jalistair
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This almost seems unfair that all the GA fans hold their peace.....
2010 SEC Football Discussion Thread
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Shame and humiliation are powerful forces.
irishsquid
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So far the VOLS are playing as they have this season: Up to the level of their opponent in the first half. Now, if it continues as usual, the youth and lack of depth may cost us down the stretch of the second half. Still rooting for an upset though!
Scott L
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So far the VOLS are playing as they have this season: Up to the level of their opponent in the first half. Now, if it continues as usual, the youth and lack of depth may cost us down the stretch of the second half. Still rooting for an upset though!
Kudos for not being a fair weather fan. They will be a force again in a few years...
irishsquid
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Final score: LSU 16, Tennessee 14. The Tiger defense performs well once again. Stevan Ridley rushes for over 100 yards. Jordan Jefferson and Jarrett Lee share the QB duties. LSU is 5-0.
Dodged another bullet.
Chug
Geaux Tigers!
Dodged another bullet.
Chug
Geaux Tigers!
irishsquid
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Congrats! A real heartbreak for us VOL fans. That CF that LSU did on the last play (before the penalty) was only outshined by the Royal CF that our defense did. We could of handled that mess up with 8 players and had the game.
Crap that was an emotional swing. LSU is definitely charmed at the moment.
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mike_s
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So far the VOLS are playing as they have this season: Up to the level of their opponent in the first half. Now, if it continues as usual, the youth and lack of depth may cost us down the stretch of the second half. Still rooting for an upset though!
oh boy... what a game..... but they missed the upset by " much.
but damn I was hoping for it.
In think we'll see a news release on Monday morning from the UT Chancellor stating new requirements for remedial math .
I still can't believe it.... I was a heck of a finish. ... wow.... just wow...
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A win is a win, but please do not think that Tennessee was any more confused than LSU was.
The last moments were just "Gooney Ball" in my opinion.
Is Les Miles a good coach:
Yes
Does he do dumb things:
Yes
Is he lucky:
Yes
Next week travel to the Swamp (Florida)
Urban Meyer can get them.
A couple weeks later Alabama comes to Baton Rouge.
If LSU is still undefeated, that will be interesting, and everyone will be deaf by the end of the game if the score is close.
LSU survives Les Miles blunder, Ohio State survives scare - Andy Staples - SI.com
LSU's 16-14 win Saturday against Tennessee needs a name. But what moniker would pay proper tribute to the luckiest bit of butchered clock management in recent college football memory?
Lucky 13?
Tick, Tock, Too Many?
The Untimed Down?
I've got it: Les Miles' Signature Win.
Nothing sums up the Mad Hatter's LSU tenure better than a moment in which his trademark clock-management bungling actually wound up winning the game for the Tigers (RECAP | BOX). Truly, he is the luckiest coach in America.
For those who missed it, the Tigers trailed by four and faced second-and-goal from the Tennessee two-yard line. Naturally, they had no timeouts. After quarterback Jordan Jefferson got stuffed at the one, Miles decided he needed a new personnel group for the next play. Tick, tock. Tick, tock.
As LSU shuffled players, Tennessee players and coaches looked stunned. Were the Tigers really dumb enough to try to shuffle personnel with the clock about to strike zero? Apparently, they were. So Tennessee began shuffling its personnel, too.
Jefferson called for the snap with three seconds remaining, but he wasn't ready for it. It skidded through his hands and past him. By the time he fell on it, the clock had struck zero. Tennessee's sideline exploded. Derek Dooley's mess of a team had just knocked off the No. 12 team in the nation on the road.
But wait, officials had to review the last play. When they called up the video, they realized that the Vols had been so shocked by the personnel shift that they hadn't completed their own shift. When LSU snapped the ball, Tennessee had 13 players on the field. Because of the penalty, LSU got one untimed down from the half-yard line, and Stevan Ridley punched in the game-winner.
