re: LSU was snake-bitten last year.

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PP interception against Bama...

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Agreed. Terrible call. It was clearly an int. Now, LSU driving down the field and scoring the winning TD is a different story, but it was a terrible call.

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Onside kick against Ole Miss: PP's right toe could not have been out by more than 2".

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Calling a shotgun pass play in FG range with less then 40 seconds left when all you need is a FG to win and letting 20 seconds roll off the clock before calling a timeout overshadows that play. It wasn't a good time for an onside kick anyway.

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Injuries to JJ, Charles Scott, and KW occurred at critical times in ball games. Nobody can tell me that there isn't a difference between your first string RB and your third string.

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Agreed.

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Lafell continued to drop passes last year...

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Didn't help that we had an Oline that provided little pass protection, no running game, and an OC whose scheme just confused all of the players.

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Offensive PI against Florida. Yes, "Nuts" says we still would have lost that game 6-3, but I think your play-calling has to change if your down 3 as opposed to 10.

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"Nuts" is right. Meyer just played field position the whole game, we couldn't stop their power running game and defensively they were getting pressure without blitzing. His scheme was to not frick it up on offense because the defense is dominating. LSU's only points were aided by a pass int. call on Florida. But is Florida needed to score again, they would have.

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Bad weather against Penn State. That field played right into the hands of Penn State. It negated our speed and quickness, and let Penn State use their size.

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No excuse. Penn St. has speed and had to play in bad weather too.

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It just seemed like the other team, no matter who we were playing, had the right play called at exactly the right time(See Patrick Peterson against Bama).

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That's no coincidence, that's being outcoached. Why do opposing coaches always know the perfect plays to run against LSU? You really think Bama didn't know Peterson was out of the game? Of course they did, I can assure you Saban set up that play for when Peterson was not in the game. Miles didn't make adjustments and double cover Jones when Peterson was out, instead he put a Safety on him.

Miles - complacency
Saban - greedy frick looking for another job

those were the reasons IMO

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PP interception against Bama

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horrid call for sure, but bad calls happen all the time...we still could have won the game if brandon taylor makes a tackle

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Onside kick against Ole Miss: PP's right toe could not have been out by more than 2".

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eh, i dont even really remember that

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Injuries to JJ, Charles Scott, and KW occurred at critical times in ball games. Nobody can tell me that there isn't a difference between your first string RB and your third string.

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injuries happen, you gotta deal with it

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Lafell continued to drop passes last year...

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nothing to do with being unlucky

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Offensive PI against Florida. Yes, "Nuts" says we still would have lost that game 6-3, but I think your play-calling has to change if your down 3 as opposed to 10.

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we were physically dominated in that game and could have just as easily lost 35-3...anyone who says otherwise is either lying to himself or didnt watch the game...nothing unlucky about this either

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Bad weather against Penn State. That field played right into the hands of Penn State. It negated our speed and quickness, and let Penn State use their size.

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they played on the same field and penn state runs a version of the spread...sure the field was awful but we didnt deserve to win that game...nothing unlucky about this

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It just seemed like the other team, no matter who we were playing, had the right play called at exactly the right time(See Patrick Peterson against Bama).

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this has nothing to do with luck either, its called good coaching

did we catch some tough breaks? sure, absolutely, but we simply were not a very good team last year and unfortunately i dont envision this season being much different

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Luck is where opportunity meets preparation

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preparation is what we are lacking!

Clock management against Ole Miss took any doubt out of my mind that it was bad luck.

I won't list the rest because I don't want to go negaitive all the time. I pray 2009 was a fluke and not a trend.

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Good and bad breaks are part of the game. We lost because we didn't execute and the teams that beat us did.

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Agree with this. I have never been in favor of making excuses. All teams have a certain amount of adversity to overcome. Some do and some don't. We did a fair job last year. We have done an average job the last 2 years. We shall see how next year goes. I expect the last 2 years are what Miles will produce. Solid teams but nothing exceptional.

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[I presume you are referring to the "surprise" onside kick that we attempted. IMO, that was a very poor decision by the staff. It entirely reversed the momentum of the game at a key juncture. Moreover, whatever bad luck we suffered was more than offset by Miles' lunacy at the end of the game.]

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So was it a good call when it worked in 2007? Was it a good call when the Saints did it in the Super-Bowl?

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[I agree. To be fair, though, the passes intended for LaFell were often at his ankles or behind him due to the ineptitude of our QB's. Also, at some point, the coaching staff has to be held accountable for teaching proper technique and fostering mental focus amongst the players.]

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The passes in the Ole Miss game were in his hands.

Does being Snake Bitten involve having the 12th ranked SEC offense and falling out of the top 100 in the NCAA? Was this just bad luck? The offensive line was suppose to be a team strength according to Les. I tend to think it was poor play that produced the offensive production we had last year not bad luck.

UGA celebration penalty...

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All we hear is, "we still could have stopped Bama," or, "Florida could have scored more TDs if they wanted to but they just didn't feel like scoring," but somehow the significance of Trindon's great kick return, our offense punching it in, and Georgia doing absolutely nothing when given the exact same penalty situation in return is deemed negligible

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You assume too much, this was never implied. The point was that LSU suffered "bad breaks" last year. LSU also was on the receiving end of some "good luck" as well.