re: Is the "Victim" mentality hurting us in the long run?

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The problem is that not all conferences have equally qualified refs, and it is possible that not all are honest and above board.

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All you have to do is look at Pac-12 refs...the most inept in the country. SEC refs may have some "orders from above" bias - wouldn't put that sort of corruption beyond the realm of possibility when it comes to the SEC...and its history of challenging boxing for corruption.

But the Pac-12 refs are just morons. And teams get screwed left and right every year in spectacular fashion but teams just move on...because crying doesn't change the result.

I guess there might be a difference if you feel you are getting purposefully screwed vs. if you are getting screwed based on incompetence.

Look at what happened to Oklahoma vs. Oregon years ago...the SEC would call that malice and home-cookin' and SEC HQ mandate...Pac-12 fans just say it as par for the course incompetence and Oklahoma moved on and barely raised a peep about the biggest injustice the sport has seen in 30 years.

Not only did Oregon touch the ball before 10 yards, Oklahoma ACTUALLY recovered the ball.

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Oklahoma recovering the football:

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Is the "Victim" mentality hurting us in the long run?

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Yes it is....we need to man up and quit whining constantly.

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Any fan base who just thinks that's ok, and just "part of the game", has standards that are entirely too low.

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See this is where your snowflake mentality is so flawed. Did the refs make Burrow throw 2 interceptions and earn a 33qbr in the Florida game? Did they cause his fumble? Not picking on Burrow but those were game changing plays, it happens and no the refs had nothing to do with any of them.

Bama game, did the refs force our coaches to continually run offensive plays against a defense that denied those plays over and over and over? Did the refs game plan for LSU’s offense all week to have any kind of plan B? I doubt they were at LSU’s practices.

A&M game, did the refs prevent LSU from running Fournette more since he was clearly the most productive RB when he was on the field? Did the refs force LSU to run 3 straight running plays with 2 minutes in regulation which resulted in a punt instead of a first down that would have ended the game? Did the refs make us play 15 yards off of receivers and give up a first down on 4th and 18?

I agree shitty calls happen and it’s frustrating, but focusing on that is a waste of time. Focus on fixing the more obvious via TAF and BOS.

Not a fricking billboard in Birmingham Alabama you dummies

What’s hurting us is not having a complete roster, a modern offensive philosophy and a great coaching staff.

Well said OP.

The victim mentality absolutely hurts the program and I believe it spreads from the fans to the players and coaches.

You just proved that you didn't read my post.

You asked about two games (Alabama and Florida), and how I could blame those losses on the refs... I SPECIFICALLY outlined those two games as games that we did NOT blame on the refs, to point out that we don't just sit here and "whine" about every loss.

The complaining was about an awful targeting call which virtually the ENTIRE country agreed with us on, and the A&M game which had several game ending calls missed. That's something to be legitimately upset about.

A snowflake is someone who stands in the street and protests existing law, simply on the basis that they don't like it, even though most of them don't even know what the law actually states. A snowflake is someone who defies reason and basic biology to argue for the sake of arguing.

And you just tried to argue with me on the basis of a statement that was the exact opposite of what I actually said. Try again.

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Nationally I think the viewers are smart enough to see what transpired in that game to know LSU is not just whining as victims.

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The problem is we cry so many other times about lesser incidents that when we legitimately get screwed it's assumed that we're just whining again. It's crying wolf.

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Constant whining about officiating is a loser mentality and will start to affect our recruiting pretty quickly.

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Like it did after getting raped at Auburn in 06 and Alabama in 09?
GTFO

"Bama game, did the refs force our coaches to continually run offensive plays against a defense that denied those plays over and over and over? Did the refs game plan for LSU’s offense all week to have any kind of plan B?"

^^^ Questions you asked me.

"A&M game, did the refs prevent LSU from running Fournette more since he was clearly the most productive RB when he was on the field? Did the refs force LSU to run 3 straight running plays with 2 minutes in regulation which resulted in a punt instead of a first down that would have ended the game? Did the refs make us play 15 yards off of receivers and give up a first down on 4th and 18?"

^^^ Yet more questions that you asked me... Just as I said you did.


First you didn't read MY post correctly, and now you don't even remember your own post. Try one more time, snow flurry.

No one hates LSU dude. That’s made up BS by losers.