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re: Sometimes losses aren't really losses. Hint UT?
Posted on 10/5/16 at 1:05 am to 12thFairway
Posted on 10/5/16 at 1:05 am to 12thFairway
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LSU was the better team in 2011.
They were. Who won the most the games in 2011? Who won the SEC in 2011? Who went undefeated in 2011?
You can assert that Alabama was cataclysmically better all you want, yet they were statistically very similar in all games with common opponents.
Outside of those teams they went on the play the little sisters of the poor while LSU won games against the eventual Pac 12 champions and the Big East champions.
Look, if you really want to put your 99 out of 100 theory to rest, where is the rubber match? Sure, they played again later in 2012, but they had different teams at that point.
Sorry I hurt your feelings not declaring Alabama the greatest team ever in 2011. Keep screaming about how "butt hurt" you think I am.
Good day.
This post was edited on 10/5/16 at 1:09 am
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Posted on 10/5/16 at 3:23 am to 12thFairway
If I were the OP I would log out and never log back in.
Posted on 10/5/16 at 3:54 am to 12thFairway
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Sometimes the best team doesn't win the game.
I agree. Stats are a better predictor of who played the best...who is the best team. Below is a scenario where a bias fan might believe the better team lost, but a close look a key stats reveals the opposite. Team Big A had more points, more first downs, a significantly better 3rd down efficiency rate, an edge in rushing yards, the only turnover (which the better team overcame) and a wash in TOP even though the Team Big A doesn't value it.
Team a Team Big A
Score 28 34
First downs 19 22
3rd Down Efficiency 4-for-13 (31%) 8-for-15 (53%)
4th Down Efficiency 1-for-2 (50%) 0-for-1 (0%)
Total Yards 495 393
Rushing
Rushes-Net Yards 35-218 52-296
Average Per Rush 6.2 5.7
Passing
Comp-Att 17-29 11-16
Passing Yards 277 97
Average Per Pass Play 9.6 6.1
Penalties-Yards 6-45 3-21
Fumbles-Lost 0-0 2-1
Interceptions Thrown 0 0
Time of Possession 30:54 29:06
Point well stated. Thanks.
This post was edited on 10/5/16 at 3:56 am
Posted on 10/5/16 at 4:48 am to 12thFairway
We've beaten 3 ranked teams. DWI.
Posted on 10/5/16 at 6:39 am to 12thFairway
Yeah, the better team blows a flukey 17 point lead, AT HOME. Happens all the time 
I'm sure that will keep Georgia fans warm at night, just like it did for us when we blew a 17 point lead at home to Oklahoma last year.
We played like shite and still won, on the road.
Georgia played their best game all year, and lost, at home.
You can cry about it all you want, and I'm sure you will, just like the rest of this board, but the fact remains, we're 5-0. Winning ugly is still winning.
I'm sure that will keep Georgia fans warm at night, just like it did for us when we blew a 17 point lead at home to Oklahoma last year. We played like shite and still won, on the road.
Georgia played their best game all year, and lost, at home.
You can cry about it all you want, and I'm sure you will, just like the rest of this board, but the fact remains, we're 5-0. Winning ugly is still winning.
Posted on 10/5/16 at 7:02 am to 12thFairway
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Alabama-Auburn Kick 6 2013
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Sometimes the best team doesn't win the game.
Clearly you didn't watch this game.
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