Contributing factor to lack of morale for BCSNCG

I've heard all the "rumors" and read a lot of the talk about the Tiger's flat performance on Monday night. I've listened to Hebert's stupid arse rant on the national stage regarding Miles.

I personally believe that Bobby Hebert abused his media credentials and made a mistake by letting his emotions get involved. I think he did more to hurt LSU than Miles did on January 9th. He really sounds like an childish angry parent whose kid didn't play in the big game to me.

That being said, I can't help but think about how discouraging it must have been for our boys to come out and play a team they had already beaten once before. What an insult.

Every year since these boys were old enough to follow college football, they have been indoctrinated into the idea that EVERY game matters in college football and it's basically 1 big playoff. Unless you get lucky, it's one and done. You've lost control of your destiny. LSU went out on Nov 5th into hostile Tuscaloosa and BEAT the Tide in their house. They played arguably the most physical and mentally tough game of their lives. They went out there like heroes and left everything out on the field...what was their reward? A freaking rematch. They played an EXTRA game and had to beat the same team twice to close out the season.

I know if I was out there, I would have a hard time getting pumped knowing I had already done my job against this team, when it counted, on Nov. 5th.

I'm not saying that I disagree that Bama was one of the top two teams in the country, nor that the BCS failed to do what it was designed to do. I'm just saying that from a purely "spirit of the game" standpoint, the Tigers took care of business in Tuscaloosa and shouldn't have had to produce an encore. That's the way the cookie crumbles and it sucks. For everyone but the Crimson Tide.

If you look at the regular season and all the off the field adversity the Tigers had to face (suspensions, NCAA investigations, Kragthorpe's health, Shady's, QB controversy, etc.) the fact that they have to RE-BEAT Alabama could only have been an insult to injury. I don't know if I could pump myself up for that. I can just imagine the inner grumblings of these players and the animosity they must have felt. Yeah it was for all the marbles and a chance to go down in history, but you can't say that it didn't bother them to have to play Alabama again.

Were there some issues in the lockeroom before the game? I don't know and probably never will.

Do I believe that Miles and Co. could have done more to pull off a victory? Absolutely.

That being said, what's done is done. I still love my Tigers. Let the dust settle and lets get ready for MIAMI 2013!