re: It seems like the way to beat Saban is to give him looks he has never seen.

You can count on the fact that Saban will have his team expertly prepared to the T for what LSU has shown, that is the Modus Operandi of a coach like he is - leave no stone unturned, out-work, out-detail every other team using your unlimited resources and your superior or at worst equal athletes will take care of the rest.

That is exactly why it is so critical that there is a substantial amount of material that either hasn't been seen or has been so seldom seen that it is not predictable based on prior experience, AND that it meshes well enough our offensive/defensive philosophy that we can still execute it.