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Former LSU player from their 2011 team shares reaction to "The Rematch" (and other stuff)
Posted on 10/19/17 at 3:26 pm
Posted on 10/19/17 at 3:26 pm
Let me set the scene:
Les Miles has a podcast now and his most recent one focuses, at least in some part, on the rematch with Alabama for the BCSNCG. Well the podcast got posted on Reddit and a former player chimed in. Here's a link to the podcast and quotes from the player:
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Another poster asked his this question:
His response:
Another response regarding the BCSNCG:
Pretty interesting if you ask me.
Les Miles has a podcast now and his most recent one focuses, at least in some part, on the rematch with Alabama for the BCSNCG. Well the podcast got posted on Reddit and a former player chimed in. Here's a link to the podcast and quotes from the player:
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Might be a little late, but a fun story about finding out who we were playing:
We were all brought into our big team meeting room where we had ESPN playing on the screen. They were going to announce who we were playing. There were ESPN cameras all over the room, and at Bama and (I assume) OKState. They were to get our reactions. They announced it and I swear you could have heard a pin drop. We all WANTED to play Oklahoma State. But, I remember Miles standing up and basically telling all of us that we were about to be on camera and to get hyped for playing the second best team in the country (or something like that).
So we get a signal from the camera and we all go crazy. Extremely excited, jumping around, clapping, etc. There was about a 30-second delay and we saw our reaction on the big screen. I just remember thinking how interesting it would have been had they just started filming instantly.
Another poster asked his this question:
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This is a rumor I heard years ago and you don't have to comment if you don't want to, but was Lee not played in the last 2 games that season due to grade ineligibility?
His response:
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Rumor. There are too many stories to tell about Lee. He was genuinely the nicest guy there. Most people on that team were pretty shitty or mean people. Lee was the coolest guy. The irony was, I hated watching him in HS before I made it there. Helped him warm up with some passes every few practices and we chatted. Just a really cool guy.
In the hotel, the morning of the game. There was a banner that was hung up that said “Thank you Jarrett Lee.” We were quickly removed from that room. It was a big open hall area where we were going to do walkthroughs, Miles seemed pretty pissed. No one really knows why he didn’t play Lee.
I know Miles has become a meme on here and people love him and some even consider him one of the best coaches alive. I know that I have zero respect for that man. I won’t go into detail but I actually refused to even watch LSU football until he was fired. I am convinced that if we had any other coach who wasn’t so stubborn, we would have won that natty in 2011/12. I held up that deal and only started watching again last season when it seemed like he was going to be fired.
Another response regarding the BCSNCG:
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Halftime was bizarre. I remember suggesting to some people that we come out in a five-wide formation, Lee in at QB and air it out for an entire drive. Even if it was three straight incompletions. Saban doesn’t respond that well to instant change, and that’s why we beat him the first time.
Miles thought the reason we beat him the first time was because Jordan was an athlete and ran the ball a lot and froze the linebackers. The true part of that statement is freezing those big backers. They didn’t know what was happening because they didn’t spend a lot of practice time on it.
By the time the Natty rolled around.... we just decided to do the same exact shite. Expecting Saban wouldn’t be prepared. Boggles my mind to this day.
Pretty interesting if you ask me.
This post was edited on 10/19/17 at 3:29 pm
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Posted on 10/19/17 at 3:34 pm to TideSaint
That rematch was one of the greatest days of ever. Amen and Roll Tide.
This post was edited on 10/19/17 at 3:34 pm
Posted on 10/19/17 at 3:42 pm to TideSaint
They just were not gonna beat us that night. The defense was dialed in. Lee would have gotten destroyed and threw picks. Would have just ended 31-0 instead of 21-0.
Posted on 10/19/17 at 3:46 pm to TideSaint
All of this could have been avoided if Jim Mcelwain didn't have the most candy arse/pussy footed offensive game plan of the Saban era during the 9-6 game.
Posted on 10/19/17 at 3:50 pm to Dubosed
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All of this could have been avoided if Jim Mcelwain didn't have the most candy arse/pussy footed offensive game plan of the Saban era during the 9-6 game.
Well that and a decent field goal kicker.
Posted on 10/19/17 at 4:10 pm to KareemAbdul
And them ruling a 50/50 ball for the defenseman because he ran around the field and jumped up and down a lot. I was at that game, that was it, we were losing from that point on.
Posted on 10/19/17 at 4:30 pm to Kcoyote
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And them ruling a 50/50 ball for the defenseman because he ran around the field and jumped up and down a lot. I was at that game, that was it, we were losing from that point on.
It was the right call.
Posted on 10/19/17 at 6:43 pm to pvilleguru
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It was the right call.
Posted on 10/19/17 at 6:57 pm to Funky Tide 8
Yeah but I was drunk and want to remember differently.
Posted on 10/19/17 at 8:01 pm to pvilleguru
It's obviously a moot point but I disagree; the way I saw it, the Bama player caught the ball, the LSU defender managed to get his hands on it also going to the ground, and out-wrestled the Bama player for the ball WHILE ON THE GROUND. Both players had the ball when they hit the ground, and in a case of dual-possession, the offensive player should be awarded the reception.
Posted on 10/19/17 at 8:29 pm to Spread
Yes Williams was already down on the ground when the ball was taken away. I've never seen a play like that before or since that was called that way. That was huge too because we would have had the ball inside the 10 and we had all the momentum at that point.
There was also a play where the ball hit the camera wire when Maze was back to return a punt and the refs swore that it didn't hit the wire, but it did. It cost Bama many yards in field position.
There was also a play where the ball hit the camera wire when Maze was back to return a punt and the refs swore that it didn't hit the wire, but it did. It cost Bama many yards in field position.
This post was edited on 10/19/17 at 8:30 pm
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