re: Felt like we dominated Bama.

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Their first TD drive they called us for that tip of the pinky facemask while Bryce was surrounded by 4 tigers and giving himslef up. And it was 3rd and 10.

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And Ojulari clearly grabbed his face mask. There was also a holding on the defense they called on that play also that would have given Bama a first down so that doesn’t even matter.

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Their 2nd TD was that weird cluster play where the whole D line had a swipe at Bryce and Harold perkins was being severely held and then he popped it out to a wide open WR. Also 3rd and 10.

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I’ll give you this one but it’s not like it’s out of the ordinary for these calls to be missed. Calls, especially holding, gets missed all the time for both teams.

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But it wasnt even pass interference! THe guy fell down cuz the ball was thrown behind him. That was also 3rd down.

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Tipped or not Sage Ryan held the guy from the moment he got to him. It was 100 percent pass interference.

Seemed a lot like that from my perspective too. Their scoring drives came from big plays that set them up in the redzone & the breakdown for the 41 yard TD that should have been a sack if Perkins wasn't completely raped on the play. They rarely drove the complete field on us to score without a big play or help.

“Dominated” is a strong word. I won’t go that far because I don’t think we had a dominant performance, however I feel like the tide changed Saturday night because while we did not dominate them, I definitely felt like we were half a step ahead on everything else. We didn’t let them dictate the game to us, we took it to them and they never had a final answer for that. I haven’t seen that in a Bama game in a long, long time

I say this with sincerity, but I think we’re so used to Bama pushing us around that when we actually play them evenly it feels like domination

I thought overall it was a really even game. Our defense was fantastic in the first half. Bama’s successful drives seemed more a result of big plays (and some assistance from the zebras) whereas we had more methodical, under control drives.

Bama had 6 sacks and plenty more hurries, but the difference was Daniels’ mobility and being able to run the ball consistently.

Can’t wait until BK gets all his big uglies in these next couple recruiting classes and we start protecting the QB.

Simple way of explaining this games results.
We beat Bama, Bama did not beat Bama.
This is why it feels so damn good.

Before that pick in the endzone it looked like it was going to be a long arse day. That one play changed everything in my opinion.

I was pissed off watching the first half because it felt like LSU controlled the game and the field position. YET, they only had 7 points. IMO, Denbrock was calling a "scared" game rather than truly trying to attack and I was worried he was wasting the defensive effort LSU was putting forth. It felt like the game should have been 14-3 or 17-3 given LSU seemed to control the first half. Contrast that with LSU's offensive approach in 2019 where, after forcing a turnover on what looked like a scoring drive for Alabama, LSU immediately went on the attack with the play calling. It was fast. A little bit risky. But when Chase grabbed the TD it seemed to send a message of "We ain't scared of you and we are here to kick your arse!"

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their points were directly assisted by the refs.

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I felt the opposite. LSU had a few drives where if not for penalties called the game would have had completely different result. A few drives with a couple shitty throws then all of a sudden a penalty is called to keep the drive going.

Not to say Bama didn’t get calls too but this game was not dominated by anyone.

And shoot, I dont think it was them just wanting bama to win. It's the sec wanting to protect its stock and having as many highly ranked teams as possible. We already had 2 losses and bama is bama.