re: Why is it so hard to acknowledge that LSU beat Bama in the 2011 reg season?

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Why is it so hard to acknowledge that LSU beat Bama in the 2011 reg season?

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Here's my running list that I keep handy to debunk the now-conventional-wisdom that LSU "got lucky" when they beat Bama AT Bama in the Armageddon Game:

4 FGs:
They were all really long (I believe 45 yards +, maybe one was over 50)

They were long because Bama couldn't move the ball for shite.

They were due to poor coaching by Saban - why not punt instead and pin LSU deep in a game where points were so precious?

Coaching:
Already mentioned Saban's bad decisions on FGs vs punts.

CLM - the so-called "Mad Hatter" - displayed incredible reserve and maturity at the very end of the 1st half. LSU had a very-short yardage 4th and goal with under 10 seconds. CLM wisely elected to kick the FG and go in tied at the half. This one data point should put to shame his "Mad Hatter" reputation. It also shows that LSU was moving the ball - unlike Bama who had either 1 or 0 plays inside the LSU 30. Ask any Bammer (or really anyone) if they remember this action at the goalline...most do not.

Overtime:
A lot of people forget that Michael Ford ran OOB on a play that would have been a TD - and thus a 12-6 margin of victory. This should highlight the fact that LSU was much closer to scoring multiple TD's than Bama ever was. For some reason, Reid's brilliant interception is now labeled as "lucky" (despite the fact that it was an absurd trick play that Saban ran), but Ford's slight nicking of the OOB line is totally forgotten.

Tell me where I'm wrong. It really sticks in my craw that it's now almost remembered as if Bama won the game.