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Game Thread: **Alabama LSU Postgame Thread **

trample-em said:
Question: Does anybody think a healthy Jordan Jefferson would have made a difference in the ballgame?
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No, but Scott was moving the ball on us. HIM healthy and I doubt we would have the same 4th quarter stats.

*Edit* Well said Cat. Read your post after posting this
 
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mittman said:
No, but Scott was moving the ball on us. HIM healthy and I doubt we would have the same 4th quarter stats.
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Yeah, but a healthy Damion Square puts pressure on Jefferson on third and long forcing him to throw a bad pass to Scott which Hightower picks off and runs for a touchdown, and we win 28-15.
 
trample-em said:
Question: Does anybody think a healthy Jordan Jefferson would have made a difference in the ballgame?
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Sure, dude was the starting QB. Not to mention we hadn't sacked Jefferson all night and we got to Lee twice. If the refs get the interception call right and Jefferson's 100%, it would have been a dicey finial few minutes.

The word on Lee around here is that he doesn't get many snaps in practice or mop-up duty. Sounds like a mistake on Mile's part, but I think it's understandable. Jefferson is a young QB himself and needs all the reps he can get. He played very late in the blowout against Tulane when many thought Lee should have been in there. On the other hand, the starters in the NFL usually play to the final whistle in a blowout. Two sides to everything.
 
Well this has certainly been an entertaining post game thread and I would like to thank all those making it so. :cool:

Good hard fought game by LSU but amigo, (that is such a "fun" word) the better team won as is usually the case. I'm sure any kemosabe would have to agree, at least eventually. :smile:

All the whining about the officials is to be expected and must be endured but what else is new?

I have especially enjoyed the musings of posters posing as Bama fans who somehow just happened to have an incredibly "handy" list of questionable calls at the ready and were so quick to point them out for our pleasure. Big thanks and all the best to whichever brand of feline you actually full for! :biggrin:

ROLL TIDE and here's to putting a whooping on MSU. :BigA:
 
LSU63 said:
Like I said, I'm not saying we score, just that we should have been given the opurtunity. As for the first 50 minutes, we're both being homers, because I don't see how you can complain about any calls, considering the huge ones that went your way.

Big thing is that Bama was physical, and in the fourth quarter, we were without our QB, RB, and a couple of DL's. A slug out football game, and tonight, Bama was the harder puncher. Again, Bama played a great game.
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Rules Are Rules

This should give everyone a better understanding of why they could NOT call this an interception. But I'm sure "most" LSU fans will continue to cling to "the call" as their main reason for losing. rtr
 
Jessica;
What you saw was LSUs New eye shadow. Some of the fans tears ran and just made it look like they claimed to have the #1 defense.:wink:
 
LSU63 said:
Julio never touched the ball.
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Those must be some thick purple glasses! :) Watching it back on that youtube video, especially the slow motion, it sure looks like he touches it. I'll have to run it back on my dvr in high-def to be more certain, but it really looks like he's got his hand in there when the ball reaches the DB's hands.

Regardless, it just proves the point that the replay booth got it right. It was a bang bang play and had a 50/50 shot of being ruled an interception or an incomplete pass o n the field. No matter how you slice, there's too much reasonable doubt in the replays to say for certain one way or the other. And that's the rule. Unless there is indisputable video evidence, you have to stick with the call on the field. Had it been ruled an interception, it would have stayed that after replay. It's really quite simple.

And it's really all beside the point. There is absolutely nothing, nothing in LSU's play at that point in the game that would make a reasonable person think that, given the ball there, they would get the ball into field-goal range, must less into the endzone.

The game was much, much closer on the scoreboard than it should have been, but that's life in the SEC. It was two better throws from McElroy away from being a blowout. If you want something to complain about then complain about your coaching staff, not the replay booth.
 
LSU63 said:
Julio never touched the ball.
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Sorry, but even in this video, it looks very much like Julio got his hand on it and was very possibly still touching the back side of the football when his foot was touching down out of bounds. Hence where the rule comes into play. If you have a better view that clearly shows Julio not touching the ball........Link!!! rtr
 


This is a still pic of the video at the 1:43 mark...mods if not appropriate, please feel free to delete.
 
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Hello everyone. Quite a game between our two teams. I am proud to see both teams leave it all out on the field. A tremendous effort by all involved.

With the loss of Jefferson and Scott, there aren't many of us who think that Lee could have put together a game winning drive after the interception. However, we will never know. Our running game was clicking though and Ridley was fresh and ready. Even if we had pulled off a miracle drive to take the lead, I am not so sure that Bama doesn't finish the game with a field goal to win. Nothing is certain, but it sure would have been nice to have had the opportunity.

As for the rules discussed, it doesn't matter if Jones had a hand on the ball. As long as Peterson possessed the ball, it is an interception regardless of whether or not Jones has a hand on the ball. See rule cited below:


Page 84: http://www.ncaapublications.com/Upl..._5_2204c0005d-845f-4813-8391-54f15136079d.pdf
Held Ball Out of Bounds
ARTICLE 2. A ball in player possession is out of bounds when either the
ball or any part of the ball carrier touches the ground or anything else that is on or outside a boundary line except another player or game official.
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The above discussion is all moot anyway though. Hopefully both of our teams continue to play hard for the rest of the season. Roll Tigers and Geaux Tide. ;)


signed,
long time lurker, first time poster
 
REBELZED said:
Your quote says it all: a ball IN PLAYER POSSESSION. One of the main arguments was whether Peterson had possession before stepping out of bounds. There is no doubt, however, that Julio touched the ball. So the argument is even more moot than you thought... ;)
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II understand that. The contention I have read is that even if Peterson caught the ball, it would be ruled out of bounds since Jones had touched it while he was out of bounds.

So if Peterson indeed possessed the ball in bounds, then Jones touching it would not cause the catch to be out of bounds.

Fun debate no doubt.
 
I just finished watching the game again and one thing is far more clear when it is watched without the emotion - we dominated the LOS the entire game on offense and defense. I mean, we were blowing open huge holes and giving GMac a whole lot of time to pass. And our defense was in their backfield on every play. If anything, we were too deep in their backfield a few times and got burned for it. I am amazed that the score was as close as it was...
 
LSUGradin99 said:
II understand that. The contention I have read is that even if Peterson caught the ball, it would be ruled out of bounds since Jones had touched it while he was out of bounds.

So if Peterson indeed possessed the ball in bounds, then Jones touching it would not cause the catch to be out of bounds.

Fun debate no doubt.
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It's interesting, but the way I understood it was that if Peterson was still attempting to possess the ball when Julio (who was out of bounds) touched it, it's incomplete. The video certainly looks as if that was the case.

BTW, thanks for being a good sport and good luck to LSU the rest of the way. I really hated to hear about Scott. He's a wrecking ball.
 
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