Bluethought

Possibly the reason why Mullen balked at Miami offers?

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I believe they will start working on something new in the near future and will have pretty much a new contract for Miles.

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Silly question, but why?

LINK

Extremely relevant and telling o.p.
Bump.

Slightly off topic, but does anyone notice that when miles gives the 2 question interview going into or coming out of halftime, he completely fails to answer the questions? Sometimes his answer isn't even on topic?

It's as if he's reciting talking points with no regard of what's asked?

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Jefferson Rushing Stats

44 attempts
225 yards
5.1 ypc
2 TDs

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What does his ypc look like without that 83 gift from Tennessee?

Or better, what are his comparisons to Ridley look like?


FIFY

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i call BS


this game doesnt prove crape....fla has a history of beating us......

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I like this train of thought. Could we apply it to the first 5 games this season.

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and yet lsu was one dimensional last year and went 9-3 and should have been even better......you are not making sense. they will be a lot better on defense this year due to a much better pash rush. Sheppard and Randle will come up big time this year, as will ford. sheppard will be a game changer either at slot, wild tiger, or special teams.

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I hope you're right; there's still plenty of time for improvement.

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they were very close to winning 10-11 games.

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On the flip side, they were very close to losing a total of 7 games. I hope I'm wrong about my 6-6 to 8-4 prediction, I really do.

I'm not sure I'd bet the farm that LSU will be better at the QB spot than they were last year. Also, I don't think it will matter how much the O-line improves... if a team in the SEC is determined to stop the run, more times than not, it will. LSU will have to get better than better production from the QB spot for the team to improve as a whole. If you're one-dimensional in the SEC, you're likely no better than a 6-6 team.

Even though the defense wasn't half-bad last year, their capabilities were limited due to the time spent on the field. I don't see how that will change this year (without good QB production) even if there is improvement there, as well. LSU's offense must be able to sustain drives; a constant stream of 3-and-outs will kill the best of defenses.

I'm really an innocent bystander here (a semi-LSU fan via my wife, who is a hard-core fan); but how in the world can you degrade Kelly for his statement about Miles? I'm not really sure how anyone can defend Miles after last weekend. If Vince Lombardi jumped from his grave and said Miles made one of the greatest coaching gaffes in college football history (which coincidentally is what EVERYONE outside the State of LA - including Mile's peers - are saying or inferring) some of you would claim, "the NFL was week in that day, and until Lombardi coaches in the SEC, he should just STFU!" Utterly ridiculous.

And by the way, who do you think would win in a matchup this year, LSU or Cincinnatti? Better yet, who do you think would've won that matchup last year? Big East or not, a vast majority would not put their money on LSU.

Whether or not Miles is completely at fault for what transpired at Ole Miss, his reputation among college football fans, critics, recruits, and his peers is little more than scorched earth now. That's hardly just my opinion.

Of course, you can choose to still support Miles, but don't expect most others to meet you even half-way. And you shouldn't degrade those (including other D1 coaches ACTUALLY IN BCS CONTENTION) that don't agree with you. I mean sure, the whole world might be wrong, or it may just be you... who knows?

This makes absolutely no sense to me on any level. I simply cannot see this working-out at all.

I think we can all agree that its tougher to win in the SEC west than in the Big12 north. If Chizik goes 5-19 (or worse) in his first two years at Auburn, I just don't see how he survives.

Also, I think we can all agree that its monumentally tougher to recruit regional talent in the SEC west than in the Big12 north. You cannot convince me that this man will entice top- tier talent to dismiss Miles, Saban, Nutt, Petrino, Meyer, Richt, etc. and play for him.

Given enough time, Chizik may be able to build a reputation and a successful program, but I'll bet Auburn will only give him 2-3 years max to finish with a winning record, and that's just not going to happen.

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Blue in your name...BigBlue is what they call them isnt it?
Now you sound like a OSU fan by that post.

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Well, in that case, not just no but F- No! The mere thought of me being a fan of the big 10/11 makes me feel dirty!

I wasn't much into college football until I got married. My wife lives and dies with LSU. In fact, she made me choose between converting to Catholicism or LSU fandom. No knock on Catholicism, but now I'm an LSU fan. Not diehard, but a fan nonetheless.
Due to where I grew up, I'm a big UK basketball fan. During this time of year, though, I keep up with LSU football.

