re: Miles DOES NOT Win Games He's Not Suppose to

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when was the last time LSU beat a top 5 team on the road before Miles?

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2001/2003 SEC Championship Games were pretty much defacto road games.

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This seems to be a major gripe/problem for many around Baton Rouge lately.

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People just don't seem to acknowledge the fact that Bama and Florida just might be the best teams in the nation and losing to them isn't an indicator of a shitty coach.

LSU 2009..Fla and Bama both open double digits, then bet down a bit...UGA -3.5 LV Hilton preseason line..opens -2.5 and bet down..a false fav..basically a pick'em..Okie St handled UGA then Houston went into Stillwater and rallied off the pace for a win..UGA not a typical UGA.


LSU 2008
(SUR: 7-3 PSR: 2-7 O-U: 6-3)
A.30 APP. ST. 41-13
S.13* N. TEXAS L -42 41-3 u60
S.20* Auburn W -2' 26-21 o37
S.27* MISS. ST.# L -24' 34-24 o40
O.11 Florida L +6' 21-51 o47
O.18* South Carolina W -2' 24-17 u44
O.25 GEORGIA L -1 38-52 o49
N.01* TULANE L -27 35-10 u54
N.08 ALABAMA-OT L +3' 21-27 o47
N.15* TROY L -17 40-31 o54
N.22 MISSISSIPPI
N.28 Arkansas
(at Little Rock, AR)
Peach Bowl LSU W +4 38-3

LSU 2007
(SUR: 12-2 PSR: 5-8-1 O-U: 10-4)
A.30* Mississippi St. W -18' 45-0 o44'
S.08* VA. TECH W -11' 48-7 o38
S.15* M. TENN. ST. W -41 44-0 u58
S.22 S. CAROLINA L -17' 28-16 u45'
S.29 Tulane L -41' 34-9 u51
O.06* FLORIDA L -7' 28-24 o47
O.13 Kentucky-OT L -9' 37-43 o54
O.20* AUBURN L -10 30-24 o42
N.03* Alabama N -7 41-34 o48
N.10* LA. TECH# W -36 58-10 o54'
N.17 Mississippi L -19' 41-24 o53'
N.23 ARK.-OT L -13 48-50 o59
D.01 Tennessee L -7' 21-14 u60
(SEC Championship at Atlanta, GA)
J.07* OHIO STATE W -4 38-24 o48'
(BCS Championship Game)

LSU 2006
(SUR: 11-2 PSR: 6-5-2 O-U: 7-4-2)
S.02* LA.-LAFAY W -30' 45-3 n48
S.09* ARIZONA W -16 45-3 o42'
S.16 Auburn L +3' 3-7 u39'
S.23* TULANE# W -36' 49-7 o49
S.30* MISS. ST. L -33' 48-17 o41'
O.07 Florida L +1 10-23 u40'
O.14* KENTUCKY W -26 49-0 u50'
O.21* FRESNO ST. N -32 38-6 u52
N.04 Tennessee N -4 28-24 o45
N.11* ALABAMA L -17' 28-14 o40
N.18 MISS.-OT L -27' 23-20 n43
N.24 Arkansas W -1' 31-26 o44'
(at Little Rock, AR)
J.03* N. DAME W -9 41-14 o55'
(Sugar Bowl)

LSU 2005
(SUR: 11-2 PSR: 6-5-1 O-U: 7-5)
S.10* Arizona St. W +1' 35-31 o52'
S.26 TENN.-OT L -6' 27-30 o43
O.01 Miss. St. W -14' 37-7 o39'
O.08* Vanderbilt W -15' 34-6 u51
O.15 FLORIDA L -6 21-17 u48
O.22* AUBURN-OT L -6 20-17 u43
O.29* N. TEXAS W -44 56-3 o51
N.05* APP. ST.* 24-0
N.12 Alabama-OT N -3 16-13 u37
N.19 Mississippi W -16' 40-7 o39
N.25 ARKANSAS L -17 19-17 u49
D.03* Georgia L -1' 14-34 o40'
(at Atlanta, Ga)
D.30* Miami-Florida W +7 40-3 o41
(Peach Bowl)

ASU, only favored based upon reschedule via Katrina, and perceived Katrina after effects. Basically a false fav at -1.5, Pelini with an LSU personnel learning curve while playing DBs @ 15 yards off LOS(same vs Tenn two weeks later), LSU Offense took a while to get synced, team wind not to speed yet due to chaos, Miles all balls with fake punt call, win at the buzzer..

Miami in Peach, Canes played a weak schedule, overrated with great record, and the line at an inflated 7 due to Flynn getting first start, LSU exorcises their UGA Dome bad memory loss from few weeks prior.

Georgia Tech, trip-op O, month to prepare, overrated and one-dimensional with no passing attack, but were hot in ACC play. LSU was written off by the media and oddsmakers as having quit on the season down the stretch. LSU players PO'ed about Johnson and GT's remarks, ready to explode their season's frustrations, GT like fellow finesse ACCer Miami quit at some point halfway.

UGA W-L at home last year?

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This isn't what I am SAYING. USC doesn't go on the road in the PAC-10 and play in games he's suppose to lose. We do, like Alabama and UF this year. Listen to what I am trying to say here.

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So you are saying it is better to lose games that you are favored to win rather than losing games that you are suppose to lose? Your argument is very confusing.

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Skooter, if you read my initial post, how significant is the Peach Bowl? Really? And I am only talking about games that are under Miles and that we were underdogs and won, especially in conference. That Tenn game we were favored. and when was Arkansas ranked #5, never when we played them under Miles.

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I read your initial post. I would say the peach bowl was pretty damn significant. Coming off that blowout in the SEC championship, we needed a big win. And we got it in a game we weren't favored.

In 2006, we were NOT favored at Tennessee. This was the year we played 4 top 10 teams on the road. We played Auburn in a damn good game, and won two of them on the road. We had just lost our second game of the year a few weeks earlier to Florida. When we played Tennessee in their house, they were favored. Arkansas went to the SEC championship game that year and had not lost an SEC game until they played us. Get your facts straight before you run your mouth.

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Some of you rantards have expectations that have no sound reasoning based on the history of football.

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fixed it for you. most of the people here are absolutely ridiculous

If you are going to use Meyer and Saban's record prior to their current location...what about Miles beating OK while OK state? state was always a dog! I'm not going to say Miles is among the elite coaches, but honestly who is by the standards many here want to place on him?

Show me a coach who year in and year out wins as the favorite and wins as the dog...doesn't happen!

even those considered great never did that...i.e. the Bear, Paterno, Bowden etc.

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