They just lost the #1 QB in the country to... Notre Dame? Woody (via iPhone)
On Jan 17, 2012, at 11:16 AM, "Tom Clarke" <[email protected]> wrote: > If true, it would explain a lot > > gatortc > > > > From: Tom Clarke [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Monday, January 16, 2012 11:25 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: FW: LSU who? > > Anyone else hearing this rumor? > > gatortc > > > > > From: Christopher Ptachik [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Monday, January 16, 2012 10:24 PM > To: Tom Clarke > Subject: Fw: LSU who? > > Did you see this? > > ----- Forwarded Message ---- > From: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Mon, January 16, 2012 9:48:48 AM > Subject: LSU who? > > > > > Is There Smoke? Is There Another Reason Why LSU Lost? > Posted on January 13, 2012 > Error! Filename not specified. > The LSU Tigers got taken behind the wood shed during the BCS National > Championship game. It was more than embarrassing for the Tigers and their > fans. LSU’s offense was never a Brees type juggernaut but, they did manage to > average 35.7 a game for 17th in the country. The Tigers beat the living > tar out of everyone they met sans the Crimson Tide in Tuscaloosa. The LSU > Tigers beat 3 top 5 teams and 8 top 25 teams. They beat them all > convincingly. There was no mistaking who was number 1 for the regular > season. The majority of the college football world would credit Saban and > the Alabama’s defense for the crushing win. I do too they worked hard for a > month to perfect a game plan against the nation’s 2nd best defense. But, Is > there more to this crushing defeat than just a good ol’ fashion butt kicking? > We may never know. The Tigers offense seemingly played uninspired and > unimpressive throughout the whole game. I’m not one to give credence to > rumors or heresy but, sometimes where’s there’s smoke there’s fire. Take > what you will from the following I received from a trusted friend. Did the > Tigers get outplayed? Yes. Is it Les Miles fault? Not totally. Is the comment > Bobby Hebert made ill-timed or inappropriate? Not what so ever. Make the call > for yourself. No matter what happened before the Tigers had their heads > handed to them. Is this all a rumor or part of the truth slowly eeking out? > Time will tell. Either way this shakes out the Tigers are looking strong for > next year. > The following comes from an unnamed source…….. Apparently about 3 hours > before the game T-Bob Hebert and Russell Shepard and 2 other receivers and a > hand full of linemen got into a heated argument with Les Miles and the > Offensive Coordinator about Lee getting more playing time and possibly > starting the BCS Championship game. It got so heated that Miles benched T-Bob > and RS and 3 other players. He called Lee into his office and told Lee that > he would not be playing in the game. The Offensive CO told Miles that he > thought that Lee gave the team the best chance to win the game. Miles told > the OC to start looking for a new job after the game and Miles will be > calling the plays for the championship game. Apparently the O Line sided with > T-Bob and Lee and did not give their all in the game to prove to Miles that > the players are more important than the coach. Now I know that this is hard > to believe but when you look at some things it kind of explains a few things: > I will list some: > Playcalling: Read option pass on 3rd and 10 – 4 times. Running the same 5 > plays over 90% of the game. Overall, Horrible play calling. Running the ball > in the 4th quarter with 9 mins and down by 21. T-Bob Hebert not taking a snap > in the game. RS only playing 3 snaps and not touching the ball or getting > looked at. Lee getting off the bus and walking 10 feet behind the team with > his head down and looking dejected while walking into the Dome. Heated > argument between receivers and JJ and O Line with O line coach on sidelines. > And the kicker, reports that 2/3 rds. of the plays that were practiced up to > the game were not run and the players were not told why. Again I do not know > if this is entirely true but there seems to be a lot of truth in it just by > seeing what happened in the game. > The LSU team did not arrive at the dome until shortly after 6:00 PM. It seems > that T-Bob Hebert & Russell Shepherd met with Les & told him that they were > not happy with Jefferson’s preparation & attitude leading up to the game. He > was purportedly at Harrah’s a couple of nights & drinking heavily. Most of > the receiving corp has been on Miles to play Lee & throw more. Well Les > evidently took the criticism the wrong way & all shit broke loose at a team > meeting. Hebert & Shepherd never got in the game. The offense was pissed. > Jefferson lost the heart & soul of many of his teammates. Les was stubborn. > Something evidently happened earlier between Miles & Lee & possibly Lee’s > father after he was benched and Miles essentially dismissed him from the team > for all practical purposes. Now not only is Claiborne leaving for the draft > but so is Randle, Brockers & Shepherd (who may have no other choice but to > leave LSU). Kadrone Boone ( a promising young receiver) has indicated that he > will transfer from LSU. This is one of the worst internal problems that I > have ever seen at LSU. This is not a black & white issue. It is an issue of > team leadership (or lack of) & a coach that won’t listen to tenured > upperclassmen. > Where there is smoke there is fire. We will all see what happens. Hopefully > this is all just garbage but we’ll see. > -- > GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! > 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions > 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions > 2008 National Football Champions | > Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), > Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us -- GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions 2008 National Football Champions | Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us
