re: Quick Breakdown of Losses Under Miles

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the GA game was a result of 10 games in 9 weeks

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The injury situation didn't help either. Although we may have lost Jamarcus after the game got out of reach. If I remember correctly, we lost Jessie Daniels during pregame warmups and had to start an inexperienced Steltz at safety.

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Yeah, because there was not anything bigger to worry about in 2005.

Actually, that season is what sold me on Les....a new coach, a new team, a new staff and he goes 11-2 under those circumstances. I could give a shite less about "who's team" it was...it took skill and leadership to maneuver that season.

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Bull. Crap.

If anything, the hype for that game, moved to a Monday night as I recall, was off the charts with all of the associated Katrina press.

The utter collapse of our defense after a good first half, the freakin evil poetry of having the secondary picked apart by freakin Rick Clausen because every defender played 20 yards off the ball. . . LSU boards were absolutely going ape.

Nick was still the beloved coach who had moved on to a greater dream, or at least had left big shoes to fill. Les was pretty much an unknown, and he was showing very small feet.

The part of you, that last remaing doubt deep down in the pit of your stomach,that still fears that Les is just an average football mind who has succeeded wildy beyond his skill set, using a combination of good recruiting, good assistants (mostly),and sold-his-soul-to-the-devil luck, that part of you was conceived on that day.

And although the regular season ended in the SECCG, we got skulldrug by GA, and there were already a handful of "Miles Moments" to chew on heading into the bowl game where we took it out on the Irish. So some bright spots.