re: Best Uncrowned Teams:

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Talking about Clowney, he didn't even show up against LSU, but it was a great game.

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I still don't know where LSU gets this idea from, just because they were able to run the ball?

Clowney had 6 tackles in that game. His season high for a game was 7 vs Clemson and UAB. Hell he was the only that did show up. He had to run down a ball carrier in the secondary past our LBs and safeties.

He also knocked down a ball or two.

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1. 2011 LSU
2. 2009 UF
3. 2006 LSU
4. 2007 UGA
5. 2012 UGA

If not for the questionable officiating and playcalling against Auburn, the 2006 LSU team would have likely avenged its earlier loss at Florida in the SEC championship game and won the national championship. At the end of the season, they were playing as well as any team that I remember.

I'm kind of surprised by that opinion. I thought '11 Arkansas was better, although I'm sure you follow the team closer than I do.

It's not like they can be blamed for getting blown out by LSU/Bama, those teams were pretty special.

I wouldn't put 09 Florida that high. They benefitted from the East being horrible that year and offense seemed to really struggle at times. Alabama exposed them badly in the title game.

07 UGA got stomped by UT. I think it was 35-7. Natl title contenders dont lose by 4 td's no matter how well you play down the stretch.

1. 2011 LSU
2. 2009 Florida
3. 2010 Alabama
4. 2012 A&M
5. 2008 Alabama

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2012 USCe was a very good team, but let's get a reality check. 2012 A&M lost two very close games to LSU and Florida, two teams that in a normal year would be in BCS games. They beat Alabama IN Tuscaloosa and crushed a good Oklahoma team in the bowl game.

USCe did crush UGA, but they weren't that close in either of their losses and they squeaked out a win by the seat of their pants against Michigan in the bowl game. These two teams weren't the same.

And 2011 LSU dwarfs all. They had a better resume going into the BCS title game than most national champions in other years.

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Alright, we've heard that South Carolina had the flu the week that they played Florida. Also, while Florida did blowout South Carolina, it's a stretch to say that South Carolina was dominated.

Now, I watch the big games when I can and do a lot of reading online to gain a perspective on things I may have missed or just didn't know. I want to know why no one has mentioned South Carolina's struggle versus Tennessee. I know Marcus Lattimore went down and that Clowney was playing off of one foot; however, Richardson held his own against Clowney until that one play that cost Tennessee the game. South Carolina couldn't hang with Bobby Petrino's passing attack and they struggled against Tennessee's. South Carolina still has the one WTF game each year and struggles against the run. I may be wrong, but they also seem to have a problem against team's with a good offensive line and passing attack.
South Carolina is not elite, and they aren't ready. While they could have held their own and beaten Notre Dame, that wouldn't have made them the best team in the country. Keep in mind that my post takes into account things that I've read and/or seen.

I am in agreement. The South Carolina teams of 2011 and 2012 were good teams but they were not elite. In almost every game I watched them play they looked beatable.

The past two SC teams actually remind me a lot of Gene Stallings' Alabama teams from the mid-90s. Top 15/Top 10 caliber teams that would consistently lose to Top 5 competition.