Yeah let’s use Lee’s freshman year as proof that he should have been used on 1/9 against perhaps the most dominating defensive performance in CFB history

13/34 1 TD (yay!!) 4 INTS 1 pick six (doh!!)

But those 181 yards though

Let me try to put this in terms you can understand:

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Jarret Lee has twice as many interceptions vs Bama in his seven attempts in the GOTC against that 2011 defense than JJ did in 57 pass attempts in his entire career against Alabama.

That’s right, the infamous pitch pick gif was the first time in his career that JJ turned the ball over against Nick Saban’s defense in four games against Alabama (he fumbled later in the fourth quarter on the second to last drive of the game on 4th and 18 when he was destroyed in the backfield AGAIN).

And that pick happened over halfway through the 3rd quarter when we were already down 12-0 and Alabama’s defense was feasting on our OL unlike anything seen in CFB before or since.

Miles believed that TM and the DST could flip field position to give the offense breathing room the way it had in every single one of the 13 games we had played and won that season, including the previous game against Alabama.

Other than a fourth quarter drive that started on the 35 when we were already down 15-0, LSU’s best field position of the night came on the very first drive when we started at the 28 after the opening kickoff.

There was simply never a time when Alabama couldn’t pin their antlers back and unleash the hounds against our OL.

But honestly what other hope did Miles have? We all know the limitations of both of those QBs, how could either of them truly threaten that all time Alabama defense?

Everyone talks about how much Saban changed his gameplan after the GOTC, but he really didn’t. The biggest difference in this game was McCarron was completing the passes that he couldn’t didn’t in the first game (he threw 28 passes in GOTC vs 34 in The Rematch), and Alabama made FGs instead of missing them.

They were 1/4 in first half FG attempts on 11/5, including missing their first three, vs 3/4 in the first half on 1/9, including making their first two.

That last second FG before halftime on 1/9 was the backbreaker. With less than two minutes to play, LSU was down 6-0 (we had been down 3-0 at halftime in GOTC).

But that drive with 1:29 to go in the half decided the game imo. With 29 seconds left, Alabama was at their own 35 yard line on 2nd and 12. Get a stop there and who knows how the second half plays out.

But AJ dropped the beautiful rainbow over TMs fingertips for a 20 yard gain, the longest of the night, and that set up the FG as time expired to go up 9-0.

On the first two plays of the second half, they ran almost they exact same play, a 19 yard completion, and then the 26 yard dagger of a completion and they were in range for the FG that put them up 12-0 and the game was over.

We punted with under two minutes to play in the first half down 6-0, and the next time we touched the ball it was 12-0 in the third quarter and the game had gone from manageable to what felt like out of reach due to Alabama’s defense.

I know many people like to proclaim how they’ve NEVER WATCHED THAT ABORTION OF A GAME EVER AGAIN!!!! Yet also like to talk about it as if they know what happened, but as someone who has watched both of those games multiple times (glutton for punishment I know), both teams went in with the same game plans both games, one just went better for Saban the second time.

Oh, and Alabama played a better game everywhere but kicker and punter on 11/5 as well btw. The bottom line is Alabama was a better team in 2011 than LSU was, though they weren’t that night due to our defense and Wing, and getting a win in Tuscaloosa against that team should have gone down as the greatest win in LSU history.

But because of the bullshite Rematch the glory of that win, and that incredible team, will never be appreciated for what it was.

TLDR GFY

This post was edited on 9/8/18 at 7:19 am