re: Name another school that could win a National Championship with Miles and O as head coach

There is an excellent reason LSU didn’t win a NC between 58 and 03

1) Paul Dietzel left for his dream job at Army
2) the innovative platoon system platoon system he created became moot due to rule changes in 62/63
3) Bear at Alabama
4) Bo Rein died in a plane crash forcing LSU to hire Stovall off the cuff
5) Arnsparger would have won one. He wanted to get out of coaching and took the AD job at Florida (where he hired Spirrier)
6) Rather than hire Spurrier, we hired 32 year old Mike Archer (Arnsparger’s D coordinated who really didn’t coordinate bc it was Arnspargwr)
7) We went cheap with the Curly and Dinardo hires


When Emmert came along he ended the “cheap” hire mindset. His model was a proven college winner with NFL and coordinator background. He picked Nick. The rest is history.


My caveat is that if dumbass Dinardo had not let Bull Reece leave (personality conflict ) after ‘97, there is a decent chance we win a NC between ‘97 and ‘03 under Dinardo. He could coach. He already owned Auburn at that point and began to pass Alabama. He was also a solid recruiter when winning. Lou Tepper derailed him. Nick shows up in 2000 and wins the SEC in 01 with Dinardo’s guys.