re: 1/9/12 -- What have you heard happened that caused LSU to play so poorly?

Let it go, that was over 3 years ago

KYS

Classic case of coaching scared and undisciplined players off the field.

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there were some people saying Lee was barely even eligible academically, or may not have been for that game.

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They said that every game after the Alabama game despite the fact that Lee came in and handled the final set of downs.

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He had his family tickets taken away before the game at bama on nov 3rd.

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I have never heard this rumor. Can anyone back it up? Because Les should get hammered if that were true, but I highly doubt it.


I do have to admit that I think enough time has past to discuss it without butthurt, but I still refer to the basketball coach as cJJ, so there's that.

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Yet the kid that almost ruined the season by getting tossed in jail, deserved all the playing time he could get

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You do know it was never proven he did it right? And the accuser had is own questionable character issues.

The BRPD is a joke, and everyone should be appalled that those idiots are the ones getting paid to protect our community.

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Those are the games Jordan Jefferson started after Lee was unceremoniously benched.

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Let's get something straight, Jefferson came in at the beginning of the 2nd qtr after Lee had thrown an interception. I know a lot of kids today think INTs aren't a big deal, but in a high stakes game against a championship caliber team, you do NOT turn the ball over.

After Jefferson came in, not only did he lead LSU to a win over Alabama, but also over W. Kentucky, 42-9, going 8-14 for 168 yds, 1 TD, NO INTs, and 20 yds rushing.

Then he led LSU to a 52-3 win over Mississippi, going 7-7 for 88 yds, 1 TD and NO INTs. (Lee was 1-1 for 17 yds.)

Jefferson was 18/29 for 208 yds, 1 TD and 1 INT vs Arky.

Jefferson had a horrible game against UGA going 5/13 for 30 yds but no INTs.

So Jefferson had essentially won 5 games in a row, going 44/73, 561 yds, 3 TD, 1 int going into the BCSCG. In those 5 games Jefferson also ran for 137 yds and a TD on 35 carries. Basically 700 yards, 4 tds and 1 int in 5 games.

In other words, the idea that those 5 wins by Jefferson were some sort of indictment against his ability is absurd, as Bama in November, Aky and UGA were all top ten teams - that Jordan Jefferson BEAT.

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A shot in the arm is all that team needed to wake up, I believe

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No, they need to shoot the other team in the arm, and legs, to have a chance at that point.

I think some folks just don't know how to let shite like this go. Just because it didn't work out with JJ doesn't mean it would've worked out with anyone else on the bench.

As a coaching staff what you DO NOT do is panic and start just changing shite up for the sake of changing shite up.

Do you think that facemask against Benji Thibodeaux was bullshite?

I've heard the JJ story from someone else who was there. I've also heard some players were not very happy with it but not from the same source. Who knows though.

This is the first time Miles stubbornness really came to light. Since then we have seen this happen often. Welter, Harris, play calling, utilization of players. Think about it most of what you asked about relates to that stubbornness.

I also think he had too lax control on the player nighttime activities. I said in another thread months ago, his behavior at the rally the night before the game was erratic. Trying to hard to look like he was in control.

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Lee came in and handled the final set of downs.

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This proves that the rumor that Lee was ineligible is BS.

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He had his family tickets taken away before the game at bama on nov 3rd.

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I call BS on this too.