November 3rd, 2012 at 11:50 PM ^
Also, your QB needs to throw screens accurately on a consistent basis. When we do manage to throw one on target to Smith, he usually makes something good happen.
November 3rd, 2012 at 11:44 PM ^
YEAAAAA BAMA!
November 3rd, 2012 at 11:44 PM ^
Un. fucking. beliveable LSU.
November 3rd, 2012 at 11:44 PM ^
Why do teams always seem to change up what has been working for them on defense at the end of the game? it never works.
November 3rd, 2012 at 11:47 PM ^
Agreed, but Bama changed their offense on that drive as well. They went up-tempo, spread it out a little more and passed the ball on every down.
LSU was pretty passive though I'll give you that.
November 3rd, 2012 at 11:48 PM ^
60% of the time it works, none of the time.
November 3rd, 2012 at 11:45 PM ^
At least the kicker has nothing to feel bad about now. Also I know no one would ever do this, but I have to wonder whether he should have taken a knee at the one.
November 4th, 2012 at 12:32 AM ^
The chances of giving up a TD drive w/ 50 seconds left are significantly less than the chances of not scoring a TD from the 1. It just takes a holding penalty, fumbled snap (remeber Henne vs ND in 2005?) and that plan is toast.
November 3rd, 2012 at 11:46 PM ^
Why are people pulling for Alabama? I'm quite sick of the SEC love. I don't give two shits if ND gets into the title game because they'll be blow out either way.
November 3rd, 2012 at 11:48 PM ^
Ehh I'm rooting for them because they beat the shit out of us. If they run roughshod over the rest of college football it makes us look a lot better.
November 3rd, 2012 at 11:50 PM ^
I'd rather they not get a "15th" national championship and 7th SEC championship in a row. Who cares what they did to us? No one will take that into consideration when we're selected for a bowl.
November 3rd, 2012 at 11:49 PM ^
November 3rd, 2012 at 11:51 PM ^
How is that going to go when we're battling Alabama for recruits?
November 3rd, 2012 at 11:59 PM ^
November 3rd, 2012 at 11:52 PM ^
I can't speak for everyone, but because we played Bama and got smoked I want to see it happen to other teams. I want to see how they do against over top competition.
I also want to see an Oregon vs Bama MNC game because of the wide difference in philospohy. Oregon is an offensive juggernaut who rarely ever gets stopped and Alabama is a mini NFL team that strangles the opposing offense to death. I think its an intriguing matchup.
November 3rd, 2012 at 11:53 PM ^
I've lived most of my life in and around South Bend. I hate ND. I hate ND so much more than OSU or MSU. A lot of ND fans are essentially Lou Holtz.: they think ND is the best team in the nation every year. This is the same fan base that claimed they should be in the national championship game at 10-2 because they almost beat USC. I don't ever want ND having a shot at the title. Ever. Anything can happen in one game and ND is the luckiest team in sports. In 2006 I rooted for USC to curbstomp ND and I would do it every time. I thoroughly enjoyed the OSU beatdown of ND in that bowl game.
The short version: To hell with Notre Dame.
November 3rd, 2012 at 11:57 PM ^
I can see that...but what fun is college football when a southern team constantly dominates? If Alabama plays Oregon they'll destroy them.
November 4th, 2012 at 12:04 AM ^
It is more fun to see the South win than to see ND win. And honestly I think Bama takes any of the three undefeated teams behind the woodshed. Death Valley night games are pretty much the hardest games to win in college football and Bama just became only the second team to ever beat Les in such a game (the other was also to a #1 team).
As much as I hate this SEC crap, Bama is easily the best team in the country. I don't think ND belongs in the top 5. And mostly, I expect Oregon to slip up at the end and K St could be missing their QB depending on what his injury was.
And come on, wouldn't it be fun to watch Oregon and Bama play just to see how that defense would stop the best offense in the nation?
November 4th, 2012 at 12:14 AM ^
For the last time, even if ND got there, they would be torn apart by either Bama, Kansas State, or Oregon. Why do you want to see one team dominate and the rest lag behind? Someone has to be the one to de-throne bama. We couldn't do it, but LSU had the best chance possible and shit the bed worse than sparty. Hell, they DID dethrone bama last year but the media bias kept them in it.
