GoldRing:"The best seems to rise to the challenge, that's why we have saying from people like John Paul Warren quote: "Cream always rises to the top...so do good leaders". Where does these truisms leave the LSU fighting tiger football fans with head football coach Les Miles as the leader of the LSU football program. What you see and hear, is what you get.
“Alexander, Caesar, Charlemagne, and I have founded empires. But
on what did we rest the creations of our genius? Upon force. Jesus
Christ founded his empire upon love; and at this hour millions of men
would die for him. ”
― Napoleon Bonaparte
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http://espn.go.com/college-
Report: Arkansas courts Les Miles
Updated: November 27, 2012, 11:56 PM ET
ESPN.com news servicesReports: Arkansas Makes Offer To Les Miles
Reports: Arkansas offers LSU head coach Les Miles contract for head coach position.Tags: College Football, Arkansas Razorbacks, Les Miles
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On The Mark: Coaching Job OpeningsArkansas has made a head-coaching offer to LSU's Les Miles, the New Orleans Times-Picayune reports, citing a source.
The Razorbacks offered five years, $27.5 million, according to the paper.
"They made a serious offer," a source told the newspaper. "(Athletic director) Joe (Alleva) is meeting with (Miles') agent and the discussion is ongoing."
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Arkansas athletic director Jeff Long announced Saturday the school would not be bringing back John L. Smith.
The former Michigan State and Louisville coach was hired from Weber State in April to replace the fired Bobby Petrino and signed to a 10-month contract. Long says that once a new coach is hired, Smith will be reassigned as a consultant through the end of his deal on Feb. 23, 2013.
LSU sports information director Michael Bonnette told the paper that Miles "didn't have anything to say."
LSU beat Arkansas in its final regular-season game on Friday, finishing with double-digit wins for the sixth time in eight seasons under Miles.
Information from The Associated Press was used in this report.
I
don't care if it's real or not, if Jeff Long wants to be fired let it
be the truth! Why in the hell would he fire a lunatic for a lunatic
moron?
But Les doesn't ride motorcycles... right?! Also, sources have told me he hates volleyball players...
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GoldRing: "That is astonishing news, that the Arkansas razorbacks have just offered LSU head football coach Les Miles a $28 million dollar deal to go coach the Hogs football program.
I am speechless!!!"
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http://www.tigerrag.com/?p=
Arkansas offers Les Miles head coaching job
Deal would be for five years, around $30 million plus large buy out
By CODY WORSHAM
Tiger Rag Editor
Arkansas must have been mighty impressed with Les Miles’ coaching performance in LSU’s 20-13 victory on Friday.
Just days later, the university has extended an offer to Miles for the Tiger coach to take their vacant head coaching position, sources have informed Tiger Rag.
The offer, in total, is for five years and “around $30 million” and includes a large buy out. It’s a multi-year offer starting at approximately $4 million per season and increasing to nearly $6.5 million by its end, according to sources.
The deal would earn Miles nearly $1.5 million per year more than he currently makes at LSU. Miles will make $3.8 million for the 2012 season, second in the SEC only to Nick Saban’s $5.4 million.
Miles will meet with the media tomorrow afternoon for a previously scheduled press conference. While the original topic of the presser was to focus on LSU’s bowl outlook, be sure that the contract offer will be discussed.
Come back to Tiger Rag tomorrow for updates.
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SBNation.comLes Miles has 'serious offer' from Arkansas, according to report
Chris GraythenUpdate: Pete Roussel denies Arkansas offered.
The Arkansas Razorbacks have reportedly offered LSU Tigers head coach Les Miles a five-year, $27.5-million contract to leave LSU and become the head coach at Arkansas, according to the Times-Picayune. The information originally came from a tweet by Sports by Brooks; it's been denied from the Fayetteville side, and the LSU sports information department declined comment when asked.
