You have to imagine how wildly-successful the Tigers would be if Nick Saban hadn’t entered the SEC West in 2007 at Alabama.

Under the direction of Les Miles, LSU won the national championship in 2007 and was blanked by the Crimson Tide a few years later in the final game despite a 13-0 regular season.

Since 2000, the Tigers have two national championships to their credit (one under Saban in 2003) and have produced the second-most number of NFL players in the SEC (Alabama).