ESPN: Cults of Personality - Miles vs HBC

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Miles has been known to hang with Snoop Dogg. OK, maybe they don't really hang, as in they're boys. But the rapper did show up at one of Miles' speaking engagements in Baton Rouge in 2008, and they professed to be fans of each other.

Anybody taking bets on which of the two coaches can recite more of Snoop Dogg's lyrics?

My money's on Miles. After all, they do share a fondness for grass. Miles eats it, and Snoop Dogg smokes it, albeit a much different breed.

Spurrier and Miles, two of the most eccentric personalities in college football, meet up Saturday at Tiger Stadium in a game that will go a long way toward shaping the SEC race this season.

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His players swear by him, which has been obvious over the years by how hard his teams have played at LSU.

Former star LSU cornerback Patrick Peterson once told me there was a side of Miles that he shows to his players that he doesn't show to just anybody.

"Coach Miles knows the right buttons to press with guys, and we know that he's not afraid to take chances," Peterson said. "We feed off that. There's always something up with 'The Hat.'"

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