re: What do you think was the cause for the arse whooping in the trenches?

Bama has better recruits. They know they are better so its hard for them to get sky high motivated when they play Ole Miss or Tenn. But when they get the two weeks of hype leading up to LSU every year and they're fans are on the Bamadroppings or whatever it is wondering if they can beat LSU they get all jacked up and come out and play their best. Like which Bama practice do you think was more intense; the Wed before Ole Miss, Tenn or the one the week before the LSU game? I doubt Midget Nick has to tell them anything the week before LSU but they loaf around and lose to Ole Miss, try to lose to Ark and squeak one past Tenn. Its a very emotional sport. That's why gamblers put so much stock in strategies like "dog at home" or "let down games after emotional victory the week before". Also lets be honest, Bama out recruits us. They come out and own our O line which we all thought was great - and they are great but not when they're playing against a D line of 4 and 5 star recruits who have grown up to be juniors and seniors. They should likely all be in the NFL except they haven't gotten any playing time because the guys in front of them were so good so they're still hanging around. We dont have any 5 star O line guys I dont think. Plus any 4 or 5 star guys we get if they turn out good are gone after they're junior year. Also of course it doesn't help that Les doesn't think hes getting owned by Bama so he sees no need to change. He cant even hear himself when he says the safeties were making tackles close to the line - well then there should be a hole in their defense where the safety used to be but didn't seem like we tried to exploit that soft spot. I think you can beat Bama but not by running at their strength. I love our players, I'm so glad they are here but I really feel bad for them, its unfair to them for Les to be so intractable and so unwilling to adjust. I'm exhausted watching Les fail to adjust. I hope we beat the Hogs.