... and often was that Les Miles won with Nick Saban's players.  

Few realize that drumbeat began with the Alabama press and bloggers from the day Miles arrived on the LSU campus. These folks know that due to a solid home state recruiting base and proximity to Texas, LSU was the one western division team that could stand toe to toe with the Tide year in and year out.  

As long as LSU was strong, Alabama's return to dominance was in serious jeopardy. The question the REC (Red Elephant Club) faithful asked themselves was how can we take these guys down?

1. Attack LSU as being corrupt? Due to their history of NCAA violations, the Tide faithful couldn't accuse the comparatively squeaky clean LSU program of being crooked.
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