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Lee was never going to play.

There was a fallout between not just Lee and Miles, but Lee and the team. Not necessarily any collection of individuals on the team, but on the team as a whole. Maybe the class rumors were true, maybe it was something else. However, it was clear that Lee was never going in that game. Miles was not going to play him.

In my opinion, based off of Miles' character, Lee didn't deserve to be in the game as a result of something he did. Something that was more important than winning and losing. Some sort of selfish act that could have been a betrayal to the team. Would Saban have played Lee? You know it. But Miles is Miles, and he's going to do things his way. It's his program. And I love him for that.

Miles proved by not playing T-Bob and Shepard that he wasn't playing favorites. If Lee didn't see the field, there was a behind-the-scenes reason for it. Maybe Miles was actually protecting Lee by not releasing this reason. I guess we'll never really know for sure. Miles did what he thought was right, and that is the one thing that I won't question. Not about this man.

My thoughts EXACTLY.

There is only one other scenario to go along with this, and I don't think it has been mentioned. I believe Miles is a man of his word to his own detriment, at least tries to be. I believe he made some promises to JJ and his family during the recruiting process. Maybe something to the effect of how he was so confident in JJ the he would guarantee that he would play as long as he gave LSU a chance to win. Probably didn't have the same type of recruitment as Lee. I know Lee's dad was very involved in Lee coming to LSU, and maybe the differences in the two relationships is why he always leaned toward JJ. I don't know ANY of the details surrounding the recruiting of these two, but it would make sense to me if that had some influence over things as well as how they both have functioned on the team, on and off the field.