GoldRing: "What I want and what I can have is something like dreaming for a goal that is not very realistic to the reality that we live in, each and every work day. This is not the time to deal in generalities; I want a head college football coach who thoroughly know what he is doing coaching a college football team. Who posses the intangibles to make the LSU fighting tiger football team the very best college football program in America. Is Les Miles that man?"
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----------------------Rome_TDR According to a few reports, it looks like Texas A&M will head to the Capital One Bowl. Almost certainly means #LSU will head to Jerry World.
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College football coach rankings: Nos. 1-124
Published
Wednesday, May 9, 2012 at 2:00 pm EDT
Steve Greenberg and Matt Hayes
Sporting News
Sporting News ranks every coach in Division I, and one of these five men—Urban Meyer, Bob Stoops, Chris Petersen, Les Miles and Nick Saban—is college football's best at calling the shots.
Overview
Sporting News has ranked the 124 FBS head coaches by conference. Now it’s time to see how they rate overall.First, some notes about our list:
— The Big 12 coaches have by far the best average ranking: 27.2, which crushes the second-best SEC’s average ranking of 43.3. Next in line: the Pac-12 (43.8), ACC (45.6) and Big Ten (46.8).
— Of course, the Big 12 has only 10 teams. Compared with the top 10 rankings by conference, it falls slightly below the SEC’s average of 26.6. The Pac-12 still ranks third at 34.5, followed by the Big Ten (35.9) and the ACC (37.0).
— The SEC is the only league other than the Big 12 whose lowest-ranked coach isn’t in the 100s. Tennessee’s Derek Dooley, the No. 14 SEC coach on our list, ranks 99th overall.
— In our top 25 are five coaches apiece from the SEC and Big 12, four apiece from the Big Ten and Pac-12, and two apiece from the ACC and Mountain West. College football’s Independents outrank any other conference, with BYU’s Bronco Mendenhall and Notre Dame’s Brian Kelly (in that order) also making the top 25.
— The six BCS leagues don’t have the best six collections of coaches, according to our rankings. Were you wondering when we were going to mention the Big East? Its coaches are ranked, on average, 71.3—in seventh place, behind the Mountain West at 70.8. (The highest-ranked Big East coach: Cincinnati’s Butch Jones at No. 28.) Leagues 8-11: the WAC (85.1), Sun Belt (86.7), Conference USA (90.7) and the MAC (97.2).
— Eight coaches in the 124 have won BCS titles. Five—Alabama’s Nick Saban, Ohio State’s Urban Meyer, LSU’s Les Miles, Oklahoma’s Bob Stoops and South Carolina’s Steve Spurrier—are ranked in the top eight. The others: Texas’ Mack Brown (16), Auburn’s Gene Chizik (36) and UTSA’s Larry Coker (78).
-- Every coach in our top 10 has at least one BCS game win (1998-present). Only four others in the top 25 (Georgia’s Mark Richt, Texas’ Brown, Utah’s Kyle Whittingham and Michigan’s Brady Hoke) and 11 others in all have such a marquee victory.
And now, on to the full list, which we might as well name in honor of Saban because we all know where he’s sitting:
College football coach rankings: Nos. 11-25
College football coach rankings: Nos. 26-75
College football coach rankings: Nos. 76-124
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1. Nick Saban, Alabama
Age: 602011 record: 12-1, 7-1 SEC
At Alabama (5 years): 50-12
FBS career (16 years): 141-54-1
The Nicktator has five BCS game wins under his belt, more than anyone else in the business, and his three national titles—two at Alabama in 2009 and 2011, and one at LSU in 2004—stand alone. We may be even more impressed by the Tide’s 28-4 SEC regular-season record over the past four seasons, during a run of outright superiority for the league that no conference has matched in college football history. This is an easy call for the top spot.
2. Chris Petersen, Boise State
Age: 472011 record: 12-1, 6-1 Mountain West
At Boise State (6 years): 73-6
FBS career: Same
But for the Broncos’ one-point loss at home to TCU last November, we’d have had to have thought long and hard about putting Petersen at No. 1. Just look at that insane .924 winning percentage. Just look at the essential road wins vs. Georgia and Virginia Tech the past two seasons while you’re at it. (And, of course, you won’t ever forget the Fiesta Bowl downing of Oklahoma in Petersen’s first season.) Coach Pete is the magic man.
