RLowther

While I can never be ashamed to be a Tiger Fan, I can feel a certain sickness in my stomach for the collective ignorance produced on these pages in the past couple of days.
Last year would have been a good, if not great season had we a coach with "Les" character. Perhaps, we could have competed for the conference and championship which went to the Gators if Les had kept Perriloux; at what cost to our collective character and good name. Does anyone doubt, with Tebow as a Tiger, we had the team to win it all?
This year, with a young quarterback, we struggled for leadership and identity until we reached our stride in the Bama game; until key injuries sidelined us. Does anyone think we would have had trouble with the Rebels with a healthy Jefferson and Scott?
Our truth, should we care to see it, is we stayed in this game and had a chance to win because of the collective character of our team which begins at the top and filters down.
Coach Miles has won the trust of the decision makers at LSU and he will be our coach until he succumbs to the wave of idiocy he must encounter daily. This is a game. We are building leaders and I am happy to have a man of character and ability at our helm.
Yes, he could make better decisions; can't we all. We live and learn. My suggestion for next time is initiate a false start, stopping the clock for a penalty and giving time to kick the field goal. Put that in the play book and let's move on. Always the best, Rob Lowther

ROLL TIDE?

This game of inches and key plays by key players,ultimately turned on disability of Jefferson, Scott and Peterson, whose was further disabled by human error and officiating ignorance.

Peterson with grace of a gazelle and feel which would make Jerry Rice proud gained complete control of the ball at the instant it touched his fingers with two feet meticulouly in bounds.

Review and decision by seemingly well intentioned officials confounded everyone and even 15% of the Alabama Fans (IQ's over, oh never mind), as our head official unwaveringly declared, "insufficient evidence", ostensibly to overturn a "bad" call. Sadly, this brilliant display of athleticism was negated.

While video evidence is and was there for any reasonable trier of fact to reach the undeniable truth; LSU ball, what baffles is the inability of officials at our highest level of collegiate athletics in failing to use the best and most fundamental evidence; physical evidence at the scene of the crime.

Had anyone gone to the spot where Chad so vehemently pointed, available evidence suggests there would have been found two diagonal and closely parallel lines, the left toe dragging about six inches inside the field of play and the right, closer and deeper; both ending inside the field of play.

It is a game and as such we should not take the result too seriously. The value is in the quality of the journey. Anytime we are exposed to our own ignorance at times and in events which have importance in our lives, we are all better served when we get the result right.

Would LSU have won; who knows? Were they denied a legitimate opportunity at the hands of human ignorance; yes. We can always do better.

The rest is history; effort of our embattled Tigers heroic and we toast our glasses and tip our hats to Miles and company for a great job. We are banged up, but our swagger has returned as leaders are emerging. Jefferson could become one of the greats; incredible talent is emerging from within this fine young man.

And we can ask ourselves; how many headsets does Nick Saban go through in a season? Is this the character we want in our leaders? Steady as she goes. All is well in Tiger Land.

And so it goes. After all, this is only a game and there will be many more. As always, and today in particular, I am happy to be a Tiger.

Always the best, Rob Lowther

It's all free; in the spirit of good competition.

"Decided to join this to congratulate Carl on a fine piece of journalism. As he well points out, there was little reason to expect LSU to end this three game stretch beginning with the Dawgs as anything more than a middle of the road SEC team. This is a problem with expectations. The Messin with Sasquatch analogy is brilliant; was unexpected and therefore better appreciated.
Carl has raised good questions about a team seemingly content to live on its reputation and play with its toys. The issue of how far all of us fail daily to live up to our potential is perhaps more timely in context of discovery of the world’s oldest human.
We can continue to label ourselves as Hatters or Haters or whatever. One thing we should all agree on is the character of any team is only that of its leader. Win, lose or draw, when the heat is on Miles displays what Saban will never have.
The final example of political correctness is the "Celebration" penalty. Someone had to stay up late to come up with this one. When Charles Scott crossed the back of the end zone, he dropped the ball, pounded his chest and raised his arms in happiness and praise. What better could he have done? Someone had to stay up late for that one. But when you think about it this type ignorance seems to be behind most decisions being made now. Let's stop this insanity and let boys be boys.
Through sheer excitement, LSU is becoming America’s team. A reader attributes it to "impact" another great concept for winners. My word is "efficacious", power to impact/change a result, to make a situation better. When we all work and think together, this is better than teamwork. It is what champions are made of. Let us hope our good fans can be as efficacious as our Fightin’ Tigahs. Always the best, Rob Lowther