LSU football: Dear LSU, it's time to end this streak
Dear LSU:
It’s time.
Don’t give me that “time for what?”
You know what. In fact, you know it’s past time. You know it better than anyone else.
It’s time for this streak against Alabama to end. It’s past time.
Seven in a row.
When’s the last time LSU lost seven straight to somebody, anybody? Never mind. We don’t want to know.
And we really don’t want it to become eight in a row.
Saturday night in Tiger Stadium. Yeah, Alabama is undefeated and No. 1, but you’re once-beaten and, according to the new College Football Playoff rankings, No. 3. And you’ve played a bunch of teams that were actually ranked when you played them. The Crimson Tide haven’t.
You can do this.
It seems so much longer, but it was just seven years ago that you went into Tuscaloosa for that version of the Game of the Century.
You were No. 1 and they were No. 2.
It was brutal. Couldn’t be decided in a mere 60 minutes. You went into overtime and Drew Alleman kicked that field goal. You won 9-6.
Man, that was LSU-Alabama at its best, especially for LSU fans.
But this series, and LSU in particular, haven’t been the same since.
Yeah, you might have gotten a raw deal when the BCS made you play them again later that season. You already had proven you were the better team, right? You shouldn’t have to play them again, right? The loser of a tight first meeting always has an advantage in a rematch, right?
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
But come on. You two were the two best teams and in the country that year and thanks to Iowa State taking care of Oklahoma State you were set up again in the Superdome. For the crystal ball.
I know. We don’t have to remind you of what happened: Alabama 21, LSU 0.
And it’s been all Alabama ever since.
It’s been long enough. Too long, in fact.
You’ve been close before. Real close. Especially in Tiger Stadium. And with teams not as good as this one.
In 2012 you were beating the Tide late in the fourth quarter and you gave up a touchdown in the final minutes. A lousy 51 seconds. That’s how far away you were from a victory and putting an end to this nonsense before it became so nonsensical.
Back to Tiger Stadium in 2014 and you got them into overtime again. But Alabama won, 20-13. Heck. If you could have gone back to the old days and let the game end in a tie after 60 minutes we probably would have taken it.
Then came 2016 in Tiger Stadium. Ed Orgeron’s first crack at those guys. And Dave Aranda’s. Damn, that defense was a thing of beauty. It was like 2011 but moreso. Scoreless after three quarters. But Bama didn’t stay scoreless and escaped with a 10-0 win.
Sure, you haven’t come close in Tuscaloosa since that 2011 game – losing 38-17 in 2013, 30-16 in 2015 and 24-10 last season.
But now you’re back in Tiger Stadium. It’s Orgeron’s best team, maybe the best LSU team since the last one to beat Bama.
Aranda has that defense rolling again, even without Devin White for a half. When these things are in Tiger Stadium they don’t get decided until the second half anyway. Sometimes later.
The offense is good enough. No, there’s no Leonard Fournette or Derrius Guice, but how many times did those guys beat Bama?
Joe Burrow isn’t the savior, but he gives you the best quarterback for this game that you’ve had since this streak began. The last time you won you started with Jarrett Lee and you ended with Jordan Jefferson. Yeah, Burrow’s good enough.
Then there’s Cole Tracy.
If he has a chance to kick a winning field goal in this one, no one’s going to remember Drew Alleman.
Yeah, Alabama is a two-touchdown favorite. They’ve rolled over everybody they’ve played.
So what?
You remember Georgia, right? It was No. 2, unbeaten, had rolled everybody.
Then it came into Tiger Stadium and LSU routed the Dawgs 36-16.
That was just three weeks ago.
And that was in the afternoon.
It’s Tiger Stadium. It’s Saturday night.
It’s time.
Would Saban lose on purpose to avoid an SECCG again and still make the Playoff 2 years in a row? lol
Will Georgia have a coverage bust on 2nd and long two years in a row? Lol.
There will be more than one coverage bust if they happen to play again. Georgia’s littlepuppies cant contain this Alabama team. They will be hoping for just one.
