ESPN and the destruction of their product

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why are you tearing it apart?

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it was not a pretty game. really bad QB play on both sides (esp LSU)

I am not going to read it. But I tell you, the whole game of the century crap pisses me off. This was just another game for us, but they hype the piss out of it to make money. frick espn.

Most of the experts on ESPN and other sports outlets don't know any more about college football than a fan who follows the sport religiously. There is no reason to give any weight to their opinions.

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face it Tiger fans, embrace it and you will feel better...promise.

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Incredibly boring game. If you were not a fan of either team I can see it really sucking hard

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I am not going to read it. But I tell you, the whole game of the century crap pisses me off. This was just another game for us, but they hype the piss out of it to make money. frick espn.

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It was a huge game for us, and it meant a lot. It will mean a lot for years to come. But it was regular season, and we still have a TON of football to play. If you don't want to be let down DON'T CALL IT THE GAME OF THE CENTURY

That aggravated me, too, but I liked Yahoo Sports' Pat Forde's take on the game:

"But understand this: the biggest reason the offenses looked that bad was because the defenses are that good. Dominant defense was the obvious storyline coming in – obvious to everyone but the endearingly odd Les Miles, who said he believed his Tigers would score “35 to 45” – so this should not have come as a shock.

So applaud the ugly, America. Don’t let the score obscure the fact that this was a good game between great teams. Don’t forget the fact that the biggest reason why the SEC has won five straight national titles was the kind of speed and slobber-knocking collisions on display here. Blunt-force football still has its place in the modern game.

In the Madden Culture, we tend to equate points with excellence. Before this game, the last regular-season matchup of No. 1 vs. No. 2 in the polls was in 2006, and when Ohio State beat Michigan 42-39, everyone hailed the game as a classic.

Then the Wolverines got dump-trucked in the Rose Bowl by USC and the Buckeyes got steamrolled by Florida for the national title, and we realized that neither team was fast enough or stout enough defensively to win a title.

Keep that in mind while you enjoy the touch-football scorefests you see every Saturday in the Big 12. You want an overtime game where the winner scores in the 50s? Watch a replay of Stanford-USC. Tickled by quarterbacks who don’t have to run for their lives or throw into tight spaces? Check out Russell Wilson and Tajh Boyd.

All those offenses would look a lot less pretty and productive against these guys."

Pat Forde article

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face it Tiger fans, embrace it and you will feel better...promise.

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Or better yet, don't worry about ANY of it. shite...I didn't read or watch ONE THING leading up to this game...and guess what? Not one talking head pissed me off for dissing LSU! I got to enjoy the build up to the game without worrying who was saying what and if we were getting the "respect" we feel we deserve.

I'll follow that up by using my own judgement of having watched the game and draw my enjoyment from THAT rather than the perceptions of others. LSU will remain #1 in all polls and stretch their lead. We'll date rape WKU and then Ole Miss and we'll have Arky come into TS the day after Thanksgiving. I couldn't be fricking happier.

It's really a nice system.

thats some shite. lsu or bama never pumped it as the game of the century. espn was all over the jock of that game for 2 weeks. lsu and bama didnt make them do that.

however, i have a feeling that if bama would have won, they wouldnt be complaining that it didnt live up to the billing. if bama won, theyd be saying how much of a classic it was.

Offense is sexy. Everyone loves 52-45 games and the media loves a team that can drop 50 every game withou even batting an eye at the fact that they give up 45 points a game.