re: Former LSU player from their 2011 team shares reaction to "The Rematch" (and other stuff)

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Amazing how they suddenly remembered all the victims at halftime, up 24-7.

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They were up 17-7 at the half.

The plane crash probably isn't a great excuse alone, but I think it was a combination of factors including that school tragedy.

The game was in Ames, IA...you had the crash that week, a short week of practice (game was on a Friday), and it was a short week following a trip to Lubbock. Back to back road games, short week, and a tragedy all possibly weighing on those players. Lots of mitigating factors.


Also...this question is something I always bring up when discussing the rematch:

Would Bama have still made the game if the Big XII team in question only had the word Oklahoma on their jerseys rather than Oklahoma followed by State, everything else being equal?