Yes, 2012, 2014, and 2016 games were all very close. Even before the streak, 2008 and 2010 games were close. Both teams had elite defenses in all 5 of those games. Hell Bama and LSU are and have been THE defensive standard in college football for nearly a decade now. Both teams have elite men in the trenches on both sides of the ball as they always have the last 10 years. Both teams have future NFL stars at the skill positions as they have the last 10 years. But there is one HUGE difference in those games and this one: Quarterback. Bama has the Heisman favorite calling the plays and no one before him has come close to playing at the level he is, with the closest being AJ McCarron in 2012. And then you have Joe Burrow, who reminds me of a slightly more mobile Jake Coker: Dependable, won’t get you beat most of the time, but he also isn’t going to expose an elite defense. Barring an injury or a lopsided turnover margin in LSU’s favor (3+), Tua is the difference in the game.
Bama 38-20
i think itll be closer than youre expecting. Tua hasnt played on the road in a top 5 enviornment, death valley will be rocking. Tua hasnt played in the 4th qtr because usually bama wears people down, but LSU has the athletes to hang all 4 quarters. Tua will be hit and pressured more than any game he has played in before, against a defense & secondary that is just as fast as bamas offense. LSUs offense has already faced defenses ranked #2,#6, & #14 in total defense, alabamas rank…#16, while bamas toughest test to date, a paltry texas a&M defense ranking #24. im not saying we win, but im saying its going to be a hell of a lot closer than the ‘pundits’ are saying
Tua excelled in Atlanta (not Tiger Stadium, but not exactly “neutral” either) against UGA (a top 5 defense) in the national championship game where he was asked to come off the bench and bring the team back from a double digit deficit. It’s not exactly like he hasn’t experienced extreme pressure at the college level. Sure, LSU’s defense will be by far the best defense Bama has seen this year, but LSU’s defense hasn’t seen an offense that’s remotely as powerful as Alabama. The best they’ve seen is UGA, which doesn’t have near the fire power Alabama has this year. (Ole Miss is statistically ranked higher than UGA offensively, but anyone with eyes and knowledge of the game doesn’t buy that. Ole Miss offense folds like a cheap suit against elite defenses. See Bama and LSU games).
To be fair, UGA had no film of Tua and had not prepared for him at all
Was their pressure on Tua in the NCG? Of course. But the pressure you face when you’re the last resort is different than the pressure you face when you’re THE guy with Heisman and best ever buzz. Tua throwing an INT in the NC was “oh well, he’s a freshman); Tua throwing an INT on Saturday will generate entire articles regardless of whether he wins or loses. He may not face any significant pressure in this game, but if he does, it could be different than any he has yet faced.
Bama isnt wearing people down. Bama is scoring 30 points In the 1st quarter which is why Tua isnt playing In the 4th…
While you’re bashing TAMU for being a paltry 24th, LSU is only 22nd…
So statistically Bama has a better defense and offense than LSU…
Not just that, but Bama’s defense has faced better offenses. The top 5 offenses Bama has faced rank 19 in total offense. For LSU, it’s 52. So Bama has faced better offenses and usually has two quarters of garbage time yet still has the better statistical defense.
The average of those offenses rank 19. Should’ve been more clear about that.
Coker was definitely better than how Burrow is playing now. In my opinion, Burrow is a bit overhyped. I think he still needs to develop a bit more before he can really make LSU dangerous.
Coker developed into more than a game manager late in 2015 season. He did win some games. Burrow is not close to that.
LSU is a quarterback away from competing for national championships. Interested to see how Burrow competes against the Bama defense.
It appears they’ve already got a QB competing for it. He’s gotten them to #3, which is about as good as they could be, even if they were undefeated. I mean, if LSU were undefeated right now, Clemson would still be #2.
Am I saying Burrow will take LSU to the Natty? No. Am I saying he could? It’s looking like a ‘maybe’.
We’ll see what he’s made of Saturday. Hoping for an injury free game for both teams.
If LSU were undefeated, they would be #2. There resume is already better than Clemson’s.
That was touching. Dem Crimson Tide elephants don’t care!
ahem*
Go Tigers
BAMA against the WORLD haha I love it
You must. You’ve posted the same thing five times.
Hey look guys, LSUSMC(aka LSU’S Master Cünt) can count to five!! Good for you little buddy. And this whole time I thought you were as dumb as a box of shît!!!
“Death Valley will be rocking” but I bet it doesn’t take long for you to hear a pin drop in there..