The best written article on the LSU/Bama game by Pat Forde (Chavis emotional after win)

LSU defense clamps down to win a classic - College Football - Rivals.com



By the time they reached the visiting locker room, Miles had a gift for his defensive coordinator: the game ball.

Chavis gratefully accepted it, then told the room, “That ball will mean a lot once it gets everyone’s name on it that was on the battlefield.”

 

"It’s shaping up to be the Year of Les, or maybe most importantly, the year Les puts some of the antics behind him and he’s seen as the coach he is.

Then again, who else would hit the deck pregame and then search for video proof of the embarrassment."

 

pregame

when the team came out onto the field

 

Speaking about how Saban gets a pass for foolish decisions he made during the LSU game:

"If this were Miles, he'd be getting roasted for too much Lesticles with the Maze pass, for sheer stupidity on his first-half field-goal use and for his laissez-faire attitude leading to costly second-half penalties. This was Saban, though, so his hands stayed mostly clean.

We tend to put coaches in boxes; Saban gets to be a calculating genius while Miles is the mad genius who lucks his way into victories. Neither is totally true. Miles makes a lot of his own luck, and Saban makes his share of mistakes."

So true.

I haven't heard many really digging into Saban for the way he managed this game. All we here is how LSU was fortunate Bama missed 4 FGs.