re: Why a 10-3 or 11-2 season is wildly successful this year....

We bring back something like 36 of 44 in the 2 deep depending on who goes pro.

I'd love for Minter, Reid, and Simon to stay, though I am guess that Simon is gone at least. Possibly the other two as well.

9 starters back on offense (10 if you count Chris Faulk/Blue returning). 5 starters back on defense at least, maybe more considering the other 6 are all juniors and it would be suprising to see 6 juniors declare for the draft.

At any rate, we have an insane amount of talent and experience coming back. This year did not meet expectations, but when you consider the injuries/suspensions and how much we actually lost from last year's run, to think that a possible 11-2 and Sugar Bowl season is a "down/rebuilding" year is pretty incredible.

Plus, we have the #2 recruiting class coming in with some guys who will make immediate contributions.

I might make some different decisions from Miles during the game, but anyone who says that he is a bad coach is basically brain-dead when it comes to football. Saban never had us at this level consistently and Miles has been here 8 years going on 9. We will be a preseason top 3 team again next year. Bad coaches don't produce like that.