Comments on: LS-Who Cares? http://rumorsandrants.com/2008/01/ls-who-cares.html Goes Down Easy With Little Or No Aftertaste Mon, 21 May 2012 11:35:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Bayouboilermaker http://rumorsandrants.com/2008/01/ls-who-cares.html/comment-page-1#comment-6435 Bayouboilermaker Wed, 01 Oct 2008 22:17:14 +0000 http://rumorsandrants.com/?p=1430#comment-6435 Folks, I was in the Dome for the National Chap game. One team walk away winning it all - you may not like it, and it may not happen again for a long time - but, take a look at what LSU will be putting on the football field for the next several years. You might be swimming in Gumbo for years. - Lots of great teams out there and the Tiger will stumble at times. However, get use to Purple and Gold and funny talking football fans 'cause they'll have something to yell about for a long time (or I could be wrong). Folks, I was in the Dome for the National Chap game. One team walk away winning it all – you may not like it, and it may not happen again for a long time – but, take a look at what LSU will be putting on the football field for the next several years. You might be swimming in Gumbo for years. – Lots of great teams out there and the Tiger will stumble at times. However, get use to Purple and Gold and funny talking football fans ’cause they’ll have something to yell about for a long time (or I could be wrong).

]]> By: Anonymous http://rumorsandrants.com/2008/01/ls-who-cares.html/comment-page-1#comment-4922 Anonymous Fri, 18 Jan 2008 19:12:00 +0000 http://rumorsandrants.com/?p=1430#comment-4922 Wow, you're hatred for LSU really shows in that piece. I'm no LSU apologist, but if you want to bitch and moan about something, do it about the system which, I remind you, they all agreed to. Need I remind you that this is a system that doesn't take into account how strong someone finishes, but how they played over the course of an entire season. <br/>If you are USC and want a shot at the title, how about beating an awful, 41-point underdog Stanford team AT HOME. Did I mention that Stanford was using a 3rd string qb as well? If not, let me just mention they were using a 3rd string qb at the time. Also, how about beating more than 3 teams that had winning records, that would also be a good start.<br/>As for UGA, I'll skip the part about not even winning your own division within the SEC, let alone the entire SEC, and skip to the fact that you were shalacked at home against UT and lost to a 6-6 SC team. Want to talk about finishing strong? If by finishing strong you mean beating Vandy on a last second field goal and squeaking out a "W" against the powerhouse of Troy, then yes, you did finish strong.<br/>Now granted, LSU could have easily been a team with 4 or 5 losses, but the fact is they played a complete season winning the toughest conference in college football. They lost to a then-top 20 ranked UK team in 3ot and to an Arkansas team in OT that finished the season with 8 wins. They beat 8 teams that at the time they played, were ranked in the top 20. If you didn't think LSU dominated tOSU in the NC game, then you were obviously not watching it. Yes, the BCS is an imperfect system, but LSU was the team most fit to play for and win the title. Wow, you’re hatred for LSU really shows in that piece. I’m no LSU apologist, but if you want to bitch and moan about something, do it about the system which, I remind you, they all agreed to. Need I remind you that this is a system that doesn’t take into account how strong someone finishes, but how they played over the course of an entire season.
If you are USC and want a shot at the title, how about beating an awful, 41-point underdog Stanford team AT HOME. Did I mention that Stanford was using a 3rd string qb as well? If not, let me just mention they were using a 3rd string qb at the time. Also, how about beating more than 3 teams that had winning records, that would also be a good start.
As for UGA, I’ll skip the part about not even winning your own division within the SEC, let alone the entire SEC, and skip to the fact that you were shalacked at home against UT and lost to a 6-6 SC team. Want to talk about finishing strong? If by finishing strong you mean beating Vandy on a last second field goal and squeaking out a “W” against the powerhouse of Troy, then yes, you did finish strong.
Now granted, LSU could have easily been a team with 4 or 5 losses, but the fact is they played a complete season winning the toughest conference in college football. They lost to a then-top 20 ranked UK team in 3ot and to an Arkansas team in OT that finished the season with 8 wins. They beat 8 teams that at the time they played, were ranked in the top 20. If you didn’t think LSU dominated tOSU in the NC game, then you were obviously not watching it. Yes, the BCS is an imperfect system, but LSU was the team most fit to play for and win the title.

