This is just utter stupidity. The 27 yarder makes for a 45-46 yarder...that got blocked. The 33 and 31 yarder make for 50+ yard field goals. College coaches punt from that distance ALL THE TIME. Especially if you know the kid can't make it. You see him in practice. I could see if he was wide right or wide left. But he was wide and short. That only works for penis size with ladies who prefer girth, LOL. You can't call luck on a kick the guy was never going to make. Line him up 10 more times on those 50 yarders and he misses all 10. Then you let a guy with a bum ankle field a punt, then blame the TV wire when he can't field it. Your coach got owned. We both had bounces "not go our way." Rueben let a TD go through his fingers. Wasn't the best pass but it hit your hands. Catch it. If Shep doesn't fall or JJ leads him a little more, another TD. Then, we'd still be talking the same thing. LSU victory.
That's some hilarious spin there!! I guess a Tuscaloosa field goal is measured differently from every other field goal. Way to make your kicker look even sorrier.
A "44 yard kick" does not mean that the ball is on the 44 yard line. Perhaps that concept is too difficult for some of you to understand. Why punt from the 30 yard line when you know your defense has a good chance of stopping the opponent? A punt from the 30 means that your opponent will most likely get the ball on the 20. If you doubt my numbers, then just check the link and see where ESPN said what the LOS was.
I think what some are saying is that not many college kickers can make 47&51 yard fieldgoals especially in the pressure cooker of the #1 teams playing each other. Lsu didn't want to put our kicker under that stress knowing that we would need him later in the game. You don't want your kicker to have confidence problems when the games on the line. In the same situation lsu punted. Bama tried the long kick. What some are saying is you should know your kicker. If the kid can't make a 40+ yard fieldgoal, why send him out there. He was a headcase after that. When you needed him he was burnt already from missing beforehand. Your kicker was put in a position where failure was a probability. It was too far of a try for him. That's where the coaches made their mistake. Instead of admitting their weakness and punting, they were arrogant and tried to do something that they shouldve known they couldn't do successfully.
In a game where both teams are fighting for every yard of field position, a 10-15 yard net advantage for the opposing team can make all the difference with just one scoring drive. Bama never trailed in regulation, and Nick knew he had a shaky kicker. At that point you put the game on the backs of your defense until the other team shows they can score on you. He knew he should have punted from that yardage after the first miss unless it was a chip shot, but he was too arrogant to make the change. He thought he could will the kid into making those FGs, when all it did was demoralize him.
Again, do you really think it is a good play to punt from your opponent's 30? You say there was "no way" for Cade Foster to make that kick, I think that is extreme. The odds may have been slim, but the chance of him making it was not 0%. You just don't punt from the 30 yard line. LSU punted from the 42 and the 35 yard lines. Perhaps Bama should have punted from the 33, but we do not have a punter that is of Brad Wings caliber. Trying a field goal, or just going for it on 4'th and long, were the best options. Regardless of how you want to look at it, LSU's special teams made the difference in the game, I just do not agree that Bama had better options in those situations. We'll just leave it at that. Again, LSU earned the win, I do not dispute that.
And then claim LSU was simply lucky that he missed the FGs and lucky that they won the game. You can't attempt low probability scoring plays and then claim the other team was lucky to beat you because they didn't work.
There are times that you do. It is a game of field position. When you have a stifling defense, you want to make the opponent have a long field ahead of him. It doubles the chances of stopping him. Perhaps, but Bama's strong defense allowed LSU to get in scoring position several times by giving them a short field. It might not have happened if LSU had the long field to cross. If there is a rematch, I bet that Nick punts rather than chances 45-and 50 yard field goals. One of the reasons that LSU allowed West Virginia to post so many passing yards without scoring many points was that LSU kicked off into the end zone, not allowing any returns and punted inside the 15 five times. West Virginias had the long field all night and LSU started most of their drives on its 40 or midfield. When your defense is better than your offense, field position is everything.
Yes sir I think you're right on. But to Alabama's ( the poster not the team) defense, I don't recall him ever saying anything like that. Most other bama fans and many talking heads said it though. I gave this dude, Alabama , a hard time after the game to realize I was taking out frustration on him that was misplaced. This dude has been really cool for the most part and has given lsu credit time and again for the win. I made a public apology for being a total tool to him. There are many that say we were lucky. That really sucks. Our boys played their arse off and to be disrespected like that really sucks. I am just as pissed as anyone about that
