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re: Biggest statement games in SEC since 2000
Posted on 7/12/17 at 4:31 pm to MizzouTrue
Posted on 7/12/17 at 4:31 pm to MizzouTrue
I would add 2000: LSU 41, Mississippi State 34.
Mississippi State was in a four year long groove (West title and a 10 win season) and Nick Saban made halftime adjustments and showed everyone how to beat the MSU defense (which had finished #1 in the nation two straight years)
Three years later, Saban is hoisting the crystal ball and Sherrill and Joe Lee Dunn are out of a job.
Mississippi State was in a four year long groove (West title and a 10 win season) and Nick Saban made halftime adjustments and showed everyone how to beat the MSU defense (which had finished #1 in the nation two straight years)
Three years later, Saban is hoisting the crystal ball and Sherrill and Joe Lee Dunn are out of a job.
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Posted on 7/12/17 at 4:32 pm to MizzouTrue
So in other words... auburn sucks!
Posted on 7/12/17 at 4:35 pm to MizzouTrue
That 2009 SEC Championship Game was easily the biggest statement game in the conference since 2000. Alabama beat the top-ranked and defending national champions by 19 points, ended a potential dynasty, while also starting a dynasty of their own.
Before that game, Florida had been the premiere program in the SEC for the previous two decades. Since that night in Atlanta, Alabama has been a juggernaut and Florida has been mostly mediocre.
Before that game, Florida had been the premiere program in the SEC for the previous two decades. Since that night in Atlanta, Alabama has been a juggernaut and Florida has been mostly mediocre.
Posted on 7/12/17 at 4:39 pm to Muthsera
2007 Florida was one hell of a statement... USC had just lost before "The Drive" and it was announced inside the stadium... you could honestly feel that place switch gears... everybody who was there could feel the energy... incredible
LSU smelled blood against little timmy, and earned that #1 spot
Cellphone game too
Gotdamn, that was a great game to witness in person
LSU smelled blood against little timmy, and earned that #1 spot
Cellphone game too
Gotdamn, that was a great game to witness in person
Posted on 7/12/17 at 4:43 pm to MizzouTrue
Dont really understand "statement ganes" but really the only statement game to fall back on would be winning the SEC or a game that got a team to the title game,
So with that being said Alabama has made the statement. They have owned the SEC. The league has been using them as a crutch. Its time for another team not named Auburn to step up in the SEC. It really has become boring the last few years to be honest.
To an 18 year old recruit the only thing that really matters or exist is whats happened within the last 5 years. So all they know of is Alabama dominating the league.
So with that being said Alabama has made the statement. They have owned the SEC. The league has been using them as a crutch. Its time for another team not named Auburn to step up in the SEC. It really has become boring the last few years to be honest.
To an 18 year old recruit the only thing that really matters or exist is whats happened within the last 5 years. So all they know of is Alabama dominating the league.
Posted on 7/12/17 at 4:43 pm to RollTide1987
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That 2009 SEC Championship Game was easily the biggest statement game in the conference
It was certainly 2009 but not that game. Bama v LSU and UF v Arkansas were bigger statements. That statement was no matter how bad it makes the league look, no team is stopping this rematch.
Posted on 7/12/17 at 4:54 pm to MizzouTrue
None of those. Only teams that win titles get to have true statement games.
Lsu- Tenn 2001 SEC Championship was the true statement by both programs for the decade. LSU beating Georgia in 2003 ( regular season) was huge.
Alabama beating LSU in National Championship game shaped the direction of two equal programs. 2009 Alabama beating Auburn was huge.
Florida beating Tenn in 2006 set them up for 2 championships and solidified Tenns slide. Beating Alabama in the 2008 SEC championship was a statement game for sure.
Auburn against LSU in 2010 was huge for them as was Bama.
Lsu- Tenn 2001 SEC Championship was the true statement by both programs for the decade. LSU beating Georgia in 2003 ( regular season) was huge.
Alabama beating LSU in National Championship game shaped the direction of two equal programs. 2009 Alabama beating Auburn was huge.
Florida beating Tenn in 2006 set them up for 2 championships and solidified Tenns slide. Beating Alabama in the 2008 SEC championship was a statement game for sure.
Auburn against LSU in 2010 was huge for them as was Bama.
Posted on 7/12/17 at 6:13 pm to MizzouTrue
UF over OSU in the BCS championship game pretty much put the SEC as the top conference and the conference had a great run after that .
Missouri beating UGA wasn't a very big deal . It just showed that Missouri can get lucky . When the luck runs out they suck like the last 2 years .
Missouri beating UGA wasn't a very big deal . It just showed that Missouri can get lucky . When the luck runs out they suck like the last 2 years .
Posted on 7/12/17 at 6:31 pm to Lsupimp
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Alabama beating LSU in National Championship game shaped the direction of two equal programs
This game was obviously massive, but I would argue that 2012 in TS was a bigger deal.
LSU wins that game, and the seesaw that was the series before that game continues to be so. Losing that game after playing so extremely well at home in the revenge game from 2011 was absolutely crushing.
This post was edited on 7/12/17 at 6:32 pm
Posted on 7/12/17 at 6:49 pm to MizzouTrue
I think 2000-LSU 38, Tennessee 31 outpasses all of the others in significance. That marked the beginning of the modern era of winning football in Baton Rouge, after the disappointment of the previous decade.
Posted on 7/12/17 at 7:54 pm to TheArrogantCorndog
That game was amazing. The one UF fan in our section talked shite the whole game and practically sprinted out of there after Hester converted his third or fourth 4th down of the drive and scored to go ahead. Jacob Hester was not going to be stopped by anything on that drive. He was a fricking horse
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