re: 1/9/12 -- What have you heard happened that caused LSU to play so poorly?

I had heard that Lee was in the dog house because he was supposed to graduate after the fall semester. He screwed something up and didn't graduate as scheduled. It cost LSU a spot for an early enrollee in the Spring.

Because Paltrow steams her vagina

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Jefferson had a horrible game against UGA going 5/13 for 30 yds but no INTs.

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Then he led LSU to a 52-3 win over Mississippi, going 7-7 for 88 yds, 1 TD and NO INTs.

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In other words, the idea that those 5 wins by Jefferson were some sort of indictment against his ability is absurd

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let it go, dude. it's done and overwith, can't be changed.

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As a coaching staff what you DO NOT do is panic and start just changing shite up for the sake of changing shite up.

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Word was the staff changed the game plan, so there is that.

7-7 for 88 yds, 1 TD and NO INTs

LSU to a 52-3


Go JJ

Wow I guess getting into the BCS championship game is not enough. Just like Ricky Bobby says " if your not first your last"

Well I guess this year Bama finished last

I watched the game and Bama beat LSU but was not a runaway loss. LSU looked flat and outcoached a tad but it really boiled down down to QB play or lack of being the difference just like this year

We all need to let it go and move on, beginning to be ancient history

This is what I saw in that game. LSU clearly hurt Bama in the first game with the option to Ford. In that game, Bama OLB attacked JJ and he pitched it to Ford for good yardage. In the second game, this strategy changed. The DC for the Saints apparently told Saban to not attack JJ on the option. He had Saban stop the OLBs and wait for JJ's decision. JJ should have ran toward them but unfortunately he stopped as well destroying the timing of the play as Ford kept running as he should have, making a pitch worthless as the pitch angle was screwed and Bama had time to get to either JJ or Ford.

Offensively, after the LSU game in the regular season...Bama was ground and pound. It didn't work against LSU in the Game of the Century. Bama threw the ball on first down 22 of their first 26 first downs. Mostly short passes to TEs for 3 to 8 yards.

At that point, they could go back to ground and pound. That threw about 4 passes more than 20 yards all game and Norwood caught 3 of them despite good coverage.

Finally, Bama's effective play in the first game was to throw screen passes to Trent in the flat and mini wheel routes. LSU did shut that down.

Bama actually won the STs despite LSU dominating in the first game.

I guess this game is emblazoned on me, because just once in my life, I wanted to see an undefeated NC from LSU.

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Miles did everything under the sun to undermine Lee once JJ returned.

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This. Whether it was entirely intentional or not, we will never know. The bottom line is that Lee was never the same after JJ came back. His confidence was shaken because he knew that if he made even one mistake, it was over. I remarked to friends that until JJ came back, there was a looseness and ease to the way the team was playing. It really looked like they were having fun out there. Once JJ came back, that all went away. We were still winning, but we started to struggle more. It didn't seem like things were clicking like they were in the first part of the season.

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Rematches never go well for the previous winner.

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The 1999, 2003, and 2010 SEC Championship games disprove your statement.