re: AP- Daniels “That (targeting) still burn’s me…I felt like it would have been a different

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Right. So the defense would have to get 2 stops. They hadn’t gotten a stop since the first drive of the game. The 2 LSU drives prior to Jayden getting hurt ended in a punt and an interception. The likelihood of LSU getting 2 stops and scoring 3 touchdowns before the end of that game was very very low.

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Not as low as you may think.

First, the defense may have only needed one stop, which actually happened since Bama missed a FG on their next series.

Second, LSU had back-to-back drives in the first half which also resulted in no points (downs and missed FG). Our next 3 drives resulted in TDs. Don't forget we have the #1 offense in the country led by Mr. Heisman.

Again, if we score on the drive where Jayden got hurt, it is a 7 point game. Bama missed a FG on their next drive. No guarantee it happens the same way, but it at least shows our defense had the ability to make a stop. If that happens, we get the ball back with a chance to tie. Bama missed that FG with 4:30 left. Our average TD drive
that game was 2:52, which would have left Bama with 1:38. Our longest scoring drive was 4:05 which would have left Bama with 25 seconds.

I'm not saying we would have won, but we had better than a punchers chance to come back as we had already shown in the 1st half. People acting like the game was over are wrong.