LSU - Alabama rematch?

LSU - Alabama rematch?

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DrunkJohnny

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Do you want to see an Alabama-LSU rematch in the BCS Championship?

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I think it would be awful. Boise St. deserves a chance before Bama, if Oklahoma St. and Stanford lose.
 
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I don't think there should be a rematch, but I'll never support Boise in the NC no matter how many seasons they go undefeated. They play 1 good team a year when everyone else goes through a meat grinder.
 
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Wasn't the BCS implemented to facilitate a bowl matchup of the two best teams in college football? Well, according to the BCS page, it's to pit the two best "rated" teams against one another, so I guess there's validity to the counterpoint to my belief, but I always thought rankings/ratings were supposed to reflect the best teams, not the best records. If the best records were supposed to be rewarded, Boise would've been in a BCS NC already and Houston would be a legit NC contender this year.

If everyone is comfortable with LSU being #1, I think it's very reasonable to believe Alabama is the #2 team considering they were tied with the #1 team at the end of regulation, and could've won had Alabama not missed four field goals.

Just my opinion, but if you're comparing the other contenders against Alabama, I'm not sure you can say any other team would've performed better than Alabama, because if they did, they would've beaten LSU and be worthy of #1 in the BCS rankings.

The regular season isn't a single elimination tournament, so a loss isn't an automatic disqualifier.

Seriously, if there's another team out there better than Alabama, they're better than LSU. The margin between LSU/Bama is razor thin and, in some respects, Alabama played better than LSU and could've won the game.

LSU is the unquestioned #1 because they got it done on Saturday, but Alabama is, IMO, definitely #2.

So my answer is yes to the rematch.
 
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Can't bring myself to pick Bammer, even if they are the second...best....te....see, can't even bring myself to say that.

They had their shot. The kicker blew it. It's someone else's turn.
 
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I dont like rematches, but I don't like the cheap shot Tyrann Mathieu put on Kirkpatrick either. LSU did not win fair & square IMO. Plus I didn't see enough on the LSU INT to make the call definitive one way or the other, I thought they should have just ruled it an incomplete pass and moved on.
 
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HSVol said:
Wasn't the BCS implemented to facilitate a bowl matchup of the two best teams in college football? Well, according to the BCS page, it's to pit the two best "rated" teams against one another, so I guess there's validity to the counterpoint to my belief, but I always thought rankings/ratings were supposed to reflect the best teams, not the best records. If the best records were supposed to be rewarded, Boise would've been in a BCS NC already and Houston would be a legit NC contender this year.

If everyone is comfortable with LSU being #1, I think it's very reasonable to believe Alabama is the #2 team considering they were tied with the #1 team at the end of regulation, and could've won had Alabama not missed four field goals.

Just my opinion, but if you're comparing the other contenders against Alabama, I'm not sure you can say any other team would've performed better than Alabama, because if they did, they would've beaten LSU and be worthy of #1 in the BCS rankings.

The regular season isn't a single elimination tournament, so a loss isn't an automatic disqualifier.

Seriously, if there's another team out there better than Alabama, they're better than LSU. The margin between LSU/Bama is razor thin and, in some respects, Alabama played better than LSU and could've won the game.

LSU is the unquestioned #1 because they got it done on Saturday, but Alabama is, IMO, definitely #2.

So my answer is yes to the rematch.
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All valid points.

I would say though, how can you be certain that an undefeated Standford, Oklahoma State, or Boise St isn't better than Alabama?

I'd be more in line with your thinking if Alabama didn't get beat on their home field while only scoring six points, including an overtime period.
 
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DrunkJohnny said:
Do you want to see an Alabama-LSU rematch in the BCS Championship?

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I think it would be awful. Boise St. deserves a chance before Bama, if Oklahoma St. and Stanford lose.
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What is both sad and funny here, everyone assumes that Boise St will get to the end of the season undefeated. Why? Because we all know that their schedule sucks.

Who CANT get their team up for one or two big games a year. Freaking sell out for 2 weeks, and coast the rest of the season.

Boise St is a damn good team, with some damn good players, but have no right to be in that championship game.

However, I dont want to see the rematch of Bama LSU. Give me a new game.
 
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Okie lite is the only offense that would have a shot at beatinf bamas defense and that air is slim to none. Bamas offense would run all over okies defense. advantage bama.

Stanford has no speed on the outside and an average running game. Luck relies heavily on his tight ends. advantage bama

Boise isn't even in the conversation. UGA didn't know what they had in Crowell at the time and georgia maybe is the 4th best team in the sec.

