National Championship Game Open Thread

Submitted by M-Wolverine on

Well, it'll probably be a short thread, since everyone has already said they're not watching tonight. But for those that are, it's the end of college football on the field for awhile. Gameday on. Pregame in about half an hour.  It'll keep us busy till the Two and a Half Men Open thread starts later tonight.

jmblue

January 9th, 2012 at 10:39 PM ^

That's one of the worst interceptions I've ever seen.  Reminiscent of Stanley Jackson tossing it to Andre Weathers (except Jefferson wasn't about to be sacked).

MichiganTeacher

January 9th, 2012 at 10:40 PM ^

LSU did not show up on the offensive side for this game. Too tight? Too redundant? 'Bama's defense is good, and LSU's offense is not one for the ages. But srsly, 2 first downs all game? COME ON MAN.

bronxblue

January 9th, 2012 at 10:42 PM ^

You know how in OT teams have to start going for TDs after enough series?  Can they enforce that rule for the entire 4th quarter in this game?

gopoohgo

January 9th, 2012 at 10:44 PM ^

Scouting for next year;

McCarron picks up blitzes very well.  Blitzes CANNOT be telegraphed off the edge, or must have a safety cheating up to cover the vacated receiver.

Bamas LBs are VERY good, but very few of the LSU O-line getting to the second level.

Bama DBs very aggressive, working through WR blocks on bubble screens.  Partly due to lack of a deep ball by Jefferson I guess.

Borges better work on vertical passing with Denard in the offseason, and our WRs NEED to run better routes against these DBs.

MichiganTeacher

January 9th, 2012 at 10:45 PM ^

Is Lee hurt or something? I have the game on mute over there, and I didn't read anything about this game ahead of time on account of, you know, it being pointless and all.

But now it's becoming a little bit interesting as an exercise in futility and embarrassment.

So why isn't Jarrett Lee in? Why wouldn't you put him in that last series, or, better, the one before?

Space Coyote

January 9th, 2012 at 10:47 PM ^

When they have superior talent they can put up a lot of points.  They typically have better athletes.  The problem is when they a good defense their WRs get no seperation and Jefferson isn't accurate enough or good enough of a decision maker to make them pay.  And with Bama having a good D, it means they can rush 4 and watch Jefferson just stand back there and look like he has no clue, which is what is happening.

Michigan has a really good offense when they can get seperation at the WR position.  It opens up the run game and makes them unstoppable.  When they struggle doing that the whole offense bogs down (see: MSU, Ill., VT).

LSU has the same problem.  LSU has a good offense verse bad teams, inflating their ranking.  When a team doesn't have to respect anything longer than 10 yards they are screwed.