ATTN ESPN: A De-bunking of the Robert Smith-led TENN argument

All week long, Robert Smith has taken the lead role in de-valueing LSU as the best 1-loss team base on the ending of the Tenn game. That is his complete argument. It is a very shallow opinion that is anything but complete in its development.

First, it (Tenn ending) was early in the season at the height of the offensive/QB woes of the Tigers. Granted, at that point in time, Robert has a bit of an argument, but ALL teams have such things occur on the way to development as a much stronger team, and the Bama game shows that this development is possibly arriving, and the early part of the season is not an intelligible way of making the judgment Robert is making. It is a very shallow thought process and he is smarter than that, leading one to conclude he has an agenda or is playing a role for Mickey Mouse Football Company (ESPN/Disney)

Secondly, thems the fricken breaks. Let's go back to your Ohio State BCS National Championship year and talk about all the fortunate/undeserved breaks the Buckeyes got on the way to their legitimate BCS NC. LSU and Tenn both made mistakes, so deal with the outcome.

Third, LSU's inept offense had 20 first downs against Tenn's 12. That is hardly close, and it is indicative that despite the unfortunate ending, that LSU was clearly the better team and therefore in opposition to your incessant talking points, "LSU DID deserve to win the game" on full inspection. Not that you would expect a shallow ESPN analyst to actually look under the hood and find this fact.

Fourth, LSU outgained Tenn EXACTLY 2-to-1 in yardage with 434 yards versus 217. That is DOMINANCE.

Fifth, this one could go either way, as LSU beat themselves more in this game than any other, but LSU overcame 3 INT's and a lost fumble to win this game. Look at it either way you want to cherry-pick your argument, but it could be used to show that LSU had a sloppy game which it would have dominated and never been close had they not been unfortunate to this degree...Although that is how the ball bounces, so LSU has to deal with this mistake and find come kind of way to win anyway, which happened.

On balance, it is an example of a half-baked assessment and it is a very weak case.

Finally, almost every ESPN analyst were in the same camp about Bama making the BCS NCG IF they were the top-ranked 1-loss team. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to now take that argument and say that since LSU beat that special Bama team and is now the highest ranked 1-loss team, that this same right should go to the Tigers. Unless it does not fit your agenda, that is..

This morning, Erin Andrews is off and running with the argument referencing Robert Smith's statements throughout the week.

If you want to use this talking point, read this fricken thread and talk intelligibly and honestly about it, versus using the lame, shallow and incomplete "Well, I just think/feel" BS. That is not what analyst do, that is what shallow thinkers with an agenda do.

You are better than this Robert, You are smarter than this Robert. Don't go Herbstreit on us. Kirk is very smart and capable, yet is rarely correct because he allows his personal emotions and agenda and Mickey Mouse political demography to drive his predictions and his analysis. If he put all that to the side, his intelligence would shine bright because he is a smart and capable analyst.

Get real Robert. Get real.