OT: Side-splitting post on LSU-Ole Miss

Submitted by Topher on
Spencer Hall (aka Orson Swindle) posted thusly on SBNation: http://www.sbnation.com/2009/11/21/1168359/lsu-and-ole-miss-may-god-have "Ole Miss just beat LSU 25-23, and we have one request after watching this: may Les Miles of LSU and Houston Nutt of Ole Miss be allowed them to coach in the same division for the rest of eternity. After the usual lunacy of an Ole Miss/LSU game--key trick plays, hard hitting, and gifted speedsters like Dexter McCluster flying all over the field--the coda of the game came down to your usual crazy-ass collection of risky coaching decisions and improbable chaos, the twin hallmarks of both Houston Nutt and Les Miles' careers. -snip- A long-shot, of course, is what Les Miles calls "a retirement investment strategy." Thanks to Ole Miss failing to understand that they could touch a ball after ten yards without penalty, Brandon LaFell recovered the onside. Have no doubt: this was the worst onside kick coverage you will ever see. LaFell ran past Rebel kick teamers like a dog at a picnic stealing a pork chop off a grill." Orson linked to himself (is that considered sock0-puppeting?) from EDSBS with the following annotation: "We…we still don’t know what the hell that shit was, Les." This article actually went 90% of the way in soothing my pain from yesterday.

Don

November 22nd, 2009 at 12:18 PM ^

with RR screwing the pooch the way Miles did, MSC would have led the march to Ann Arbor Torch & Pitchfork herself, with Sailboat Bill right beside her. I've never seen a potential game-winning opportunity squandered like LSU did last night, and Miles has to take all the responsibility for that. FireLes.com has to be generating a record number of hits today.

Topher

November 22nd, 2009 at 12:46 PM ^

1. Smart Football, Homer Smith and others have long said that spiking the ball is almost always a dumb decision. First it wastes a down, which is often more valuable than time on the clock, and if the clock is running down you risk running out of time with the play you use to spike it. The 1998 Rose Bowl clock operator said that if the Cougs had run a play instead of spiking they would have gotten that last shot they have been whining about every since. 2. Miles made dumb calls - put him in there with Jim Harbaugh, Yale's coach and Tate Forcier's throwbacks - but LSU fans are damn ungrateful. They've been on Les Miles' ass since early 2008 (then again so has Rodriguez). The pressure ain't helping him, folks.