re: An Updated List Of Things Miles Needs To Do To Become More "Saban Like"

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I've recited the litany of evidence before, but I'll do it again for the sake of thoroughness: NC's: Saban 3 Miles 1; SECCG's: Saban 3 Miles 2; Overall Undefeated Seasons: Saban 1 Miles 0; Undefeated Regular Seasons: Saban 2 Miles 1; Head to Head: Saban 4 Miles 3 (4-2 in last six excluding Saban's first year at Bama when he had none of his recruits; 2-0 in the last two games); Recruiting: Alabama's consensus class rating has exceeded LSU's in each year of Saban's Alabama tenure.

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These numbers are true, however I have one simple problem with them. They change drastically if ESPN did not reward Alabama a mulligan last year. LSU, not Alabama, won the 11/5 game. ESPN makes up crap such as "the eye test." Let me ask you, what did ESPN's eye test say about Texas A&M being a 14 point dog to alabama? Did the eye test lie to them?

The rematch should have never happened. Some will argue that LSU lost by 21 points. I would argue that in 1996 Bobby Bowden lost his rematch game for the title by 36 points. In 1996, Bobby Bowden took a back seat to nobody in the coaching ranks. The coach with the most D-1 wins in history was skull dragged by 36. It wasn't because he sucked and it wasn't because Florida was that much better.