Earlier, Bruce Feldman weighed in:
Asked 2 sources abt Les Miles/Arkansas report. Both said may be something there but probably using for leverage w LSU.From SEC blog Team Speed Kills' analysis:
— Bruce Feldman (@BFeldmanCBS) November 27, 2012
I'm not sure what Long's play is here. Miles didn't leave LSU for his own alma mater of Michigan, which also happens to be the winningest program in major NCAA football history. I really don't see him leaving Baton Rouge for a job that is, frankly, a step down from the one he has now in the same division. Joe Alleva will always be able to find enough money to keep Miles where he is if that's the central issue, so Long can't pry Miles away with a Godfather offer. It's a bold move, but it's also one that could blow up in his face. If the fan base doesn't like whoever he ends up with or a prime candidate gets snapped up in the meantime, then he'll be seen as having wasted time on this wild goose chase. Plus, now the actual new head coach is not going to be seen as the first choice.Miles completed his eighth regular season at LSU, leading the Tigers to a 10-2 record in 2012, which was capped by a 20-13 victory over the Razorbacks last weekend.
For Miles, there is no incentive to leave. He's pretty well entrenched at LSU, and as I said, he'll get paid. With his team seemingly a perpetual top 10 or so squad every year, he's got things going at roughly as high a level as they get. What reason is there to go to the other half of the Golden Boot to pick up the pieces that Bobby Petrino left behind and John L. Smith scattered to the winds? Not only would Miles instantly become the most hated person in the state of Louisiana, but his image would be tarnished forever as a mercenary only after money.
On Nov. 24 Arkansas reassigned coach John L. Smith into a consulting role until the end of his 10-month deal to serve as Bobby Petrino's interim replacement. The Razorbacks finished the 2012 season 4-8.
Les Miles currently makes just more than $3.75 million per year as base salary, according to the Times-Picayune.
Miles was previously the head coach of the Oklahoma State Cowboys before coming to LSU to replace Nick Saban in 2004. He also previously served as a position coach with the Dallas Cowboys, Michigan Wolverines, Colorado Buffaloes and at Oklahoma State.
Look through SB Nation's many excellent college football blogs to find your team's community.
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Les Carpenter quote: " They were tossing him out? Seriously? The host of the biggest sports talk show in New Orleans, during the biggest moment of the biggest game of the year? And they called a policeman? A policeman? For Bobby Ehh-Bearrrr? They were only throwing him out of their press box, not sending him to Angola, but still. The Cajun Cannon getting tossed?"
GoldRing "The amazing stupidity of the LSU chain of command at Louisiana State University...Can you see or hear of that kind of behavior becoming public at Alabama, Florida, Notre Dame, ( ECT )?
Tinker Town: "You would think that the people responsible for running the affairs of Louisiana State University would be better able to arrive at a wiser decision, then to shine a bad publicity light on the LSU University football program. By tossing out one of the leading sports voices of the powerful 50,000 Watt Radio station in New Orleans. For over anthem behavior because of his reaction to the LSU football player scoring a exciting TD in a important LSU vs Alabama football game. I mean come on, after going through all those years of higher education that the people running LSU have had, that they lack the simple wisdom of every day American citizens. That just give me the willies?
Wow! No wonder that our school are in the bad shape that we see them in, these day."
P.S.LSU:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?
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Yahoo! sports
Les Carpenter
Bobby Hebert (R) pumps up the crowd at a Madden kickoff event in New Orleans in August 2010 (Getty)The school's sports information official said there had been complaints; that all the cheering Hebert was doing earlier this month for LSU during the Alabama game was a distraction and a direct violation of press box protocol prohibiting such outbursts. The LSU official said other journalists in the box had noticed. "Belligerent," is how one would describe him. And how could they not help but see? When a 6-foot-4 onetime Saints quarterback pounds on the table in front of him and shouts game commentary in a Cajun accent as thick as an alligator's spine, it's hard to ignore.
Then again this is a different place from the other sports cities in the United States. Where a sports talk host getting tossed from a press box might seem irresponsible elsewhere, people in this market give their talk shows names like: "The Sports Hangover." It is a world in which Hebert has become larger than life no matter what he does. And why weeks after the Alabama game, the memory makes him laugh. Not because he was thrown out. Or because the story about his ejection went viral. Or even because a policeman was called, though he is still shocked about that.
What amuses Hebert is that anyone considers his ejection a big deal.
