I followed every game. He took an obscure safety, Shaqem Griffen, and made him a star while bringing in a difference-making CB and molding the squad into a unit that could be counted on when the game was on the line.
It’s true that they got tired at the end of a long season and it showed those last two games of the season against two great offenses. It may not have looked pretty, but nevertheless, they did it. Then they showed what they were made of when they faced off against SEC powerhouse, Auburn, who — as I recall from the pundits — was supposed to run through, over, and around them.