The "moment of truth", Canada was hired for one reason....

Bill Walsh and Bobby Petrino’s love child wouldn’t be enough at OC for us to beat Bama this year.

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to beat Alabama. Everything else is just window dressing.

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Maybe...

But I'm not sure jet sweeps and pre-snap motion is going to fool Bama.

Negative, Orgeron was hired to win championships so it's up to him to beat Bama

Unless he can magically make some stud O-Line and D-linemen appear for LSU, I'm thinking no matter how he calls the game, we are going to have a rough night.

No you should have hired Herman for this reason:LINK
"Im looking at this 3-of-17 on third down and obviously the turnover there at the end. We've got to fix what's wrong on offense"

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to beat Alabama. Everything else is just window dressing.

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please post less

Yes

I HATE that there is so much emphasis put on the Alabama game. The reason is doing so sends a message to the entire program that every other game is "less important". That's how you end up playing flat and getting stomped by MSU or losing to Troy. That's how in years past (to some degree) LSU has mailed it in after the Bama game. The thought is that it's a one game season. Everything that happens before is just a prerequisite to get to the Bama game. Everything that happens after depends solely on the outcome of the Bama game.

The greatness in Saban lies in the fact that he is a miserable SOB. He said it often at LSU and now at Bama. Every game is the most important game because it's the next game on the schedule. That's how he maintains consistency. While he and EVERYONE else really knows the LSU game is much more important than say, the Vandy game. He doesn't allow that mentality to seep into his players. That mentality is the best way to prevent an emotional let down before and/or after the "big game".

If the mentality is Canada was hired for "one reason. To beat Bama." Then shame on LSU and Ogeron. The mentality should be Canada was hired to implement an offense good enough to beat EVERYONE on LSU's schedule including Alabama. The program mentality should be we are here to kick X team's arse because they are simply the next team on the schedule. When Bama comes up on the schedule they are simply just the next team whose arse we have to kick, not the most important team's arse we have to kick.

so you are saying lets beat bama but its okay to lose every other game during the season.

thats the mentality that Army used to have when it came to beat navy until coach monken came around about 4-5 years ago.

a great coach gets his or her players to buy into the process.