(09-01-2013 04:18 PM)TerryD Wrote: You would then also agree that LSU wasn't "in the championship game" the year before?
Alabama shut the Tigers out and won by three touchdowns. LSU never crossed the 50 yard line.
Alabama beat ND by 28 and LSU by 21.
At least ND was able to cross midfield a few times and scored two TD's.
I guess LSU's championship appearance "didn't count" either.
There was a lot more to that game than you realize. Several starters were benched because they said they refused to play if Jarrett Lee didn't start so for whatever was going on between Jefferson and Miles' love connection, he cost himself and LSU a National Championship. 2/3rds of their practiced plays weren't ran, and LSU went out to be a sitting duck for Saban. We lost a lot of top recruits because of that too, and some star players decided after that game to leave for the draft.
I'm sorry but teams like 2011 LSU don't go from destroying multiple top 10 teams to not crossing the 50 yrd line more than once in a game against a team they already beat in an away game.
Ranked teams LSU beat in 2011: (rank reflects final ranking)
(Neutral) #4 Oregon, 40-27 (PAC12 Champs, Rose Bowl Champs)
@ #17 WVU, 47-21 (Big East Champs, Orange Bowl Champs)
@ #1 Alabama, 9-6 (BCSNC Champs*)
#5 Arkansas, 41-17 (Cotton Bowl Champs)
(Georgia Dome) #18 UGA, 42-10 (SEC Conference Championship Game)