"They better never come to a Saints game," he says. "Compared to what I did at that Jets game this was nothing."
He chuckles. Read more...http://sports.yahoo.
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http://theadvocate.com/sports/
Consider it the LSU Tigers’ own personalized version of a four-game college football playoff.
Four possible bowl destinations for the Tigers — the Capital One, AT&T Cotton, Outback and Chick-fil-A — appear likely be trimmed down to two leading destinations, the Cotton and Chick-fil-A, before LSU finds out Sunday which is the one game where it will finally play.
Indications point to LSU’s bowl fate being closely tied to which team wins Saturday’s Southeastern Conference Championship Game in Atlanta.
If it’s No. 2 Alabama winning to advance to a date with Notre Dame in the BCS National Championship Game, that would likely steer LSU to the Jan. 4 Cotton Bowl in Arlington, Texas. If it’s No. 3 Georgia, then LSU would likely follow the Bulldogs to Atlanta to play in the Chick-fil-A Bowl on New Year’s Eve.
With 11-1 Florida (currently No. 4 in the BCS) set to snap up the SEC’s second and final BCS bowl slot, the Gators are poised to be the SEC champion’s replacement in the Jan. 2 Allstate Sugar Bowl in New Orleans.
That leaves the Cap One, Cotton, Outback and Chick-fil-A to divvy up an 11-2 SEC Championship Game loser and LSU, Texas A&M and South Carolina, all at 10-2. Read more...http://theadvocate.com/
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Dandy Don's LSU Sports Report
The first thing I’d like to do is thank those of you who have already shown your appreciation of this websiet by contributing to our annual fundraiser which began yesterday. For those of you who and not familiar with our fundraiser, please click here to find out what it’s all about and pledge your support.
Yesterday I received quite a bit of email from Tiger fans expressing mixed feelings about this football season. While many of the fans I heard from were not pleased with the way the team played against Arkansas, there are a lot of folks, myself included, who realize that going 10-2 and playing in a quality bowl (albeit a non-BCS) is very commendable, especially considering the attrition/injuries the team faced, the difficulty of LSU’s schedule and the overall strength of the SEC. (Yesterday one of my readers pointed out to me that the six SEC teams in the top-10 of the BCS have a combined record of 63-9 and every loss has been at the hands of one another!) All in all, I’m very proud of this LSU team and its accomplishments, and I recognize how fortunate we are as Tiger fans to be in a situation where it feels like a down year when we go 10-2.
I also heard from many of you asking my thoughts on LSU’s offense with Zach Mettenberger at the helm. Honestly, there are a lot of things I like about Mettenberger, and I saw marked improvement in his play starting with the Alabama game. During the course of the year he seemed to become more accustomed to the speed of the game, began doing a better job checking down his receivers, and stood taller in the pocket. I have confidence that if he learns to put a little more air under his long throws, which would give his receivers a better chance to make a play on the ball, he will be successful and make a lot of Tiger Fans happy.
Yesterday I decided to spend a bit of time evaluating LSU’s quarterback performance this year compared to last year and put together the following chart. Rather than interpreting the chart for you and telling you what I take from it, I’ll ask that you draw your own conclusions and share them with me. This ought to be a lot of fun. By the way, I pulled the numbers from cfbstats.com which is a great resource.
In other news, Coach Miles and his staff will be spending a lot of time this week on the recruiting trail since the NCAA Contact Period began Sunday. LSU currently has 24 commitments for the class of 2013 and one of it’s biggest remaining in-state targets is Kendell Beckwith (DE/LB, 6'3", 225) of East Feliciana who is the top-ranks player on our list of Top Louisiana Football Prospects for the Class of 2013. In this weekend’s semi-finals of the state playoff, East Feliciana will be hosting Notre Dame, and I suspect that LSU recruiting coordinator Frank Wilson will be there to check out Beckwith. I understand that the two of them have developed a great relationship and I am feeling better and better about our chances of landing him. Two other games that will be getting a lot of attention Friday because of the numerous 2014 prospects on the teams are West Monroe at Barbe and Holy Cross at Edna Karr. I’ll probably be checking out the West Monroe-Barbe game and would appreciate reports on the other games from any of you who attend.
