GoldRing: "Do you really like blocking and tackling. Hard hitting, and great college athletes playing on defense. Or do you want a lot of touchdowns from wide open football games that becomes more like touch, better known as flag football. Scoring a lot and lots of points. Tackle football is becoming extinct. What do you really want to see on a college football field?
Johnny Manziel and other good offensive college football players running around lose on every other play. Offensive players are only as good as the competition they plays against. I think that the standard of college football has declined so bad that even the best in the business ( Pro football ) is now allowing first year college quarterbacks to run around at will, like flag football. Lost in TV thrills.
The college football defense has been so watered down that the football game we see now is but a replay of more and more touchdowns. At what point does the repetition become boring?"
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Les Miles staying at LSU
Updated: November 28, 2012, 8:05 PM ET
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Gary Laney | GeauxTigerNationShould Arkansas Be Allowed To Talk To Les Miles?
Skip Bayless, Rob Parker and Stephen A. Smith discuss the report that Arkansas has made a contract offer to Les Miles.Tags: Les Miles, Jerry Jones, LSU Coach, Arkansas Coach, Skip Bayless, Rob Parker, Stephen A. Smith, First Take
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Les Miles wise to stay right where he is
November, 28, 2012
By
Chris Low | ESPN.com
Les Miles might be known as the “Mad Hatter,” and he might do and say some strange things from time to time.
OK, he says strange things a lot of the time.
But this just in: He hasn’t lost his mind.
Arkansas
is a good job with first-class facilities that are about to be spruced
up to the tune of $35 million, and it’s obvious the Hogs were willing to
pay Miles a hog trough of money to be Head Hog.
But let’s be honest here. Leaving LSU for Arkansas makes absolutely no sense.
LSU’s not only one of the top coaching jobs in the SEC. It’s one of the top coaching jobs in all of college football when you take everything into account from the talent level in the state of Louisiana, to the facilities on campus, to the brand that LSU football has become.
Florida, Texas, USC and Ohio State, in no particular order, might be the Rolls-Royces of coaching jobs in college football. But LSU would at least deserve to be in the same showroom.
Everything’s in place at LSU to compete for and win championships on a regular basis, and for the most part, Miles has done just that since arriving on the Bayou in 2005.
In some ways, he’s probably been a victim of his own success. A win in the bowl game this season would give him 11 or more wins in six of his eight seasons coaching the Tigers.
Go back and look at how many schools across college football have won 11 or more games six times in an eight-year span. Twice, Miles has played in the BCS National Championship Game, and he won the top prize in 2007.
Despite his success, Miles has never been completely embraced by the LSU fan base. He’s been his own worst enemy at times with some of his game-management blunders, and there’s a segment of fans in Tigerland who will always hold it against him that he’s not Nick Saban. See video and read more... https://mail.google.com/mail/?
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Head coach inks contract extension, salary increase with university
By RICHARD FISCHER
TIger Rag Associate Editor
Following yesterday’s reported offer of $27.5 million over five years to become the next head coach at Arkansas, LSU and Les Miles came to an agreement on a contract extension and raise Wednesday.
Miles had five years remaining on his preexisting contract, and two years have been added to it.
No figures have been released regarding Miles’ bump in pay. In fact, a release sent out by LSU earlier today (which you can find at the bottom of the page) said that details are still being negotiated. Of course, any changes are subject to the approval of the LSU Board of Supervisors.
LSU held a prescheduled press conference Wednesday afternoon where the toping of Miles staying at LSU was front and center. LSU athletics’ director Joe Alleva led it off with the following comments.
“There’s been a lot of speculation about other schools and all that, and I wanna assure you - I know you’re not gonna believe me - but I want to assure you it really has nothing to do with that,” Alleva said. “It’s been my plan all along to give coach a raise and an extension, and that’s what we’re doing. People talk about winning championships, and it’s really not always about winning championships. It’s about being in the hunt to win championships, and coach has shown that he’s consistently in the hunt to win championships and educate our young men and make them good citizens. And that’s really what this is all about.”
