Disappointing game to watch as a neutral party because Alabama clearly looked like superior team out there to me. Simply a case of Bama losing the game more than LSU winning it.
With Alabama's defense completely shutting down LSU I have no idea why Saban kept running out the long range kicker. And then throw the other guy in from 50+ afterwards. That could've easily been 3 balls down inside the 10 and Bama is looking at 3 more possessions with the ball back near midfield.
Then you throw in Maze letting that ball over his head on the punt near the end of the game (which he would've returned to near midfield) and the horrible mistakes in OT (dropped pass, bad penalty, overthrow on open target, and then falling down for a sack) and you're easily looking at the difference in the ballgame. I guess you have to give credit to LSU for not making those mistakes, but you got to think those are one time things for Alabama and it cost them the season most likely.
Wouldn't be surprised to see Arkansas take down LSU though. Arkansas has the explosive offense and LSU's aggressiveness could work against them if they don't make the plays.
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