re: 2011 Alternative Scenario

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We beat Bama in the regular season. On the road. That should've counted. Lucky for you, it didn't. It was still a dumb match up.

One team wins the division and the conference.


The other team, in the same division, does neither and is also beaten on the road.


But they still get to the national championship game. That's BS. It wouldn't happen to any other team.

I guess the games during the season only kinda count, if you're Bama, at least. Right?


ETA: Not trying to be a jerk but it makes no sense. Not trying to dump on you personally.


I apologize if I ticked you off.

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Thank you. You were very polite and understanding.
I understand the mentality that Oklahoma State deserved their chance since Oregon and Alabama had blown their opportunities, but who wants to watch the national championship if the two best teams aren't featured? I wouldn't. Based on a variety of factors, I'm certain Alabama would have crushed anyone else in the country. LSU was the toughest possible opponent for Alabama. Perhaps, Alabama didn't deserve a shot to play LSU again, but no one else deserved to be put on the field against Alabama but you. Seriously, the 2011 defense's worst games statistically was against Georgia Southern where they gave up 14 points and 341 yards. 121 of those yards were on two big plays where Georgia Southern caught Alabama sleeping. I'd also like to point out that Georgia Southern's offense only scored points in the second quarter. The triple option is difficult to defend when your team or program isn't used to playing those teams. Take away those two big touchdown scores, and people would say Alabama did an excellent job holding Georgia Southern's offense to 0 points and 220 yards.

I don't think anyone would score more than 21 points on Alabama without great help from the Special Teams or Defense. Alabama missed 3 kicks against LSU, 1 was blocked. I'll say Alabama left at least 4 points off the board because the unblocked kick and extra point were within Shelley's range. LSU's elite defense kept them in the game early, but as the game wore on Alabama continued not to have great scoring success but managed to earn 21 points against the second best defense in the country. South Carolina was ranked the 3rd best defense in the country and had a higher pass defense, but performances against Georgia and Arkansas show how great a gap there was between the #2 defense and the #3 defense. Alabama and LSU's defenses were closer than South Carolina and LSU's were. The difference between Alabama and LSU's defense was a small valley. The difference between LSU and South Carolina's defenses was a canyon.

I respect your 2011 team. The Special Teams and defense are some of the best I've seen since I started watching football a few years ago. I haven't seen Special Teams that dominant on TV or in replays ever. I've only observed one defense that was better than that since I started watching football. Be proud of 13-0.