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the main issue is Les lied about making the signal

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I know this is the main issue for a lot of people, but not for me. He may have initially thought there were 2-3 seconds left, started to signal for the spike, realized that there was only second left and then signalled for the FG team. The video shows the first couple of seconds after the catch.

In any event, the game was really lost Before the last play. It started with the bonehead decision to throw on first and 10 at the Ole Miss 30 yard line. We were already in field goal range, but on the longish side.

We could have, and should have, just run the ball with 2 timeouts and try to get a few yards closer. Who knows, Ridley or shepard might have broken a run for 10 or more. Worse comes to worse, if we gain nothing, we know we are within range.

The decision to run a slow-developing pass play, with a 19 year old QB who has an established habit this year of holding onto the ball too long and taking unnecessary sacks, in a situation where we had to avoid losing yards at all costs, was insane. And disastrous.

Crowton apparently called the bonehead play, but Miles is responsible for not countermanding it. He is the Head Coach, after all.

We followed that up with another losing pass in the flat, followed by inexplicably letting about 15-20 seconds roll off the clock before calling the timeout. Miles' explanation that he verbally called timeout and didn't realize right away that the ref didn't hear him is ludicrous on its face. You don't just say "time out" and then turn away on the assumption that it was given. He should have had his eyes on the clock and, seeing it still running, chased the ref down if necessary.

I have defended Miles in the past, based on his overall record and a National Championship. But there is just no way to spin any of this in his favor. His decisions today make Bill Belichick look smart again.

I feel for the players, who I think gave it everything they have today. They were let down by their coaches, Crowton and Miles.

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damn JJ, when are you going to grow.

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Jefferson certainly should have known not to take the sack, but I don't want to put the blame entirely on him. You can't expect a 19 year old to be smarter than his coaches. He should never have been put in that position in the first place, particularly with his record of taking sacks this year.

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"The Meltdown in Mississippi"

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Yeah... we can compare it to Pearl Harbor and 911.

game plan:

- Recover onsides kick - completed (hardest task)
- complete pass over middle in side 30 yd line - completed (second hardest task)
- run ball 2 times in middle of field - Incomplete (easiest task)
- Kick field goal with time running out - Incomplete (second easiest task)

I'm sorry. I have been a Les Miles supporter throughout the season, but there is no excuse for this. I don't think we will do any better if we fire him, but he better recognize his inabilities and improve. If not, I'm afraid LSU is destined for several "dark" seasons in the near future. I back Les, but it's hard to do so when he "f"s up like this.

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SeattleTiger19
Video of Les Lying About Telling Jefferson to Spike
Insane, you can see him going down the field the opposite way gesturing to kick the ball but the media spins for the spike.

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Get it right...he was Angus Younging it down the opposite side of the field.

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he was Angus Younging it down the opposite side of the field.

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I get a kick out of that. Looked just like what he was doing.

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LSUTANGERINE
Video of Les Lying About Telling Jefferson to Spike

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he was Angus Younging it down the opposite side of the field.




I get a kick out of that. Looked just like what he was doing.

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I know I'm giving you guys a hard time but it's the only thing I can really laugh at tonight...

If the dumbass plays are not called we stay in field goal range. But calling a pass and taking a sack put us in the bad situation where we had to hail mary. Any way you slice it, it's bad coaching.

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Les never signaled anything until the Ole Miss player held up the ball.

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I saw that, but the ref never signaled that we lost possession so what is Les arguing here?

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LSU players were walking away from the area Miles was signaling to, and the QB was back at the 50

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Jefferson was not at the 50. Go back and look where Tolliver is. He is already standing back up. If you recall, after he caught the ball he was down for a split second. So during the time Tolliver was walking away Jefferson had already ran down the field.

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so why was Miles pointing to the ground where the the ref and Ole Miss players were.

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I have the same question. Nothing the refs signaled warrented a rebuttal like that.

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Maybe he was wanting a review and the stopped clock that comes with it?

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A review of what?

The best answer I can come up with was that he thought there would be 2 seconds left and he was shouting at anyone who was by the ball to line up and spike immediately. Notice how he never even looks up at the clock at first. Then, obviously he sees that there is only 1 second left.

Jefferson received the signal from the sideline.

No where to hide! Les, and his caoches were ill prepared for success, much less the idea of managing the end of the game, with a kicker who could easily have won the game!!!!