4 plays that lost the game for Bama

3 of those 4 plays were unforced mistakes.

I don’t blame Tua - sheesh, the kid is out for 20 days and comes back and performs better than 99% of players in the country would. He is a gunslinger, he’ll throw some picks at times too. It happens.

The Golding defensive experiment has got to go. Too many people in bad positions.

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Tua looked horrible the first half. His Fumble cost us 3. His weak INT at the end of the first half gave them 7.

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Dickerson is hugely responsible for the TD also. Without his dumbass penalty, it's likely only 3 points.

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And the 12 men on the field that negated an INT. I don't recall if LSU scored on that series or not.

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It gave them the FG that put them up 10. We also would have had the ball in better field position than on the 25, which is where we had it after the FG. Instead of a3 and out, maybe we score.

Yes, too many unforced mistakes.

Golding and Saban are not doing a good job with this unit on defense. I know we have youth but we have older guys out of position regularly as well.

Sark draws up cute plays to try and get three yards on third and three instead of constantly attacking. We don’t stretch the field vertically enough. I thought when we were forced to do so last night because of the score and some down and distance situations we gave them trouble.

A heavily penalized team is an undisciplined team, and that’s what we are this year. It’s a shame too because we may not ever see this kind of offensive talent on a team here again.

Another big play no one has talked about is Tua sliding short of the 1st down and us getting stopped in the SladeCat on 4th down. Healthy Tua would have easily got that 1st down

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And the 12 men on the field that negated an INT. I don't recall if LSU scored on that series or not.

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I really think LSU quick-snapped that play knowing we had 12 men on the field. Kinda like offenses do when they know they have a free play on an offsides, so they just chunk it downfield. I don't think it had a huge impact on the outcome of the game.


I really think the play of the game was a 3rd & 10 conversion LSU made on the drive after we first cut it to 5 points(I think). Jennings got a free run at Burrow and he was able to get a prayer pass out to their RB who caught it off his shoestrings then fought for the first down. Just a demoralizing play where I think we had the right defense called, executed it well, and they just wanted it more. They got a TD a play or two later.

I am surprised at Nick's demeanor on the sideline when players F U so badly. There was a time when he would meet them when they came off the field. He gives it an eyeroll now days. This teams just doesn't have the discipline of teams in the past. You don't have to be great to have discipline. I really thought the addition of Sal,Vinnie,and Charles Kelly would solidify the defensive side. Maybe it did. I understand you don't need to replace staff at every season but JMO Golding ain't it not only as a DC but as a ILB coach.

We need to improve our tackling. Tua might have had a bad start, but he was super in the second half. We just needed one stop in the 4th quarter and we probably would have won, because they could not stop us. We only have 3 ball players on defense. And it looked like 24 wore down and then we only had 2. But, we tackle like we practice. Saban has this thing about the players not going to the ground in practice, because he says that is what causes injuries. And you dont see our defense players on the ground much during the game. They try to grab the offensive player up high and wrestle with him and end up getting pushed back for several yards every time. One time the lsu back pushed about five of our guys back about 6 or 7 yards. It looks like a bunch of girls playing powder puff football. You almost never see one of our players hit someone and drop them to the ground. Its just grab them up high and hold on for the ride.

I would add Leatherwood's false start to the list. 1st and 15 there was a drive killer.

I mean that fumble at the beginning really cost a lot. If we score there, LSU would then be playing from behind from the start. Instead of us scoring, they got a free possession and scored. Now we are playing from behind and they get the ball back in the 2nd half.


What was the deal with the LSU player stepping out of bounds? It was pretty obvious that he stepped out, and he wasn't pushed, so why did the refs uphold the call?