I respect him already. No other team in college football history has had such distractions to their season, yet they've hung together, played hard, and have a 7-1 record and a #5 ranking. If people are goig to rate him on whether or not he is as good a coach as Nick Saban, then he'll always be a failure in their mind. No one is as good as Nick Saban, but he's got his own strengths, and he's earned my respect. Nick never had back to back great seasons, so the prospect of Les having them is not that great either, but I suspect next year, if we don't go 7-1, people will bash him compared to Nick - as if Nick had great season after great season.
Everyone was saying that Oklahoma was guaranteed a victory over Kansas State in the 2003 Big 12 game. Remember the outcome of that one? I'm not saying Ole Miss and the Pigs are gonna wax us, but they could be the spoiler. I don't think Coach Miles will let them look ahead or get cocky after what they have done this season. As long as we focus on 1 game at a time, it should be all good.
