BOL Round Table

Miles is a bad coach when it comes to x's and o's.

Would u bet money on this? I wouldnt. People forget Miles was on the hot seat a couple years ago.

I thought the exact same thing. I was starting to believe his being so goofy and confused was mostly an act. Nope. He's not that good an actor.

For them to look so unbeatable most of the year then lay that big of an egg in the biggest game of their lives is baffling. I know we played great and made them look bad but they didn't even put up a fight. We didn't even have to make their asses quit, they volunteered.

Spoke to a friend of mine down in Louisiana and he absolutely feared having to play us again. I believe the whole LSU nation knows that "Saban beat Saban" in the first game and they wanted no part of a rematch......LSU was mentally defeated before the game ever started. Not sure if its was the Saban factor, the Bama factor, our defense, or they just had not confidence.
I personally think the LSU players and coaches know their team is privately in schambles and they had not confidence as a team in their coahces or gameplan. They knew their luck was going to run out and we could match them talent-wise. Without those 2 things, they were dead in the water and they knew Miles coaching ability wasn't going to pull them out

This is it. Their D held Bama to 60% of their average scoring output. Good job, LSU D.

They Offense was comically bad (Ga Southern scored 21 on us). But it had been really had at times all year if you look at how they scored. The difference was that they typically generated 2-4 turnovers a game, and major special teams plays that swung momentum suddenly. When it started swinging, they rode it to wins with a run game (see Oregon and Georgia games).

You cannot rely on turnovers to win all year. While they can be improved with coaching, they are (in some ways) a statistical fluke that cannot be relied upon to win games consistently.

I expect LSU to take a step backwards next year. Not just because of the soul-crushing beatdown they just got, but because their turnover ratio will return to a more normal level next year (regression to the mean, see Lester for an example). In short, teams won't beat themselves for LSU.