re: The 2011 team was not great, stop it

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11-1 LSU was shut out.

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13-1, not 11-1.

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in the national championship game.

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One game. The season was 14 games.

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Here is a list of teams that scored more points vs Bama in 2011 than LSU did in the national championship game

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You forgot to list LSU.

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let’s look at how other teams performed vs that same 2011 Bama team.

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The 2003 team lost to Florida 19-7 and didn't score any offensive points in that game. That Florida team lost five games, allowed more offensive points to every opponent it faced and more overall points to every opponent except Florida A&M and San Jose St.

The 2007 team lost to Kentucky and Arkansas, allowing (and scoring) 27 and 28 points, respectively, in regulation. Kentucky lost five games, scored fewer points against South Carolina and Mississippi State and allowed more points in eight of their games. They lost three games by double digits. Arkansas also lost five games, scored fewer points against Auburn, Tennessee and Missouri and allowed more points in six of their games. They lost to Kentucky by two touchdowns at home and were blown out by Tennessee and Missouri.

The 2001 Miami Hurricanes scored only 18 points against Boston College. BC allowed more points to four of its opponents, including Navy.

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I would not even rank the 2011 team as a top 5 LSU team all time

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No team would rank in anybody's top 5 or 10 or whatever if it was judged solely by its worst game and compared to the other opponents of whoever it played in that game. Rank the 2017 LSU and Alabama teams solely on their games against Auburn, and we would have finished in the top ten, definitely ahead of Alabama.

The point is that judging a team based solely on one game is almost as stupid as saying the 2011 team wasn't great. Almost. But you covered your bases by doing both.