Les Miles 3 victories vs Nick Saban led Alabama team:
2007: 1st year at Alabama
2010: Alabama loss by 3 points . DeAngelo Peterson went 23 yards with a reverse on fourth-and-1 to set up
Stevan Ridley's go-ahead 1-yard plunge in the fourth quarter to seal the win. Alabama was leading in the game at that point in Baton Rouge.
2011: 5 missed FGs . enough said.
look, Les is a good coach, no denying that at all. but considering what he has every year at LSU, in my opinion he has underachieved. not just because he has loss to Alabama for the last 5 straight games, but since 2007 when CNS arrived, he has a losing record to Arkansas ( 4-5) , he is ( 5-5 ) vs Ole Miss. his only dominance over a top tier team in the SEC West is over Auburn ( 7-2) during that span. CNS over 9 years is undefeated vs Arkansas, 7-2 vs OM, 6-3 vs Auburn in that same span.
furthermore, LSU is only 2nd behind Alabama in recruiting in the whole SEC for the last decade. you can also make a point that LSU was ahead of Alabama in recruiting before CNS got the well oiled machine rolling.