For the morons: TL:DR.

Funny how things change in a year.

One year ago, it was Bama fans pissed off at the mighty Saban for losing "The Game of the Century" AT HOME to LSU. Bama fans were going insane over the fact that their "genius" coach, for the second year in a row, lost to that moron from Baton Rouge. After all, Bama had dominated the game. They had 50 more yards of offense, had the ball in the red zone once, and dominated TOP by four to five minutes. What cost them the game? Costly decisions to kick long FGs instead of going for it or punting, along with a trick play that backfired.

But then there was hope! See, Alabama has history! They are a Tier One/Media Darling program that had won 2 NCs since the days of the Bear 40 years ago. The CFB media was bound and determined to right what was wrong for one of their darlings. After all, Bama was clearly the better team despite the fact that they couldn't win the most important game on their schedule, AT HOME. Since week one against Oregon, they just knew LSU was going to eventually lose. Forget LSU and the fact that they were running one of the toughest gauntlents in the history of the sport...no no, the mighty genius Nick Saban needed a do over, because, you know, that's what awesome coaches do and the media had to be proven right.

Well, we all know what happened next. History was made. The genius brought the team with weakest resume in the history of the BCSNCG and exacted his revenge on the Moron from Baton Rouge. All was right in the world. Saban was now 3-3 agains the fool out west and, more importantly, stole his title, along with the greatest season in the history of the sport. All hail the genius.

Fast forward one year, and here we are again. In 2012, the roles are reversed. 2012 LSU/Bama witnessed a domination in the regular season game like none before. The genius Saban watched as the Moron's team's QB nearly put up LSU's first 300yard passing game in years. The genius watched as the moron trotted out a Freshman RB that racked up over 100 yards. The genius watched as his "unbeatable" team blew an 11 point lead, while his offense went 3 and out on every possession except for 2 in the second half. Then, as fate would have it, the genius watched as the "moron" went into prevent defense and "handed" him the game.

Now, it is LSU's turn to do what we do best: Eat our own. One year later, we are pissed at our coach for the same reasons Gumps were pissed at the Genius a year ago: We did too many stupid things with the FG team, and failed on a trick play.

The difference? LSU won't get a second chance. Ask Bama fans or this Bama team if they want to play LSU again this year.

Look, I'm all for bashing Miles. I've done it here before plenty of times, but if Saban is the best coach in college football, then Miles is a close second. The only thing separating them is an uprecedented Mulligan. I'm sorry there are a lot of you here who can't see this.

Thank you, Les Miles for the job you've done this year. The fact that we should have beaten Bama with two FRESHMAN Olineman (and an overhauled line) several FRESHMAN DBs (who shut down Bama's vaunted O) and several FRESHMAN LBs who are getting better speaks wonders. It also demolishes another one of the standard Rantard "facts" that Miles only plays Seniors or Jr.

If you need more comparisons how close these coaches are, examine all of the regular season matchups.

2007 - LSU won. Who cares, right?
2008 - The Genius had an unbeated SEC Championship quality team that needed OT to beat a Freshman QB that threw FOUR picks, including a Pick 6. LSU ran all over the genius' unbeatable defense.
2009 - The Genius needed several obvious terrible calls to win this one, along with having LSU trotting out it's second string QB, RB and DBs in the 4th quarter....all the while having a lead.
2010 - LSU won. Who cares?
2011 - LSU won "the game of the century that didn't count". Who cares? The Genius got the mulligan and won.

I could go on and on. Those of you who don't like Miles are going to be miserable. "Enjoy" your time as tiger fans the next several years.

As for me, I was damned entertained Saturday night. I wonder how the announcers were handling their beloved darling damn near getting beat. I bet they were terrified of the prospects.

Were they setting up another Mulligan just in case? God knows the "genius" almost needed another one.