Game Thread: *** OFFICIAL POST-GAME THREAD III *** FINAL: Alabama 27 @ LSU 21

[Tideski]

here we are some 3 hours and some minutes after the game and I feel like i have been in a street fight. i am emotionally and physically beat. Roll Tide!!

 

[BamaMan12]

RATING VOTE!

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[THE BAMA IRISHMAN]

My hats off to LSU. They took it to Alabama and I am greatful they did. This will help the Tide in the end big time.

Western Division Champions. As it should be. ROLL TIDE ROLL

 

[bayoutider]

Believe it or not I got several phone calls from people at my daughter's wedding offering congratulations. When we left the reception the score had just been tied after Bama being behind all through the reception. I smiled throughout the wedding seeing all those LSU and Texas Longhorn folks in the wedding party dressed in crimson and white.

 

[ROTYDE]

Believe it or not I got several phone calls from people at my daughter's wedding offering congratulations. When we left the reception the score had just been tied after Bama being behind all through the reception. I smiled throughout the wedding seeing all those LSU and Texas Longhorn folks in the wedding party dressed in crimson and white.

Bayou, you need to post us a few pictures from the wedding..

 

[JohnnyCache]

Hahaha, awesome Bayou. And congratulations as well.

 

[markenk]

I will say that I think we are really going to miss Rashad Johnson next year. This guy is everything a FS should be. He's smart, he's fast, has decent hands to make tough INTs (like the one in overtime), can cover physical WRs or TEs, and he makes the defensive calls / adjustments. He's basically a secondary coach playing on the field. To think that this guy was a former walk-on RB, it's just unbelievable.

I give credit to LSU. I think they are the first team to force us to put 8 in the box to counter their run. I was surprised to see Cody being neutralized by their center. I think he's still not at 100%. Because LSU didn't have to double Cody on run downs, they were doing all sorts of things to our LBs and ends (pulling, zone block). It wasn't until we started putting 8 in the box, things kind of calmed down a bit.

We really need to connect on those sideline bombs to stretch the defense. We can't run against 8 in the box effectively no matter how physical our O-line is. I think we tried 3 times throwing deep but we didn't connect on any of them.

 

[DiamondDust]

Just got into Hattiesburg, Mississippi for the evening after spending a wonderful day in Red Stick.

A couple of things:

-I'd LOVE to see Julio Jones' yards after catch numbers. He was stretching small passes into big yardage ALL DAY.

-This team WILL NOT quit. No matter the challenges or scenario, they do not let it phase them. We basically won a night game in Tiger Stadium tonight (And the announcer called it as much at the start of the 4th quarter).

-The LSU fans were mighty quiet on the way out. We were treated well by all the ones we were sitting by.

 

[BEATtutorsee]

Everybody say it with me, SEC West Champs!!!! That's all I really have to say! RTR!!!! :BigA:

 

[TideBlazer81]

YES WE CAN!

EPIC lulz at that sign...YES WE CAN!!! Oh, and to the goobers on the left, Saban made you what you are today, so he can and did march in and break you! :BigA:

 

[TideBlazer81]

This game was much more than being favored by three and winning by six. We were up against the defending 2007 National Champions, in their own house. In doing so we went into one of the most hostile college football environments in the nation. The Tide faced one adversity after another, including some horrible officiating. We played them close the whole game, including a tie at halftime and overtime at the end of regulation. JPW and Company found a way to hold on and pull out the win. Truthfully the only weakness I saw on their entire team was their freshman QB. Not that he didn't give it his all. To the contrary, he played a game far over his level. He made mistakes, but those were only due to his inexperience. One day he's going to be a terrific QB.
Many have questioned whether JPW has what it takes to lead his team through adversity and win the game when it was on the line. Tonight, he answered that question. For that he has earned the respect of the Bama nation and the college football world as a whole.
It wasn't the best game the Tide has played, but they showed they deserve their #1 ranking. Congrats to CNS, the entire coaching staff, JPW and the entire Crimson Tide football team. 10 down, 4 to go!! Still undefeated, still #1. :BigA:
Roll Tide :BigA:

Well put! When you look at it that way, you see far more than LSU's unimpressive #15 ranking, and there's NO WAY Texas Tech could jump ahead of us just by knocking off an overrated one-loss #9 team!

 

[TideBlazer81]

This game was much more than being favored by three and winning by six. We were up against the defending 2007 National Champions, in their own house. In doing so we went into one of the most hostile college football environments in the nation. The Tide faced one adversity after another, including some horrible officiating. We played them close the whole game, including a tie at halftime and overtime at the end of regulation. JPW and Company found a way to hold on and pull out the win. Truthfully the only weakness I saw on their entire team was their freshman QB. Not that he didn't give it his all. To the contrary, he played a game far over his level. He made mistakes, but those were only due to his inexperience. One day he's going to be a terrific QB.
Many have questioned whether JPW has what it takes to lead his team through adversity and win the game when it was on the line. Tonight, he answered that question. For that he has earned the respect of the Bama nation and the college football world as a whole.
It wasn't the best game the Tide has played, but they showed they deserve their #1 ranking. Congrats to CNS, the entire coaching staff, JPW and the entire Crimson Tide football team. 10 down, 4 to go!! Still undefeated, still #1. :BigA:
Roll Tide :BigA:

Well put! When you look at it that way, you see far more than LSU's unimpressive #15 ranking, and there's NO WAY Texas Tech could jump ahead of us just by knocking off an overrated one-loss #9 team!