CFN: LSU vs Alabama Roundtable

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- Alabama annihilated LSU in the nation title game, which to me points to Bama being better in 2012 (because they were far better in that game, and because they gave a clinic on how to beat LSU), not to LSU being better in 2012 (because somehow this gives them the "motivation advantage")

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We will see about this.

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- For four straight years, Alabama has been the better team (and in 2008/2009, it really wasn't close)

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didn't we beat them in 2010 and 2011?

oh and if we're going as far back as 2008, let's go a little further, like the five years before that 2003-2007. oh looky there we won five in a row and had 2 National Championships.

and yes, online rankings of recruits are KEY to winning football games.

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PS In case we're thinking about making bold predictions as part of this exchange, my first bold prediction of the year is that LSU goes down before they play Bama. Most likely they split the Auburn/Florida road games, though South Carolina and Texas A&M are far from gimmes, and Washington at least has something of a shot.

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This has got to be the dumbest thing I've heard all offseason.

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and in 2008/2009, it really wasn't close

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also this really pisses me off

2008: yes that was definitely Miles's worst LSU team to date, but as far as Alabama goes, we brought those frickers into OT with a blocked field goal, the loudest I've ever heard Tiger Stadium

2009: had "the interception" not been shite on by the worst refs in recent memory, who knows how that game would've ended. (Bama probably would've pulled it out, but we were given no chance)

my point is, "and in 2008/2009, it really wasn't close" has to be the most ignorant part of his post, which is saying a lot.

frick that guy for getting me pissed about those games again

The asswhipping we got in New Orleans still stings...a lot. I'm not saying shite about Alabama until we beat them again. They were clearly the better team in 2011.

Thankfully most media talking heads don't think that way. Unfortunately, people still believe that LSU is more likely to stumble against lesser opponents than Bama. The writer expects LSU to have a loss before we meet Bama. Auburn/Florida and possibly USC/Washington. You really have to wonder if this guy actually watched any LSU games last year. Other then Bama, no other team came closer than 10 points.

Let em talk. All the talk doesnt help them get anywhere this year boys

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So the first question has to be, which of these two is better? And in my mind, the answer has to be Alabama. Why does it seem obvious to me? For a number of reasons:


- For four straight years, Alabama has been the better team (and in 2008/2009, it really wasn't close);
- For five straight years (per scout.com), Alabama has out-recruited LSU, and the 2012 class had an especially wide gap (and scout was actually higher on LSU's class than most other sources);
- LSU enjoyed a historic outlier of a season for turnover margin in 2011, which is almost certainly not sustainable;
- Alabama annihilated LSU in the nation title game, which to me points to Bama being better in 2012 (because they were far better in that game, and because they gave a clinic on how to beat LSU), not to LSU being better in 2012 (because somehow this gives them the "motivation advantage")

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Yo Dummy!!!!

LSU is set to beat Alabama 3 Straight seasons making it 10 of last 14 meetings.. We will be favored at home, at night and we want blood...LSU will win this game ... heck I've been raising cain with Tide fans for 2 years boasting how LSU would win 3 straight seasons...over the tide...Well the stage looks pretty good right now.

alabama is better at getting hype and they have coach Saban...I understand the respect, but if Les Wins this year, he will be 4-3 over Saban and frankly the last game shouldn't been played which would make it 4-2 against Nicky.... oh well

haters going to hate

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I get that Alabama (as usual) lost a large amount of talent to the draft, but when you're basically churning out #1 class after #1 class, it seems fairly doable to reload.

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LSU has recruited at an elite level for years too (other than 2012)

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but with huge chunks of the defense (especially the fantastic secondary) gone to the NFL, and declining recruting talent coming up to replace them, I'm not sure that the gain at QB is enough to offset the losses on defense.

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hmmm, since we're talking about recruiting, we lost brockers, who will be replaced by the #1 DT in the country, anthony johnson, who was also a top 25 player in the country.

we lost brandon taylor, who will be replaced by craig lostson, who happened to be the #1 safety in the country out of high school, and a top 25 player in the country.

i won't argue replacing mo, that person will have huge shoes to fill.

BUT, we have tm7, bennie logan, sam montgomery, mingo, minter, eric reid, all coming back. not to mention, the stable of running backs and probably the deepest offensive line LSU's had in YEARS.

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my first bold prediction of the year is that LSU goes down before they play Bama. Most likely they split the Auburn/Florida road games,

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how can a person use this logic, when they say something like this?

"Alabama annihilated LSU in the nation title game, which to me points to Bama being better in 2012 (because they were far better in that game, and because they gave a clinic on how to beat LSU), not to LSU being better in 2012 (because somehow this gives them the "motivation advantage")


was the LSU/UF and LSU/Auburn game close? for some reason, i remember both of those games being more of a blowout than the national championship game. so that means LSU won't beat bama because of what happened in the nc, but UF or Auburn will beat LSU......someone help me out here, i'm just not understanding the logic.