Death Valley Voice

Well, I'm sure Kiffin is just devastated!

No, it does not. He failed to mention due to coaching bone-headed decisions.

If you look at many of the top match ups, you will see both teams scoring points like 20-30 in some games. That does not mean the losing team's defense broke down. Its part of the game, and Baker's teams do a great job against great offenses. Look at the Miami defense the last 2 games, the won against NC who scored more than 20 points and lost to ND who scored more than 30 points. Yet, all year folks were calling their defense elite. The same thing exists in more of these games. So, Baker's defense giving up a big play or two against a really good offense is not a big breakdown. Its part of the same.
Bama beat us by putting up less offense than we did. And to the point of the original post, we had so many more opportunities. Yet, it wasn't great Bama defense that stopped us...we sh*t the bed on our own opportunities,

We had a chance to get one yesterday...at Death Valley. How did that work out?

I'm singing the same tune. Need to realize that Baker and his defense did a great job, especially when you consider the position our offense put them in. We just can't expect Baker to contain an effective scoring offense until our offense decides to score points.

Bama scored 31 points and 14 of them were gifts from the offense. I really don't know what everyone expected from our defense beside that. You really think Bama doesn't know how to capitalize from our offensive and OC play calling blunders? Come on, now. You're better than that! If you want to complain about the loss, blame it on our red zone offense. Four opportunities in the 1st half and 3 come away with 3 points.

Not. Gonna. Happen.
We will lose to either TX or TN, and possibly both. Settling for 3 points in the red zone didn't just happen yesterday. And this late in the season, you're not going to fix it. As evidenced yesterday, a team can move the ball 450-500 yds a game, but if you can't scorre TD's its all wasted.

Finally, a reasonable, thoughtful comment. Yes, on any given Saturday, I believe most teams in the top 17 could either win or lose to any other team in the top 17. Home games matter, injuries matter, team planning and execution matter, in-game adjustments matter. With NIL, there is sufficient talent of skill players on all these teams that, with any circumstances, could affect the outcome of the game. That's why we're seeing scenarios where team 1 beats team 2, who beats team 3, who beats team 1.

Well, good for you...you got it.

I just expected them to win the games they are supposed to win and hopefully squeeze out an upset between Texas, Bama and Tennessee. Having done that, we would be a 2 loss team at season's end. Now, I expect LSU to be a 3 or 4 loss team, likely 4 losses.