]]> By: Kevin Hayward http://rumorsandrants.com/2008/01/ls-who-cares.html/comment-page-1#comment-4841 Kevin Hayward Wed, 09 Jan 2008 04:34:00 +0000 http://rumorsandrants.com/?p=1430#comment-4841 It's hard to blame LSU for showing up in a bowl they were invited to and playing dominating football. If you're going to rant on this one, rant on the BCS selection committee and their refusal to adapt a playoff system. It’s hard to blame LSU for showing up in a bowl they were invited to and playing dominating football. If you’re going to rant on this one, rant on the BCS selection committee and their refusal to adapt a playoff system.

]]> By: McD http://rumorsandrants.com/2008/01/ls-who-cares.html/comment-page-1#comment-4840 McD Tue, 08 Jan 2008 20:54:00 +0000 http://rumorsandrants.com/?p=1430#comment-4840 No really, good for LSU. They beat a team that made the game because they only scheduled one out of conference game outside their home state (against Washington) and survived in a crappy year for their conference. This year, more than any other, none of the major questions were resolved. So good for LSU. All they did was make us wonder if they could beat an actual good team instead of a mediocre one.<br/><br/>My solution: USC vs. Georgia vs. LSU in a triple-threat match at Wrestlemania. No really, good for LSU. They beat a team that made the game because they only scheduled one out of conference game outside their home state (against Washington) and survived in a crappy year for their conference. This year, more than any other, none of the major questions were resolved. So good for LSU. All they did was make us wonder if they could beat an actual good team instead of a mediocre one.

My solution: USC vs. Georgia vs. LSU in a triple-threat match at Wrestlemania.

]]> By: ETVal http://rumorsandrants.com/2008/01/ls-who-cares.html/comment-page-1#comment-4839 ETVal Tue, 08 Jan 2008 19:17:00 +0000 http://rumorsandrants.com/?p=1430#comment-4839 This entire season, and last night's pretend 'national championship' game, have been one long confirmation of the fact that big-time college football is a joke until a real playoff system is instituted. Forget, who was best. Fact is, you still have about six teams in the argument and it was not settled on the field. http://valentinesviews.blogspot.com/2008/01/national-championship-has-hollow-ring.html This entire season, and last night’s pretend ‘national championship’ game, have been one long confirmation of the fact that big-time college football is a joke until a real playoff system is instituted. Forget, who was best. Fact is, you still have about six teams in the argument and it was not settled on the field. http://valentinesviews.blogspot.com/2008/01/national-championship-has-hollow-ring.html

]]> By: LSUFAN http://rumorsandrants.com/2008/01/ls-who-cares.html/comment-page-1#comment-4838 LSUFAN Tue, 08 Jan 2008 19:09:00 +0000 http://rumorsandrants.com/?p=1430#comment-4838 KANSAS??!! haha! Thats a joke!! KANSAS??!! haha! Thats a joke!!

]]> By: Hick Flick http://rumorsandrants.com/2008/01/ls-who-cares.html/comment-page-1#comment-4837 Hick Flick Tue, 08 Jan 2008 19:03:00 +0000 http://rumorsandrants.com/?p=1430#comment-4837 Kansas for national champs! The Jayhawks are the best one-loss team in the country. Kansas for national champs! The Jayhawks are the best one-loss team in the country.

]]> By: Anonymous http://rumorsandrants.com/2008/01/ls-who-cares.html/comment-page-1#comment-4836 Anonymous Tue, 08 Jan 2008 18:31:00 +0000 http://rumorsandrants.com/?p=1430#comment-4836 The sad part about the system is that a championship is won by a combination of both endurance and skill. With the exception of the 72 Dolphins and maybe the current patriots, all of the great NFL teams lost a game during the regular season, most more than one. Even the 85 bears, the monsters of the midway dropped a game. What a playoff does is actually let the teams determine who, in the end, is the best team. In the intrest of full disclosure I am a USC fan, who was greatly disappointed by the stanford game. Would USC win a playoff -- I don't know. Maybe West Virginia would win. They looked great against Oklahoma (but who dosen't in BCS games). The point is with a playoff (a real 16 team playoff not a lame +1) a season would be defined by how you finsh, and come together as a team, not triple overtime against Kentucky or the last one minute against Stanford. The sad part about the system is that a championship is won by a combination of both endurance and skill. With the exception of the 72 Dolphins and maybe the current patriots, all of the great NFL teams lost a game during the regular season, most more than one. Even the 85 bears, the monsters of the midway dropped a game. What a playoff does is actually let the teams determine who, in the end, is the best team. In the intrest of full disclosure I am a USC fan, who was greatly disappointed by the stanford game. Would USC win a playoff — I don’t know. Maybe West Virginia would win. They looked great against Oklahoma (but who dosen’t in BCS games). The point is with a playoff (a real 16 team playoff not a lame +1) a season would be defined by how you finsh, and come together as a team, not triple overtime against Kentucky or the last one minute against Stanford.

