re: Happy 10 year anniversary of GOTC

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has total control

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not in the slightest. when they hit the ground only one hand was on the ball

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Truth.

Look at the Bama player's right hand

Reid (LSU) has 2 hands holding ball.

Bama 89 has left hand holding ball, right hand holding Reid's hand.

I'd say incredibly close play, but not a "tie" in possession.

Bama guy has not secured the catch. He likely would have, if Reid wasn't there... but it easily could have squirted away.
Reid, on the other hand, has secured the ball in both hands.

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Not even debatable. Interception

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All the complaining about the refs and the REC. Yet the refs gave LSU the ball here. Did they forget to write a check?

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So the picture is doctored with two hands on the ball? One hand is not on the ball, Reid's.

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You are seeing an angle that looks like he has two hand on the ball on the ground. There is only one on the ball at the point of contact with the ground

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Ultimately it was a bad call (happens)

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no it wasnt, it was the correct call there was no possession until reid was on the ground and rolled away

Weird that the Auburn fan in the thread is the only one who actually watched the play.

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No title game has ever been as one-sided, regardless of the score.

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Still the only shutout of the BCS/Playoff era.

LSU has 92 total years, 5 first downs and NEVER finishes a drive on the BAMA side of the field.

That's getting your azz handed to you on the biggest stage and the biggest moment.

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Just for the sake of clarity, I'm going to state this wasn't the most dominant win in a title game.

LSU was doing zero on offense (maybe negative, in fact), but was holding Bama to field goals. It was 9-0 at the half, 15-0 after the 3rd.

That's a 2 possession game, with explosive players (including Tyrann Mathieu at PR) on the field. One pick-6, scoop-and-score, or punt return, and the game becomes a nail-biter.
LSU had tons of non-offensive scores that season, so don't say "oh, that was never going to happen". It happened a bunch.

Alabama FINALLY got a TD late in the game,- and LSU blocked the extra point.
Imagine, for a moment, LSU gets that block on one of the earlier FGs instead, and it's a scoop and score... that game could have drastically swung. Might have become the nightmare for Bama, that it was for LSU.

And let's remember the first game, Alabama seemed to move better most of the game, but eventually LSU started pushing them around late and in OT.
There was a legit chance that as long as LSU could hang around in striking distance, they might eventually break through.
It never happened.

That's in stark contrast to a lot of title games, where by the end of the 1st quarter, any question of who will win is gone, and you just wonder how bad the final score will be.

I don't know why some folks like to make this out as something it wasn't. It was a great game by Bama, against a great LSU team, and they earned that title. Either team likely lays waste to any other opponent that season, and really probably in the decade surrounding it. It's unfortunate for LSU that they matched up the way they did, if it were a different season they win going away.

Bump2

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is clearly moving before he is down. Obviously an interception

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Yes even more visible when you watch all the angles on 1/4 speed.

Williams only has one hand on the ball after his back hits Reid’s knee. Reid only has one hand slightly touching ball when they both hit ground. There is no possession until Reid fully secured it when he pulls it away after already on the ground.

Had Williams maintained two hands in the ball until ground contact they might have over ruled this but the ball was not secured so no possession/catch