Seriously? The offense was trying to get a play off, and they should have to save the time out for a FG or shot at the endzone. They weren't getting there quick enough, so he used a time out. That happens every week in the NFL.

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Posted by Choupique19

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Posted on 9/8/10 at 9:55 am to Suntiger

So much blind Miles support or just poor football knowledge in this thread I don't even know where to start.

As for the debate about using the timeout on defense, why let UNC just run off 40 seconds of clock? When you have the ball on offense, you can run the hurry up, or you can spike the ball. You can easily run 2 to 3 more plays even without the time out. But I will admit that others have the same philosophy of keeping the time out for offense.

Whoever said others would sit on the ball there with a 20 pt lead? What? A 20 pt halftime lead is never insurmountable. The only time you sit on the ball there is when you are deep in your own territory. LSU was getting the ball near midfield and only needed 1 first down to get into FG range.

As for those saying Les was calling for timeout with 23 seconds left, I call BS. If the coach wants a time out after the play, he is running to an official screaming "Time out!" The offense would not be trying to line up on the ball because no coach would have told them to. The clock was at 23 seconds after the play, then LSU tried to scramble to the line of scrimmage, then at 15 seconds Les calls a time out. Simply put, it was a Chinese Fire Drill.

Then we have the Jordan Jefferson backpedal and interception. How can he still do this after last year's Ole Miss debacle (where he took a sack to move us out of FG range)? Has he not learned that you absolutely can't take sacks in a 2 minute drill. Instead of trying to backpedal from the rush, simply throw the ball away when you FIRST start to feel pressure.