Les Miles is without question the most unpopular coach in college football whose team is 6 and 0. Yet somehow, his LSU Tigers manage to keep winning, week after week, albeit with an anemic passing offense and a huge question mark at the QB position.
Last night, the TIgers went down to the Swamp in Gainesville and pulled out another head-scratching yet very actual victory over the Gators. A week ago, it was Keystone Kops and Apocalypse Now, with a game of "who's in charge here?" as time expired against the Volunteers. Yet the Tigers were able to run one more play with no time on the clock, and in true Cajun Voodoo fashion, stunned Tennessee with a goal line touchdown. This week it was a fake field goal attempt that turned into a first down, and a touchdown drive with just seconds left on the clock.
Miles may not be a mad scientist, but his unhinged style of coaching does seem to be working, if nothing else in being able to unsettle the temperament of his opponents. This whole week I have been opining that Miles is almost like the Frank Booth of college football; I pretty much expect him to start cussing and huffing nitrous from the sideline every weekend. But I gotta hand it to him: he wins games.
So with Alabama's loss yesterday to South Carolina, it's two breeds of Tigers on top of the SEC West. Wow. Who would have thought that a few weeks ago?
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