In closing, I’m happy to report that the Denver Broncos are expected to add running back Jacob Hester to their 53-man roster. According to a report by the Denver Post, the Broncos have an open spot on their roster after they placed starting running back Willis McGahee on injured reserve last week, and Hester began working out with the team Wednesday.
Reader comments: Scott, I think your readers will enjoy this article by Rene Nadeau called “Best Ever: Ranking the LSU backfields.” Read more...http://www.dandydon.
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The Daily
Reveille
Taylor Balkom
Posted: Monday, November 26, 2012 10:02 pm
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Updated: 11:53 pm, Mon Nov 26, 2012.
Lawrence Barreca | 0 comments
Of the 67 plays called by LSU offensive coordinator Greg Studrawa on Friday against Arkansas, two truly went on to change the complexity of the game.
Both were plays that may not have happened at the beginning of the season.
With 1:12 remaining in the first half, junior quarterback Zach Mettenberger threw a pass that many initially believed would be beyond sophomore wide receiver Jarvis Landry’s reach.
That was before Landry swirled around, extended his right hand and snatched the ball before his backside landed in-bounds.
Some are calling it college football’s catch of the year.Read more...
“It was one of those things that we do at practice to mess around,” Landry said of his one-handed grab. “It was kind of high and behind me, so I just trusted my ability, and I went up and made the play.”
The second play came with roughly two minutes remaining in the fourth quarter and the Tigers leading Arkansas 17-13.
Mettenberger threw a strike to sophomore receiver Odell Beckham Jr., who then sprinted 47 yards to put the Tigers in field goal range and burn precious seconds off the clock.
“I just got open, and when I looked ahead I saw there was no one up, so I just tried to get out of the tackle,” Beckham said. “I slipped my leg out and tried to stay in bounds to keep the clock moving.”
Both of these plays were critical to LSU’s victory the day after Thanksgiving, but they may not have looked the same earlier this season.
Many hoped Mettenberger’s presence and the emergence of a young receiving corps would bring efficiency to LSU’s passing game in 2012.
And then things began to fall apart.
Three-fifths of the original starting offensive line was eventually replaced. Both Beckham and Landry found themselves regularly dropping would-be completions.
Even Mettenberger came under fire, with some members of the Tigers’ fan base calling for redshirt freshman backup Stephen Rivers to get more playing time.
Right when it looked as though the passing game needed a boost, the top-ranked Crimson Tide marched into Tiger Stadium.
The receivers knew their quarterback had taken heat from both the media and the fan base, and they set out to silence the critics.
“We just decided that it’s not fun to be talked about and to hear that we’re not good,” Beckham said. “We decided that we had to turn it on and start making plays for the offense.”
Mettenberger responded with 298 yards and a touchdown through the air.
Since the Alabama contest, the passing attack has hardly resembled the unit that took the field earlier in the season.
“All the receivers are really starting to mature, and they’re really solidifying our identity as an offense,” Mettenberger said. “Guys are starting to understand that every route has a purpose.”http://www.
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“True leaders negotiate uncertainly with certainty.”
― Nasyitah A.
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Radio host, former Saints QB Bobby Hebert connects with fans, ruffles feathers in Big Easy
NEW ORLEANS – On the night they came for Bobby Hebert they brought a policeman to take him away. Can you believe that? A policeman. And the voice of Louisiana sports looked with shock upon the men from LSU about to eject him from their press box. They were tossing him out? Seriously? The host of the biggest sports talk show in New Orleans, during the biggest moment of the biggest game of the year? And they called a policeman? A policeman? For Bobby Ehh-Bearrrr? They were only throwing him out of their press box, not sending him to Angola, but still. The Cajun Cannon getting tossed?Bobby Hebert (R) pumps up the crowd at a Madden kickoff event in New Orleans in August 2010 (Getty)The school's sports information official said there had been complaints; that all the cheering Hebert was doing earlier this month for LSU during the Alabama game was a distraction and a direct violation of press box protocol prohibiting such outbursts. The LSU official said other journalists in the box had noticed. "Belligerent," is how one would describe him. And how could they not help but see? When a 6-foot-4 onetime Saints quarterback pounds on the table in front of him and shouts game commentary in a Cajun accent as thick as an alligator's spine, it's hard to ignore.
