re: This was quite the coaching job by Nick Saban this year...

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The difference between Bama being in the playoffs and not being in the playoffs are a freakish Hail Mary, a dropped punt, and a season ending injury for Jordan Travis. None of that was coached (unless the dude who hit Travis was a Bama transfer, I didn’t see it happen).

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There's not enough space on this page for me to write out all the things LSU would have to do better to make it into the playoff.