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Nice dissertation, now... Who the frick are you and who gives a shite? This is nothing more than CYA by LSU. Carry on as usual on this site. Any kid that comes to this site is not being approached by anyone.

This site is for entertainment and amusement, nothing else.

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To be honest, I'm only an LSU fan by proxy; my wife graduated from there. My fandom lies with another school. But I know my way around a NCAA compliance office, and I thought the members of this board might find it educational, or simply like to see things through the eyes of the NCAA. If you don't like what I had to say, I'm sorry, but that doesn't change the validity of the statement. If you don't believe what I wrote, you (collectively) feel free to inappropriately contact recruits, I really don't care. But if LSU finds out that you've (collectively, again) done such, they MUST self report to the NCAA that they've committed a secondary violation.

Also, this site may be for entertainment and amusement to you and the other members who post here. But, and unfortunately, the NCAA (the only party that matters in this case) sees it differently. Fair? Probably not, but that's just the way it is.

I have a little experience in this area, so I'll touch on the subject for anyone who wants to read it. If you don't want to read my overly-long explanation, skip to the last bit and you'll get the message.

This is basically how it is, in a nut shell.

The bottom line, when it comes to fans and recruits: If a fan trys to influence where a recruit should attend college, that college is in violation of NCAA rules. There is one exception to this: anyone who has a prior relationship to the recruit before (more or less) any school begins to recruit him. Those people with prior relationships to the recruit (family, friends, coaches, etc.) can influence the recruit as they see fit.

Now for some of the misconceptions many fans have on this subject.

1) These rules are stupid, unfair, (and my favorite) unconstitutional. First, these rules are only stupid and unfiar if you are a fan.

FYI: on the NCAA totem, the fans rank last, or next to last. Their main priority, in this case, is to protect recruits and their families and friends. Imagine your son is a 5-star quarterback being courted by the big teams. Imagine also that their are no NCAA rules prohibiting fan/recruit contact. Fans from all over the nation would be knocking at your door 24 hours/day. They would be swarming your house. They would try to contact your son at school, on dates, while driving, etc. It would make your family's life a living hell (similar to Britney Spears/paparazzi), and the NCAA will not stand for that, and rightfully so. As far as the consititution argument goes... that's just stupid. The NCAA does not restrict what you as an american can say, but they can definitely punish your college for what you say to a recruit.

2) These rulse can't be enforced (i.e. It's rediculous to think a school could actually regulate what it's fans can say to anyone.). Another fan's argument that follows along these same lines is: even if I do encourage a recruit to attend my favorite college, and my favorite college reports it to the NCAA, the NCAA will not really punish my college.

The NCAA will not tolerate the previous situation I just described (i.e. Britney/paparazzi). The NCAA puts the reponsiblity on the schools, themselves, to insure that this does not happen. The schools must put forth every effort to educate their fan bases and to prevent them from influencing recruits (thus, you get LSU's message on the first page). If the university KNOWS a recruit has been influenced by a booster of the program (here, the term "booster" includes fans - and it has nothing to do with giving money) it must self-report to the NCAA that they have committed a secondary (minor) violation. Now, what type of punishment will this cause? From the NCAA, probably nothing of which to speak. However, ESPN has an army of peons that scour the daily minutia of college football happenings. The next day LSU self reports, you'll see a headline on SportsCenter saying: "LSU athletic department committs NCAA violation(s) regarding its football team." How many LSU recruits watch SportsCenter? How many coaches at rival schools will use such a thing to recruit negatively against LSU? "You don't want to go to LSU, they'll be on probation and lose a bunch of scholarships next year because their a dirty program." Can't you just hear Saban saying that?
The real punishment comes from the P.R. fallout if LSU self-reports violations committed by fans, and they MUST self-report if they do, in fact, find a violation no matter how small. They would be completely stupid not to.

Take home message for any fan who loves LSU: You can interact with an LSU recruit all you want, JUST DON'T TRY TO INFLUENCE THEIR COLLEGE CHOICE IN ANY WAY, EVEN IF THEY ASK YOU FOR SUCH ADVICE.

P.S. Forgot to add this one litte exception: Anyone can pretty much say anything to a LSU recruit IF, IF the recruit is on campus for an official visit. Otherwise, I'd stick with what I wrote above.