re: I can't rewatch games with Jordan Jefferson.

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Honestly, people need to stop freaking out about that, because [attacking the opponent's strength] is the correct answer.

When Saban took over Alabama, LSU and Florida (with Tebow) were the best teams in the conference. What were LSU and Florida's best strengths? Power running, right up your face, and break your defense. What did Saban do? He attacked that, built teams to completely stonewall the line of scrimmage.

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uh, no.

Your Saban argument is horribly flawed. Defending against your opponent's strengths isn't the same as "attacking their strengths."

Miles did the dumb thing - identify Bama's defensive strength, and then run straight into it, with extreme predictabilty.

No sane coach does this - it's why coordinators work 20 hours a day watching film and finding ways to negate their opponent's strength.

It's why teams rarely threw to Dion Sanders' side of the field. Les Miles' philosophy would be to do exactly that.

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saying that a team that got outgained 600-0 outplayed their opponents is simply beyond all comprehension.

But hey, you stick with it.

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yea don’t argue with that idiot. His point is one of the dumbest things I’ve seen on this board

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[Les Miles] beat [Alabama] 5 times. Got screwed in at least another 3 of those by the refs.

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context, as always, is needed.

Two of Miles' wins against Bama were when Mike Shula was there, and they weren't good.

One of Miles' wins against Saban was in Saban's first year at Bama, when he was rebuilding.

After that, and the talent on each team was about equal, Miles lost 7 of 9.

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Fixed it for you.

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once again, you're focusing only on the final score and not on the underlying facts that I put in my hypothetical.

You're not being intellectually honest here, but that's fine. I expected it.

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My fumble return for a touchdown > your 90 yard drive with nothing to show for it. If that sh*te happens all game long, no one will remember those 600 yds. amassed between the twenties. Just the final score.

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all that may be true…. and still doesn’t explain who outplayed who.

It’s obvious to all knowledgeable football fans that a team that outgains the other team 600-0 has outplayed that team.

But if you want to die on this hill, go for it.

Then use your remote and turn it off, Where did you play....Sport

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once again, you're focusing only on the final score

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It's the only thing that fricking matters.

I couldn’t watch the first time, Miles should have been fired solely on the decision to play him

agreed

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It's the only thing that fricking matters.

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not even close to being true. Everyone knows the final score doesn't always tell the true tale about how a team is playing.

For example, if we win our first few games 21-17, but all our points were scored by the defense and our offense gains little yardage, the coaches and fans shouldn't be happy, just because we're winning.

We should all be greatly alarmed, and the coaches should make drastic changes to the offense because we'll need it when we play the better teams on our schedule.

Merely looking at the scoreboard at the end of the game and letting those two numbers solely determine how the team is playing (and whether a change is required) is far, far too simplistic.