3. Urban Meyer, Ohio State
Age: 472011 record: Did not coach
At Ohio State: First year
FBS career (10 years): 104-23
Many readers have been asking us since we released our Big Ten coaches rankings: How can Meyer be No. 1 in the league without having coached a game?
The question is—sorry—ridiculous. Something tells us the Urbmeister’s pair of BCS titles and 36-12 SEC regular-season record while at Florida hold up when compared with the rigors of the big, bad Big Ten. A few years ago, this was your hands-down No. 1 coach in college football.
4. Les Miles, LSU
Age: 582011 record: 13-1, 8-0 SEC
At LSU (7 years): 75-18
FBS career (11 years): 103-39
Here’s another coach who, if he’d bested Saban for a second time last season in the national title game, might’ve had an undeniable argument for No. 1 in the college ranks. As it stands, Miles, who won it all in 2008, has won at least 11 games in five of his seven seasons at LSU, and his 41-15 SEC regular-season record is pretty well off the charts. And does fun count? Of course it does. Miles is more fun in late-game situations than anybody.
5. Bob Stoops, Oklahoma
Age: 512011 record: 10-3, 6-3 Big 12
At Oklahoma (13 years): 139-34
FBS career: Same
Let’s get this out of the way right now: Apart from the 2010 Fiesta Bowl laugher over Connecticut, “Big Game Bob” hasn’t won a BCS game in nine years. So his seven Big 12 championships don’t resonate? Stoops’ 96 victories over the nine seasons since his “heyday” don’t cut it? Please. Oklahoma is still a superpower.
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Nos. 11-25 | Nos. 26-75 | Nos. 76-124By conference: ACC | Big East | Big Ten | Big 12 | Conference USA | MAC | Mountain West | Pac-12 | SEC | Sun Belt | WAC | Independents
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The Root of the Les Criticism IMHO. (Posted on 11/29/12 at 9:15 a.m.)
This is how I have always viewed Les: I'm thinking there are at least 2-3 losses over the Miles tenure that have potentially costs either a title or a shot at a title. This is what frustrates me and most fans in my opinion. We have had top-5 talent every year and it FEELS like we should have been to and won at least one more title. We think to ourselves is there a coach out there that would get us over the hump to domination (multiple BCS titles). We want to say yes and don't see Les as that guy. With that being said, while there may be a handful of coaches that could get us over that hump, there ARE THOUSANDS of coaches that would not have won 10 games a season year in and year out and established our program the way he has. He has done an outstanding job in that respect building a consistent winner, but it's those, "ones we let get away" that leads to my frustration at times (Auburn 2006, Alabama 2011, Alabama and Florida this year etc). |
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Les Miles wise to stay right where he is
November, 28, 2012
By
Chris Low | ESPN.comLes 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 has 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.
And even though he’s making $3.75 million, Miles hadn’t had a raise since his deal was sweetened following the Tigers’ national championship in 2007.
So when somebody comes along and dangles more than $5 million per year in his face, he’s going to listen.
He’d be a mad man not to. read more...http://espn.go.com/
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 has 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.
And even though he’s making $3.75 million, Miles hadn’t had a raise since his deal was sweetened following the Tigers’ national championship in 2007.
So when somebody comes along and dangles more than $5 million per year in his face, he’s going to listen.
He’d be a mad man not to. read more...http://espn.go.com/
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 football program like that?
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NFL Draft 2013
Tyrann Mathieu to enter NFL draft
Updated: November 29, 2012, 10:05 AM ET
By
Joe Schad | ESPNFormer LSU defensive back Tyrann Mathieu plans to announce Thursday he is entering the next NFL draft, a source close to the player said.Mathieu, known as the "Honey Badger," was a Heisman Trophy finalist known for his knack for making plays last year. But the 20-year-old Mathieu was suspended for this season due to a substance abuse issue he has continued to work on.
He was arrested last month on a possession of marijuana charge.
He was dismissed from the football team in August for failing a drug test, and entered a treatment program run by former NBA player John Lucas.
Instead of transferring to another lower-division school to play this season, Mathieu re-enrolled at LSU but is not playing football.
