'08 opponent win percentage- fits with the PAC10 vs SEC debate...

So I mosey on over to this little thread, and I see it revolves around "Phil Steele's College Football Preview." Wow.

 

That's a thread in itself and it is another coach joining the league with a question mark over his head. I don't know about you, but the hire didn't send "shock waves" in my direction. Nor, did it send worries.

 

As long as we understand each other...it isn't a slam on Crowton or an endorsement of Fisher. (wouldn't have minded if he was OC rather than Applewhite)

 

I'm sure, Applewhite was not ready for that job, or that demanding a boss, and I thought that when they hired him.

 

Yeah, those were the days. Getting smashed by Texas made me so proud. Choking to jokes like Iowa was a great experience. Letting UAB beat us was a very positive experience for the Saban-led LSU football team.

But I did like how Saban used to always have a heart attack on the sideline as LSU's coach. I could predict it to everybody watching the game -- "Hey, watch, Saban is going to freak out and have a heart attack at some point during this game." Yes, fun to watch, fun to predict, but sad that he was so stressed about how he had no idea how to be a legendary coach. Miles might be an "idiot," but he very well might end up a legendary coach. As for Saban... I don't think it's going to happen. But I feel bad for the guy, and I do hope he does well at Alabama (because even if he does the 100% best he can do with the Tide, I don't believe he will do as good as Miles at LSU). But when Miles starts sinking below Saban levels, I'll be kinda hoping for a new coach, like I was doing during the Saban era.

 

Trindon was a running back. He rushed on that fumble. He had two receptions all year as opposed to 53 rushing attempts.

 

If you want to get down to it, Trindon is not even a football player. What's his biggest asset to LSU? Kick or punt returns? Yeah, his return vs. Arkansas was insane, but LSU's kick return game has been terrible for SEC standards. Trindon ain't no Rocket Ismael or Charles Woodsen or Dion Sanders.

As for the claim that LSU lost only 3 fumbles all season, if that was true, that would be insane.

 

With that reasoning, then Tebow was not a QB during his freshman season.

The man played out of the RB position most of the time, and if not, he was used for end-arounds.
It's a technical issue, but to say no RB lost a fumble is ignoring the fact that Holliday was used as a part of the RB committee.

 

It's a matter of semantics. If you look at the statistics, it does indeed show that LSU only "lost" 3 fumbles. That doesn't indicate how many times the ball was fumbled but how many of those fumbles were recovered by the opponent. So in the above stat, LSU may have fumbled the ball 10 times but recovered it 7 times, which is insane. Someone will have to take a game by game look to see the actual number of times the ball was fumbled.



Okay I took a look up through the South Carolina game. Heck LSU fumbled 3x just against SoCar but 0 were lost. Prior to that LSU had committed 3 other fumbles in games but had lost only one. So for the record to that point in the season, LSU had committed 6 fumbles but lost only one.

 

I reserved judgment, but looking back I have to agree with you. The demanding part is correct. He expected him to be able to react to the game in the SEC. I first noticed the break down during the UT game. Even though we were up, and up big, the break downs in play calling were evident. Heck, I noticed that watching it on TV. At that point, I figured we'd see some changeover but didn't know when it would come.

When Houston called, and Saban told him to interview for the experience of interviewing it was evident he was out. Not to Houston, but to a team that would call that would at least be a lateral, or not much of a step down, move.

Right now, I'd say in the future he'd be a perfect fit for a BYU type job.