS GO BAMA LETS GO !!!!!!

WTF ??

You can't wear out a defense with CBS broadcasting. Verne must be drunk.

You know, come to think of it, so did I.

That is OUR ball on the 1.

Bull!!!!!

Come on D!!!!!!!

FOLKS ! WE JUST GOT RAPED !!!!

 #+da#@!

Suck it Verne & ref?!!

KILL THEIR AZZ !!!!!!!!!

it could have been called either way imo

special teams  :(

Here we go Bama, here we go!

I wish we were up 15 -6 right now. :(

We must have s sustained drive this time.

Do we have Shula or DumBose on the sidleine calling the plays and having injured players fielding punts?


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 :dunno:

How about an 8+ minute drive

With a TD!

We do not need to have to punt the ball here.

Block somebody!

Praying for Kirkpatrick.

Agree totally. Also, Verne isn't the one making all the bad play-calling.

Classless lsu move

Let's Go D!!!!!!! :popcorn2: :popcorn2: :popcorn2: :deadhorse: :deadhorse: :deadhorse: :deadhorse:

I feel ill.  I don't know if I can take overtime.

Me either.

I hope we don't have to kick a fG.

it looked like to me he was on his back before the lsu guy got the ball ?
o'well ... we will be lucky to come out of this one with a W


ROLL TIDE !

Maybe Les will put Lee in to throw a pick?

I know what you mean ...  :pray:

Let's go Bama!

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ROLL TIDE !  LETS GO BAMA !

 :dunno: >:( :dunno: >:( :dunno: >:(

 ??? :-X

Well that stinks!

I think that's the ballgame right there.

We have left too many points on the field.

we beat them 9 times out of 10

Hate to say it this ones about over.

Well that f'in sucks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

FG kicker lost this one.

Disagree. With our extremely poor special teams and the poor play-calling of Saban, we would still lose. Saban choked this one, in my opinion. How much longer is Saban going to make excuses for Coach Williams, the special teams coach?


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FG kicker didn't lose it. We had a penalty on the INT and the INT from Maze. We should have played straight up and we would have won.
Tough loss.
Now we need to get ready for MSU.

I am nauseated. Pepto and going to bed.

That dirty little sob honey badger had better not ever show his face in Ttown.

I hate this..we outplayed them toe to toe..and if we had a kicker,......and a receiver that could hold a football....

This is the worst way we could have lost.  We beat ourselves with the mistakes and penalties at crucial times.  If LSU was a straight up better team than us, this would be easier to take, but we left a lot of points on the field, and I don't feel that they left any.

I can't tolerate the dirty play by the honey badger...uncalled for...it will come back on them.

Well I can say there will be no rematch. :(

Can't wait for the presser.  Looked to me like they have not practiced running OT sets.

Will not pull for the corndogs regardless of who they play. 

We lost because of poor play calling, mistakes at the wrong time, and a pisspoor FG kicker.

I said some days ago that if we had to depend on our kicker, we'd lose.

 >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( What more can I say but ROLL Tide!!!

We beat them everywhere but the scoreboard. This makes me sick. We had too many mental errors. Too many men in huddle, the holding on int and checking into their blitzes.
Please somebody hurt the honey badger.

Wrong. Saban lost this one.

Now that I've showered from all the profuse sweating of the past few hours, here are my thoughts...

1)  If you are going to a game, don't be the douchey frat guy crying in the student section.  I have Sugar Bowl tickets and a va-jay...and I'm not shedding tears.  The bama fans should have been rallying instead of sad sacking it.

2) I still think the "interception" at the 1 was a bad call.

3) Extreme distaste for the personal fouls...hope Dre is ok.

4) I don't blame the kickers.  Thought it was weird they didn't punt on a couple of those attempts.  Really do you expect them to make a 50+ yd field goal look easy?  If I am gonna lay blame, it's on AJ.  Falling down like a punk in the most crucial moment?  SMH

5) I'm decking out in Bama gear tomorrow...still proud to be a Bama fan.  See #3

Ultimately Saban is always responsible.  But I don't think he calls the plays for the O, does he?  :dunno:

I guess he does make the call on attempting the long FG though.

Knowing how Saban likes to micromange and control the game, don't you think he has final say-so on all the plays, especially trick plays? The two trick plays killed us.

Dre was knocked and concussed. Someone put badger in his place.

Yeah, that was another mistake. He had Foster try a 50 yarder and our "short" field goal kicker try a 50 yarder that was partially blocked. Both should have been punted to try and pin LSU deep, instead they got great field position.

Folks, don't be upset. The sun will still rise tomorrow, many of us have beautiful children, our health, and many other blessings. Football is minor compared to those things.

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I agree.  Plus, it's great to be from Alabama!  I too will wear my Bama gear tomorrow and will wear it with pride.

 #+

 #+ #+ #+ #+ #+
You're absolutely right!  You make me be proud to be a part of this board.

And ya know what...we never have to wear those heinous colors together to support our team  ;D

We don't  have time for all that running barefoot in the meadow stuff. It is time to start arguing our way back into the national picture. If this team does not fall apart the way we did after USCe last year, we have a chance to get back in the middle of it all. Think about who belongs on the NCG field more than we do?

I'm not a fan of the rematch scenario.  Either we lose twice to the same team or we win and then it's tainted anyway.  I'd love to see Boise State get their butt handed to them by LSU if we can't.

