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LSU vs. Bama Nov 5th

  • j_crazy
    sleeper;946986 wrote:Since we are allowed to use "ifs" in constructing an arguement, if LSU Bama lose out the rest of the season, this could be the most overhyped worthless game in college football history. If they played Indiana and Minnesota in a bowl game, they might lose by 50. By this logic, no one should even bother watching the game.

    Only his if scenario is plausible. Yours is not especially since Indiana is already not bowl eligible.
  • sleeper
    j_crazy;947006 wrote:Only his if scenario is plausible. Yours is not especially since Indiana is already not bowl eligible.
    Way to miss the point. Insert crappy bowl eligible team in the hypothetical future, maybe Notre Dame, instead of Indiana.
  • karen lotz
    cats gone wild;946944 wrote:Um, did you watch any games this year? How bad did they beat Oregon, WVU, Aub, Florida? They are killing everyone. LSU is way too deep in talent and big time players to not beat someone bad if they play their A game. But, as I said......I think they play bad and lose. Its bound to happen sometime. If not this game, possibly vs. Ark.

    Are any of those teams as good as Alabama? How bad did Bama beat Penn State, Florida, Arkansas? They are killing everyone. They give up less than a touchdown a game defensively.
  • karen lotz
    j_crazy;946975 wrote:This is how I feel. But if the LSU game was for the sec title it'd be bigger. Hell if it was in November itd be as big.

    So you are saying it is as big as OSU/Michigan, correct?
  • cats gone wild
    FatHobbit;946974 wrote:I tend to agree with you, but everyone thought OSU and UM were untouchable that year. They were wrong, and until the year is over I think the jury is out on Bama and LSU this year. (A long way to go until the season is over.)
    Well, LSU and Bama have taken care of business on the road vs. BCS conference teams that are ranked. And it looks like a undefeated team will play the winner of these 2. Do you feel as if Ok St, Boise, Stanford, and Clemson are better than LSU or Bama? Have you watched Bama and LSU this year....no one stacks up to them.
    As for 2006, OSU only beat one good team, Michigan. They beat Texas (who ended up with 3 losses) and had a close game with Illinois. Michigan didnt kill the teams they faced on their "weak" schedule. And plus, you cant compare a B1G schedule to a SEC schedule that included ranked OOC teams.
  • cats gone wild
    karen lotz;947042 wrote:Are any of those teams as good as Alabama?.
    Possibly Oregon, who some say can still slip into the title game.
  • cats gone wild
    karen lotz;947043 wrote:So you are saying it is as big as OSU/Michigan, correct?
    I caught that too, lol.
  • j_crazy
    karen lotz;947043 wrote:So you are saying it is as big as OSU/Michigan, correct?

    No I'm saying because of the rivalry the osu game was bigger. And said a couple of scenarios that would make the LSU game a bigger deal for me.
  • karen lotz
    j_crazy;947064 wrote:No I'm saying because of the rivalry the osu game was bigger. And said a couple of scenarios that would make the LSU game a bigger deal for me.

    Right, one of which was if the LSU/Bama game was played in November.
  • cats gone wild
    j_crazy;947064 wrote:No I'm saying because of the rivalry the osu game was bigger. And said a couple of scenarios that would make the LSU game a bigger deal for me.
    I think Karen was saying that the LSU/Bama game is in Nov in which you acted like the game would be bigger if it was in Nov. Unless you were talking about the SEC title game which is in Dec.
  • FatHobbit
    cats gone wild;947051 wrote:Well, LSU and Bama have taken care of business on the road vs. BCS conference teams that are ranked. And it looks like a undefeated team will play the winner of these 2. Do you feel as if Ok St, Boise, Stanford, and Clemson are better than LSU or Bama? Have you watched Bama and LSU this year....no one stacks up to them.
    As for 2006, OSU only beat one good team, Michigan. They beat Texas (who ended up with 3 losses) and had a close game with Illinois. Michigan didnt kill the teams they faced on their "weak" schedule. And plus, you cant compare a B1G schedule to a SEC schedule that included ranked OOC teams.
    I agree with you. It looks to me like LSU and Bama are the best two teams in the country right now. (I will also admit I haven't watched them play very much but they are both destroying every team on their schedule.) But there is a long way to go and it won't surprise me if one of those teams gets upset before the end of the season.
  • cats gone wild
    FatHobbit;947070 wrote: But there is a long way to go and it won't surprise me if one of those teams gets upset before the end of the season.
    Dont know if there is a long way to go, but......yes they could slip up. LSU could get beat by Ark or in the SEC title game (in which I highly doubt it cuz the East is weak)

