Aubie-- Like others here, I will agree with your basic point that the system is screwed up. But while I did not post about it, I was frustrated that a loss in the SECCG pushed us to a bowl below a Bama team that we had beaten last year. By being the best team in the West, we 'earned' another game against a very good team that we ended up losing. Of course, things could not have worked out better with the beating of UM in the Peach Bowl. However, it is a completely different situation with us going to a BSC bowl instead of Auburn. Obviously, you guys lost later in the year and this hurt your BSC rankings. It is another one of the flaws in the system but different from the situation last year.
Apple, meet Orange, AU fan... Not the same thing. Last year LSU goes 10-2 heading into bowl selection and falls to Peach...mainly b/c they were coming off of an ass-whipping in their last game of the season (SEC CG). This year LSU goes 10-2 riding a 6 game winning streak highlighted by 2 wins against (at the time) top 10 teams, all on the road. Now, AU deserved to go to a "higher" bowl than LSU last year because they were, as LSU is now, a strong closer by winning out in impressive fashion. All I'm saying is that it's not as simple as you make it out to be, frankly.
I know Im new here, but thats pathetic. I hate when people sit there making excuses and blaming bum calls for a loss. Thats ridiculous and honestly not honing up to your mistakes. Im not denying the fact that LSU was majorly shafted with 2 or 3 horrible calls. Despite that fact LSU LOST that game on their own, refs dont decide a game. Players and coaches do. Truth is had Russell thrown a half way decent pass it would have been a TD, no need for a refs judgement on the play. Also, the boneheaded passes hurt us more than the calls. The constant conservative play calling, tryint to run when there were absolutely no holes. Yet we were passing decently well, hurt more than the calls. Missed tackles here and there, dropped passes, etc. all add up and far outweigh the 2 or 3 bogus calls against LSU.
It's not really a Flaw, if you lose later in the season. This is the time your team should be solid on offense, Defense, and special teams. The early games are usually filled with new players, at key positions. So if you think about it, you lose early..(1 or 2 loses) and finish strong you should have a higher BCS ranking...its not about beating a team early, that now is 10-2. It's beating a team that has played 11 games, beat top 10 oppents, and has a 10-1 mark. now thats why saying "oh we beat you back in Sept, we should be ahead of you, makes no sense.
Quit making excuses, LSU lost the game on their own. Man up and face the facts. LSU should have won, but Auburn didnt make the boneheaded plays we made. They outplayed us when it counted by not making the mistakes we made and they outcoached us as well.
Is it September again? You missed this argument the first time around. We can throw it in their faces now if we want too. Edit: Not sure why I said August.
Yeah, I missed the argument the first time around but it was brought up again. That isnt throwing it in their face, that would be saying no matter if we tied or not its LSU going to the BCS. NOT Auburn. Saying we should have gotten the win if not were some shady calls is a piss poor excuse for not putting the blame where it goes, on LSU. No pun intended but I dont sugar coat things with rose colored glasses. I face the truth.
You actually have more unevenly distrubuted losses than us. You did beat the team that humiliated us, but UGA handed it to you, and the Arky team everyone is ready to hand the SEC crown to (wayy to early to call here, btw) beat you when we were the only SEC team to beat them. Also, we're #5 (by virtue of the winning streak + our preseason ranking). As always, WHEN you lose is just as important as to whom and by how much you lose. Head to head means nothing in this situation. EDIT: I just noticed how useless this post was. Somehow I missed a whole page of posts by sheer negligence. Sorry. So: Head to head means nothing in this situation purely because of rank. The BCS doesn't care what your conference record is. If you're eligible and you'll give them money, then they'll consider you. Somewhat regrettably, LSU is getting more media than an Auburn team because we lost a long time ago, college football wise. As for the ref situation, all those who even had half an eye on the game can admit that the refereeing, if not biased, was not fair. I'm not saying it cost LSU the game- they cost themselves the game- but they were taken out of it far before that last play that ended at the four.
Thats another sorry excuse for not accepting responsibities and passing the buck to the refs. Bad passes, dropped passes, fumbles, missed blocking assignments, blown coverages, missed tackles, bad coaching adjustments, etc all play far more of a roll than a bad call. You wipe away some of those mental errors and the game wouldnt come to be where a refs call either way helps decide a game. Thats whats wrong with people today, they dont accept responsiblity, quick to pass blame to someone else.