You can argue that bama doesnt deserve a rematch cause they already played or just cause you want to see something different or you hate bama but fact is bama is the second best team in the country and the only one on lsu's level.
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vols-1 said:
I dont like rematches, but I don't like the cheap shot Tyrann Mathieu put on Kirkpatrick either. LSU did not win fair & square IMO. Plus I didn't see enough on the LSU INT to make the call definitive one way or the other, I thought they should have just ruled it an incomplete pass and moved on.
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The ball never hit the ground so you can't just rule it incomplete. Has to be a catch or on int.
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AP guy on Sports Animal today probably put it the best.

If we're pushing the regular season as the "playoffs" in college football, then LSU just eliminated Alabama. No rematch.

Even tho they are still probably the best two teams.
 
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Volwark said:
If we're pushing the regular season as the "playoffs" in college football, then LSU just eliminated Alabama. No rematch.
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Correct. The only reason we should see rematches is if there's a playoff system.
 
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tri_vol said:
The ball never hit the ground so you can't just rule it incomplete. Has to be a catch or on int.
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ok, i thought the tip of the ball touched the ground after the LSU player had it. One player had two hands on it and the other had one hand.

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Velo Vol said:
Correct. The only reason we should see rematches is if there's a playoff system.
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Rematch is irrelevant. If Alabama was an SEC East team and won the East, they'd still play LSU in the SECCG. If rematches we're outlawed, the rules would be written to reflect such a provision.

I have a feeling the poll results would be a lot different if the Vols were in Alabama's position.
 
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No!! Bubba had their shot and kicked it away, pun intended. I wanna see LSU beat the hell out of Stanford to shut Keshawn Johnsons mouth!!
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Then no. I've said it multiple times, but I can't understate that there needs to be a rule in place saying you need to win your conference to play for the BCS title.
 
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Boise might deserve a chance if OK St. and Stanford lose but they would get ran over by LSU in the NC game.
 
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I am pulling for Standford or BSU against LSU in the NCG. Those two games will be entertaining good matchups and generate a lot of national buzz. I used to think if BSU is ever in the NCG, I am done with CFB, but I changed my mind. BSU is consistent (the winningest program in CFB in the past 10 years), well-coached, and in the limited opportunities they had, they played very well against the big boys. Then give them a chance.

I don't mind but don't really want to see a LSU/Bama rematch. Unlike Oregon or OK State, Bama will have a chance, a good chance, to beat LSU. However, a rematch would be boring and appeal much less to the national audience, unless you are an SEC homer.

On the other hand, those so called high-octane offense such as what Oregon or OK State has, will be destroyed by physical, athletic, and well-coached defense like what LSU or Bama has, and it won't even be close.
 
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exotic_vols said:
I am pulling for Standford or BSU against LSU in the NCG. Those two games will be entertaining good matchups and generate a lot of national buzz. I used to think if BSU is ever in the NCG, I am done with CFB, but I changed my mind. BSU is consistent (the winningest program in CFB in the past 10 years), well-coached, and in the limited opportunities they had, they played very well against the big boys. Then give them a chance.

I don't mind but don't really want to see a LSU/Bama rematch. Unlike Oregon or OK State, Bama will have a chance, a good chance, to beat LSU. However, a rematch would be boring and appeal much less to the national audience, unless you are an SEC homer.

On the other hand, those so called high-octane offense such as what Oregon or OK State has, will be destroyed by physical, athletic, and well-coached defense like what LSU or Bama has, and it won't even be close.
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But most of the college football national market is in the South. The 4 of the 5 highest rated markets for the LSU/Bama game were the same for the National Championship game last year: Birmingham,New Orleans,Nashville, and Knoxville. While New York was the lowest rated urban TV market for the NC game.
 
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vols-1 said:
But most of the college football national market is in the South. The 4 of the 5 highest rated markets for the LSU/Bama game were the same for the National Championship game last year: Birmingham,New Orleans,Nashville, and Knoxville. While New York was the lowest rated urban TV market for the NC game.
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First of all, I would like to see your source.

Secondly, higher rating only means higher percentage of people watched the game, and it doesn't necessarily mean more people watched. People living in the SEC territories (~50 million) only make up a small fraction of total US population (~300 million). An Alabama/LSU rematch surely will attract higher rating in the South, but South is only a small part of national audience. If people living elsewhere don't give a crap, TV networks could still make much less money.
 
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