re: Can't believe LSU fans put up with this...

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Under Miles, LSU has had seasons with 3 losses or more every year since 2011. That is what matters.

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Number of LSU losses by year, excluding losses to Alabama:

2001: 3
2002: 4
2003: 1
2004: 3
2005: 2
2006: 2
2007: 2
2008: 4
2009: 3
2010: 2
2011: 0
2012: 2
2013: 2
2014: 4
2015: 2
2016: 1 (so far)

Looks pretty consistent to me. The four non-Bama-loss seasons are all spaced 6 years apart: 2002, 2008, 2014... one of which was under Saban's watch.

The 3 non-Bama-loss seasons occurred in 2001 (Saban), 2004 (Saban), and 2009 (Miles). Miles has actually just had one season in the last six years that resulted in more than 2 losses to teams not named Bama.

Average number of non-Bama losses by Nick Saban (2000-2004): 3.0 per year
Average number of non-Bama losses during Miles' Golden Era (2005-2011): 2.15 per year
Average number of non-Bama losses during Mile's "slide" (2012-2015): 2.5 per year

Prior to this year, even during this "slump" since 2012, LSU is only losing 0.35 more games per year to teams other than Bama than it did during the era in which all LSU fans were pleased (2005-2011). The so called slump is only resulting in one additional non-Bama loss every 3 seasons. That's hardly a slump.

Of course this doesn't take into account losses to Alabama. From 2000-2011, LSU was 9-4 against Alabama. Since 2012, LSU is 0-4 against Alabama.

LSU's problem is not Les Miles. LSU's problem is Nick Saban at Alabama. And that's not likely to be helped by hiring a new coach. It's going to take Alabama sliding.