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re: Question for LSU fans on the Arkansas game
Posted on 7/15/15 at 1:18 pm to therick711
Posted on 7/15/15 at 1:18 pm to therick711
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Missed field goals, turnovers, an insistence on not using the flats until the box loosened, dropped passes by the fullbacks, lack of any concerted effort to give our best player the ball, a failure to get off the field on third downs, a disinterested team because of the Bama loss, a failure to throw much less complete intermediate passes, poor tackling in the second half, deciding not to cover Hunter Henry in the fourth quarter for some reason.
Arkansas had a pretty good team, too, maybe?
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Posted on 7/15/15 at 1:19 pm to pabgolf
QB play was atrocious and made them one-dimensional.
We took advantage and built a wall at the line of scrimmage.
We took advantage and built a wall at the line of scrimmage.
Posted on 7/15/15 at 1:20 pm to DhanTigers212
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We all know if LSU beats bama its a whole different story.
Yeah, your excuse would have been overconfidence, expecting an easy win, Arkansas' Super Bowl, etc.
Posted on 7/15/15 at 1:20 pm to DhanTigers212
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We all know if LSU beats bama its a whole different story.
And how do we know that, pray tell?
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We all know who the better team is
Arkansas?
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who had the better year.
The years were pretty similar, don't you think? I mean, Arkansas almost beat Alabama, too, right? Why can you guys not give a team some credit?
Posted on 7/15/15 at 1:21 pm to The_Joker
Holding a team to 123 total yards is a good way to vault up those standings for sure.
Posted on 7/15/15 at 1:24 pm to DawgsLife
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I mean, Arkansas almost beat Alabama, too, right? Why can you guys not give a team some credit?
Yeah you don't see us blaming losing a 14-13 heartbreaker to Alabama for losing to Georgia the following week
Posted on 7/15/15 at 1:26 pm to Stonehog
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Arkansas' Super Bowl
Well.... You don't see Les Miles taking pictures with "The Boot" do ya? If LSU wins that atrocious thing, it gets put in a Public Storage locker until next Thanksgiving.
Posted on 7/15/15 at 1:31 pm to FourThreeForty
Maybe you guys can talk Alabama and Auburn into moving the Iron Bowl around. That way when Alabama throttles you yet again, there won't be a game next week for your mentally weak team to give up on. Oh, and by the way:
In 2013 after losing to Alabama, you went on a four game win streak.
In 2012, you won the next three after.
In 2011, you went undefeated.
In 2010, you beat Bama and won the next two after.
Going back to 2007 when Nick Saban arrived at Alabama, last year was the only time out of eight that you lost the following week. The "hangover" doesn't exist. It doesn't come close to existing. Repeating this lie may give the illusion that it's the truth, but it's not. And how is losing to the team that you've come to expect to be defeated by (four in a row. I know this is a huge number because you lord it over A&M) a major emotional disappointment?
LSU lost that game because they weren't particularly good. What do you expect when almost your entire roster from the previous two years declared early for the NFL draft? Alabama didn't cause you to go 8-5 and lose to us. Sometimes, shite just happens for no attractive reason.
In 2013 after losing to Alabama, you went on a four game win streak.
In 2012, you won the next three after.
In 2011, you went undefeated.
In 2010, you beat Bama and won the next two after.
Going back to 2007 when Nick Saban arrived at Alabama, last year was the only time out of eight that you lost the following week. The "hangover" doesn't exist. It doesn't come close to existing. Repeating this lie may give the illusion that it's the truth, but it's not. And how is losing to the team that you've come to expect to be defeated by (four in a row. I know this is a huge number because you lord it over A&M) a major emotional disappointment?
LSU lost that game because they weren't particularly good. What do you expect when almost your entire roster from the previous two years declared early for the NFL draft? Alabama didn't cause you to go 8-5 and lose to us. Sometimes, shite just happens for no attractive reason.
Posted on 7/15/15 at 1:36 pm to VagueMessage
Only Arkansas can be the equivalent of SJW triggered by a game they won and registered a shut out in. Who cares if you won over a clearly hungover team who could care less to play you? You still won. You should be happy to register a win over a traditional power.
This post was edited on 7/15/15 at 1:37 pm
Posted on 7/15/15 at 1:39 pm to FourThreeForty
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I wanna see the old LSU football.
2015 and 2016 LSU will have more depth and experience. If the QB position can improve to just slightly above mediocrity, LSU will be a top 10 team.
Posted on 7/15/15 at 1:41 pm to therick711
take your card and move along lsu fans
Posted on 7/15/15 at 1:42 pm to FourThreeForty
Pretty sure the Arky defense was calling out LSU plays before they ran them. Not a very good recipe for victory.
Posted on 7/15/15 at 1:43 pm to therick711
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Only Arkansas can be the equivalent of SJW triggered by a game they won and registered a shut out in. Who cares if you won over a clearly hungover team who could care less to play you? You still won. You should be happy to register a win over a traditional power.
Except they weren't "hungover," because that doesn't exist, as I just proved. They lost the game because it was a match-up of a 7-6 and an 8-5 team, with us having the home advantage. 17-0 is not even really all that impressive of a win, it just came at a time when Arkansas fans absolutely could not stomach another SEC loss without tearing the city apart.
Who says I'm not happy? I'm happy we beat Nichols State, I relish every win.
Posted on 7/15/15 at 1:46 pm to therick711
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traditional power
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LSU
Posted on 7/15/15 at 1:46 pm to FourThreeForty
Arkansas turned a corner. Plain and simple.
Posted on 7/15/15 at 2:01 pm to FourThreeForty
It was cold and the hot chocolate was..... well it was hot hot. That about sums it up.
Posted on 7/15/15 at 2:08 pm to VagueMessage
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they weren't "hungover," because that doesn't exist, as I just proved.
So teams typically fight harder when a championship is no longer in reach?
Posted on 7/15/15 at 2:09 pm to madddoggydawg
If it's championship or bust and your teams have no pride to win games, I feel bad for you fans. And that falls on coaching.
Posted on 7/15/15 at 2:12 pm to JuiceTerry
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Pretty sure the Arky defense was calling out LSU plays before they ran them. Not a very good recipe for victory.
That shite was infuriating. The stakes were lower but that game was every bit as ugly as 21-0
Posted on 7/15/15 at 2:13 pm to DC RaiseHerBack
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I feel bad for you fans
you shouldn't.
LSU fans have been very lucky to see LSU win a lot of games-including championships, as you know.
I feel sorry for the fans who root for a team that they have to force optimism after a 2 SEC win year.
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