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| Hooray we embarrassed the National Championship! |
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| Les Miles: Okay Jordan, you suck but Lee sucks just as bad, go and make a play dangit! Jordan Jefferson: But Coach, I have no talent and enjoy punching women, I suck at life |
Here's the link to the ESPN article regarding potential changes to the BCS as officials meet today to discuss:
RECAP: 2012
BCS National Championship: Roll Tide!
Alabama
Crimson Tide 21, LSU Tigers 0
Scoring by
Quarter:
Alabama 3 6 6 6 21
LSU 0 0 0 0
0
Although the
game was unwatchable, Alabama showed one thing: Defense still wins
Championships. A “Rematch” that was one-sided all evening, The Crimson Tide and
Head Coach Nick Saban won the 2011-2012 BCS National Championship, their 2nd
in the past 3 years. Now, I will give you my recap on the keys of the game, and
my take on the game.
1)
Jordan
Jefferson vs. AJ McCarron
Clearly,
if you watched this game, you would know who had the upper hand in this
match-up between field generals. AJ McCarron threw for 234 passing yards
(23/34) against an LSU defense that had only giving up 171 passing yards/game
(8th in the nation). McCarron was effective with the Play-Action early
on in the game and was able to avoid LSU’s defense all game long. He didn’t
have nearly as much trouble on the night as his counterpart LSU QB Jordan
Jefferson. Jefferson, going up against arguably the best defense of all-time in
Alabama, struggled (and that’s as nice as I can put it) all night. Jefferson,
who was 11 for 17 had only 53 passing yards, and had one of the worst
performances by a QB in a BCS Title Game. That interception he had was terrible
(he had room to run for the 1st down) and like every QB that makes a
mistake, looked at his running back for the blame (seriously, how Jefferson
played the whole game is beyond words). For a team that crossed the 50!
(mid-field) only once the whole game, I have to ask the question, “Why wasn’t
Jefferson not replaced, by back-up QB Jared Lee?” Hats off to McCarron, who is
only a Sophomore and has a bright future with the Tide.
2)
Running
Game vs. “Defense”
With
Alabama’s defense being so dominant all season long, you knew LSU would have a
rough time moving the ball. That was the case on Monday night, LSU, who used 4
RB’s in the game could only manage 39 rushing yards on 27 carries (1.4 yards/carry).
I know the game for the most part was boring, ugly, etc. to watch, but to see
how well the Crimson Tide defense played was pretty impressive. Although you
might not believe this, there was a touchdown scored in this game (haha). The
only TD of the game went to RB Trent Richardson, (20 carries, 96 rushing yards,
1 TD) on his 34-yard dash down the sideline that would put Alabama up 21 to 0,
and capped off a tremendous season for the Heisman candidate. Richardson’s
back-up, Eddie Lacy provided some relief for Richardson with 43 rushing yards.
3)
Alabama’s
Special Teams vs. LSU’s Special Teams
I
knew from the 1st meeting that the Special Teams of both teams would
play a major factor in this game, at least one did. Alabama relied on their placekicker;
Jeremy Shelley to kick 5 out of 7 FG’s (BCS bowl record for made FG’s) also
missed the only PAT attempt of the game, could have been the offensive player
of the game, if not for McCarron’s performance. Marquis Maze had a big spark in
the return game for the Crimson Tide, as his 49-yard punt return set-up Alabama
with good field position and I thought set the tune for the rest of the game. Unfortunately,
Maze was injured (hamstring) on the return and did not play the rest of the
game, it’s too bad, as Maze was a Senior and this game would be his last with
the Tide. Brad Wing (LSU’s punter) did have some quality punts (9 punts, 411
yards, 59 Long), but didn’t really have much of a factor in the game due to
Alabama’s offense/LSU’s defense. LSU’s return game was ineffective in sparking
any “MO” for LSU. Tyrann “Honey Badger” Mathieu did not have that game changing
play as he was held to 1 return yard in the game and was nonexistent from his
defensive position.
4)
Les
Miles vs. Nick Saban
As
two of the best active coaches in College Football, Coach Miles and Coach Saban
had two of the best single seasons of any coach. Coach Miles leading the Tigers
to the SEC Championship and a perfect regular season, and Coach Saban leading
arguably the best defense of all-time to Alabama’s 2nd BCS National
Championship in the past 3 years, putting his name with some of the most
legendary CFB coaches of all-time (3 total BCS titles, 1 with LSU (2003) &
2 with Alabama (2009, 2011). The difference in Monday night’s game was well Saban
had one of the greatest defenses’ on his side and Miles was unable to do
anything with his offense (PUT IN JARETT LEE). With the win, Saban evens the
head-to-head series with Miles at 3 a piece.
Aftermath:
Alabama: With
the win, Alabama becomes sort of a mini-dynasty (winning 2 out of the last 3
BCS National Championships). The Tide will lose
some key pieces to this team, especially on defense (5 Senior starters),
including Junior MLB Dont’a Hightower, who will probably leave early for the
NFL. On the other hand, the offense should be better with four of five linemen
coming back and McCarron being much improved, even with the potential early
departure (he’s gone) of RB Trent Richardson to the NFL. Alabama should also
have some improved play at the wide receiver position. With the #1 recruiting
class coming in next fall, there’s no doubt in my mind Alabama is going to be
back competing for a SEC Championship as well as another National Championship.
LSU: You are
always as good as your last game. Even with the 13-0 record the Tigers of LSU
laid a big egg on Monday night. Looking like a team that didn’t look anything
like the previous team that won their past 13 games. However, for LSU, this was a great season until Monday night. The
Tigers return the core of this team and will most undoubtedly get improved
quarterback play from junior college transfer Zach Mettenberger (at this point
anything will do, after what they had Monday night). With a top 15 recruiting
class coming in next fall, LSU, like Alabama will be again at the top of the
polls competing for another SEC Championship.
Congratulations
again, to Nick Saban and the Alabama Crimson Tide. Boomer originally had a Lynyrd Skynyrd Sweet Home Alabama video posted here but I will not disgrace good music by connecting it in any fashion to last night's toilet bowl of a football game. So instead, here's Tom Hanks being hilarious.
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