That schedule argument gets repeated but ignores the context. LSU finished 6-7 that year and their defense was a mess, ranking 105th nationally in yards per play allowed. Alabama's defense was strong, but the game was a 63-48 shootout where defensive stops were optional. Even that Georgia defense, while elite, faced him in a game where his team scored 24 points and lost by three scores. The raw totals are impressive, but the efficiency wasn't historic. His 9.4 yards per attempt is excellent, but when you adjust for the defensive quality he faced, it doesn't separate him as clearly as the volume stats suggest. Plenty of quarterbacks from other conferences have posted similar efficiency against top-10 SP+ defenses without the benefit of 11 SEC games to pad the volume. The narrative that the schedule was uniquely brutal falls apart when you actually look at the defensive rankings of those specific teams he played. It was a great season, not a mythical one.