re: Next Phenomenal, Predominant, SEC Team?

Not only was LSU's 2011 defense dominant, but our offense scored 451 points, and defense and special teams scored 49 - for a total of 500 points.

Next dominant SEC team will be:
Football: Louisiana State
Basketball: Louisiana State
Women's basketball: Louisiana State
Baseball: Louisiana State
Softball: Louisiana State
Track & Field: Louisiana State
Gymnastics: Louisiana State
Golf: Louisiana State
Nude Underwater Jousting: Louisiana State

It's definitely not just you. That's a good summary of my feelings that year too.

Last year for Alabama was weird because they fell behind in their three biggest games, but it never seemed like they were out of it, and they proved that they could come back from almost any deficit. That's why AJ's interception in the end zone against aTm was such a letdown, because I was sure they were going to convert just like they had against LSU.

So maybe they weren't as dominant as in 2011, but last year's offensive line was possibly the most dominant unit of any team I've ever seen.

"Nude Underwater Jousting"???

Sounds super ghey

2014 TAMU... All this SEC level defensive recruiting Coupled with a dynamic offense? It's about to go down.

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ok, I'll explain the rivalry performances.....sometimes in the sport of CFB rivalries are close.

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True, I'll let you have Tennessee, but the Iron Bowl wasn't the best day for the offense or defense. 2009 Alabama was good, but it's not immediately obvious that they were predominant when they struggled against average Auburn and Tennessee programs. Let's look at this past season. Tennessee and Auburn were below average and Alabama beat them as such. LSU had close losses to Florida and Alabama, which is perfectly acceptable since the two were good this year. Average teams are average teams. Crap teams are crap teams. From Alabama's rivalry games in 2009, should we infer that Auburn and Tennessee weren't that bad despite the blowouts or was Alabama not that great? I'm not dissing Alabama. They had an elite defense, but they did not have predominant performances against Tennessee and Auburn. If they'd played that badly against LSU, then it would've been a different story.

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2010-Auburn? 2009- Alabama? WTF brah, you left out 2 MNC teams.

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Auburn did not predominate half of their 2010 schedule. 2010 Auburn is remembered for Cam Newton, Michael Dyer, and Nick Fairley. 2010 Auburn was a great second half team, but the defense wasn't predominant, and the team had an above average amount of breaks their way. In 2011, 2010 Auburn would have come in 3rd place in the West at best, no joke.

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This makes no sense. We always beat Florida.

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Thanks for the correction. I made this thread knowing that fans would know more about their teams than me. I don't follow everyone or watch every game. Who does? No one knows or understands everything.

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This makes no sense. We always beat Florida.

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Thanks for the warm welcome.

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Lol Gardevoir is mostly female Pokemon from the 3rd generation. Something tells me this guy should have posted in the gaming board first.

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I'm an adult and don't make custom usernames. It's just easier to make my username something that I'm a fan of.

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Yeah, because they really sucked that night..

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No, because despite blowing everyone but Alabama out that year, they were one-dimensional. Les ran out of offensive tricks to pull out of the bag. Alabama owned Jarrett Lee to the tune of 1 TD : 7 ints IIRC, so a quarterback switch wouldn't have done the trick. Alabama exposed LSU and did what they didn't manage to do on 11/5.

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i dont know where it will rank all time, but our 2014 team will be fricking salty if manziel comes back

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No doubt.

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plagiarism. You're gonna get expelled.

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I didn't know borrowing a word was considered plagiarism, and at least I credited my source, as poor as it may have been.

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Predominantly what? This not meant to be a flame, but you're stupid.

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That's why I finished high school and my first year of college. The question may not have made much sense but trust me when I say that I don't lack intellect; however, from this insult, it appears that you may lack maturity. Your response was an inappropriate way to greet a new member. I would've preferred that you properly addressed the issues in my post or simply told me how things are done around here.

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Pretending to be a Bama fan was dead giveaway. LSU fans are cute if nothing else.

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Pretending? I don't see a school listed under my username? Do you? I have kept who I pull for hidden because I don't need people attempting to question my objectivity. Present me with something like the Ole Miss fans have, and I'll admit that I was wrong if that were the case. I considered 2009 Alabama, but I wanted reassurance, and y'all are kinda giving me some. :)

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2009: A 14-0 team with wins over 10 bowl teams wasn't dominant?

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I just wanted reassurance. Can we just move on an focus on the question? Who do you predict will be next? I have learned that Ole Miss beating Florida shouldn't be too surprising, and that I shouldn't doubt whether or not 2009 Alabama was predominant. Thank you. Now let's talk about the future.

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I think Georgia is ready to finally get over the hump and start contending for Nat Championships.

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They were almost there last season thanks to poor play from Alabama and Florida. Georgia was not the best team in the East, though they proved on the field that their A game could compete with Alabama's B game. If Georgia had won, I would have been sickened considering the 35-0 (true score) beatdown the Gamecocks gave them. No one in the SEC was unbeatable, but at least LSU, Texas A&M, and Florida did not get nor were close to being blown out during the regular season.

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This might just be me, but the only time I can remember where I'd watch a team and no matter who the opponent was, I knew the team would win was in 2011 for both LSU and Bama. With the exception of when they played each other, I knew each team would win their games and it not be close. I really can't remember a time besides that when I knew without a doubt a team would win every game.

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Thanks for being polite. So you don't see anyone topping either anytime soon either? On the bright side, in 2013 Alabama and LSU could see much better and more consistent offenses than Saban's Alabama and Les Miles' LSU have seen during the coaches' respective tenures.

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Great minds think alike - I've been saying 2014 was going to be our dominant season for awhile now, at least the past two years. But I think if we go undefeated through those first five games this year, and then make it past Florida at home, then we have a chance to have a very special year, this year as well.

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Good luck. If it weren't for my neighbors up the hill, I would pull for LSU in almost every game next season. I may still do that.

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So the 2011 LSU team was the only great team of the bunch? I kinda stopped reading after I saw that breakdown. 2011 LSU offense was average at best. You left that out. Won big games with big special teams play and defense. No different than the Alabama's Florida's and Auburns who all had weaknesses. Also, remember rivalry games (true rivals not the ones where it's just called one by TV) tend to be closer than the oddsmakers call it. The last 2 years no, but more often than not, both teams show up to play. Truly phenomenal team of BCS era without a weakness anywhere? You'd have to go back to 2001 Miami.

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No, I listed 2011 Alabama, LSU, and 2008 Florida. Are you talking about the insanely talented Hurricanes team that almost blew the game against Virginia Tech? My scope was back to 2008. There were other great teams during the BCS era before 2008.

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Even 2001 Miami had some scares. A come-from-behind win at 8-4 Boston College and a close call against 8-4 Virginia Tech.

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True, but I'm only concerned with SEC teams since 2008.

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2001 Miami did not play a top-10 ranked team until the NC game. Hard to say they were truly phenomenal with no weakness when they were never really tested.

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That is an excellent point. Correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't Miami kinda own the Big East like Florida State used to own the ACC? I wasn't watching Football back then, so I wouldn't know. Miami is the only former Big East football program that regularly joins the talks. Oddly enough, they haven't done anything since their move to the ACC.

Good Lord. Are you writing a book?