Then again this is a different place from the other sports cities in the United States. Where a sports talk host getting tossed from a press box might seem irresponsible elsewhere, people in this market give their talk shows names like: "The Sports Hangover." It is a world in which Hebert has become larger than life no matter what he does. And why weeks after the Alabama game, the memory makes him laugh. Not because he was thrown out. Or because the story about his ejection went viral. Or even because a policeman was called, though he is still shocked about that.
What amuses Hebert is that anyone considers his ejection a big deal.
"They better never come to a Saints game," he says. "Compared to what I did at that Jets game this was nothing."
He chuckles. Read more...http://sports.yahoo.
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http://theadvocate.com/sports/
LSU
LSU bowl fate may depend on SEC title game
BY SCOTT RABALAIS
Advocate sportswriter
November 27, 2012
Advocate sportswriter
November 27, 2012
Four possible bowl destinations for the Tigers — the Capital One, AT&T Cotton, Outback and Chick-fil-A — appear likely be trimmed down to two leading destinations, the Cotton and Chick-fil-A, before LSU finds out Sunday which is the one game where it will finally play.
Indications point to LSU’s bowl fate being closely tied to which team wins Saturday’s Southeastern Conference Championship Game in Atlanta.
If it’s No. 2 Alabama winning to advance to a date with Notre Dame in the BCS National Championship Game, that would likely steer LSU to the Jan. 4 Cotton Bowl in Arlington, Texas. If it’s No. 3 Georgia, then LSU would likely follow the Bulldogs to Atlanta to play in the Chick-fil-A Bowl on New Year’s Eve.
With 11-1 Florida (currently No. 4 in the BCS) set to snap up the SEC’s second and final BCS bowl slot, the Gators are poised to be the SEC champion’s replacement in the Jan. 2 Allstate Sugar Bowl in New Orleans.
That leaves the Cap One, Cotton, Outback and Chick-fil-A to divvy up an 11-2 SEC Championship Game loser and LSU, Texas A&M and South Carolina, all at 10-2. Read more...http://theadvocate.com/
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Dandy Don's LSU Sports Report
11/27/12 5:50 am CT
Good morning, Tiger Fans.The first thing I’d like to do is thank those of you who have already shown your appreciation of this websiet by contributing to our annual fundraiser which began yesterday. For those of you who and not familiar with our fundraiser, please click here to find out what it’s all about and pledge your support.
Yesterday I received quite a bit of email from Tiger fans expressing mixed feelings about this football season. While many of the fans I heard from were not pleased with the way the team played against Arkansas, there are a lot of folks, myself included, who realize that going 10-2 and playing in a quality bowl (albeit a non-BCS) is very commendable, especially considering the attrition/injuries the team faced, the difficulty of LSU’s schedule and the overall strength of the SEC. (Yesterday one of my readers pointed out to me that the six SEC teams in the top-10 of the BCS have a combined record of 63-9 and every loss has been at the hands of one another!) All in all, I’m very proud of this LSU team and its accomplishments, and I recognize how fortunate we are as Tiger fans to be in a situation where it feels like a down year when we go 10-2.
I also heard from many of you asking my thoughts on LSU’s offense with Zach Mettenberger at the helm. Honestly, there are a lot of things I like about Mettenberger, and I saw marked improvement in his play starting with the Alabama game. During the course of the year he seemed to become more accustomed to the speed of the game, began doing a better job checking down his receivers, and stood taller in the pocket. I have confidence that if he learns to put a little more air under his long throws, which would give his receivers a better chance to make a play on the ball, he will be successful and make a lot of Tiger Fans happy.
Yesterday I decided to spend a bit of time evaluating LSU’s quarterback performance this year compared to last year and put together the following chart. Rather than interpreting the chart for you and telling you what I take from it, I’ll ask that you draw your own conclusions and share them with me. This ought to be a lot of fun. By the way, I pulled the numbers from cfbstats.com which is a great resource.
