Miles to go and I cannot sleep...

The extra hour of sleep LSU fans got Sunday morning from "falling back" an hour did not lessen the shock and pain of LSU's devastating and sickening 21-17 last-minute loss to Alabama Saturday night.
In fact, extra sleep won't lessen for LSU fans the haunting feelings of this loss for a long, long time.   Much of the fiery angst and blame will be spewed by LSU fans and national media directly at one Les Miles. Much of it justifiably so. Oh, Les, how did you blow this game?... Let me count the ways...
Leading up to this epic showdown, from all sides - friendly and enemy pundits - the Bama best-ever, LSU doesn't have a chance coronation was taking place.
What seemed like the entire college football universe bowed at the feet of Nick Saban.  Every media outlet reveled in the ridiculous notion that Bama was so dominant it could beat some NFL teams (despite fact Vegas oddsmakers said the Tide would be a 24-point underdog to the Jacksonville Jaguars.)
If you listened to the slobbering media, Bama's QB A.J. McCarron was the second-coming of Joe Namath, Kenny Stabler, Payton Manning and every other great QB in NCAA history.
Fuel to the fire was LSU's love/hate relationship with Saban, and an undeniable undertow of distrust for Miles by LSU fans.  And boy, the Miles' doubters were in for a treat.
As expected in big games, Miles uncorked some wild tricks from under his oddly perched white LSU cap, but this go-round they all backfired like those Wiley E. Coyote ACME tricks.
Down 7-3,  LSU offense imploded after a fumbled punt recovery,  faced a 4th & 12 and lined up for a career-long 47-yard FG attempt by a struggling all-season Alleman.
Shockingly (and stupidly), Miles calls for fake where holder Brad Wing pitches to Alleman, despite fact Bama was in a "safety" formation with three defensive backs spread equally across back of the field.  
43 seconds later, McCarron cakewalks for a TD, leaving LSU trailing and looking left for dead trailing 14-3 at halftime.  Load the crimson and white confetti into the cannons, cue the ESPN analysts smuggly "I told you so" grins.
Hold the coronation ceremony... LSU stuffs Bama (which they did the entire 2nd half), scores to make it 14-10. Cue Miles' ACME moment #2. 
With total control of game and all the much needed momentum, LSU runs an on-side kick, which is executed perfectly except one big uh-oh: the kicker touches the ball within the 10-yard, illegal touch zone.  Momentum gone.
The next Piano falling from the sky trick: LSU has a 4th and 1 at the Bama 24, and instead of trying a 41-yard FG, Miles fumbles, stumbles and late in play-clock decides to go for it. The offense rushes back on field, Spencer Ware goes under center, rushes the snap, fumbles with handle and gains zero yards.
Why not call timeout, and get play set up, Les?  Why run Wildcat with Ware when your best back all-night is Jeremy Hill off-tackle?
The last ACME dagger was Alleman missing a 45-yard FG with 1:58 remaining. 
My head started spinning, and a swore I saw a crimson and white Roadrunner zip on the screen, and Roadrunner sees ACME safe precariously hanging from sky and ready to fall.... That safe is LSU inexplicably going into the dreaded prevent defense.
With no timeouts, Bama in 52 seconds drives the length of the field, and for reasons no one can explain, LSU allows Bama receivers to run sideline patterns which stop the clock.
(Note to McCarron groupies: at this point in game, he was 1-7 for ZERO yards. )
As clock ticked away, I only wished someone would just cut the rope and that safe (aka Bama scoring...) would fall on my head.
And to pour salt all over the wound, Bama scores easily on a screen pass where LSU blitzes from that side. The salt? Not the score, but the fact that post-game, LSU players say freshman CB Miles wasn't supposed to blitz on that play, a call he missed and subsequently left that screen pass void.
A friend said it very well: Miles and his staff basically coached LSU out of a win.
If you were to pick up the stat sheet and not known score, you would see every LSU dominated every statistical category that points to winning. Not some, all.
And one post-game analyst made a great, and very painful, point: LSU deserved to win and dominated Bama.. except for the last two minutes of first half and second half.  
In crunch time - at the end of each half, when all the marbles were there for the taking, LSU's defense simply didn't execute.
In this one, Saint Saban didn't outcoach Miles. Saban simply sat back and let Miles fall into his self-made traps.
Les simply outsmarted Les, though many would say this statement is oxymoronic.... or simply moronic.