Favorite team:LSU 
Location:Baton Rouge
Biography:Saw first LSU Game in 1950
Interests:Food, reading, and things I can't list here
Occupation:Attorney
Number of Posts:20
Registered on:5/7/2004
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Yeah JL has peaked - he's only a leader of the team for 8 games to NO.1. Miles has displayed a "no confidence" msg by NOT starting JL. What a horrible msg for him and others. He throws 2 INT and gets yanked from starting position. At least let him start and see how he does on the first series. Its really sad that he helps lead the the team for 8 games to No. 1 and Miles doesnt at least let him start against WK to get a chance to bolster his confindence and see how he can do. I don't care who the qtr back is to come in - its a low class decision and I've lost some respect for Miles. I'm a Tiger fan and always will be. I'm glad they won.

re: Food and Drink lines at the Bash

Posted by dick on 2/2/09 at 12:49 pm to
The beer lines aren't that bad, but the food line is ridiculous. People will get up and stand in line an hour before they start serving. If you wait until serving time to get in line, you've got at least an hour wait and a good chance the food will be slim pickings when it's your turn.
By all means bring a flask. Give Les a nip and maybe it'll inspire him to throw another f-bomb!!

re: Food and Drink lines at the Bash

Posted by dick on 2/2/09 at 12:30 pm to
There's a nice lunch buffet at the hotel across the street

re: Questions for Miles radio show tonight

Posted by dick on 10/15/08 at 12:44 pm to
Someone needs to ask him if he's figured out yet that two inexperienced defensive coordinators cannot replace one established D.C.
He needs to admit that this experiment didn't work and go get a first class D.C.
Talent-wise, they should be a top three defense. With the coaching they're getting, they're not top thirty!
Miles needs to get hands-on with defense for the rest of the year and then go get a real defensive coordinator!

re: The best QB in LSU history...

Posted by dick on 8/17/08 at 8:56 pm to
I wasn't saying Hillman was the best QB. He was certainly in the top 8, and had one of the best individual years of any QB.
I'm just wondering why everyone seems to have forgotten about him.
He was certainly as good as half the QBs on Adono's list.

re: The best QB in LSU history...

Posted by dick on 8/17/08 at 8:46 pm to
Adono-
Read my post above. You mention a dozen qbs and still no Hillman. Does anyone even remember him?

re: The best QB in LSU history...

Posted by dick on 8/16/08 at 4:13 pm to
There are great arguments for both Hodson and Jones. Jones was held back by the 2 QB system. He didn't even start until the Notre Dame game of his junior year.
Hodson was held back by Arnsparger's total lack of recruiting. If I remember correctly, the year Davis and McGee graduated Bill didn't sign a single wide receiver. Hodson still made 5'8" (if that) Tony Moss the SEC's leading receiver.
Want a scary thought-Miles wanted to bring in Gary Crowton when he was hired, but was told to keep Jimbo Fisher.
Imagine JaMarcus Russell playing QB under Gary Crowton his last two years? We might be going for our fourth straight National Championship!!
Stats are nice; but-if I've got one game that I MUST win and I can choose any of the three as my starting QB, I'll take Russell.

re: The best QB in LSU history...

Posted by dick on 8/16/08 at 10:04 am to
Interesting! Some observations-
1) Far and away-Russell is the best I've ever seen at LSU, and I saw my first game in 1950. After that, in no particular order, Hodson, Hillman, Davey, Jones, Risher, Tittle.
2)The best QB who gets NO recognition is Mike Hillman, who came in for an injured Freddie Haynes as a jr against Ole Miss in 1968 and almost pulled out a victory. He expectedly lost his first start against Alabame the next week, then led the team to 3 wins, including a Peach Bowl win against Fla St.
In 1969 he led one of the great teams in Tiger History to a 9-1 record, averaging 35 points a game, a new Tiger record. The only loss was to Ole Miss. Mike went out with an injury in the 3d qtr with the Tigers leading 23-12. A green Buddy Lee was unable to move the offense and Archie led the Rebs to a 26-23 comeback win.
This team lost a possible National Championship when they were unofficially (as was the practice at the time) invited to play No 1 Texas in the Cotton Bowl; but were then uninvited when Notre Dame decided it wanted to play in the Cotton Bowl. The Cotton Bowl Committee, mostly Texas alums, seized the opportunity and dropped LSU like a hot potato.
The Tigers probably would have very easily crushed Texas and vaulted to No. 1 in the final polls, given the circumstances of their only loss. This was the LSU team that gave up only 440 years rushing the entire season!! Texas, on the other hand, running the wishbone, only completed ten passes the entire season. It probably wouldn't have been pretty for the Longhorns.
Hillman was both a great passer and a great runner. It's a shame no one remembers him because he only had one full year as a starter.
3) Booty!!!???? The worst thing that ever happened to LSU football was to have Josh Booty show up five years late.
If he had never entered LSU, we could, on this forum. at tailgate parties, and just sitting around bars, say, "Just think, if Josh Booty had come to LSU, we would have won 48 straight games and been the first team to win four National Championships in a row!"
4) Bert Jones was a very talented QB, but better in the pros than at LSU. I would rank him slightly ahead of Tittle as the best LSU pro qb, although I watched enough of JR last night to see that Bert won't be holding that honor much longer.