re: Will Refs Protect Bama's Position in the polls and

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Charles Scott gets a 15 yarder for pointing to God.

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And according to the refs office that was justified as a penalty. The fact that the Tigers have never got an appology from those guys are about as revealing as can be on what they think about the stupid people from Louisiana.

If the replay official is Al Ford....he has an insurance dealership in Florence, AL.

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you will see a holding or two get called .... Those are the "low-profile" calls that don't draw too much attention but have a tremendous impact on the outcome of games.

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Ahh, nice to see someone on this board is actually paying attention. Well done, sir.

P.S. I like the new helmet-to-helmet contact penalty they've come up with now. Takes the monotony out of always having to call holding when "necessary."

now there is a genius idea. now,if ya'll lose,you can say "told you so" we got cheated
not sayin you will lose,this game will be a war,down to the finish.

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Conferences want to protect their top teams

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LSU is a top team in the SEC. Where have you been?

UF got the short side of the calls vs UGA. But to answer your question, Yes the refs will cheat for Bammer.

come on now, this is ridiculous.

Without a doubt this will happen.

As for the bama fans coming here saying that we are already making excuses:

NO, we are not. In fact, many fans like myself believe it is the job of the head coach to prepare our team for this very scenario.

Our coaches need to prepare this team to face adversity when we have at least two big plays and possibly a score or two taken away because of bad calls. Wouldn't surprise me if an instant replay is botched in this game too.

If the coaches are smart, they will have a few plays drawn up for 1st or 2nd and 20 after we have a holding call go against us. (I expect Bama to get no holding call all game, BTW). Also need to be prepared to have one of our DBs called for a "helmet to helmet" hit on a key third down stop. That new "helmet to helmet" rule is great for refs when they need to make other calls that aren't so "obvious".

I really think LSU has a shot to win this game, but they must be prepared for this on top of a well-designed offensive game plan.

I noticed that Vegas had the line at 2 scores (8+). That, coupled with the fact that the media pundits have been saying for the past month that Bama and UF are meeting in the SECCG should tell any fan with a half a brain what is in store Saturday.

This 2009 team is going to show us what they are made of Saturday, one way or the other.

/rant

we usually fair pretty good in tuscaloosa when it comes to getting calls to go our way. remember the "non pass interference call" in 05?

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and if IRC, as bad as the penalties were in bama's favor in 2007, 15-2 someone stated, i think there were several other bad calls made in bama's favor

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Yeah, the 2007 game was a joke, but that team was obviously one of the best teams in LSU's history.

This 2009 team is too inexperienced to overcome a 15-2 penalty ratio. Simple as that.