Are you watching the SEC replay refs do all they can to keep LSU in the title game? 4 reversed calls and counting. Most I actually agree with... The last one, I just do not believe was clear evidence to overrule the call. Either way, this is just terrible. The officials are now looking over their shoulder on every call since there have been 5 calls reviewed with 4 reversals. This is just awful.
It may not matter <t>Arenas on the punt return, TD Alabama.<br/> <br/> Nice call on the 4th and 1 shuffle Miles.<br/> <br/> LSU...BCS talent in a Mickey Mouse system.</t>
oh wait <t>what did I say about Chinese Bandits? Bama coughs it up late. LSU going for the lead. The Tigers may win despite their coach calling xbox style plays.</t>
Wilson is in Kp's doghouse for giving the ball up but a great game to watch. Hey...I love reversals by the refs when they are evident and most of the time they have to be solid to reverse an on the field call. When that happens I am just thankful for replay and my memory always drifts back to all the revesrsals that should have occurred vs. FSU in 2003 for Florida if replay had been in effect.
i've long <t>questioned Alabama's love for the '6 foot something, fairly athletic but not a great passer-local boy hero qb'.<br/> <br/> they won't be great until they ditch that.<br/> <br/> Wilson gets credit for the passing numbers but the fact remains that those are almost always spectacular catches by Alabama's WRs.<br/> <br/> If Alabama had a truly mobile QB or a by God passer, they'd be better than they are now.. but they aren't.<br/> <br/> LSU is a cat that is running out of lives. Miles is living off that all-world defense that he didn't build... I dont see much help on the horizon past it.</t>
Well <r>I just got back to Maryland. Wow what a game! Cory, it's not just at qb. I want Alabama to play with Alabama kids to maximum extent possibe. We always have and I would like to continue that. Jamarcus Russell was from Mobile I believe and the West Va qb is from Daphne. So they are there we just haven't gotten them, and the qb's we have gotten have all been highly rated, so someone else thought they were good as well. Now back to the game, our OL is just not getting it done. We could not run the ball at all. We didn't really pass all that well. When we did complete one it was a whopper. Our pass defense kept us in the game and our kick returns helped alot as well. I was deathly afraid that LSU would stop passing and just run it down our throat. LSU outplayed us overall but we still had a great chance to win the game. They scored quickly after our last score and then the fumble just hammered in the last nail in the coffin. <br/> Tuscaloosa on a beautiful autumn afternoon was awesome. It was nothing like it was 30 odd years ago. The quad was mobbed at noon. It was like a festival. Tailgaiters, vendors, people walking, tents set up with generators and TV's what atmosphere. Even the LSU fans weren't bad. A few of them were walking around yelling LSU cheers, but for the most part the Alabama fans just ignored them. That seemed to pretty much shut them up. They would wander off and try again about every hundred yards. Kind of funny actually. The new stadium is beautiful and the Bama crowd was loud. My brother and I went through stages: Early we were hoping Alabama was not going to get embarrassed (LSU 17 - 3), then we were relieved (LSU 17-10), then disbelief (Ala 20 -17), then optimism (Ala 27-17), then apprehension (Ala 27-24), relief again (Ala 34-27), fear (34-34), dejection (LSU 41-34). I have no voice today, but man what a nice day. There is nothing like being at a college football game. <E></E></r>
KP <t>I thought of you often during the game and was hoping you had a good/great time.<br/> <br/> I think it will be hard to Bama own the instate talent the way they have in the past. I seem to remember that Bear would go get kids from all over, not just Alabama. With the emergence of schools like Troy, Southern Miss and even UAB to an extent, I would imagine that its hard for Bama and Auburn to horde the instate talent the way it use to in the past.<br/> <br/> I give your OL some credit, you had 2 backups out their (including C) due to the suspensions.</t>
:idea: I agree with something Corey said here. I too get the feeling that LSU has more talent than their coach knows how to handle every time I watch them. They're winning in spite of that bozo; not because of him...
Corey, Yeah we have always gone out the state, but not far Mississippi, and Northwest Florida have always been good sources of talent for Alabama, but hell, Pensacola, Fort Walton Beach and Panama City has always really been LA (Lower Alabama) anyway. We have gotten a few from across the country in each class but I would really prefer to get the kids from Prattville, Foley, Demopolis, Wetumpka and those kinds of places. You are right though, we have always had to battle Auburn for those guys and Troy's reputation is improving. UAB was giving us a run for awhile, but they have kind of fallen on hard times lately.
Terry, Yes it was. First I got to visit with my daughter, her husband and my granddaughter for 3 days. Then my brother came up from Panama City Beach and my daughter, son-in-law and I went to the game and got to Tuscaloosa about 10:30 am. I think I figured out the last time I was in Tuscaloosa was about 1973 for a Jethro Tull concert and the last time I went to a game in person was October 1972. Man the quad is alot different on game day now than it was then. Back then the stadium held about 62000 and I could walk around Denny Chimes the morning before a game and read all of the names with the cleat prints. Now Namath's hand print is just about gone, and there must have been 30000 people on the quad Saturday morning. We parked a couple of blocks from the stadium, walked around and cooked out, drank some beer, had a great time and that was before watching a tremendously exciting game that we (Alabama) had a very real chance of winning. Like I said before, college football is really great but being at the stadium and having that crowd experience wash over you is a treat that every sports fan should experience. What a great trip! I'm not sure what I would be saying now if we had won, but it would probably involve sexual ecstasy! :wink: