I found myself thinking about 2011 last night

Yep, it sucked, but the process definitely named the best team as National Champs, so we just have to suck it up.

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2019 was great, I was there. I still think about 2011 a lot, and I don’t think I’m the only one.

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2011 would have been the better season, and a legit Greatest Season Ever. Not sure they could handle 2019's offense, but the actual season accomplishments were much more impressive.

Lost in the moaning about the BCS rematch, was how strong the defense played in that game. They were constantly under heavy pressure, and kept it within 2 scores into the 4th quarter. If we could only have made a big play, I think momentum would have flipped and we win. You see that a lot; a team dominates a game against a good team, but squanders chances to put it away, and it comes back to bite them in the arse.

I shared a post that year that makes a heavy argument as to why OK State should have been in the game even with the loss to Iowa St.

5 top 25 wins, won their conference, and only loss was on the road.

Compared to Bama, 1 Top 25 win, didn’t win Sec or even West, and a loss at Home.

The dreaded eye ball test won the day. That’s when I realized that college football how turned into a beauty contest instead of rewarding what you did on the field. Damn shame that LSU got jammed with the rematch.

Reminds of FSU V FLORIDA in 1996. Rematch seems to always favor the team that lost in first matchup.

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t 2011 a lot, and I don’t think I’m the only one.

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It’s okay to think about what would have been.

Hell, without that win, we are still second in titles since 2000.


Losing championships will happen. Granted it was just a flop.

2023 might haunt you as well. Had we had a top 60 defense……

Also, Oklahoma State should have been in the championship over Bama. Media people used this to promote the Playoff idea

I've come to the conclusion if you win the national title in 2011 then 2019 never happens.

Les was already given a lot of leeway with his one national title, if he wins in 2011 it's considered one of the greatest seasons ever.

But he would have never been fired mid season in 2016 with a national title on 2011 combined with his success in 12 and 13.

So O would have never been the interim and never considered for the full time job.

Let me remind everyone about Joe Burrow:

Jimbo, Herman, Saban, everyone except for Ed Orgeron and Luke Fickel passed.

Also Jamar chases dad said he was never going to play for Les after Les told him he'd be a better DB than WR. Who knows with that but the burrow thing is an absolute in my mind.

Joe was going to LSU or Cincinnati.

I hate 2011s ending but I trade it for 2019 every day of the week.


TLDR: 2011 natty means Les never fired midsession so O never becomes interim and Joe Burrow never comes to LSU.

2011 was great, but Oregon and WV were both games I don't remember feeling like we dominated. We couldn't stop WV. Just like the Georgia game that year, it was Mathieu making game-changing plays.

It used to really bother me but 2019 exorcised those demons

The Gumps may have won the game that night in New Orleans, but the dudes who tried to fight us afterward got royally destroyed.

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I found myself thinking about 2011

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When I think of that game, I think of these things:

Fastest party to ever clear out of the house.

The exodus of JR's and the inability to recruit players that typically committed thereafter.

That Defense was elite & I hope LSU can get back to those types of shut down performances.

I long for the day I can yell once again. "Keep your Punter warmed up!"