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TUSCALOOSA, Ala. -- Alabama coach Nick Saban held a film session with Jalen Hurts this week to point out a few things to his young quarterback.Hurts was clearly paying attention.The freshman passed for career highs of 347 yards and four touchdowns and rushed for 100 yards in less than three quarters in No. 1 Alabamas 51-3 rout of Mississippi State on Saturday. It put on display the potential of a passing game that had lately seemed the closest thing to a weakness for the Crimson Tide.The win -- coupled with Auburns surprising loss at Georgia -- also meant Alabama clinched the SEC West title.Hurts prolific performance wiped out any concerns that the Tide (10-0, 7-0 Southeastern Conference, No. AP) would have a letdown after a bruising win at No. 19 LSU. Instead, Hurts turned in his best game and the defense denied Mississippi State (4-6, 2-4) the end zone on nine trips across midfield.Its one of the things weve been wanting to do is try to develop some confidence in the passing game, and obviously he was able to do that very well today, Saban said. He got the ball to some of our playmakers down the field and they had opportunities to make big plays.Hurts is the first Alabama player to have 300 yards passing and 100 yards rushing in the same game, and he was flirting with both those milestones by halftime.The Bulldogs had been riding high after an upset of Texas A&M, but didnt muster a threat in this one.Hurts completed 28 of 37 passes and rushed for a fifth touchdown before being replaced by Cooper Bateman late in the third quarter. The big performance was marred by an interception and fumble, but the Tides dominating defense made sure the miscues didnt matter too much.In practice, hell sling it, Alabama guard Ross Piersbacher said. Its fun to see him do that in a game. I think thats big for his confidence.ArDarius Stewart was the biggest beneficiary of the passing revival, scoring three touchdowns. Stewart gained 156 yards on eight catches, including a 67-yard sprint on a jet sweep.Mississippi States Nick Fitzgerald couldnt solve Alabamas defense after two huge games. He completed 10 of 33 passes for 145 with an interception. Fitzgerald was also held to 15 rushing yards after topping 900 total yards combined against Texas A&M and Samford.We had five dropped passes in the first half, Bulldogs coach Dan Mullen said. Thats not good when youre playing a great defense. Its not good when youre playing a bad defense, but when youre playing a great defense you cannot do those things.Alabama outgained the Bulldogs 615-274 in total yards and has won nine straight meetings.THE TAKEAWAYMississippi State: The Bulldogs couldnt finish off drives, including the two started in Alabama territory, or offer a strong follow-up to last weeks upset. Fitzgerald and star receiver Fred Ross (three catches, 23 yards) were held in check.Alabama: Hurts and the Tide got the passing game going against the leagues worst pass defense. Hurts hadnt reached 200 yards passing in the previous three games, but might have emerged from this one with a shot at some Heisman Trophy votes. The defense went seven straight quarters without allowing a point.TURNING 40Saban joined Ohio States Woody Hayes and Florida States Bobby Bowden in a tie for the most wins with a top-ranked team by any coach. Hes 40-5, matching Bowden. 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Any real chance at payback wont come until the playoff. Still, Pittsburgh knows its taut 3-2 win over the Bruins on Wednesday night is a pretty good place to start laying the groundwork. "They are a very good defensive team," Penguins forward Brandon Sutter said. As entertaining as Les Miles teams have been, the Mad Hatter has been equally fun with a microphone in front of him. Whether he was opining on a family vacation, the importance of Election Day or which stadium has the best-tasting grass, Miles was always required listening. Miles time in Baton Rouge as LSUs football coach may be up, but these quotes will live on.Here are our favorites from Miles LSU tenure:What Miles did on his summer vacation The Miles family, [daughter and Texas student] Smacker Miles, I took a vacation. I went to Austin, took my three children with me, so we had six, two parents and four children on that campus. It was miserable. I hated it. But it was great fun. I mean, it was not a beach, it was not sand, but it was my family, and that was the best.Have a great day Im the head coach at LSU. I will be the head coach at LSU. I have no interest in talking to anybody else. Ive got a championship game to play, and Im excited about the opportunity of my damn strong football team to play in it. Its really all Id like to say. It was unfortunate that I had to address my team with this information this morning. But that being done, I think well