re: Would a loss in 2011 have been a better result?

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Reading the "best plays in Miles era" thread got me thinking...
If Reid wouldn't have intercepted that ball and bama went on to win would it have turned out better for the program?
Personally I wouldn't absolutely despise bama so much because, in my mind, they would have earned it.
But as a program I don't know if it's better to lose in the national championship game after one of the greatest seasons ever or win the sugar bowl after a very good season.
Thoughts?

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well you got one thing right, had we lost that game, no one would clamor for a rematch in NC. we would've been left out and people would've used the argument that we've seen that game before (06 mich-ohio st) or that we didn't win our conf and putting in teams that don't win conf is a mistake (LSU-OU 03, whatever year for Nebraska).

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If JJ had not under thrown a wide open RS, he could have scored a TD. The game may have never gone to OT, and they probably don't have to play Bama again.

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if ford woulda stayed in bounds on option too. that play was the bigger "if" to me.


edit: the biggest and hardest lesson we learned from that year is that LSU-bama only matters when bama wins.