re: LSU was undefeated in 2016 with Canada as OC

Well, I will put it like this. As I recall the Florida game, LSU looked to me like they came ready to play. Maybe it's a matter of degrees (of focus), and maybe they weren't at 100% following big games against Alabama and Arkansas, but they played pretty hard for most of the game and well enough to win except for mistakes in critical situations (and losing Beckwith). Was Beckwith's injury due to lack of focus? How many teams play at their highest level of focus every week? I wasn't too enthused with Orgeron's hiring, but to me LSU played with more intensity week in and week out than they did under Miles.

As far as the Bobby Knight quote (assuming I remember his statement correctly), I think he was just saying in a loose way what you are saying.

A running back with great focus on ball security is certainly not as likely to fumble as when he is not properly focused, but great focus doesn't guarantee no mistakes. No one is perfect, and the other team can force mistakes even from players who are playing highly focused. And sometimes, shite just happens, sometimes more than once in the same game. I can see a ST player 100% focused, trying his best to cut off a gunner on the punt team, and then throwing what he thinks is a legitimate block only to have the gunner turn his body at the last split second, making the block appear to be a block in the back (to the official). Is that lack of focus, or just an error in judgement in the heat of the action, or just bad luck because of the way the official saw it? That's just one play, but sometimes there can be several plays like that in a game.