I think like this also. As I stated in another post, make the play on the field. If the call doesn’t go your way, make it more convincing. Put the blame on yourself, in football and life. If something doesn’t go your way, if it’s questionable or just blown by the official, ask yourself what you could have done to erase all doubt.

If you’re playing defensive line and the quarterback throws a 70 yard touchdown, it’s your fault for not sacking the QB. If you’re playing defensive back and the quarterback has fifteen seconds to throw and he throws a 70 yard touchdown, it’s your fault for not covering the man better.

The call didn’t go LSU’s way. In past years some calls haven’t gone our way. So what. That’s bush league psyche out stuff, man. Laughable. Don’t be somebody who blames games on officiating.

1995 against Arkansas we lost in the fourth quarter and there was a very controversial penalty called on Alabama that extended an Arkansas drive. The thing is, we lost. We didn’t make the play to win the game. We didn’t do what we had to do on the next play.

1) The ball was kicked at the 4 yard line by an LSU defender, but it was placed on the goal line, which led to the safety.

2) Wasn’t it Smelley who had a similar catch to that the LSU defender “intercepted”, earlier in the game that was ruled incomplete?

3) A clip on one of their big drives that wasn’t called.

4) I couldn’t tell you how many times I saw their WR’s blatantly holding, yet they weren’t called for it.

5) And is it illegal to consistently trip Julio Jones up every opportunity Peterson (I believe) got?

Now we’re even after the LSU Alabama 2004 Pass Interference no-call

At least LSU got the benefit of a replay on the alleged INT. We had a completion that was ruled out-of-bounds early in the game that didn’t get the same benefit because the “replay booth was down”.

No-one cares about that, however. No-one cares about the BS placement of the ball on the 1-foot line in the 3rd quarter that directly led to a safety either. The ball was touched by an LSU player at the three yard line and should have been placed there.

Everyone can play the bad call game. It’s been my experience that the bad calls usually even out. The problem is that journalists, announcers and fans take certain bad calls and anoint them as “game-changing”. There’s no guarantee what calls will be game changing and which won’t. We can agree that if there is a bad call that directly allows or nullifies a scoring play in a tight game, that is likely a game-changing play. However, some of the bad calls that are swept under the rug could have been just as important to the outcome of the game. No-one knows because the course of the future was changed by the outcome of the call.

If the replay booth had been operable and that out-of-bounds call on that early pass had been overruled, we might have marched down the field and scored on the first drive. That could have disheartened LSU and a blowout might have been the result. The fact that the bad call was left to stand may have affected the confidence of our players and that could have explained our slow start (3 points in first half).

In the third quarter, if the ball had been placed correctly at the three yard line, our play calling might have been a bit different and the safety might not have occurred. Remember that we had just finished a dominating drive ending in a McElroy-to-Hanks TD pass. Without the safety and having some remaining momentum, we might have marched it down the field for another scoring drive which could have been enough to ensure the win at 17-7. As it was, LSU got the safety, the ball, a momentum boost and a touchdown, making the score 15-10. So, the incorrect ball placement was quite possibly the cause for a 15 point swing.

That’s game-changing, but no-one is bringing that missed call to light. Why? Because there was no charged replay timeout on it? Because it didn’t appear to be important at the time? Maybe it is because emotion instead of logic is driving these arguments. Emotional arguments are usually very shallow and they ignore the facts that require a bit more research and rational judgement.

I do think we call a running play (admittedly one that might have had more success), but I still think the pass to Julio happens on second down, and the safety on third would’ve happened regardless of the extra two yards, and probably even if we get three yards on the first down running play.

Yes if Mark Ingram busted through the line on 1 and 10 from the 3 or 4 that eliminates the safety, but LSU didn’t just hand us huge gains on short yardage at any point in the game.

I do see though that the playcalling would have been different, I just don’t believe it would’ve changed the direction of the game.

And calling me “sensible”. That’s a first. And I see that you guys have picked up on my “the 3rd and 2 play was the most important of the game” in the above post. Obviously, I agree. Even if LSU punts, it probably gives Peterson enough time to get back on the field because, as we saw, the Tide was able to exploit Peterson sitting on the bench.

I do want to make one point about “The Call” that has not been made. One of the things I hate about replay is the way it absolves the officials on the field. Two different media outlets posted photos of Peterson’s foot divot on their pages today. It’s not like the official on the field couldn’t look down and use that little piece of evidence to help with their call. But once it goes to the replay booth, we’re left to talking about “indisputable evidence”. So everyone gets into an argument about the replay guy. LSU fans shouldn’t be mad at the replay guy, we should be made at the ref who made the call in the first place.

I saw Indiana-Iowa. I know what egregiously biased officiating looks like. This was not it. The refs blew the call, but the far bigger factor was that LSU’s offense was virtually down to its B team in the fourth. I don’t have worlds of confidence that Lee and Ridley could have keyed the game winning drive even if Peterson makes the INT.

does anyone have a video with this almost inerception. I missed it

we were completely in the dark on what was going on. when the official went to make the call he was cut off mid sentence. we all had no idea what was being reviewed – an interception or incomplete pass. so we just kind of stood around waiting to hear what it was ruled AND what the replay decided the whole time.

gentry estes mentions this in his story today.