Is there any other coach out there who has won four bowl games in a row, completely dominating in each one of them? Heck, many good coaches struggle just simply winning their bowl games: Les Miles 4-0 in last four 2005 - won Peach over Miami, 40-3 2006 - won Sugar over Notre Dame, 41-14 2007 - won BCSNCG over Ohio State, 38-24 2008 - won Peach over Georgia Tech, 38-3 Dennis Erickson 1-6 in last seven 1992 - lost Sugar to Alabama, 13-34 1993 - lost Fiesta to Arizona, 0-29 1994 - lost Orange to Nebraska, 17-24 1999 - lost Oahu to Hawaii 17-23 2000 - won Fiesta over Notre Dame, 41-9 2002 - lost Insight to Pittsburgh, 13-38 2007 - lost Holiday to Texas, 34-52 Houston Nutt 1-5 in last six 2000 - lost Las Vegas to UNLV, 14-31 2001 - lost Cotton to Oklahoma, 3-10 2002 - lost Music City to Minnesota, 14-29 2003 - won Independence over Missouri, 27-14 2006 - lost Capital One to Wisconsin, 14-17 2007 - lost Cotton to Missouri, 7-38 Bob Stoops 1-4 in last five 2003 - lost Sugar to LSU, 14-21 2004 - lost Orange to USC, 19-55 2005 - won Holiday over Oregon, 17-14 2006 - lost Fiesta to Boise State, 42-43 2007 - lost Fiesta to West Virginia, 28-48 Frank Beamer 1-4 in last five 2003 - lost Insight to Cal, 49-52 2004 - lost Sugar to Auburn, 13-16 2005 - won Gator over Louisville, 35-24 2006 - lost Peach to Georgia, 24-31 2007 - lost Orange to Kansas, 21-24 Steve Spurrier 2-3 in last five 1999 - lost Citrus to Mich State, 34-37 2000 - lost Sugar to Miami, 20-37 2001 - won Orange over Maryland, 56-23 2005 - lost Independence to Missouri, 31-38 2006 - won Liberty over Houston, 44-36 Kirk Ferentz 2-3 in last five 2002 - lost Orange to USC, 17-38 2003 - won Outback over Florida, 37-17 2004 - won Capital One over LSU, 30-25 2005 - lost Outback to Florida, 24-31 2006 - lost Alamo to Texas, 24-26 Jim Tressel 1-2 in last three 2005 - won Fiesta over Notre Dame, 34-20 2006 - lost BCSNCG to Florida, 14-41 2007 - lost BCSNCG to LSU, 24-38 Bobby Bowden 2-2 in last four 2005 - lost Orange to Penn State, 23-26 2006 - won Emerald over UCLA, 44-27 2007 - lost Music City to Kentucky, 28-35 2008 - won Champs over Wisconsin, 42-13 Bobby Petrino 2-2 in last four 2003 - lost GMAC to Miami-Ohio, 28-49 2004 - won Liberty over Boise State, 44-40 2005 - lost Gator to Virginia Tech, 24-35 2006 - won Orange over Wake Forest, 24-13 Nick Saban 2-2 in last four 2002 - lost Cotton to Texas, 20-35 2003 - won Sugar over Oklahoma, 21-14 2004 - lost Capitol One to Iowa, 25-30 2007 - won Independence over Colorado, 30-24
I said the same thing last night. Odd year + new DC + firm QB status + mix of old and new talent + top recruiting class = BCSNC baby!!! Yeah, JohnLSU must be a journalist or photographer, eh?