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re: 15 years ago today - Game of the Century
Posted on 11/5/26 at 6:06 pm to wadewilson
Posted on 11/5/26 at 6:06 pm to wadewilson
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The offenses were good. The defenses were just better.
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LSU boasted one of the greatest secondaries in history, with do-everything nickel back Tyrann Mathieu, corners Morris Claiborne, Ron Brooks, and Tharold Simon, and safeties Eric Reid and Brandon Taylor.
Alabama countered with safety Mark Barron (the No. 7 pick in the 2012 draft) and corners Dee Milliner (No. 9 in 2013), Dre Kirkpatrick (No. 17 in 2012), and DeQuan Minzie (No. 146 in 2012). Young safeties Ha Ha Clinton-Dix (No. 21 in 2014) and Vinnie Sunseri (No. 167 in 2014) couldn’t even find playing time yet.
If you rewatch and see LSU’s poor Jarrett Lee trying to throw into windows that immediately vanish, or you see McCarron holding the ball for way too long, don’t assume that was poor quarterbacking. It was more like guys being asked to perform impossible tasks.
And those were just the secondaries! Bama’s front seven featured 10 future pros — including future first-rounders Dont’a Hightower and C.J. Mosley (again, a young backup struggling to see the field). LSU’s front seven included end Barkevious Mingo (the No. 6 pick in 2013) tackle Michael Brockers (No. 14 in 2012), and seven others who would see pro action.
The offenses were good. The defenses were just better.
This post was edited on 11/5/26 at 6:07 pm
Posted on 11/5/26 at 6:09 pm to AHM21
I can only image what it was like on campus that day
Posted on 11/5/26 at 6:14 pm to AHM21
Was sitting end zone side when LSU hit the game winner... le sad
Posted on 11/5/26 at 6:17 pm to AHM21
I was there. Epic game.
Posted on 11/5/26 at 6:29 pm to jangalang
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lost its flavor once Bama demanded a mulligan
Bama waS OUT OF THE RUNNING. THE TEAMS ABOVE US LOST LIKE PUSSIES. tHEY DIDN'TWANT ANY PART OF lsu THAT YEAR.
LSU had beaten , if i remember correctly, some of the best top 20 teams like they were little bitches.
Had 1 or 2 teams above Bama not shite the bed, LSU would have dog stomped any of them.
Posted on 11/5/26 at 6:32 pm to 1loyalbamafan
I don’t know if LSU fans ever fully recovered from 1/9. 2019 excorsized some of those demons 
Posted on 11/5/26 at 6:33 pm to PSS101
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I can only image what it was like on campus that day
As random as it might seem, the headline of the day was the Sandusky case breaking and Joe Pa being included. Midday it was as much of a story as the game.
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November 5, 2011: A Centre County grand jury charges Sandusky with 40 counts of molesting eight boys from 1994 to 2009. Sandusky was arrested and released on a $100,000 unsecured bail. The charges carry a maximum combined penalty of 373 years in prison Two university officials are each charged with one count of perjury for testimony they gave about their knowledge of accusations against Sandusky. Penn State President Graham Spanier said in a statement that Curley and Schultz had his "unconditional support" and that the allegations against both men would be proven "groundless."
This post was edited on 11/5/26 at 6:35 pm
Posted on 11/5/26 at 6:56 pm to bigDgator
Well it didn’t matter then if you’re bama and apparently it still doesn’t matter for them per the CFP committee
Posted on 11/5/26 at 7:03 pm to AHM21
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Sandusky
I hope that sick piece of shite burns in hell.
This post was edited on 11/5/26 at 7:04 pm
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