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Did anyone else have the thought during 1/9/12 that the only way we'll win it is D/ST TD?

Posted on 9/17/26 at 9:17 pm
Posted by MackeyMkay
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Posted on 9/17/26 at 9:17 pm
Just remember at halftime and post half thinking the only way LSU wins this game is a defense or special teams touchdown. I had more faith in the Defense and Special Teams to score a TD than the offense. The look on JJ face after the pitch pick. It reminds me of Lebron's face after JR Smith took an offensive rebound to halfcourt with 4 seconds left in the NBA Finals Warriors game. Almost an anger-panic face.
This post was edited on 9/17/26 at 9:21 pm
Posted by cajuntiger1010
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Posted on 9/17/26 at 9:19 pm to
I remember thinking the game was lost whenever Bama got in over OK State.


Give Saban 45 days to prepare & he wasn’t losing a rematch. Bull shite
Posted by Jrv2damac
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Posted on 9/17/26 at 9:27 pm to
Let it go
Posted by Godfather1
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Posted on 9/17/26 at 9:29 pm to
What could conceivably make you dredge this up the Thursday night before the Ole Miss game?
Posted by bee Rye
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Posted on 9/17/26 at 10:19 pm to
We don’t beat Arkansas or Georgia that year without special teams. It’s kind of all we had to hang our hats in as far as scoring went towards the end of the season
Posted by Madking
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Posted on 9/17/26 at 10:22 pm to
Only time I’ve ever fallen asleep during an LSU game.
Posted by Godfather1
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Posted on 9/17/26 at 10:29 pm to
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Only time I’ve ever fallen asleep during an LSU game.


‘96 Peach Bowl in Atlanta against Clemson (10-7 LSU win).

I went with a buddy. We literally had to keep elbowing each other just to stay awake. Dullest LSU victory I’ve ever witnessed.
Posted by Madking
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Posted on 9/17/26 at 10:32 pm to
That one was boring but I was working so I’m running back and forth to the TV to catch as many plays as possible.
Posted by Godfather1
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Posted on 9/17/26 at 10:35 pm to
quote:

That one was boring but I was working so I’m running back and forth to the TV to catch as many plays as possible.


It did have an exciting ending w/ Aaron Adams blocking the tying FG on the final play.
Posted by GRTiger
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Posted on 9/17/26 at 10:37 pm to
I can't remember what I was thinking that long ago dog. Do you know how much shite has happened since then?
Posted by Madking
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Posted on 9/17/26 at 10:41 pm to
Well, I had a game the previous season during the Independence Bowl and I missed that first bowl game under Dinardo entirely so I was very keen to see this game.
Posted by SlowFlowPro
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Posted on 9/17/26 at 10:42 pm to
If you look at 2011 this was a recurring theme, from WV to UGA in the SECCG. Yes I was 100% hoping for a D/ST TD b/c without those we were pretty ugly in big games
Posted by GRTiger
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Posted on 9/17/26 at 10:45 pm to
We called it a complete team. But really that just meant DST and especially TM7 saved our asses pretty much all year.
Posted by SlowFlowPro
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Posted on 9/17/26 at 10:45 pm to
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We don’t beat Arkansas or Georgia that year without special teams. It’s kind of all we had to hang our hats in as far as scoring went towards the end of the season


WV was flipping momentum and was down 6 until Claiborne's KR TD

WV didn't score again. The KRTD completely flipped the momentum
Posted by SlowFlowPro
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Posted on 9/17/26 at 10:46 pm to
quote:

We called it a complete team. But really that just meant DST and especially TM7 saved our asses pretty much all year.


I remember the great 2006 v. 2011 debates where this was brought up in support of 2006
Posted by GRTiger
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Posted on 9/17/26 at 10:48 pm to
Is there a tiny tinge of 2011 this year? I keep thinking this sicko defense will cover for us.

Eta
I'd like to see what Lane and Charlie would have done with that 11 offense though.
This post was edited on 9/17/26 at 10:51 pm
Posted by SlowFlowPro
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Posted on 9/17/26 at 10:50 pm to
Too early to tell, but I doubt it.

2011 was so putrid on offense without momentum and teams getting worn out by the 3rd/4th.

That's why all Bama had to do was not turn it over, play it safe, and there was basically no way LSU had a chance. The gameplan was that simple and they dominated us.
Posted by Swamp Frog x
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Posted on 9/17/26 at 11:08 pm to
Yup. I remember the exact moment I saw LSU was playing Alabama again. I said LSU isn’t winning and if they do it’ll be a pleasant surprise. I did not get upset one single time watching the game. The outcome was all but guaranteed.
Posted by GRTiger
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Posted on 9/17/26 at 11:17 pm to
Anyone else live to remind everyone that in fact those Gumps only scored one TD all game even though it appears to casuals that they got there 3 times? 5 field goals and a missed XP late TD you dumb pussies. That defense was heroic.
Posted by Scoob
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Posted on 9/18/26 at 2:40 am to
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Anyone else live to remind everyone that in fact those Gumps only scored one TD all game even though it appears to casuals that they got there 3 times? 5 field goals and a missed XP late TD you dumb pussies. That defense was heroic.


I remember thinking if we could hit one big play, Bama could crumble. They had "dominated" the game completely, but it was still only a 2 score game in the 4th. Bama fans talked shite afterwards, but it had to be terrifying to them that they couldn't separate when given the chance.
We've been on the other end of that, where the game seems completely one-sided but you don't pull away, then the other team finally comes to life and wins. I was praying for that (another Honey Badger miracle) all the way until they scored the late TD to go up by 3 scores.
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