re: Unpopular Opinion: 2006 Florida > 2006 LSU

just so people remember, Hester got into the endzone late in the 2nd quarter, but was called short of the goalline. Next play Jamarcus fumbles the snap. we force a quick 3 and out and Jamarcus throws a stupid pass down the field for an interception on the first play. They drive down and score right before the end of the half to go up 14-7. So instead of us going up 14-7 going into half, UF does, b/c Jamarcus was an idiot.

Then to make things worst, we get the 2nd half kickoff, and fumble it into the endzone for a safety. Now it's 16-7 and momentum is no where near our side. UF gets the safety kick and scores in no time. Now it's 23-7.

with 5 minutes left in the 2nd quarter, we had a chance to go up 14-7, TWICE. Instead, we imploded and went down 23-7 over the next 8 minutes of game play. 23 point difference in 8 minutes. And the game was lost.


Could we have beaten them if we had gotten a rematch.....maybe. People seem to forget that while Jamarcus was a great QB, he was an idiot. He was consistently bailed out in college b/c of his talent, but when we played legit teams like Auburn and UF, his lack of QB awareness and decision making was evident. We scored 3 points against Auburn, and 10 points against UF, with one of the most talented offenses we had ever seen.


People also need to remember that in 2006 we played 4 top ten teams, ON THE ROAD, and went 2-2, and was cheated in one of them.

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There’s no logical reason to believe LSU was better unless you’re wearing purple and gold glasses.

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I agree with you to an extend, both teams were loaded and good enough to win the title, talent wise the teams were pretty even (as was USC). A lot of LSU fans thought 2006 was LSU's most talented team (and maybe it was) but it was a brutal schedule all 4 road SEC games were vs top 10 teams, the 2 loses finished in the top 10 but the big difference is...

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UF had Urban Meyer and we had Les Miles.

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Sadly most people think this means Les sucks or it was all because if him we didn't win and if only we hired someone else...., but UM is one of the greatest coaches of all time, he had a loaded team and was at home. 2006 was still a great team and season, we finished #3, one of i think 9 or 10 top 5 finishes in school history.

No different than saying uga was playing as well as LSU at end of 07
Wasn’t uga ahead of LSU and beating tenn in sec title game and having that big win over va tech ended up being the difference

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If LSU gets a mulligan like Bama did, then I would venture to say LSU beats Florida.

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There’s no way to know that. Florida was playing better than anyone else at the end of the year. They destroyed an Ohio State team that many people thought was elite.

They also shut down Darren McFadden when they played Arkansas in the SEC championship. That’s something LSU was completely unable to do the week before. McFadden tore us a new one, even though we were able to pull off a win.

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Florida went 13-1, while LSU went 11-2. This included a 23-10 victory over LSU. Also, UF completely humiliated and embarrassed undefeated, #1 Ohio State. Both LSU and UF were incredibly talented and stocked with future NFL players, but UF had Urban Meyer and we had Les Miles. There’s no logical reason to believe LSU was better unless you’re wearing purple and gold glasses.

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Les Miles had a winning record against Urban Meyer.

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I’m speaking to all the morons on here who insist 2006 LSU was the best team in college football that year, despite much evidence to the contrary

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No one is arguing that Florida shouldn’t have won the title.

But I do think that LSU team got much, much better as the year went on and they were as good as team in the country by seasons end.


And no k e argues that Florida wasn’t The best team all year. LSUs early losses hurt. But teams improve and it’s not crazy to think LSU would have beaten Florida had they played later in the year.

We got screwed at Jordan Hare in 2004 and 2006. frick both of those games

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People seem to forget that while Jamarcus was a great QB, he was an idiot. He was consistently bailed out in college b/c of his talent, but when we played legit teams like Auburn and UF, his lack of QB awareness and decision making was evident.

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"The guy, for me, was wonderful,'' Fisher said. "He learned. He carried three- and four-play packages to the line of scrimmage. He changed protections, made multiple reads at the line of scrimmage. He was wonderful for me.

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“I never knew that guy,” Fisher said on ESPN 760, talking about the lazy player Russell has become. “His work ethic for us — everything I ever asked him to do, he did. He was smart, he carried three and four play packages at the line of scrimmage.”

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But please go on about how much of an idiot Jamarcus was and use 2 games as examples. fricking dummy

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Both LSU and UF were incredibly talented and stocked with future NFL players, but UF had Urban Meyer and we had Les Miles.

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This part is true.

Put Les Miles in charge of the 2019 LSU team and they lose three games: Bama, Florida, and Texas. No doubt.