I gotta tell you guys, I'm having a rough time anticipating this game. I know we have some difficulties in the QB area. I do realize JL came through in the clinch. I DO KNOW that we're pretty damn good in all areas of the game other than KNOWING how our QB will play. OK, before you start throwing crap at me, let me explain. I thought Auburn was a much better team than they have proven to be. I thought they were a helluva lot better than they've proven to be. So,,,,,did Fl just have a bad week against a Ms team or is the Ms team better than I (and alot of other people) thought they were? Obviously, I'm confused. (If you judge by my last 2 posts, you'll say I'm damn confused). I'm looking at it 2 ways....................IF,,,,,we put a hurtin on Fl, I'm sure we'll kill Alabama. But I just don't know what kinda team we're gonna prove to be until after tomorrow night. All in all, this is the most excited I've been the day before an LSU game than I can remember. I KNEW we were good last year. I THINK we're pretty damn good this year. I KNOW there isn't a Dominating team out there this year that can run the table. How good are we? Does anybody else think this is the game that defines our season? I REALLY do. I think if we handle Fl, we are THE MAN. If,,,,,,,,this game depends on ballsy calls in a clutch, I KNOW Lesticles will prevail. Any thoughts? I lost enough money this week to pay for a pretty damn good house and a nice piece of property to put it on, thanks to the market, THANK GOD FOR LSU FOOTBALL to give me something to look forward to. View attachment 11413
If we lose, I don't think it's a huge deal (other than my deep depression for about a week). Winning at Auburn was HUGE, so that means that this is not a MUST WIN for us. However, if we win, then we are the $hit, Les will have far exceeded anyone's expectations out there and we could possibly run the table. Still, I wouldn't say we'd kill Bama or cruise against UGA. This is the SEC. It's never automatic no matter what is in your favor. However, a win would show that we are capable of the greatest things this year. Go Tigers!
Id tend to agree. A loss (although very unpalitable), wouldn't mean the end of the world, nor would it mean we wouldn't get a good bowl game (providing we don't lose more than another game or more). I think a lot of this has basis in the old "where do you go from up" saying. Most of us here expect a lot from this team. Due in no small part to being the defending National champs...etc. But, should they fall short of perfection this season I wouldn't burn all my Tiger gear or go try to "off" myself etc...I personally expected them to have a "good" year, but not necessarily a perfect one. The Tigers still have a "plethora" of weapons and talent, and (even with a young QB) is better then most schools in the country. In the end, maybe...just maybe, that will be satisfying enough. If, on the other hand we pull off a miracle season and go to the big dance...to me, it would just be "Lagniappe".:tigereye:
A win means we have a loss to give and still be very much alive for a repeat national championship. So hell yes this is a big game for us. A loss doesn't mean the season is over by any stretch of the imagination. We just have no room for error from here on out.
You know, that's almost exactly what I was thinking. If we lose, we're still there. However, I WANT this game. LSU has given me more than I deserve. I hope like hell we're as good as I think we may be. I am HYPEd for this game. If we put it on Fl, I'll feel the same way when we get to play Satan, uh......Saban. I'm Ready, damn...I wish it was tomorrow night NOW. This IS the game of the season..............unless we win, then Alabama will be the game. Until tomorrow,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,See ya.
It's so great to be a fan and know a loss is not the end of the world... but you know those players want this game... badly. This game is more of a rivalry to our players, and just a big game to the Gators. Two years ago, the loss at Florida killed this team. They wanted revenge, and they took it out on Kentucky 49-0.
Got this in an email. I'm not sure who wrote it, but it sure makes sense. Gators, you're not man enough to beat LSU. The Tigers from Baton Rouge are coming to take out your quarterback, take out your national title hopes and maybe take out the notion that Urban Meyer's spread offense is the path to Southeastern Conference dominance. As former Coach Pat Dye might put it, they're here to take your manhood. Dye, the former Auburn coach, loves old-school football. The coach who built Auburn into one of the SEC's elite teams in the 1980s might smile when he looks at today's SEC standings. The coach who more than once has listed "manhood" as a requirement for winning SEC games would see evidence of his theory at the top of the standings. Perhaps it's no coincidence that the SEC's three remaining undefeated teams -- Alabama, LSU and Vanderbilt -- are also the league's top three rushing teams. While many teams have followed Florida's lead in adopting elements of the spread, power football is back in vogue. Is Saturday's showdown between the past two national champions also a referendum on the spread of the spread in SEC football? The spread offense that was supposed to revolutionize the SEC is instead just revolting in some parts. Look at Dye's former school. Tommy Tuberville recently led Auburn to its greatest stretch in school history. Six straight wins over Alabama. The best record in SEC games since 2000. An unbeaten season. Division and conference championships. And yet he's suddenly very much back on the hot seat thanks to a decision this year to implement the spread. So far, that decision has backfired. The offense has been abysmal and Auburn has lost its identity. On Wednesday, Tuberville relieved first-year offensive coordinator Tony Franklin of his duties. No question the spread has been highly successful at Florida in the stat book. No question it helped Florida win a national championship. But what about the recent win/loss column? Lose to LSU and Meyer will be 5-5 in his last 10 SEC games. Spurrier never had a stretch that mediocre. But Ron Zook did. He went 5-4 over a nine-game SEC stretch in his first two years. It put him on the hot seat. Lose to LSU and Meyer will have lost three of his last four SEC games at the Swamp. Spurrier lost a total of three games at the Swamp, period, from 1990-2001. All the tiny sprinters in the world won't keep Meyer from criticism if the record keeps trending that way. And I bet I'm not alone when I wonder: What will Florida's offense look like when Tebow isn't around to (sometimes) get the tough yards? Some nervous Florida fans and Auburn fans fall back to what Dye would call a universal truth: In the SEC you must be able to run the football when you need to run it and stop the run when you need to stop it. It's about being able to line up -- blood dripping from mouth and steam billowing from nostrils -- and blast the man across from you off the ball on fourth-and-1 vs. Ole Miss. It's about being able to line up and stop even one of the five fourth-downs LSU attempted and converted last year in a 28-24 win in Baton Rouge. Those yards represent Dye's manhood mentality. Meanwhile, there's nothing gimmicky about LSU. Tiger football first under Nick Saban and now under Les Miles is not dinky draws and end-arounds. It's lining up and knocking someone on their tails. It's brash. Tough. Physical. Bold enough to believe it can run you over anytime it needs a yard and stuff you cold when you need that yard. We'll see if Florida is up to that challenge. We'll see if the Gators are man enough.
This game means more to the players than just a simple W/L. It means more than being on track for a SECC. It means more than a possible repeat of the NC. They are not thinking about SC, or bama, or georgia, or bye weeks. Did you see the interviews with our players this week? They were not remembering last year. They were remembering 2 years ago - at the swamp. They screwed up and gave that game away. This one is about redemption for 2006, and affirmation for 2008. It was in their eyes, and they will not be denied. The Tigers will not lose this game.
I think it will be and there needs to be much improved play in several areas to come out with a win. If Teblow has all day to throw it's going to be a long day. If we get better pressure than we have been getting the DB's will look much improved.