Here are my thoughts, sorry if some are obvious:
1. Bama should have won the game.  Bama is the better overall team and dominated most offensive stats, but left points on the field and made crucial mistakes.  LSU made fewer mistakes.
2. Les Miles once again outcoached Saban, in the sense that he played his style of game came out the victor.  His team left no points on the field, they maximized their potential in this game.
3. I thought the trick play with Maze out of the Wildcat was a good call.  The play should have worked but Brandon Gibson ran his route too deep and brought a defender with him.  Tight End Williams should have been able to hold onto the ball against a much smaller defender, but it appears that he put his right hand down to catch himself when he was falling rather than holding onto the ball.
4. It seemed to me that Bama was the team that eventually quit.  Maybe LSU wanted it more, or had more depth; Bama players were banged up by games end.
5. The play calling on the first overtime was ridiculous; once Bama lost yardage it should have focussed on gaining back enough yards to enable a field goal, rather than try for a TD.
6. The defensive play was outstanding and should have been enough for the win.  Only one breakdown all night, the pass late in the first half that led to a field goal.
7. AJ McCarron could not get the job done.  Also, see No. 4 above.
8. To be a championship team, Bama needs a better kicker.  Hopefully Saban will burn another scholy on one, or at least go out and recruit a good one.
9. I dont want to read Meltdown Time this week.
10.  I originally picked LSU in the pickem competition, because of the spread, but could not root for the game to go down like that so I broke my own rules and changed my pick to Bama.

^^^THIS^^^

Good notes.

I have to make a couple of congratulatory phone calls tomorrow. I've decided to go so far as to say this: Now we (the Tide and the Tigers) are certain we are the 2 best teams in the country. I knew this game would show me if what I felt, how great Bama is, would hold up on the field. I am sure you coonasses (lol) have had reservations of whether or not your team could stand up to the best competition in the country. Both teams played like champions. Congrats, and we'll try to see you in January.

How is that,-- or is it too much?

Boise State simply does not deserve to be in a championship game.  Putting them in would be an insult to all teams that play in a challenging conference and have to be up week after week.  Boise is struggling against very mediocre teams, 14 to 14 at halftime tonight v. UNLV.  That is not a championship caliber team.  Look what has happened to Utah when it moved to the PAC12.

As a Bama fan, I have to favor the rematch scenario.  That would require losses by Oklahoma State (who squeaked out a win tonight v. Kansas State and still has to play Oklahoma) and Stanford (who still has to face Oregon).  But beyond those two, no other team deserves the opportunity to play in the Championship Game other than Alabama.  No team in the country is better than Bama, except perhaps, at least on this night, LSU.

Thanks.  On the kicking thing, Saban needs to take a lesson from Bobby Bowden.  Why Bama cannot get an outstanding punter and kicker escapes me; that should be priority 1 for next year.

I guess if we played them again and stomped a hole in them that would be good.  But if it turned out to be 9-6 again or something similar, but in our favor, I don't know that we would deserve the crystal football any more than they would.  In that case maybe we win the BCS and they win the AP poll to have a split championship.

I do think we are the #2 team in the country, with LSU #1 because of the special teams advantage they have on us.

Absolutely.

I would just say "Congratulations, and good luck the rest of the way" and leave it at that.  Whatever you do, don't make excuses about dirty plays or missed calls.  That is not how we operate.

My thoughts:

1) The bad call on the Williams catch completely reversed momentum. There won't be much conversation, apparently about that from the media, but Williams butt was on the ground with ball in hand. Truly a bad call and bad review. People can call me a whiner all they want, but anyone watching knows that was a total BS call.

2) Our defense is too good to give field position to LSU through missed long field goals, however, only one of them being made would have won it for the Tide.

3) LSU is a very dirty team, 2 players that were assessed with penalties should have been ejected from the game. That sh**hole that horse collared Dre near the end of regulation should be banned from playing the rest of the year. He's a POS, period.

4) Bama made enough good plays to win the game. The attrition took it's toll on Bama more than LSU tonight. After the phantom interception deep in Bama's territory, they were stopped and forced to punt. An injured M. Maze could not turn to make the catch on a great LSU punt and we were pinned deep.

5) There's no doubt in my mind that Bama's the better team. Better execution and/or better officiating and we're still undefeated. I hope to God we meet them again.

LSU's a great team. Bama's better.

I'm proud to be a Bama fan. God help those dirty assed players from LSU if we meet them again.

Lou Holtz just said it was a bad call and should have been ruled a catch.  I thought it should have been a catch too, but that's how it goes sometimes.  During our 2009 run they had an interception that was called out of bounds.  We got the call that year.

In spite of all of that, we still should have won that game.  Sometimes you just need a little luck to win the tight games.

I just watched the replay of that call.  I froze it with MW on the ground with the ball secure against his body.  The LSU guy has his hands on it but he is reaching for it and MW has it securely while laying on his back.  This may turn out to be what leads to a rematch if Oklahoma State and Stanford end up losing a game.

I have a buddy who is a huge LSU fan. I told him we're even now, but God help him if we meet again.

Holtz and Mark May both just said Bama is still #2.

Pollack and Meyer are calling for a rematch if OSU and Stanford lose a game.

I just saw the angle shot from the end zone stands side, looking out to the field. I have been jumping up and down, but I think I now see what they were saying. MW did not have possesion when he hit the ground, the ball on his chest was live. So the "D" grabbed the ball off his chest (a live ball) where it was then blown dead and awarded to LSU. I want to watch the replay where I can start and stop it, but the angle I'm talking about is key to understanding the call.

That is the angle I froze.

You got it from cbssports.com or tivo, SC?

My own DVR.  I just hit the pause button right as he got to the ground.  I'm sure it will be all over the inner webz soon.

Yeah it will. It may be cannon fodder when arguing a rematch. I hope our "D" is challenged by this, in that if they continue to yield less than a TD a game (shutting out Ga. Southern and west georgia will help) how can a team like that be denied? BTW, the Big 12 (or whatever) took a hit again today as far as the computers are concerned.

I just grabbed a screen shot.  I will make a new thread.