re: 8 years with Les.....what are your thoughts....

Then what do you want? Get real, look around. LSU is a nationally dominate program. That doesn't just happen. All of you damn crybabies that fixate on what is negative are really a sorry lot.
Instead of celebrating the greatness ya'll find ways whine and cry.
Look at the total body of work and what you see is one damn strong program run by one damn strong coach.

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thank you.

god bless america

Miles has the best coaching staff as a whole in college football.

Saban still has the best recruiting program at Alabama.

Urban Meyer is just getting started a Ohio St.

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Nobody expects to go undefeated every year or dominate every game.

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Haven't been around here long? People on here say this all the time. Then the first time we hit any adversity at all their real agenda comes out.....anti Miles. Not pro-LSU. Not just "I want what's best for the program". A real, furious, hatred for the man. Stay tuned and watch closely next season. It may take 5 games but it will happen. And it's not pretty nor is it reality-based.

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If the refs hadn't screwed up the pp7 int on 09 wouldn't les and Sabah be tied in head to head 4-4.

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No, Les would be up 4-3. Saban at Bama for 6 yrs =
one game per year plus BCS game (6+1=7). LSU wins in 2007, 2010 and 2011.

Additionally, if the call had been an interception by PP7 in the 2009 game, LSU would still have had to score a TD thereafter to retake the lead from Bama (21-15 with about 6 minutes to go with the ball at the LSU 32), so it is not a given that LSU would have won the game in 2009. Big call that went the wrong way, but we will never know if it would have changed the outcome of the game.

the man decided to stay with us and dis his Alma Mater, an easier place to win


maybe in the 90's..

They'll be back, but when Wisconsin's winning Big 10 Championship after Big 10 Championship while OSU and Penn State're on probation, there's a problem in Ann Arbor. MSU, ND, and OSU gets Michigan kids every year at a higher rate than anyone school coming to LA, and LA has produced more NFL talent than Michigan (not just per capita). How's this a better job? Because they have a stale gameday experience?
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Michigan is way easier to recruit and win at than LSU. Hell even Brady Hoke will win 9-10 games a yr and hes no way near the recruiter Miles is. U have one big game every year and thats Ohio State, same for them BTW. Wisconsin and Penn State(not anymore) have an excellent team every 3-4 years. The rest have a great team about every 10 years. The SEC on the other hand is just as competitive in recruiting as it is on the field. The SEC is full of top 10 programs every yr in both. Urban Meyer bailed on Florida because he couldnt handle the stress of the SEC and he was at Florida, which is loaded with High School talent. He's an excellent coach and will win as many games as Saban moving forward but make no mistake he is not a SEC coach. He definitely wouldnt be able to coach at LSU and win as many games as Miles will. He only lasted what 6-7 yrs and 4 of those were with Tebow. He tried to QUIT on his contract the yr before he did. He had lost control down there and his way out to save his arse and his legacy was that his health was failing him. The poor family man could no longer coach, what a shame. But when easy OSU called, his mysterious illness was all of a sudden cured. Miles had the same opportunity when easy Michigan came calling with an open check book at that, but instead of QUITTING AND LYING about it, he stayed with us. He has now completed 8 years. Survived Katrina and saw his biggest city go from first in population to 3rd overnight, while Houston and several other Texas cities saw their populations rise. If he gets to play Notre Dame two yrs ago none of this crap is being said. But such is life. Theres no ifs and buts in sports and Miles knows this better than most. He never makes excuses, he just fields a terrific team yr in and yr out. He has outlasted them all except Spurrier and Richt, who barely made it thru 2011. He's special, a true warrior and a man of principal. The families of his recruits and his coaches have known this for years, sooner or later the rest of CFB will as well. U never see this guy sweat, he's a cool customer that has shown over and over that he can handle and prosper no matter what comes his way.
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Yeah the Big House is such a stale environment on game day and who could possibly believe they have more wins than any other school in CFB history.
Theres one coach who might win more games at LSU than Miles and he's a known liar and a jerk.
Trivia: How many of Saban's assistants came with him from MSU when he took the LSU job? Any that wouldve came with him wouldve received pay raises and wouldve better positioned themselves for promotions moving forward.
Hint <1. Has that ever happened before?

The PP7 INT would've just led to another LSU punt I think. The offense was abysmal and was just not going to drive for a td.

Geaxjeux,
Your points about luck, timing etc are perfectly valid.
The can an have affected LSU fortunes, with Bo Rein being a perfect example.
However, talent, money and coaching, in that order, are the constants that most affect outcomes.
Louisiana has disproportionate talent and no instate competition for it. In the talent category, as one sports writer put it, there's LSU and then there's everybody else.
This is why expectations will always be sky high here.