BATON ROUGE, La. – Les Miles vehemently denied that his LSU players were suffering from an Alabama hangover when they lost to Arkansas on Saturday night, but he might not have said the same about his coaching staff.
Doubt is a dangerous thing. It was clear that the drubbing LSU’s offensive front took a week earlier against Alabama -- plus the prospect of facing an Arkansas team that had given up more passing yards than any SEC defense -- caused the Tigers to scrap their typical modus operandi against the Razorbacks.
After losing 31-14 to Arkansas, Miles made it clear that had been a horrible strategic error.