Information from The Associated Press was used in this report.
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Dandy Don's LSU Sports Report
Good morning, Tiger Fans.
As most of you have heard by now, Coach Miles will receive a pay raise and a contract extension following LSU’s bowl appearance this year. Details of the contract changes are still in negotiation and will be announced at a later date, but speculation is that Miles’ new annual salary will be somewhere near $4.3 million. His previous contract paid about $3.75 million annually through 2017. Miles has not received a pay raise since winning LSU's last national title, although he has since received an extension and raises for assistants.
While it seems obvious by the timing of the announcement that this new deal is related to Arkansas’ interest in hiring Miles, during yesterday’s press conference Joe Alleva assured the audience that the decision to give the raise and extension had nothing to do with that. According to Alleva, the new contract had been planned all along but the intent was to address the matter following the bowl game. He went on to say that speculation about other job opportunities simply accelerated the process. As for the rumor that Arkansas offered Coach Miles a five-year, $27.5 million contract, Coach Miles said that is not accurate, but that the Arkansas interest was sincere. Those of you who missed the press conference can check out this brief excerpt prepared by Jacques Doucet of WAFB.
If you’ve followed this site for a while you know that I’m a Les Miles supporter. Whether you love him or hate him, one thing is for certain – he knows how to run a winning program. Miles has an eight-year record of 85-20 at LSU going into its 2012 bowl game. He has won .810 percent of his games since coming to Baton Rouge in 2005, the fifth best winning percentage in the history of the SEC, and has led the Tigers to the best eight-year record in school history. During those eight years, LSU finished in the top-five four times, won two SEC titles and won the BCS National Championship in 2007. Coach Miles’ teams have also posted the second best Graduation Success Rate in the SEC for two years in a row, trailing only Vanderbilt. That's good stuff, folks.
I'm glad that Coach Miles and Athletic Director Joe Alleva put this matter to rest quickly so as to not let it impact recruiting. Between now and National Signing Day (Feb. 6, 2013) recruiting will really pick up. As I mentioned yesterday, after back-counting a few early enrollees and probably losing one or two of the current commitments due to academics, LSU will likely take another 4-6 verbals this year. Tomorrow I'll give you my thoughts on who might complete this year's class.
In other LSU football news, I'd like to congratulate Eric Reid for being named to the 2012 AFCA FBS Coaches’ First All-America Team. Reid is one of eight players from the Southeastern Conference, including six defenders, named to the squad. Reid’s selection marks the seventh time in eight years under head coach Les Miles that the Tigers have had a player named to first-team All-America.Read more...http://www.dandydon.
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LSULes Miles says LSU is ready to compete in bowlShow caption Miles says Tigers will look forward to ‘quality bowl game’
By LES EAST
Advocate sportswriter November 29, 2012 Then he turned his attention to the original purpose of the get-together — to address his team’s regular season and bowl prospects. The Tigers will learn their postseason destination — most likely the Cotton Bowl in Arlington, Texas, or the Chick-fil-A Bowl in Atlanta — some time Sunday. “We’re looking forward to playing in a quality bowl game,” Miles said. “I think our fans will look forward to playing. I think we will fill a bowl arena.” The Cotton Bowl is the more prestigious of the two bowls, and the Tigers have had two significant victories recently in Cowboys Stadium. They beat Texas A&M 41-24 in the Cotton Bowl after the 2010 season, then beat preseason No. 3 Oregon 40-27 there less than nine months later in the 2011 season opener. LSU was well represented in the stands in both of those games. “I can tell you this: That the great many LSU faithful will find that stadium and will camp out and be a part and participate very avidly in that event,” Miles