re: How much stock do you put into the muffed punt?

I feel bad for him, no doubt he took his eyes off the ball trying to make a play. Sometimes I wish he wouldn't return the kickoff and just take it from the 25 but that isn't what playmakers do. I did not like the one-handed catch though. Although there was a low possibility of making a costly mistake doing so, there was no reward other than hype.

It was the turning point of the game. It cost LSU the game.

All my friends keep bitching about how the defense lost that game. Bulls@#!. We knew going in hat it was going to be a tit for tat game. All the stats are nearly identical, except for rushing, but we ended with more total, so, it's Germans. Look at the third down conversion LSU was 10 of 15. That's good! Georgia was only 4 of ll. That sucks! So, there was time where I defense stood up, the problem is when Georgia usually scored it was on blown coverage with guys not choosing the right assignment. So it made our defense look awful. The one thing that stands out in this game is turning the ball over in the red zone. It's what lost the game. Period. However, for that one mistake he made, he's made several excellent plays, so learn & move on.

My friend and I had just finished saying that I would tell Bekham to fair catch no matter what and send an all out rush to block. Tgere was a blocked punt for touchdown last week.

Then we look up and he drops it. As was sayd we were gonna go up 2 possesions there. Totally turned the tide.

Certainly did not help our cause. Shifted momentum.
We could have gotten the advantage of playing up instead of behind the rest of the game.
HUGE mistake but the defense was not even close to being in that game. Gapping holes and a secondary often 10 + yards away from their receivers.

It's entertaining to read the comments here and see how people interpret a game. I seem to see people falling into three groups as this goes. Some people focus on 1-2 seconds and like to assign blame for a game on that time because it is convenient and it gives them something to focus on. Some like to focus on 2:27 of the game and blame that for the ultimate failure to win the game. And the last group focus on 60 minutes and evaluate all of the factors before assigning "blame" for LSU's defeat. The last ones are the ones that are able to make the most sensible and intelligent arguments because they take everything into account with their comments. I am also very glad that the LSU staff and players are good enough to fall into the last category.

It was the turning point in the game and completely flipped the momentum. I fully believe that if OBJ calls fair catch there and doesn't muff the punt, LSU wins.

Not to much. It happens to all teams. Just bad timing for our team.

Can't argue with you, as that was a tepperish performance. It just felt like we were about to take control sans fumbled punt

OBJR can one hand a football kicked 80 yards... Muff a fair catch.
Biggest turning point of thei game.