re: Props to Coach Miles. Really.

Posted on 8/10/12 at 12:53 pm to LSU Fan 90812

Posted by Freauxzen

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Posted on 8/10/12 at 12:53 pm to LSU Fan 90812

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I am really sad that I won't get to watch one of the most exciting players in LSU history, and really sad that TM7 made a decision(s) that cost him a chance at the NFL this season and affected our national title chase.

but i'm proud that Les Miles has the stones to kick him off the team, if he was really breaking team rules.

after seeing what's happened with coaches all over the country recently, including Penn St. It makes me think the LSU program is in good hands.

LSU's defense was fine without Mathieu last year, and no doubt, there is an athletic cornerback ready to play the wildcard role in the defense.

As for TM7 I hope he turns it around. He was one of my favorite players to watch all time, and is one of the most instinctive footballers i've ever seen.

Sad day.

Truth.

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Posted on 8/10/12 at 12:55 pm to Freauxzen

i wish we knew what it was. If it was synthetic marijuana i'm gonna be pissed at LSU and Miles. Look at this from an article last year:

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Mary Wilfert, NCAA associate director of health and safety, said the NCAA in August added synthetic cannabinoids to its banned class of street drugs, which also includes marijuana, THC (tetrahydrocannabinol, the psychoactive substance found in marijuana) and heroin.

Wilfert said the NCAA isn't testing for synthetic cannabinoids because its drug labs aren't yet equipped to test for them. Wilfert said the NCAA held an educational forum about the dangers of synthetic cannabinoids for its member schools in January during the NCAA convention in San Antonio. She said the NCAA also has educated schools about the drugs through newsletters.

"It's caught our attention and we're addressing it," Wilfert said. "In the near future, after we get information back from our labs, we'll make a determination as to whether we'll start testing for it."

Wilfert said that if a student-athlete tests positive for an NCAA-banned substance in a school-administered drug test, the student-athlete is not subject to NCAA punishment.

"Schools can determine whether they test for something," Wilfert said. "It's independent of NCAA testing. NCAA testing does not test for [synthetic cannabinoids]. I know some schools are testing for it. What the penalties are is up to the school."