Now, first-year Tennessee defensive coordinator Justin Wilcox is about to get his first taste of an SEC fan base's anger over a late-game blunder that cost his team a win.
Even in victory, Miles will get the same treatment. A fan base already leery of his ability to count down to zero can't be encouraged by Saturday's final moments. The curious decision to shuffle personnel should have gone down with the spike he called at Ole Miss last year. (As coincidence would have it, Miles could have easily shuffled personnel had he told Jefferson to spike the ball Saturday. Then LSU would have had fourth-and-goal from the one.)
Of course, there remains the possibility that Miles just thinks on an entirely different level than everyone else. Maybe he shuffled players knowing it would confuse Tennessee and force the Volunteers to leave too many men on the field. On Twitter, reader Nick Haselwander summed up this line of thinking perfectly.
"Just how The Hat drew it up," Haselwander wrote.
Chug
Still confused.
The last moments were just "Gooney Ball" in my opinion.
Is Les Miles a good coach:
Yes
Does he do dumb things:
Yes
Is he lucky:
Yes
Next week travel to the Swamp (Florida)
Urban Meyer can get them.
A couple weeks later Alabama comes to Baton Rouge.
If LSU is still undefeated, that will be interesting, and everyone will be deaf by the end of the game if the score is close.
LSU survives Les Miles blunder, Ohio State survives scare - Andy Staples - SI.com
LSU's 16-14 win Saturday against Tennessee needs a name. But what moniker would pay proper tribute to the luckiest bit of butchered clock management in recent college football memory?
Lucky 13?
Tick, Tock, Too Many?
The Untimed Down?
I've got it: Les Miles' Signature Win.
Nothing sums up the Mad Hatter's LSU tenure better than a moment in which his trademark clock-management bungling actually wound up winning the game for the Tigers (RECAP | BOX). Truly, he is the luckiest coach in America.
For those who missed it, the Tigers trailed by four and faced second-and-goal from the Tennessee two-yard line. Naturally, they had no timeouts. After quarterback Jordan Jefferson got stuffed at the one, Miles decided he needed a new personnel group for the next play. Tick, tock. Tick, tock.
As LSU shuffled players, Tennessee players and coaches looked stunned. Were the Tigers really dumb enough to try to shuffle personnel with the clock about to strike zero? Apparently, they were. So Tennessee began shuffling its personnel, too.
Jefferson called for the snap with three seconds remaining, but he wasn't ready for it. It skidded through his hands and past him. By the time he fell on it, the clock had struck zero. Tennessee's sideline exploded. Derek Dooley's mess of a team had just knocked off the No. 12 team in the nation on the road.
But wait, officials had to review the last play. When they called up the video, they realized that the Vols had been so shocked by the personnel shift that they hadn't completed their own shift. When LSU snapped the ball, Tennessee had 13 players on the field. Because of the penalty, LSU got one untimed down from the half-yard line, and Stevan Ridley punched in the game-winner.
Now, first-year Tennessee defensive coordinator Justin Wilcox is about to get his first taste of an SEC fan base's anger over a late-game blunder that cost his team a win.
Even in victory, Miles will get the same treatment. A fan base already leery of his ability to count down to zero can't be encouraged by Saturday's final moments. The curious decision to shuffle personnel should have gone down with the spike he called at Ole Miss last year. (As coincidence would have it, Miles could have easily shuffled personnel had he told Jefferson to spike the ball Saturday. Then LSU would have had fourth-and-goal from the one.)
Of course, there remains the possibility that Miles just thinks on an entirely different level than everyone else. Maybe he shuffled players knowing it would confuse Tennessee and force the Volunteers to leave too many men on the field. On Twitter, reader Nick Haselwander summed up this line of thinking perfectly.
"Just how The Hat drew it up," Haselwander wrote.
Chug
Still confused.
Wow... clobbered by Bama. I hope we do better in our next match up, later this year!
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