That game was a lot closer than the score indicated

I think the better team won, but I agree the score doesn't represent the game. Played really poorly in the end.

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We somehow have to hammer the SEC and NCAA. This is pathetic and almost unwatchable. Myles will have gone his entire career with a handful of holding calls. None being in big games or crucial moments. Check this clip. Look how dissapointed this official is when Bama gets the flag thrown on them. He tried his best to save them. LINK

Don't think we'd win on a neutral field, but agree that the game was closer than it appeared. We tripped ourselves up too much at the end: washington's roughing the passer call, Reynolds drop (not totally his fault, was a hard catch but he always has great hands), fumbled handoff returned for a TD, etc.

Can't make mistakes like that and expect to win. Saban is good, really good.

I saw that substitution penalty and was going ape shite at the TV over the ref stopping play and directing a Bama player to get off the field bc they had 12

I think the game wasnt as close as it appeared. We took advantage of the breaks we got and then regressed back to reality. That could have just as easily been a 30+ pt loss as a win. Blowout actually was more likely.

Exactly. I think that's also just who we are this year. We're inconsistent on O and D and have thrived on big plays in game changing moments. It says a lot about the mentality of our guys.

If Shaan was a step earlier or a step later then the whole dynamic changes. We could have gotten a small lead and shortened the game enough to have a chance, maybe Bama even plays tight if that happens.

Most of those "big plays" bama gets for td doesn't happen if holding is called on Garrett and hall as it should have been. There is no way in hell with an impartial crew jalen hurts has time to think, let alone run around like he did a few times.

The guy who should have been kicked out of the game for targeting had a huge impact. That should have been 15 yards and bama down an impact player.

The whole thing was fricked up from the beginning. I know the LSU fans bitch and we give em hell, but often they have a good point.

We made too many mistakes that Bama just doesn't.

Whiffed on the stop on 3rd down, then took late hit on the next 3rd down. After that, air just went out of the balloon.

Then, Knight looked like he was panicking. Bad ball handling, taking huge sacks instead of getting rid of the ball.

Just need more work on the fine points. This is why Bama is so flipping good.

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A friend of mine from Pennsylvania who is a Penn State grad (and married to a Sip actually) was texting me, completely unsolicited (I hadn't texted him in days), absolutely IRATE about the officiating in our game. It's not just us, or LSU fans. A totally neutral observer was flipping out about it and being specific: the PI call on Priest, repeated holding on our DEs, a missed field goal that was called made, the big no-call on targeting, the big yes call on targeting against A&M, a huge, obvious block in the back on a big return, the blatant attempt to save Alabama from having 12 men on the field. I was less angry than he was was, because I expected it. He was expecting the refs to get fired and I had to explain that pro-Bama officiating is just part of the deal when you are in the SEC.