re: Watched the replay of Troy game without bias

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similarly I dont understand how LSU's win over Florida last year is not celebrated by many on here. Its used as a mark against O.

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I think people use it as a counter argument. Well we almost beat so and so, well we almost lost to UF. Or how people say, if we played Troy later in the year we would have won, well what if we played UF or Auburn later in the year? We win those?

The fact is we beat UF, but lost to Troy. You can't change that. Just like in 08, we beat Troy.

We can go through every fricking game and play the what ifs.

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We beat those teams though. And some of the games like Towson, were never in doubt.

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Sure, but we've allowed those games to be too close. Those were supposed to be gimme games wherin the starters were sitting on the bench with 10 minutes left in the third quarter. Sooner or later playing to the level of your opponent catches up with you and an opportunistic program takes advantage of that fact like Troy

This has been going on since the 1980's. Anybody remember the Miami, OH game in 1986. I do, I was there and that was a week after LSU had manhandled a ranked TAMU team. On paper, that game should not have been close. There was literally no excitement that night in the stadium, the Troy game this last year felt much the same

Sometimes the blame has to be on the players....so in Saban’s first year....he could not get his players ready to beat ULM at home?

We know Saban is a great coach based on his track record....so who’s fault was it? Maybe his players were just not ready yet...it takes time to learn a new system...a coach is not a miracle worker....

And also, the defensive line was not the only line that was depleted.....you had Will Clapp playing center for LSU after playing guard for early part of his tenure...he was inexperienced.....tehuma left the school for academic reasons....we had two true freshmen on the line......what did you expect to happen?

OK, who exactly is keeping this thread afloat?

O haters or gump trolls?

You’re a complete fricking moron comparing losing to Troy last year to losing to Houston in 1999.

At this point it pretty much breaks down to one group believes the coaches have a responsibility to get players ready to play at their best and another group that thinks it's on the players to make plays. I think it's a good discussion. Only problem is, no one is going to change their minds.

I just hope that the experience somehow benefits the team in the future. If you're gonna have a loss like that, at least learn something from it and apply it to the games to come.

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If you're gonna have a loss like that, at least learn something from it and apply it to the games to come.

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Like not having your OC run Cam Cameron plays anymore.

Can we also agree that a player can do everything right from a schematic standpoint and a technical standpoint and he can still get beat (on a block or route), but if the other player opposite you is simply stronger and faster than you.....then the reason the play failed is because of the player.....