]]> By: Anonymous http://rumorsandrants.com/2008/01/ls-who-cares.html/comment-page-1#comment-4835 Anonymous Tue, 08 Jan 2008 16:37:00 +0000 http://rumorsandrants.com/?p=1430#comment-4835 Not sure why you're dogging on LSU when they've beat the two teams that Georgia lost to and both of their losses were in triple overtime and far more impressive than USC losing to <i>a 41 point underdog</i>. If anything, Ohio State's credentials were weaker since they lost to an overrated Illinois team and otherwise had a cupcake schedule that would make only Hawaii jealous.<br/><br/>It's perfectly valid to criticize the horrible BCS system and as an LSU fan there's nothing I'd have liked better than to have participated in an 8 or 12 team playoff. (Don't know if they would have won the whole thing, but it certainly would've been entertaining and there wouldn't be all of this whining.) You crown a champion in the system you have, not the system you wish you had. And in this (flawed) system which evaluates the entire season instead of how much momentum you have in the end, LSU came out on top. Not sure why you’re dogging on LSU when they’ve beat the two teams that Georgia lost to and both of their losses were in triple overtime and far more impressive than USC losing to a 41 point underdog. If anything, Ohio State’s credentials were weaker since they lost to an overrated Illinois team and otherwise had a cupcake schedule that would make only Hawaii jealous.

It’s perfectly valid to criticize the horrible BCS system and as an LSU fan there’s nothing I’d have liked better than to have participated in an 8 or 12 team playoff. (Don’t know if they would have won the whole thing, but it certainly would’ve been entertaining and there wouldn’t be all of this whining.) You crown a champion in the system you have, not the system you wish you had. And in this (flawed) system which evaluates the entire season instead of how much momentum you have in the end, LSU came out on top.

]]> By: LSUFAN http://rumorsandrants.com/2008/01/ls-who-cares.html/comment-page-1#comment-4834 LSUFAN Tue, 08 Jan 2008 15:58:00 +0000 http://rumorsandrants.com/?p=1430#comment-4834 Ok, first of all, you are all so wrong. Stop making up silly excuses on why USC and Georgia should have played in the NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP last night. We're not going to talk about injuries and stupid crap like that. If we are, then you should have done better research and realized that LSU had just as many injuries as that. Trust me, we would love nothing more than to play USC. It would finally put an end to their whining selves. They whine like freaking little babies. No, it's not that we like to gloat about our victories, its that we are the best, we know it, so take your no good, northern butts back to where you came from, and sit back and try to come up with silly excuses of why you think you all should be in the championship and blah blah blah!! NOBODY CARES!! Keep talking about us down here in the south, WE LOVE IT. We really love how much time you spend on dogging us, which means you probably don't have much of a life. Keep on dogging, while we sit back and enjoy our life as southerners, and love watching our tigers be the best team in the land, and don't care if you agree, because we have the national title!! Maybe if you spent more time enjoying where you live and your team, instead of trying to be like us, you might actually be worth something, but until then, you are the dirt beneath our feet. Thank you for letting us have something to laugh at. Ok, first of all, you are all so wrong. Stop making up silly excuses on why USC and Georgia should have played in the NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP last night. We’re not going to talk about injuries and stupid crap like that. If we are, then you should have done better research and realized that LSU had just as many injuries as that. Trust me, we would love nothing more than to play USC. It would finally put an end to their whining selves. They whine like freaking little babies. No, it’s not that we like to gloat about our victories, its that we are the best, we know it, so take your no good, northern butts back to where you came from, and sit back and try to come up with silly excuses of why you think you all should be in the championship and blah blah blah!! NOBODY CARES!! Keep talking about us down here in the south, WE LOVE IT. We really love how much time you spend on dogging us, which means you probably don’t have much of a life. Keep on dogging, while we sit back and enjoy our life as southerners, and love watching our tigers be the best team in the land, and don’t care if you agree, because we have the national title!! Maybe if you spent more time enjoying where you live and your team, instead of trying to be like us, you might actually be worth something, but until then, you are the dirt beneath our feet. Thank you for letting us have something to laugh at.

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