November 4th, 2012 at 7:45 AM ^
Can't see where Oregon is going to slip up now. They get Stanford at home a week after the Cardinal play Org St. Can't see Org St being able to stop them either. That would leave the Pac12 title game that will be played likely against USC at Oregon.
November 4th, 2012 at 1:20 AM ^
November 3rd, 2012 at 11:55 PM ^
November 3rd, 2012 at 11:58 PM ^
Do you really think they have a shot at winning it all anyway? Hell no.
November 4th, 2012 at 12:02 AM ^
November 4th, 2012 at 12:16 AM ^
Yes. I'm confident that any of those three would destroy Notre Dame.
November 4th, 2012 at 12:23 AM ^
November 4th, 2012 at 12:29 AM ^
I thought Oklahoma would win close since they were at home, but not blow them out. Oklahoma has proved they choke in big games save the Red River Shootout.
November 4th, 2012 at 12:13 AM ^
If they make the championship game? Where they'd have to win one game to win the championship? And it's college football?
Who thought Alabama would win last year? Or OSU in 2002? Or Florida in 2006? Shit happens and I want ND as far away from that as possible.
November 3rd, 2012 at 11:46 PM ^
November 3rd, 2012 at 11:47 PM ^
This too.
November 3rd, 2012 at 11:54 PM ^
Yeah we would most likely get smoked in that game. I just hope Nebraska loses a couple of games to end the season and we make it to the Rose Bowl because we'd most likely end up playing an at large team like Boise St.
November 3rd, 2012 at 11:59 PM ^
No chance Boise goes to the Rose an at large, the teams that could make it are the Oklahoma's, and Oregon State's and Stanford's of the world.
November 4th, 2012 at 12:01 AM ^
I was thinking that too, but all of those teams you listed will most likely end the year with 2 losses. I guess an at large SEC team could make the jump. Who knows...
November 4th, 2012 at 12:04 AM ^
November 3rd, 2012 at 11:46 PM ^
Even though I predicted it just above, I'm still amazed it was that easy for them to march down the field. Les has got some 'splaining to do about his prevent D there.
November 3rd, 2012 at 11:47 PM ^
What in the hell was that? And why did the clock stop?
November 3rd, 2012 at 11:48 PM ^
We've seen some bad clock management this season, but that may have been the worst yet.
November 3rd, 2012 at 11:48 PM ^
November 3rd, 2012 at 11:48 PM ^
And once again Les proves he has no idea how to coach a two-minute drill. Christ.
November 3rd, 2012 at 11:48 PM ^
Well, that was everything last year's games were supposed to be. I'm glad I stayed up for it.
November 3rd, 2012 at 11:49 PM ^
Tide.
Damn, that was something.
November 3rd, 2012 at 11:52 PM ^
November 3rd, 2012 at 11:56 PM ^
Why was McCarron all riled up?
November 3rd, 2012 at 11:54 PM ^
not sure how that team got ranked
November 3rd, 2012 at 11:54 PM ^
Outside of maybe Oregon, there's not a team in this country that can stop them. Knowing Saban, though, I imagine he'll be able to craft a masterful game plan that will limit Oregon to under 200 total yards.
November 3rd, 2012 at 11:57 PM ^
I want this game to happen. I really have no idea what will happen.
I'd assume Oregon would be held under 25 points and Bama would score around 30, but I really do not have any clue. Oregons offense is just so tricky and fast and that would be the key to the game.
November 3rd, 2012 at 11:54 PM ^
November 3rd, 2012 at 11:56 PM ^
That was an amazing game... everything you could ask for in a college football game. It's good to know that in 2 or 3 years, Michigan will look like this.
November 4th, 2012 at 12:21 AM ^
I'm not understanding what's going on with Arizona right now... hmmm
November 4th, 2012 at 12:33 AM ^
I saw that score (42-3, UCLA) and did a double-take. Not so much about the 42 points for UCLA but the 3 for Arizona. Is Scott playing?