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I'm not going to try and debate the right call/dumb call issue, mainly b/c it's really hard to defend, lol. But they DID win, and at the end of the day, that's ALL that matters.
I will point out that in the Auburn game the receiver actually caught the ball w/ 4 seconds left on the clock. And the fact that they actually lined up on the ball w/ around 15-16 seconds left on the clock, it just seemed to take a lot longer than it should have to get the ball snapped. I don't believe it was a dumb decision to go for the endzone in that situation, one shot for the win, if it doesn't work you let your kicker try to win it for you. It just looked a lot worse after the 3 seconds ticked off, after the receiver had caught it.
Florida game.......well, that's a different story. Like I said, that's a pretty tough one to defend, LOL.
Here's a copy & paste job from a Tiger website on some stats for Miles career at LSU:
32-5 = The Hat's Overall Record at LSU
19-4 = The Hat's SEC regular season record
19-0 = The hat's record against unranked teams
13-5 = The Hat's record against Top 25 teams
11-4 = The Hat's record against Top 15 teams
6-3 = The Hat's record against Top 10 teams
6-1 = The Hat's record at home against Top 20 teams
2-0 = The Hat's Bowl Record
19-1 = The Hat's Home record
11-0 = The Hat's record in November
13-1 = The Hat's record against the SEC West
11-3 = The Hat's road record
2 SEC West Titles
Won the SEC West outright for the first time in LSU history
Only LSU coach to ever post 3 straight 10 win seasons
Only LSU coach to ever post back-to-back 11 win seasons
Only the 2nd LSU coach to ever post back-to-back Top 5 finishes, (Paul Dietzel was the other)
Only LSU coach to beat Alabama, Auburn and Florida in the same season, (He has done it twice)
Has come from behind victories over:
#15 Arizona State
#4 Alabama
#15 Auburn
#11 Florida
#8 Tennessee
#9 Florida
#17 Auburn
#17 Alabama
Ranked in the Top 15 in 45 of 45 polls
Ranked in the Top 10 in 39 of 45 polls
Ranked in the Top 5 in 26 of 45 polls
Ranked #1 in 4 of 44 polls
Has beaten 5 National Championship coaches:
1. Larry Coker
2. Phillip Fulmer
3. Steve Spurrier
4. Urban Meyer, (twice)
5. Nick Saban
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