re: Can We Be Honest Regarding LSU & Alabama?

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Well we statistically dominated them in every possible category in 2012.

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Rushing Yards and YPA

Alabama - 166, 6.6

LSU - 139, 2.8

(Russell Shepard averaged 7.3 YPA in that game.)


I can't give you a numerical measure for talent, but LSU was extremely talented in 2012. LSU had the talent advantage at many key positions, and I think had the overall talent edge. The LSU Offense had great balance. TOP was critical in that game (I remember Trai Turner playing really well that night), and if you want to give Miles credit for that, okay, and I'll agree with you, but I don't think that's sufficient to say that he "out-schemed" Saban. And the big things that were missing, in my view, were more diversity and deception in the running game, and attacking specific spots of the Alabama D to exploit their weaknesses for more big plays.