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Sackfest for NMSU.

Strong finish by Trindon at the end of that run on the tackle by current South Carolina DL coach, Travian Robertson.

The TE reverse was my favorite play call.
More of those types of runs and more carries for Trindon would've would've been boons for the run game.

Creepy stuff.
Others you might enjoy for Sunday reading:

Leviticus 26

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You will eat the flesh of your sons and the flesh of your daughters. 30 I will destroy your high places, cut down your incense altars and pile your dead bodies on the lifeless forms of your idols, and I will abhor you. 31 I will turn your cities into ruins and lay waste your sanctuaries, and I will take no delight in the pleasing aroma of your offerings. 32 I myself will lay waste the land, so that your enemies who live there will be appalled. 33 I will scatter you among the nations and will draw out my sword and pursue you. Your land will be laid waste, and your cities will lie in ruins.

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1 Samuel 15

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3 Now go, attack the Amalekites and totally destroy all that belongs to them. Do not spare them; put to death men and women, children and infants, cattle and sheep, camels and donkeys.’”

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Deuteronomy 32

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I will make my arrows drunk with blood,
while my sword devours flesh:
the blood of the slain and the captives,
the heads of the enemy leaders.”

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Revelation 12

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3 Then another sign appeared in heaven: an enormous red dragon with seven heads and ten horns and seven crowns on its heads. 4 Its tail swept a third of the stars out of the sky and flung them to the earth. The dragon stood in front of the woman who was about to give birth, so that it might devour her child the moment he was born.

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The rest of that show was fun tho.

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Yeah, but some of that stuff going back to the Miles era is illustrative of untapped potential and why Alabama was able to pull away as a program. Specifically the glorification of cheap shots and preparation for the 2012 BCSCG. Retrorant incoming...

The emphasis should've been on dominant blocking. That looks a lot better on a replay than cheap shots. The way offensive linemen were (not) developed during that era, it's really not surprising, though. For T specifically, I think he would've had to play at a different weight to be dominant. Either something like a 270-280 jumbo TE, which would've fit how Miles liked to use TEs. Or a heavier Aaron Taylor-type player. (Not to be confused with the other 90s All-American OL Aaron Taylor who now does analysis with CBS.)

Then the part about preparing for Alabama with the option. That was something that probably came about from seeing Georgia Southern rush for over 300 yards vs. Alabama in 2011. But that was their thing. Jefferson never ran the option instinctively. Really, it would've been better to have Russell Shepard running that as an option QB. But then there would've still been issues with predictability for that, so a somewhat diverse package would need to be installed for it.
Then the other issue is at RB. That roster was mostly big backs at RB. Not a good matchup for a Saban defense, and Miles never seemed to understand that. With Alabama on the schedule every year, the roster should've always had a few scatback types who could exploit Alabama's big LBs. Instead, Miles would just run big RBs right into those defenses, playing right into Alabama's hands. They were built for just that thing.
A diverse package with a quick QB and a quick scatback for the pitch, and some built-in threats for passes, that could've worked.
Or having Jefferson start the game with a few deep shots to set up QB run on pass plays in man coverage. Maybe, but there was always that issue of Jefferson not being very instinctive on runs. Those rosters really needed specific personnel for Alabama. Miles seemed to be oblivious to mismatch opportunities in personnel. I mean, hardly anyone ever talked about it, but Saban intentionally built defenses with jumbo LBs. Good players, yes, some exceptionally good. But there are vulnerabilities to playing with that much size. And Louisiana is an ideal area to find those types of players who create mismatch opportunities.
Offensive players (football and basketball) with high-level quickness and change of direction are mismatches for defensive length and overall size.

Up from the ashes, ready to take flight.
Atlanta needs some air support. They're currently last in the NFL in PYG at 123.5.

Two things: the Ole Miss rebuild, and finding Chambliss -- two of the most impressive things to me in college coaching in recent years.

Did you know Mount Everest only gets measured to 3 feet high by a yardstick?
Let's do this with Saban: only won 62.5% of games vs. Gus Malzahn, 50% vs. Dabo Swinney; 3-3 in CFP Championship Games; 7-6 in 2007, officially 2-6 after wins were vacated, and one of the 7 losses was to Louisiana-Monroe; only won 59% of games with Michigan State.
Of course there are the 7 National Championships, rebuilds with LSU and Alabama, the best dynasty in the history of college football, etc. But that's obviously something that gets ignored for the purposes of distorted framing.

You don't need to cherry-pick for a distorted narrative to make the point that Osborne would've faced different challenges in a different era. Swinney is going through a version of that now.
We don't know how good Osborne would've been in the 2000s. But I think it's a mistake to just presume he was too old-school for changing times. For one, we have the example of Iowa here in this thread that a lot of the old-school stuff has continued to be effective. Then you have the aspect of option football. Some people underestimate how hard that is to slow down when it gets rolling, and that led to one of Saban's most well-known media rants.
Georgia Southern rushed for 302 yards against that 2011 defense. A defense that allowed an average of 183.6 YPG for the season.
It creates a lot of issues for defenses in being sound in assignments. But it also creates potential matchup issues with those types of big defenses that were built to shut down the run between the tackles. Because the option gets them thinking and moving horizontally. If you go smaller and faster on defense, then those guys have to play the run between the tackles, and they're going to have to take on a fullback. That will take a physical toll on a defense. And we don't know how Osborne might have added to the offense playing in a different era.

The NCAA officially vacates wins retroactively, so it seems it would be possible to change something like this.

No, I mean about "hijinks" in relation to Lane.
The LSU talent thing, yeah, he has been saying that for years.

Jesse Legree had 8 catches for 240 yards and 2 TDs vs. Texas Tech. The game was close until late in the 4th, and he was their go-to guy for big plays.
5 catches for 136 yards and a TD in his first college game vs. Houston.
Not heavily recruited and not ranked in the 247. Good recruiting find by someone.