re: So we may get blown out. We will recover. A&M, Georgia, Oklahoma did

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Why did that lead to a decline? It was a fantastic year by all measurable indicators.

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No one wants to hear it, but 2011 was pretty fluky: we had like a +20 turnover margin, the SEC was about as weak as it's been in recent memory, we should have lost the first game in Tuscaloosa, we had no first downs in the entire first half against Georgia until Mathieu's return TD flipped the momentum, etc.

Miles' Bo Schembechler philosophy was not going to win in the modern era