LSU lost 9 starters to the NFL draft last year and filled those holes with sophomores and freshmen. They have no depth. I would hope that FSU's defense is better, although that's still somewhat unproven due to facing so many weak teams.
Regardless, Saban's offense will be the first offense of that caliber the Seminoles or the Buckeyes will face should either team go that far, and he will know every weak spot to capitalize on. The same thing will apply to how his defense handles those two offenses, as explosive as they have been. Jimbo and his crew won't know what hit 'em when it's done, and Urban will.
That doesn't mean I won't be pulling for the upset, I will. I'm not one of those SEC pud-pullers, I'd like to see LSU be where Alabama is now. But until someone else steps up and betters Nick Saban, he will tilt the scales of college football the way the Yankees once did the MLB. He has the recruiting tools, and boosters to do it. It's already happening in the SEC. Jimbo is absolutely correct, there's Alabama...and nobody. Even Vanderbilt and Kentucky are starting to compete on an equal level with the rest of the conference, except against Saban.
