Looks like the consensus here amongst all fans is that the 2011 game was bigger. Everyone agrees that this one will be more entertaining, though. Don't take it personally.

I travel a lot nationally with my job, and love talking college football. The 2011 LSU-Bama game was much more talked about. Part of it was the national hate for the SEC that was on display there. As mentioned before, the November-September difference is the biggest deal.

Everyone knew the winner in 2011 was NC bound.
The winner of A&M-Bama still has to face LSU and an SEC East opponent that may be closer to this year's West winner than was the case in 2011.

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Posted by aggressor

Austin, TX

Member since Sep 2011

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Posted on 9/10/13 at 1:34 pm to Spirit of Dunson

You are still trying to compare the quality of the game to the quality of the hype, they are 2 different things. I also agree to LSU and Bama fans the other game was bigger. The LSU/Bama game winner was almost certainly going to the NC (and of course it turned out both did). Nationally though a lot of folks had SEC fatigue though and the storyline just wasn't as sexy.

A lot of this one is Bama is seen as this mighty invincible force and the only one that has conquered them is JFF. Then you have the media orgasm over JFF all offseason. It's just a lot more intriguing to someone who isn't in the SEC and may not even be as big of a football fan. It's kind of like how you could have a Heavyweight fight between the 2 best Fighters and its a big deal but it may not get the same interest as the Mike Tyson comeback fight with Lennox Lewis.

We will see what the ratings turn out to be.

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