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re: 2007: Craziest year in CFB History.
Posted on 8/1/23 at 11:20 am to tenacious
Posted on 8/1/23 at 11:20 am to tenacious
I've seen that video before while I think it's probably the best video encapsulating the season, it still has some notable omissions as far as games and teams go, or at least just mentions some games in passing as a footnote that really deserved more of a synopsis. Greatest season all around I've ever seen, probably doesn't help that it culminated in a championship for my team, but that was a wild, wild year.
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Posted on 8/1/23 at 11:24 am to tarzana
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They also lost to two teams which finished no where close to the Top 25 (albeit in OT, not in regulation).
Arkansas was 25 when they played their bowl game. They only dropped from the top 25 after the bowl game loss. (They dropped to 31)
Kentucky ended the season at 28.
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If that’s “no where close to the top 25” then you need to rethink your evaluation.
Posted on 8/1/23 at 12:17 pm to tarzana
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LSU would have likely lost any matchup between the two, same as in 2005.
LSU would've beat them twice that year, same as in 2003.
(See, I can play silly past season hypothetical results games too)
Posted on 8/1/23 at 12:50 pm to Basura Blanco
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Do you...do you actually think God is the reason? lol come on now
Haha
There was a great article recently on that game. WV fanbase should get over it in about 100 years.
Posted on 8/1/23 at 1:04 pm to tenacious
Great post! I do remember that crazy year.
Posted on 8/1/23 at 1:10 pm to tarzana
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Georgia was the best team in America in 2007; they proved it in the Sugar Bowl where they annihilated unbeaten Hawaii.
Beating Hawaii didn't prove anything other than Hawaii's undefeated season meant they were better than all of the second tier D-1 teams, but couldn't compete with the top tier power conf. teams.
However, I think you can make an argument Georgia was playing better late in the season that LSU. Perhaps they were just beaten up or opponents had figure them out to some degree, but LSU's defense in the second half of the season wasn't playing well at all. With a NC on the line Arkansas really manhandled the LSU defense.
Would Georgia have beaten LSU in the SEC Championship game had they made it? Maybe. Particularly in light of the fact Flynn was injured. But for his many faults, Les (especially that season) was pretty good at getting his team ready to play "big" games.
You could also argue the 2006 LSU team was the same as 2007 UGA. LSU was rolling late in that season. Including beating the SECW champ, Arkansas, on the road. But, because of LSU's two losses (one being the ridiculous call at Auburn) Arkansas went to the SECG where there were handled relatively easily by Florida. A Florida team that was just "surviving" from week to week down the stretch in 2006. But, because Florida got Arkansas in the SECCG instead of LSU, just like LSU got Tennessee in the 2007 SECG instead of Georgia, Florida went on to win the NC.
That's why we have a playoff now.
Posted on 8/1/23 at 1:35 pm to tenacious
Didn't we play without three of the starting D Linemen for much of the year.
I know we lost one starting DT early in the season and then a couple more later in the season.
I know we lost one starting DT early in the season and then a couple more later in the season.
Posted on 8/1/23 at 1:45 pm to tarzana
Who else did Georgia lose to that season?
Posted on 8/1/23 at 1:47 pm to tarzana
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Georgia was playing the best football in the country for 6 weeks prior to the SEC Championship game. They finished 11-2 overall (6-2 SEC). They were a much better team than Tennessee (Georgia had lost to the Vols early in the season which kept them out of the SECCG). Georgia destroyed Auburn and Florida, two teams LSU struggled to beat.
Georgia was the best team in America in 2007; they proved it in the Sugar Bowl where they annihilated unbeaten Hawaii.
They didn't win their division clearly not deserving of the top 2 that year.
edit: In the final BCS poll Georgia was ranked behind VT and Oklahoma.
edit 2: LSU had 6 top 25 wins (based on what they were ranked when we played them) vs UGA 4
This post was edited on 8/1/23 at 1:54 pm
Posted on 8/1/23 at 1:49 pm to minister of truth
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Who else did Georgia lose to that season?
South Carolina who finished 6-5 in the regular season
Posted on 8/1/23 at 1:52 pm to catholictigerfan
Tarzana conveniently omitted that loss from his discussion
Posted on 8/1/23 at 2:00 pm to Alt26
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That's why we have a playoff now.
