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Les Miles absent from ESPN list of top recruiters

Posted on 1/31/13 at 2:40 pm
Posted by kingfish
Member since Jan 2007
853 posts
Posted on 1/31/13 at 2:40 pm
ESPN hates LSU

If there was ever proof of ESPN's hate of LSU , a poll of the top college recruiters that does not include LSU says it all.

Posted by Pintail
Member since Nov 2011
10444 posts
Posted on 1/31/13 at 2:44 pm to
Color me shocked..

And this is why I dont watch ESPN anymore
Posted by Swagger Jacker
Member since Jan 2011
135 posts
Posted on 1/31/13 at 2:44 pm to
That truly is absurd
Posted by danfraz
San Antonio TX
Member since Apr 2008
24550 posts
Posted on 1/31/13 at 2:44 pm to
quote:

Alabama Coach Nick Saban is No. 1, followed by Ohio State's Urban Meyer, Baylor's Art Briles, Texas A&M's Kevin Sumlin and Clemson's Dabo Swinney
Then on to Vanderbilt's James Franklin, Florida's Will Muschamp, USC's Lane Kiffin, Notre Dame's Brian Kelly and finally, Stanford's David Shaw rounds out the top 10






quote:

But wait, there's an honorable mention category. Surely a coach that's won a BCS National Championship and had his team play in another, all while winning SEC championships, sustaining a winning program and sending about as much talent to the NFL as any coach in the country -- including the man who sits atop these rankings -- deserves an honorable mention. Right?

Well, the answer, according to ESPN's Travis Haney: No.
Posted by kingfish
Member since Jan 2007
853 posts
Posted on 1/31/13 at 2:49 pm to
Yes the final insult was that LSU ( Miles) was not even given the sliver of respect of being an honorable mention.
Posted by alajones
Huntsvegas
Member since Oct 2005
34471 posts
Posted on 1/31/13 at 2:50 pm to
The author is clearly attempting to troll TD with this. There is no other explanation.
Posted by denvertiger
Golden
Member since Feb 2007
3916 posts
Posted on 1/31/13 at 2:51 pm to
Kiffin might be the best recruiter in the bunch. Luckily for the college football world he can't coach for shite.
Posted by TigerStripes30
Alexandria, LA
Member since Dec 2011
6369 posts
Posted on 1/31/13 at 2:59 pm to
quote:

Kiffin might be the best recruiter in the bunch. Luckily for the college football world he can't coach for shite.



this
Posted by ATLTiger
#TreyBiletnikoffs
Member since Sep 2003
44561 posts
Posted on 1/31/13 at 3:00 pm to
Art Briles? is Baylor pulling in em like that?
Posted by TheDoc
doc is no more
Member since Dec 2005
99297 posts
Posted on 1/31/13 at 3:05 pm to
quote:

Well, the answer, according to ESPN's Travis Haney: No.


Espn honestly does not like lsu

They see miles as a circus animal at best.
Posted by JETigER
LSU 2011 National Champions
Member since Dec 2003
7081 posts
Posted on 1/31/13 at 3:12 pm to
LSU is bigger than a coach, LSU is the only BCS champion by 2 coaches
Posted by idlewatcher
County Jail
Member since Jan 2012
79080 posts
Posted on 1/31/13 at 3:17 pm to
quote:

Kiffin might be the best recruiter in the bunch.

$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
Posted by JJ27
Member since Sep 2004
60296 posts
Posted on 1/31/13 at 3:18 pm to
The bigger tragedy is Frank Wilson being left off the list. He's superior to everyone in the nation except Saban.
Posted by MetryTyger
Metro NOLA, LA
Member since Jan 2004
15590 posts
Posted on 1/31/13 at 3:22 pm to
In reading Travis Haney's background, you would expect him to have Dabo in the top ten, since he covered Clemson, and since he covered Oklahoma for one season......hmmm - maybe some anti-Miles bias?
But how he could not have a coach who has had a Top Ten recruiting year every year but two since 2005, and indeed has had several Top 5 classes, can only be personal bias in my opinion.

His list amounts to a steaming pile of skunk shite to me....


Travis Haney

Travis Haney joined ESPN in April 2012 as Insider's national college football writer. He previously covered the University of Oklahoma Sooners for The (Oklahoma City) Oklahoman for one season, and the University of South Carolina Gamecocks for The (Charleston, S.C.) Post and Courier for four. Additionally, Haney has contributed since 2003 to ESPN publications and projects, including ESPN The Magazine.

A native of Cleveland, Tenn., Haney's initial introduction to a college football cathedral was Neyland Stadium. He later graduated from the University of Tennessee, in 2003, and has spent time covering the Volunteers, the University of Georgia, Clemson University, and other schools. Safe to say, football, and football in the South, was injected into his bloodstream at a young age.

Haney is the author of three books -- Gamecock Glory and Gamecock Encore, which chronicled the South Carolina baseball team's run to the 2010 and 2011 national championships, and State of Disunion, a historical look at the Clemson-South Carolina football rivalry that he co-wrote with Larry Williams.

Haney resides in Charlotte, N.C. You can follow him on Twitter here.

Posted by jaysworld512
Member since Jan 2013
271 posts
Posted on 1/31/13 at 3:22 pm to
quote:

Art Briles? is Baylor pulling in em like that?


no not really they probably started pulling names out of a hat
Posted by TexasTiger1185
New Orleans
Member since Sep 2011
13070 posts
Posted on 1/31/13 at 3:25 pm to
It is funny how many first year coaches are on the list. First year at their current schools.


Sumlin? Come on.
Posted by ATLTiger
#TreyBiletnikoffs
Member since Sep 2003
44561 posts
Posted on 1/31/13 at 3:25 pm to
quote:

The bigger tragedy is Frank Wilson being left off the list.


it's for head coaches only. and as some of the comments note, Jimbo should be on there somewhere too.
Posted by Gondor
Jacksonville, Fl
Member since Nov 2004
970 posts
Posted on 1/31/13 at 3:28 pm to
Travis Haney make Lou "Puddytat" Holtz look precise and infalliable.
This post was edited on 1/31/13 at 3:29 pm
Posted by BallHawk
Orlando
Member since Jul 2011
5736 posts
Posted on 1/31/13 at 3:31 pm to
Does anyone find it ironic that ESPN has a commercial showing Les a major recruiter?
Posted by liquid rabbit
Boxtard BPB®© emeritus
Member since Mar 2006
60265 posts
Posted on 1/31/13 at 3:34 pm to
I made a list of good writers. Oddly, ESPN's Travis Haney is nowhere on it.
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