theknightswhosay

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all but a handful of programs

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There are maybe a handful of coaches in the world who would improve on Miles' winning percentage.

I'm not even sure Saban is one of them. Without the biases in Alabama's favor and their status as a program, I don't know if he wins as much as Miles has.

In this fantasy some of you have about Saban coming back here, I still don't think he wins a higher percentage than Miles has had in his time here. I think recruits would be wary about playing for him, because it would once again confirm that he's a risk to get bored where he is and go elsewhere.

And then there is just about every other coach, who would almost definitely do worse.

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Is it really the rule that you back them up 15 yards and then it's 1st and 10?

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I don't know the rule, but I've seen it called that way in other games, so I'm guessing it's justified in at least some instances. It might normally just happen after changes of possession.

Saban might not be a great person to know, but I think he has a pretty good handle on how the business work and is able to speak honestly and fairly about a lot of things.

Oh silly me. I thought Alabama was a good enough team to pull away every now and then at home. It must have just been because LSU quit, that makes much more sense.

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Bama fans have this weird fascination with male sodomy.

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At least he didn't tell us to squeal like a pig.

Mr Cornhole:
I seem to remember Alabama fans thinking they would have an easy time with Auburn and Oklahoma last season. I'm also pretty sure they didn't call the loss to Ole Miss or the 1-point win over Arkansas.

Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.

I started to become aware of football in the late 80s. My uncle gave me a copy of the 1989 media guide. I would read about each season one at a time, and I kept seeing WWWWWW L to Alabama WWWWLWWWW L to Alabama, etc. It didn't even seem to matter how good they were.

Then they became one of the best teams in the country over the following several seasons.

I didn't just jump from that to Alabama hatred, but I remember the 1989 season and later learning what happened to Bill Curry and wondering what on Earth was wrong with these people. Most people would have been euphoric to have gone 10-2 and they wanted the coach's head. As in, he wasn't physically safe in the state.

Then they became one of the best teams in the early '90s. It was awesome when we beat them in 1993, but it didn't make up for 1989 to 1994 for us vs. what it was for them.

Then even when we had the better team, we just couldn't beat them in Baton Rouge. So all of this evolved into them being the #1 team I wanted us to beat. Everything that's happened since January 2007 or whenever Saban was hired there has just increased these feelings.

I also ended up having people I knew from high school go there and going to college with people who were from there and were Bama fans. (I went to a southern college without a football team.)

I guess it's good to remind people who might be somewhat informed to vote. Les probably doesn't bother with politics enough to have a strong opinion anyway.

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When he talks about how bad he and his family got it from the LSU fan base after he chose Bama what he really means to say that nothing any stupid fan could say could hurt him as deep as his mom's rejection of his decision.

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Most likely, a number of friends and acquaintances of the family were LSU fans to begin with. So I doubt LSU fans sought them out in any large numbers, but it's probably people they already interacted with.

Most LSU fans will probably laugh at me, but I don't drink enough to really feel impaired unless it's something painful like the BCS championship against Bama. I like to be fully aware of the game.

I needed about a shot of whiskey for each half against Ole Miss. That kept me reasonably level. The first one was probably about 15 minutes (on the clock) after the game started, and the second one was late 3rd/early 4th quarter.