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

LSU was probably (narrowly) the best team in the country that year, but these were two of the best teams in decades, head and shoulders above the rest. If they had stayed together these last few years they would have met in the Ship every year.
LSU LSU’ed in the Natty, Les being Les and poor QB play. Alabama played a nearly flawless game and LSU didn’t.
Did Bama deserve to play the game? Of course they did. If your goal is to have the two best teams in the game, that’s what happened.

And in the employee candidate debate, LSU wasn’t a candidate, they were already on board. The question is who do you hire for the one available position left. If you believed that one was second only to LSU, you would be foolish to skip the second best and hire the substantially less qualified 3rd best.