In other news, Coach Miles and his staff will be spending a lot of time this week on the recruiting trail since the NCAA Contact Period began Sunday. LSU currently has 24 commitments for the class of 2013 and one of it’s biggest remaining in-state targets is Kendell Beckwith (DE/LB, 6'3", 225) of East Feliciana who is the top-ranks player on our list of Top Louisiana Football Prospects for the Class of 2013. In this weekend’s semi-finals of the state playoff, East Feliciana will be hosting Notre Dame, and I suspect that LSU recruiting coordinator Frank Wilson will be there to check out Beckwith. I understand that the two of them have developed a great relationship and I am feeling better and better about our chances of landing him. Two other games that will be getting a lot of attention Friday because of the numerous 2014 prospects on the teams are West Monroe at Barbe and Holy Cross at Edna Karr. I’ll probably be checking out the West Monroe-Barbe game and would appreciate reports on the other games from any of you who attend.
In closing, I’m happy to report that the Denver Broncos are expected to add running back Jacob Hester to their 53-man roster. According to a report by the Denver Post, the Broncos have an open spot on their roster after they placed starting running back Willis McGahee on injured reserve last week, and Hester began working out with the team Wednesday.
Reader comments: Scott, I think your readers will enjoy this article by Rene Nadeau called “Best Ever: Ranking the LSU backfields.” Read more...http://www.dandydon.
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The Daily
Reveille
Football: Passing attack matured over course of 2012 schedule
Taylor BalkomLSU vs. Arkansas 11/23/2012
LSU sophomore wide receiver Jarvis Landry (80) makes a leaping catch to score a touchdown during the game against Arkansas on November 23, 2012 in Fayetteville.
Lawrence Barreca | 0 comments
Of the 67 plays called by LSU offensive coordinator Greg Studrawa on Friday against Arkansas, two truly went on to change the complexity of the game.
Both were plays that may not have happened at the beginning of the season.
With 1:12 remaining in the first half, junior quarterback Zach Mettenberger threw a pass that many initially believed would be beyond sophomore wide receiver Jarvis Landry’s reach.
That was before Landry swirled around, extended his right hand and snatched the ball before his backside landed in-bounds.
Some are calling it college football’s catch of the year.Read more...
“It was one of those things that we do at practice to mess around,” Landry said of his one-handed grab. “It was kind of high and behind me, so I just trusted my ability, and I went up and made the play.”
The second play came with roughly two minutes remaining in the fourth quarter and the Tigers leading Arkansas 17-13.
Mettenberger threw a strike to sophomore receiver Odell Beckham Jr., who then sprinted 47 yards to put the Tigers in field goal range and burn precious seconds off the clock.
“I just got open, and when I looked ahead I saw there was no one up, so I just tried to get out of the tackle,” Beckham said. “I slipped my leg out and tried to stay in bounds to keep the clock moving.”
Both of these plays were critical to LSU’s victory the day after Thanksgiving, but they may not have looked the same earlier this season.
Many hoped Mettenberger’s presence and the emergence of a young receiving corps would bring efficiency to LSU’s passing game in 2012.
And then things began to fall apart.
Three-fifths of the original starting offensive line was eventually replaced. Both Beckham and Landry found themselves regularly dropping would-be completions.
Even Mettenberger came under fire, with some members of the Tigers’ fan base calling for redshirt freshman backup Stephen Rivers to get more playing time.
Right when it looked as though the passing game needed a boost, the top-ranked Crimson Tide marched into Tiger Stadium.
The receivers knew their quarterback had taken heat from both the media and the fan base, and they set out to silence the critics.
“We just decided that it’s not fun to be talked about and to hear that we’re not good,” Beckham said. “We decided that we had to turn it on and start making plays for the offense.”
Mettenberger responded with 298 yards and a touchdown through the air.
Since the Alabama contest, the passing attack has hardly resembled the unit that took the field earlier in the season.
“All the receivers are really starting to mature, and they’re really solidifying our identity as an offense,” Mettenberger said. “Guys are starting to understand that every route has a purpose.”http://www.
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“True leaders negotiate uncertainly with certainty.”
― Nasyitah A.
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