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LSU Coach Les Miles May Be Coaching For His Job (situation still unsettled)...

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Yes, I think Chip Kelly to Southern Cal is pretty dang likely. It's hard to call the SEC openings because Richt and Miles employment status for 2016 loom large on how that falls out. The SEC ADs are mostly going to hire from the pool of coaches in the Southern region or strong ties to the region, so who gets who depends on the openings. For example, I'd think that Kirby Smart would hold off on South Carolina to see if he could get a job at his alma mater, Georgia.
 
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rgw said:
Yes, I think Chip Kelly to Southern Cal is pretty dang likely. It's hard to call the SEC openings because Richt and Miles employment status for 2016 loom large on how that falls out. The SEC ADs are mostly going to hire from the pool of coaches in the Southern region or strong ties to the region, so who gets who depends on the openings. For example, I'd think that Kirby Smart would hold off on South Carolina to see if he could get a job at his alma mater, Georgia.
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Chip Kelly and Pat Haden would make the SoCal version of The Odd Couple. Kelly could be Oscar Madison and Haden could be Felix Unger.
 
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The way the Eagles looked yesterday they needed Quincy more than Oscar.
 
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So that's at least 2 coaches forced out of the SEC because of CNS dominance. Who thinks he ends up in Nebraska?
 
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Did you see them serve up a win to Iowa yesterday?
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The fade on fourth and one absolutely blew my mind. Down by 11 with over seven minutes to go you have to take the points there.


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AlexanderFan said:
The fade on fourth and one absolutely blew my mind. Down by 11 with over seven minutes to go you have to take the points there.
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I don't disagree with the decision to go for a 1st down there. They were down at the 20 yard line and their offense was really struggling. They had no reason to expect that they would get that close again with 5 minutes to go in the game. And they had one yard to gain for the first down. So roll the dice and try to pick up the yard.

What boggles the mind is the decision to throw that pass to the corner of the end zone instead of playing for the first down. You turn a great opportunity into a Hail Mary with a QB who was more keen on throwing the ball to Iowa players than Huskers against a defense that was getting pressure on the QB without blitzing.

Did Riley really believe that Iowa would sell out to stop the run in that situation? If so, he wasn't paying attention to what was happening in the game at all. Iowa didn't need to sell out to stop the run. The clock was in their favor. They just needed to keep playing good defense and let Nebraska make mistakes - and Nebraska didn't disappoint.
 
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LSU just made a huge mistake. They'll be hard pressed to find a coach that can do as well as Les has done in his tenure there.
Les, otoh, will soon have his phone ringing off the hook from schools that have just fired far less productive coaches, and maybe from some who are thinking about it..
 
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B1GTide said:
I don't disagree with the decision to go for a 1st down there. They were down at the 20 yard line and their offense was really struggling. They had no reason to expect that they would get that close again with 5 minutes to go in the game. And they had one yard to gain for the first down. So roll the dice and try to pick up the yard.

What boggles the mind is the decision to throw that pass to the corner of the end zone instead of playing for the first down. You turn a great opportunity into a Hail Mary with a QB who was more keen on throwing the ball to Iowa players than Huskers against a defense that was getting pressure on the QB without blitzing.

Did Riley really believe that Iowa would sell out to stop the run in that situation? If so, he wasn't paying attention to what was happening in the game at all. Iowa didn't need to sell out to stop the run. The clock was in their favor. They just needed to keep playing good defense and let Nebraska make mistakes - and Nebraska didn't disappoint.
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Agree...could not believe they didn't take the 1st down and keep moving. OTOH, I was impressed with Iowa...not the greatest group of athletes, but they play together really, really well. I love it that their bread and butter play is tailback off tackle. Sounds like another team I know...
 
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Wonder if they get Jimbo?

He would improve their offense, make it more diverse and probably develop a QB.
Probably lose some of their smash mouth toughness though.

Can Jimbo beat Saban anymore than Miles? Heck, they may end up like Georgia, 10 wins and a good offense, but still can't get over the hump.
 
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Wonder if they get Jimbo?

He would improve their offense, make it more diverse and probably develop a QB.
Probably lose some of their smash mouth toughness though.

Can Jimbo beat Saban anymore than Miles? Heck, they may end up like Georgia, 10 wins and a good offense, but still can't get over the hump.
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Yeah, go ahead and hire Jimbo. Just go ahead and hire a parole officer for the athletic department too.
 
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Does LSU have a good law school?
Do a lot of their alumni do pro bono work on behalf of the athletic department?

If Jimbo comes back to the bayou, the answer to both of those questions had better be a resounding yes.
 
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BradtheImpaler said:
Does LSU have a good law school?
Do a lot of their alumni do pro bono work on behalf of the athletic department?

If Jimbo comes back to the bayou, the answer to both of those questions had better be a resounding yes.
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http://www.law.lsu.edu/news/2015/03...e-of-changing-legal-market-budget-reductions/

The LSU Law Center remained in the top 100 law schools in the nation in the 2016 U.S. News rankings released today. The school ranked #94 among the nation’s public and private law schools. The #94 ranking is down from the previous year in which the Law Center ranked #72, the highest ranking in Law Center history.

Some 198 accredited law schools in the nation are reviewed by the U.S. News magazine. LSU Law is one of only nine public law schools from Texas to Florida, and only one of four law schools in Louisiana, Alabama, and Mississippi, public or private, ranked in the Top 100. LSU Law entered the U.S. News Top 100 for the first time in 2004.


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Using the Les Miles precedent, don't they need to fire the head of the law school for them: a) being below Alabama; and b) dropping in the rankings?
 
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Sorry, but before CNS and CLM, who was LSU again? What has been CLM's record? Methinks they really don't recognize where they've been and where they could be. They haven't exactly been a traditional football powerhouse and two coaches have turned them into an SEC contender most years.

I think ditching Miles is a huge mistake.
 
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Gallowglas said:
Sorry, but before CNS and CLM, who was LSU again? What has been CLM's record? Methinks they really don't recognize where they've been and where they could be. They haven't exactly been a traditional football powerhouse and two coaches have turned them into an SEC contender most years.

I think ditching Miles is a huge mistake.
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They have to hit a grand slam or they look bad imo. And either way, the treatment of Miles will be looked back upon with shame.
 
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