Sorry I took the last 3 weeks off. Life’s been busy, and honestly, did anyone need a prediction from me to tell you that we were going to be either Alabama, Ole Miss, or Louisiana Tech? A couple of points on the last couple of weeks:
- The team seems to be in a rhythm lately. Looks like the defense isn’t as dominant as advertised in the pre-season. While they are not dominant, they do come up with clutch plays when it counts a la Chad Jones’ forced fumble against ‘Bama, or the turnovers against Ole Miss when the Rebels were in scoring position. Yes, I know that it was a brain-hemorrhaging coaching blunder by Orgeron to put Adams in the game, but it does take someone on the other end of the ball to make the interception.
- Jacob Hester and Trindon Holliday are better than advertised – sure Hester doesn’t have the breakaway speed or the flashy moves that the other guys do, but all he does is get around 4 yards a carry, and get first downs. Trindon Holliday? Who knew the super-midget would be this good? Too bad we didn’t have him doing returns against Florida last year.
- Les has done awesome here, and I’m his biggest fan, but the guy has had a karma sculpture of golden horseshoes welded together like a shamrock up his ass more than once over the past few years. In recent memory, you have the wins over Florida, Auburn, and Bama — but let’s not forget the previous two years when Jamarcus Russell literally won the game for us more than 4 times: Against Alabama in 2005, Auburn in 2005, Tennessee in 2006, and Ole Miss in 2006. I know I’m leaving some games out but the truth remains the same: these are 7 games that were a lucky bounce either way: Les could just as easily be 24-12 as he is 31-5.There’s a big difference between 11-1 per season and 8-4.You know what they say about luck, however, the harder one works, the luckier they tend to get. Les is a workhorse, and I hope he stays.
- Les Miles to Michigan. Whenever the media makes such an adamant argument, beware. Remember the beginning of the season when all the pundits predicted Saban to have a 9/10 win season? Or USC being the best team EVER in 2005, or how about Ohio State to blow the fuck out of Florida in 2006? Whatever Michigan / Les decide, it will be a difficult decision.
- I have to address all the haters over the summer that told me how “great” a coach Saban is, and how I should “hang myself” and that I am “just bitter” on my predictions. I’ll admit that Saban is better than I had expected, but the refs clearly won the games for the Tide against Ole Miss and Arkansas. You should be 4-7 right now. Congrats on that turd you just laid on “9-11″ or “pearl harbor” against Louisiana-Monroe, currently ranked 104th in the country. I told you that they would lose to either Louisiana-Monroe or Houston. Except the national championship year, he always laid a turd against an inferior team.Yes, I know that an LSU fan should be the last person to talk about barely winning games, but hell, we’re the most penalized team in the conference. Alabama is the least penalized team. That being said, good luck against Auburn. Bama has the edge on WR’s, but JPW has to get better. Enjoy the process, bitches.