be ready to play. Therell be no questions for me. I represent me in this issue. Please ask me after. Im busy. Thank you very much. Have a great day. -- Miles, during an impromptu news conference called before the 2007 SEC championship game, responding to reports that he was a candidate for a job at his alma mater, MichiganGive them a big kiss on the mouth Im proud of those men. How fricking easy it would have been to say it was their night. How [expletive] easy. Excuse my language. Spectacular group of men. You go find them, you throw your arms around them, you give them a big kiss them on the mouth ... if youre a girl. -- Miles after beating Ole Miss in 2012Les talks holidaysColumbus Day I just want to remind everybody that its Columbus Day, that all those of you that know Italians and like Italians are the people that might venture onto a ship and travel to explore and find new lands: This is your day. So its not St. Pattys Day. Thats a different day entirely.Election Day Just recognize that its Election Day coming up, where all those model citizens will get off and take care of their duties to the country. This is not Columbus Day, its not just for the Italians. Its certainly not St. Pattys Day, its not just for the Irish. Its for all of those who have the ability to vote in our country. So get out and do that, please.The grass in Tiger Stadium tastes best I have a little tradition that humbles me as a man, that lets me know that Im a part of the field and part of the game, and its the very bottom as well as the very top. Yeah, thats going to be all over the internet. You know what, you should have seen some games before this. I can tell you one thing: The grass in Tiger Stadium tastes best. -- Miles on eating grass against Alabama during a game in 2010A very stiff dew It would be far from me to say that it ever rained Saturday night in Tiger Stadium. But it was very close to rrain, if not a very stiff dew.dddddddddddd -- Miles on playing Auburn during a rainy night in 2013.If I read books ... When I wake up in the morning and I turn that film on, its like reading a book and its exciting. I dont read books. But if I read books, it would be like reading a book.?The hammer and the nail Two very quality teams take the field and compete like a son of a b---- for victory, and you know what, its not a hammer-and-a-nail relationship. Its an opportunity for an opponent to be equal and to raise their level of play in such a fashion that they win. And thats how this thing works. That in fact you respect the opponent and hes not the hammer and hes not the fricking nail, hes the opponent. You understand? Im just letting you know I resent that. I resent the fact that suddenly we were nailed. You got it? I mean honest to Petes. I mean, s---, we were a pretty good team last year. I thought we played like a son of a b---- in that stadium. Im just letting you know, I felt differently than the nail, so you know. -- Miles discussing a reporters inference that LSU had been the hammer and Florida the nail in a 17-6 win in 2013 compared to the opposite being true when they met the previous seasonThe upper quadrant of speed I brought the team to the field, and I just want you to know that it appeared to me that the field was strong with excess band members and people with flags and maybe even an occasional mascot or two. And as I made my way through what appeared, again, to be a minefield of people, from the side unbeknownst to me, there was a contact between one of our players and a cheerleader -- male, I might add. That male cheerleader kind of clipped me from the side as I was running full speed, or slower than full speed, but generally in the upper quadrant of speed. And I hit the ground pretty good. But I was masked by the flag. There was a flag waver there that certainly hid my embarrassing tumble. ... I was not nicked. I came up gingerly, but kind of walked it off and avoided a baton twirler as I got to the bench. -- Miles on falling down while leading the team out of the tunnel before the Alabama game in 2011Beach vs. beach location He went to a beach location. It wasnt a beach. He had no problem in the beach at all. The beach was not sandy where he was at. It was not ... for instance, there was no, like, crabs there. -- Miles just before spring break in 2016 when asked whether he barred players from visiting places like Panama City Beach, where Mississippi State quarterback Dak Prescott had been assaulted in a parking-lot fight a year earlierThe chest to lead a program We needed a quarterback. We lost two. We needed a quarterback in this class. There was a gentleman from Indiana that thought about coming to the Bayou State. He did not necessarily have the chest and the ability to lead a program, so you know. -- Miles criticizing Gunner Kiel for decommitting from LSU and switching to Notre Dame ' ' '