said. “That would be a great place for us. We would enjoy playing there. It’s the style of venue this team looks forward to playing in.” The Tigers open next season in Cowboys Stadium against TCU in the Cowboys Classic on Aug. 31. Miles said LSU will be excited for its bowl game regardless of the opponent and venue. “They want to play a very quality opponent,” he said. “I think you just give us a bowl site and a quality opponent and this team will look very much forward to competing. “There is still a championship at stake. Any time you have an opportunity to stand on a podium, there’s a chance to represent a championship there. I don’t think we will have any problem getting our team ready to play in that type of environment.” It’s still possible that the Tigers could wind up in either the Capital One Bowl in Orlando, Fla., or the Outback Bowl in Tampa, Fla., possibly pitted against Michigan, Miles’ alma mater. “Absolutely, it would be difficult, because those helmets are helmets I have worn,” Miles said. “We would have great respect for the matchup. That would be a difficult one for the head coach. Our players would recognize it as a traditional powerhouse and enjoy the challenge.” No staff changes expectedMiles said he “would not anticipate any changes” to his coaching staff and that no school has sought permission to interview anyone on his staff.He did say, however, that defensive coordinator John Chavis would be a very qualified candidate — especially if his alma mater, Tennessee, wanted to fill its vacancy with him. “I would think that John Chavis would make a tremendous head football coach,” Miles said. “I don’t think there’s any question that he’s a guy that has a good overview of a program, that understands the players, is a players coach. I think there’s no question that if Tennessee was looking for a very quality candidate, John Chavis should be that.” Chavis was an assistant coach with the Volunteers from 1989-2008. Read more...http://theadvocate.com/ |
| Times Picayune | Notes: LSU's Les Miles seems to favor a trip to the Cotton Bowl for his team |
| Tiger Bait | New contract for Miles |
| The Advocate | Rabalais: Everybody wins as LSU keeps Les Miles as coach |
| San Diego Chargers | Brandon Taylor ready to make his NFL debut |
| Shreveport Times *1 | Catching up with Mo: 'Our defense has no doubt' |
| College Football News | SEC Championship Fearless Prediction: Alabama vs. Georgia |
| Yahoo! Sports | Mark Richt, Georgia make perfect underdawgs to upset Alabama in SEC title game |
| Associated Press | Gators going boom under the anti-Spurrier |
| ESPN 104.5 | Audio (8 min, 23 sec): Interview with Tyrann Mathieu's agent Patrick Lawler | .mp3 |
| USA Today | CBS to debut new lens for 'enormity' of SEC title game |
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Les Miles wise to stay right where he is
November, 28, 2012
By
Chris Low |Miles is 5th in that list...but about to move way up.1. Nick Saban, Alabama, SEC, $5,476,738
2. Mack Brown, Texas, Big 12, $5,353,750
3. Bob Stoops, Oklahoma, Big 12, $4,550,000
4. Urban Meyer, Ohio State, Big Ten, $4,300,000
5. Les Miles, LSU, SEC, $3,856,417
6. Kirk Ferentz, Iowa, Big Ten, $3,835,000
7. Steve Spurrier, South Carolina, SEC, $3,585,000
8. Gene Chizik, Auburn, SEC, $3,577,500
9. Chip Kelly, Oregon, Pac-12, $3,500,000
10. Gary Patterson, TCU, Big 12, $3,467,926
11. Mike Gundy, Oklahoma State, Big 12, $3,275,000
12. Brady Hoke, Michigan, Big Ten, $3,046,120
13. Todd Graham, Arizona State, Pac-12, $3,000,000
14. Mark Richt, Georgia, SEC, $2,925,340
15. Bo Pelini, Nebraska, Big Ten, $2,875,000
16. Jimbo Fisher, Florida State, ACC, $2,750,000
17. Gary Pinkel, Missouri, SEC, $2,700,000
18. Bret Bielema, Wisconsin, Big Ten, $2,640,140
19. Dan Mullen, Mississippi State, SEC, $2,600,000
19. Jed Tedford, California, Pac-12, $2,600,000
21. Mike London, Virginia, ACC, $2,556,460
22. Charlie Weis, Kansas, Big 12, $2,500,000
23. Will Muschamp, Florida, SEC, $2,474,500
24. Larry Fedora, North Carolina, ACC, $2,448,605
25. Paul Johnson, Georgia Tech, ACC, $2,445,700
Next Up:
Kevin Sumlin, Texas A&M, SEC, $2,436,300
Frank Beamer, Virginia Tech, ACC, $2,428,000
Steve Sarkisian, Washington, Pac-12, $2,425,000
Brian Kelly, Notre Dame, Ind, $2,424,301
Lane Kiffin, USC, Pac-12, $2,406,505
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