re: 24-23 But Who Did He Beat?

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Are there people that really say this or did you make this up?

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Nope. Saw it several times on the Rant and by LSU posters on the SEC Rant.

We got 5 salty bitches peaking in here

Is this the best record by a coach ever in this category?

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DamnStrong1860

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these are interesting stats to me but, not the most important stat. that would be the comparison of miles to other coaches. lsu is just over .500 whereas the 2nd closest over the same time period is texas at .383. given that texas' opponents are significantly weaker than lsu's, miles' record is just unbelievable. no other coach is even in the same universe in this regard.

it's clear that he has some quality as a coach that he instills in the team that no matter what the score is or what the circumstances are, they still have a chance.

I would say my biggest criticism of miles is that there have been a few years where the season was hanging on the bama game and lsu lost. afterwards, they seemed to quit losing to undermanned ole miss or ark.

Les Miles rules!!!

i really loved this list so I wanted to write it another way

2005
#5 LSU @ #15 Arizona State
#11 Florida @ #8 LSU
#15 Auburn #7 LSU
#5 LSU @ #3 Alabama

2006
#13 LSU @ #8 Tenn
UR Ole Miss @ #9 LSU

2007
#9 Florida @ #1LSU
#17 Auburn @ #4LSU
#3 LSU @ #17 Alabama
#7 LSU vs #14 Tennessee (SEC CG in Atlanta)

2008
UR Troy @ #19LSU
#6 LSU @ #10 Auburn

2009
#4 LSU @ #14 Georgia
UR Arkansas @ #17LSU

2010
UR Tennessee @ #12 LSU
#12 LSU @ #14 Florida
#5 Alabama @ #12 LSU
UR Ole Miss @ #5 LSU

2011
#1 LSU @ #2 Alabama


2012
UR Ole Miss @ #8LSU

2013
UR Arkansas @ #15 LSU

2014
#13 LSU vs #14 Wisconsin (in Houston)
UR LSU @ UR Florida
#3 Ole Miss @ #24 LSU

so 11 of the 24 were also on the road

I would be interested to know how many of the 23 losses we were down by more than a TD at the beginning of the 4th (I am guessing 10-15). Not that losing big is a good thing but it would further show that if the game is close, lsu probably wins it.

How many of these games are home vs away?

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Notes: 16 of the 25 were against ranked opponents. 15 of the 25 were against “Big Six” SEC opponents. 1 of the 25 was against a non power 5 team. 9 of the 25 were against unranked opponents. BUT only 8 times did a ranked LSU team have to come back against an unranked opponent (in the 2014 UF game both LSU and UF were unranked). 3 of the instances where LSU had to come back against an unranked opponent were in 2008 and 2009 which were years where LSU arguably shouldn't have been ranked either. 5 of the instances where LSU had to come back against an un ranked opponent were against Ole Miss and Arkansas who both seem to always play LSU tough no matter what the rankings say. 4 of the 25 were actually upset victories against top 10 teams. Another nega-Tiger myth busted?

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20 of 25 you listed LSU was ranked higher than the opponent, suggesting we shouldn't have been trailing in the fourth quarter to begin with.

To be 24-23 (not sure where you got 25-23 from) when trailing in the 4th quarter through 128 games (the number of games we've had under Miles) requires, first, that you have to trail in the 4th quarter in 47 of 128 games (about 37% of games). It's great to win the majority of the games when you trail in the 4th quarter. It's not so great to trail in the 4th quarter in 37% of your games. Whatever Bear Bryant's record was when he trailed in the 4th quarter, I'll bet nowhere close to 37% of his games fit the category to begin with.