Miles said his talks with Arkansas were “preliminary and fell short of any major, major interest.” He said no yes or no was required from his talks with the Hogs, and he recommended names for Arkansas to hire. Miles said he did not speak with Arkansas alum and Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones regarding the offer.
“I can tell you I very much respect those Razorbacks and how they played in the last game, but I’m the LSU head coach and will be the LSU head coach for as long as I can be,” Miles said. “We’ve done some special things here, and it’s nice that the administration, Joe Alleva, Chancellor [Dr. William] Jenkins, recognized that and say, ‘Coach, we want you to be here.’
Miles he said the reported sum Arkansas offered is inaccurate. He would not talk about money in the press conference in any other way, even going as far as to call it “embarrassing.”
“It’s embarrassing to me to have to talk about money, so I don’t. I can tell you that I’m just thankful and fortunate to have an occupation that pays tremendous market value,” he said.
Miles didn’t comment on who got the conversation with Arkansas started.
Here are some other things of note the coach said during his meeting with the media.
-Miles expects LB Kwon Alexander (ankle) and OG Josh WIlliford (concussion) to be back for the bowl game. He does not expect RB Alfred Blue (knee) to be back.
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SEC postseason picture takes shape, predicting the bowl pairings
Posted: Nov 25, 2012 5:49 PM EST Updated: Nov 26, 2012 6:15 PM EST
By Brian Tynes - email
South CarolinaMore>>
Gamecocks 2-sport star Ellington back on the court
Clowney named to coaches' All-America team
WR Ellington working out with USC basketball team
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Bt it is never too early to start guessing
how things will pan out. Games are listed in descending order of play
(all times Eastern).
BCS National Championship, Jan. 7, 8:30 p.m., ESPN
Alabama vs. Notre Dame – The dream matchup of the NCAA and the powers-that-be in college football will happen if the Crimson Tide can get past Georgia in the SEC championship game. That won't be an easy task, but Alabama got new life after a pair of upsets at the top of the BCS standings catapulted it back into the hunt for the championship game. Should the Bulldogs win, they'll get this berth instead. Alabama is currently ranked higher, so it earns the projection.
Notre Dame is the longest of long shots after starting the season unranked, and was on no one's radar for the national championship game until about three weeks ago when the Tide lost to Texas A&M. The Fighting Irish (12-0) survived two overtime games and three others decided by one score to become the only undefeated team eligible for postseason play.
Cotton Bowl, Jan. 4, 8 p.m., FOX
Texas A&M vs. Texas – The only people who will be happy about this game will be the executives at the Cotton Bowl and FOX. The Aggies (10-2, 6-2) are dead to Texas after leaving the Big XII, and having to face them in a bowl game will be about as well received as a slap in the face.
A&M hates Texas even more than that, and is well rid of the Longhorns (8-3, 5-3). Or so they thought. Texas last made the Cotton Bowl in 2003, which is also the last time a current member of the Big XII won the game. This matchup, however, is not a guarantee. The Big XII will have to get one of its teams in the BCS as an at-large team to make it happen, which means Oklahoma has to beat TCU this weekend.
If Texas loses to Kansas State this Saturday, the Longhorns could have the same record as Oklahoma State. On the flip side, LSU and South Carolina are both teams that could get the SEC's invitation in A&M's place. But if given the chance, the Cotton Bowl will not let this matchup slip away.
The Cotton Bowl has not been kind to Texas A&M. The Aggies last won it in 1988 and have six losses in that time.
Sugar Bowl, Jan. 2, 8:30 p.m., ESPN
Florida vs. Oklahoma – Florida is already guaranteed a trip to New Orleans by virtue of its BCS ranking. Oklahoma has to beat TCU to have a shot at an at-large BCS berth.Read more...http://www.kfvs12.com/
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GoldRing: "Barking up the wrong tree holding onto a college head football coach even if he can't coach. What can the LSU fans say to people around the United States about the Men and women running Louisiana State University like that?"
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