    Bama will have the easier road after the LSU game since AUB is pretty bad.
  • FatHobbit
    cats gone wild;947073 wrote:Dont know if there is a long way to go, but......yes they could slip up. LSU could get beat by Ark or in the SEC title game (in which I highly doubt it cuz the East is weak)

    Bama will have the easier road after the LSU game since AUB is pretty bad.
    It will be interesting to me, if the winner of this game drops a game and there is another undefeated team, say Stanford. I can't see them leaving Stanford out of the title game if they are undefeated so I'll be curious to see which 1-loss SEC team would get in.
  • cats gone wild
    FatHobbit;947075 wrote:It will be interesting to me, if the winner of this game drops a game and there is another undefeated team, say Stanford. I can't see them leaving Stanford out of the title game if they are undefeated so I'll be curious to see which 1-loss SEC team would get in.
    Im hoping Stanford slips up to USC or Oregon. Hoping Ok St loses in the coming weeks (great chance of that happening). And clemson........we will see. I for one am not sold on them. Boise has no shot even if undefeated. A one loss team will get in before them. Could be a HUGE shake up in the BCS this year. Lets hope so.
  • Pick6
    karen lotz;947042 wrote:Are any of those teams as good as Alabama? How bad did Bama beat Penn State, Florida, Arkansas? They are killing everyone. They give up less than a touchdown a game defensively.
    They only beat PSU by 16. Raped everybody else. Just goes to show everybody in the SEC that isnt the top 2-3 teams is overrated every year.
  • End of Line
    sleeper;946964 wrote:OSU/Michigan was easily a bigger game. Best rivalry in all of sports, #1 vs #2, at night, in the most historic football stadium in the country, winner was guaranteed a birth in the title game, Heisman winner Troy Smith, Big 10 title on the line, etc.

    LSU/Bama is still a big game, but let's not pretend its even close to OSU/Michigan.
    I tend to agree with this.
  • karen lotz
    Pick6;947136 wrote:They only beat PSU by 16. Raped everybody else. Just goes to show everybody in the SEC that isnt the top 2-3 teams is overrated every year.

    They dominated Penn State too.
  • cats gone wild
    Pick6;947136 wrote:They only beat PSU by 16. Raped everybody else. Just goes to show everybody in the SEC that isnt the top 2-3 teams is overrated every year.
    Score of the Bama/PSU game doesnt indicate how much of a domination it was. It wasnt as close as the score indicates. If the teams in the SEC from 3 or 4 down are so bad, then why does the SEC have such a good bowl record year in and year out?
  • sleeper
    cats gone wild;947191 wrote:Score of the Bama/PSU game doesnt indicate how much of a domination it was. It wasnt as close as the score indicates. If the teams in the SEC from 3 or 4 down are so bad, then why does the SEC have such a good bowl record year in and year out?
    Weaker bowl match ups, virtual home games, etc..
  • j_crazy
    karen lotz;947068 wrote:Right, one of which was if the LSU/Bama game was played in November.

    Yeah. If this was the last regular season game or even the sec champ. It'd be bigger. Maybe I don't get what you are saying. Because this game is in November but there are still more to be played.
  • j_crazy
    sleeper;947201 wrote:Weaker bowl match ups, virtual home games, etc..

    The bowl system is flawed for this reason. They picked the sites when there were no domes so they had to be in the south. A rotation of host cities would do in lieu of a playoff for me.
  • Pick6
    cats gone wild;947191 wrote:Score of the Bama/PSU game doesnt indicate how much of a domination it was. It wasnt as close as the score indicates. If the teams in the SEC from 3 or 4 down are so bad, then why does the SEC have such a good bowl record year in and year out?
    didnt they go like 1 above .500 last bowl season along with Georgia losing to an average mid major program and finish under .500 only to be ranked at the beginning of the season only to flop again? There is no doubt the rest of the SEC is helped out by the success of their top 2 teams every year.

    Point about Penn State, after they lost to Bama, people were saying "they arent a good team anymore" and all that crap. Not saying I agree or disagree with that statement. Just saying that that has been their closest game thus far, even with Bama playing (and crushing) top 15 ranked Florida and Arkansas. Nobody is saying how bad they are after getting raped by Bama.
  • Mulva
    Pick6;947243 wrote:only to be ranked at the beginning of the season only to flop again?
    Georgia is ranked in the same spot now as they were at the beginning of the season, so not really.
  • Pick6
    Mulva;947254 wrote:Georgia is ranked in the same spot now as they were at the beginning of the season, so not really.
    whatever. They still lost to the only 2 decent teams they've played. And they havent beaten anyone that justifies them being ranked again. Another example of SEC love from the voters.
  • cats gone wild
    Penn State is ranked higher now than what they were the day Bama beat them. Must not be too bad or down.