UGA may have not made the playoffs in 2007. It would have come down to Virginia Tech vs UGA based on the BCS poll.
VT won their conference and so did Oklahoma, would the current committee put a non division champ in over a conference champ?
So I think it would have been
Big 10 champ: Ohio State
SEC champ: LSU
Big 12 champ: Oklahoma
ACC champ: Virginia Tech
Also how would the current committee handled a 11-1 Kansas who were 2nd in their division?
edit: what about USC?
This post was edited on 8/1/23 at 2:25 pm
Posted on 8/1/23 at 2:01 pm to tenacious
Was a long trip home after that Ark loss- little did I know what was coming.
Posted on 8/1/23 at 2:07 pm to MikeTheTiger71
They were #16 in the final OFFICIAL poll, after the bowl games. They were not a very good team, and LSU got a serious mulligan after the Arkansas fiasco.
Mark my words, LSU lucked out bigly. They were just a doink away from facing Georgia whom they could not have beaten at that point in time.
Mark my words, LSU lucked out bigly. They were just a doink away from facing Georgia whom they could not have beaten at that point in time.
Posted on 8/1/23 at 2:09 pm to tarzana
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They were #16 in the final OFFICIAL poll, after the bowl games. They were not a very good team, and LSU got a serious mulligan after the Arkansas fiasco.
Mark my words, LSU lucked out bigly. They were just a doink away from facing Georgia whom they could not have beaten at that point in time.
The only poll that mattered in 2007 was the BCS not the (edit: Harris) or the coaches. While they both played a factor the BCS determined who would play for the national championship.
In that poll UGA finished 5, LSU 2.
This post was edited on 8/1/23 at 2:14 pm
Posted on 8/1/23 at 2:15 pm to minister of truth
Georgia's season got off to a rocky start in 2007, with two losses in the first five games. Beginning Week 6, they were a completely different club, with real direction, purpose and resolve, and just got better each week. Blowouts vs Florida, Auburn and Georgia Tech in 3 of their last 4 games; the other one being a solid 24-13 win over Kentucky, a team that beat LSU (admittedly in overtime 
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)Posted on 8/1/23 at 2:18 pm to tarzana
So that brings up the same old question- is it the “body of work” during the season or “who’s playing the best at the end of the season” (which is often the old “eyeball” opinion) that determines the national championship contenders?
Posted on 8/1/23 at 2:19 pm to minister of truth
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So that brings up the same old question- is it the “body of work” during the season or “who’s playing the best at the end of the season” (which is often the old “eyeball” opinion) that determines the national championship contenders?
should be the body of work, which clearly favored LSU that year.
the eye test could arguable go either way for UGA LSU that year, but the body of work clearly favored LSU
Posted on 8/1/23 at 2:20 pm to catholictigerfan
My opinion as well
Posted on 8/1/23 at 2:21 pm to tarzana
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(Georgia had lost to the Vols early in the season which kept them out of the SECCG). Georgia destroyed Auburn and Florida, two teams LSU struggled to beat.
Funny how UGA "destroyed" Florida in a 12 point win, but merely "lost to" the Vols by 3 touchdowns?
It's funny to me how subjective actual on the field results can be in the minds of some people. Tennessee beat UGA 35-14 -- after leading 28-ZIP at the half -- and yet we were somehow "lucky" that UGA didn't make it to the SECCG. Didn't have anything to do with the fact the Dawgs couldn't even stay competitive with the Vols when they played, no; it was just our "lucky break" that cost UGA their shot.
We beat Tennessee -- something Georgia couldn't come within 3 TDs of doing -- with our backup QB, and then "destroyed" (by 2 points more than UGA "destroyed" Florida) #1 Ohio State in the National Championship Game; but somehow UGA "proved" they were the best team in the country by beating Hawaii. I mean, Vanderbilt and Troy both gave UGA a better game than UGA gave the Vols! Troy pulled within a TD in the 4th quarter and ended up only losing by 10. And the Dawgs needed two 4th quarter FGs -- including a game winner as time expired -- to come back and beat Vandy when they were trailing the 'Dores with 3:05 left in the game! And that's the "best team in America"?
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