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So does Dwayne Bowe and Buster Davis, amirite?

But, yeah, I spaced Dorsey.

Saban watch. The mood is tense. I've been on some serious, serious reports but nothing quite like this.

Updyke gonna get Bevo

He could never have the level of power and control he commands at bama.

They make the DiNardo era look like a success.

Despite losing 6 players that were in listed as starters the 2nd week of August, the team still managed to win 10 games and thoroughly outplayed the national champs in one of their losses.

Having 8 months to replace 6 starters doesn't seem all that daunting.


The rumors of LSU'S demise have been greatly exaggerated.

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So are you saying that Bama's false recruiting rankings have led to 3 NC's in the last 4 years?

Sounds good to me. Makes sense.

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Not the false recruiting rankings, the unwarranted rematch that national media pushed through; not having to play Oregon in Miami when the same type of season and reasoning put Bama in the year before; and more than anything, LSU being without 6 starters for most of the

A bit off topic, but why so much hate for ND and Te'o? Notre Dame may not have been the 2nd best team in the country, but they certainly earned the right to get embarrassed. Just like Oklahoma State earned that right last season, but media bias pushed Bama in to the game. Seriously, where was all of the "game is meant to put the best two teams in BCNCG" that was repeated a billion times between the minute Bama lost until the final BCS rankings were released? Oregon lost in OT, didn't win their division, and were touted as the best team in the nation nearly the entire year....how come they weren't promoted nonstop as deserving a spot in Miami, since they were obviously one of the two best teams?

As for Te'o, dude is a damn good LB. He had a bad game in Miami, missed a few tackles, but shite happens. The Bama OL absolutely destroyed his DL leaving him engaged early and often. He finished with 14 tackles and several bad plays. If an embarrassing game after a season of nearly flawless play makes him a tremendously overhyped player, then our 2011 defense was just media hype as well. They gave up 6 scores, created no pressure, couldn't get the Bama offense off the field, and were thoroughly outplayed by the Bama offense the entire game.

While I pretty much agree with the point you're trying to make, the basis on which you're proving it with is kind of flawed. Georgia is more populated than Alabama and Louisiana combined; and while they don't quite produce the per capital talent that comes out of Louisiana or Alabama, they still pump out a ton of talent every year. With that said, the in state talent pool is simply too vast for Georgia to target all of the top prospects the same way, for instance, LSU can.

Also, with out the possibility of even being able to give scholarships to every player that is deserving, UGA has had no way of shutting down out of state schools from recruiting the state extremely hard. Ga Tech may be the only other D1 program in the state, Georgia has to recruit against Auburn, Alabama, UF, Tennessee, FSU, Clemson, and USCe enough to make it feel as though there's a lot more.

I don't feel like there's any recruiting landscape in country that is like LSU's. Despite having 4 other 1A schools in Louisiana, the Tigers don't have any in state competition for top prospects. The closest major out of state school is not within 150 miles of the state line, which also makes LSU's situation so unique.

I blame Ryan Perriloux