Settingthestandard

LSU tested? Oh yea, the mighty FLorida Gators. Wait, no it was the mighty Bulldogs, both of them. Wait, no Ole Miss. I'll give you Auburn who we will also face.

Hey, I'll admit Bama hasn't played a scary schedule but don't act like LSU has faced any juggernaughts either.

Bama will win this game and it won't come down to any plays late in the 4th. Bama has hit their stride and is hitting it at the right time.

And no pressure? Miles and staff have an extremem amount of pressure on them. LSU is still playing for the west mathematically but Miles has way more pressure on him than anyone in that stadium saturday night.

I've said it before and I'll say it again. Give a defense, a sound running game and I will beat you every, single time. You can have the fancy helmets, shoes, white outs, black outs, cool offenses and formations, a QB that wings it every play and goes for 4000 yards, etc. Give a couple of mean arse linebackers, smart, disciplined o lineman and a back that runs where the daylight is. Give me a QB that doesn't have to put up Heisman numbers every week for me to win but instead is part of a TEAM. T-E-A-M. Give me a team that just wants to play and didn't come to my school for the uniforms. If THAT gets you recruits then you are a second rate university and probably a losing one when the money is on the line.

I want this story to stay out there. I want to see the disappointment when he doesnt go. He lft us, he'll leave you. Ya know, that girlfriend that dumped you finally found somebody she wanted to stay with. Keep the story alive. I want it assumed that he is leaving.

Dude, LSU doesnt even come close to how we feel about playing UT. Stop flattering yourself. LSU is a loss. UT is a catostorphic loss that takes weeks to get over if not years. I'm still pissed about 1996.

I'm really glad you feel that way. The problem is the coach that pulled that off is our coach.

But, but Alabama high school football sucks. Yes there are players from other state states but the heart and souls of the teams are the instate guys. AJ-Mobile, TJ-Mobile, Christian Jones-Birmingham, CJ Mosely-Mobile.

I'll say this. everyone is already talking Iron Bowl. If both teams hold serve and I believe they will as you will take care of an overrated Georgia team. The Bama state champ will be the SEC champ as well.

Bama came into the game last year to stop the run. I doubt very seriously Mettenberger gets 435 again.

I believe this year the plan is to get to Zach and get him out of his game and turn it over a la Ole Miss. he can't hurt you running and I'm not sure the LSU running game is good enough to carry the load this season. Mettenberger has shown when he is pressured he is mistake prone.

Not sure. Probably Bateman. It doesn't really matter since our QB hands off and throws 10 yard outs and crossing routes. We just don't play offense around our QB.

Now, if you want to discuss tailbacks that can get pretty spirited since that's where our offense begins and ends. We HAVE to have a great TB every year for this offense to be successful.

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How does Saban view the Bama fanbase? He probalby does't think about the fan base much or care. He sees the fans as mostly a recruiting tool so that he probably likes, but he also probably dislikes all the potential outside distraction they cause. Every single fan base has lunatics and they scream loudest on the internet and talk radio. The extremist fringe, they represent like <1% of the fan base and seem to be the only people you ever hear from.


Surely you admit that bama has a >1% lunatic/fringe base....

Yes it may be more than 1% but don't act like it's not right in line with everybody's fans. Have you read this board after LSU loses? Every fanbase is hard to please and if you're taking Clay Travis as gospel then you should take Gay Telese as well when he says what he says about Auburn fans. Clay admits he absolutely LOATHES everything about Bama so he would not be too objective. If you consider him objective then we will consider the insults Gay throws at Auburn as credible as well. THat would be the undesireable, can't get in anywhere else, hick kids go Auburn whereas the states nobility goes to Alabama.

Difference was inn 93 we were playing our 3rd team QB because Barker was out.
Sherman Williams went down on first play and Tarrant Lynch was already hobbled and couldn't go after 1st qtr.

Best two offensive players didn't play. We don't have that this season. LSU still only got 17. The next season when Barker and Williams were back we won 35-17.