tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15857498.post2117946391077280847..comments2023-10-31T08:24:26.150-07:00Comments on The Wizard of Odds: Les Miles Is Talking All Kinds of SmackUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger38125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15857498.post-31077056518100005682008-03-09T12:50:00.000-07:002008-03-09T12:50:00.000-07:00And now after the 2007-2008 Seasson is done. Its b...And now after the 2007-2008 Seasson is done. Its been shown on the field as so many posters requested. Miles worried about his own team and it payed off. And Pete? Well. Peter obviously worried about himslef in that vain, LA way.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15857498.post-87564151925428446842007-11-18T02:20:00.000-08:002007-11-18T02:20:00.000-08:00Imagine the record and number of National champion...Imagine the record and number of National championships LSU would have if they played 8 High school calibur teams and 1 college calibur team (COUGH LIKE USC) then just had to show up for the National championship game?<BR/><BR/>USC, just like Notre Dame gets alot of the rep and rank based on what they did in the past...<BR/><BR/>Not what they do now or how they do it. If the folks looked sincerely at the quality of opponents, USC would be lucky to even be RANKED most years.<BR/><BR/>California is the lamest thing to occur to the US so pretty much anything that comes out of that place is fabricated or made of silicone so let them have their time and their attitude that they are actually good. Only asshats in California truly believe that wash.<BR/><BR/>The Bright side is, one day the crack will open and they will all wash away and we don't have to hear how uber USC is when in truth they have been overrated about 80% of their college football career.<BR/><BR/><BR/>SEC is the best conference period.<BR/><BR/>Notre Dame and Michigan both can tout the best All time winning percentage and most college football wins of all time.<BR/><BR/>USC has their 8 national titles... 5 easily of which could have gone elsewhere had the teams they played for them (or when they just got voted into them) played high school teams also.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15857498.post-63841343378235685432007-07-24T08:31:00.000-07:002007-07-24T08:31:00.000-07:00SEC and LSU would wipe the floor with any team in ...SEC and LSU would wipe the floor with any team in the Nation, Les knows that and that's why he can talk smack this year, so eat it!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15857498.post-66511665623060441132007-07-19T13:49:00.000-07:002007-07-19T13:49:00.000-07:00From ESPN.com:From John in Dallas: Les Miles' comm...From ESPN.com:<BR/><BR/>From John in Dallas: Les Miles' comments in regards to USC and schedules prompted me to do a little research: <BR/><BR/>USC's record over the last five years is 59-6 including an out of conference (OOC) record against BCS teams (including Notre Dame) of 16-2. LSU has gone 52-13 (7-3 OOC BCS), Auburn 50-14 (6-5 OOC BCS including two losses to USC) and Florida 45-18 (5-7 OOC BCS). How can we fairly compare the strength of a conference when they rarely play anyone from outside their conference affiliations and when they do, they post mediocre results at best. I guess I have been brainwashed to believe the SEC is a far superior conference and maybe from top-to-bottom it is, but how do we know for sure when it seems that all they are doing is padding their records with patsies OOC and playing competitive games in conference. Another interesting fact concerning USC and its scheduling: In the past five years, USC's winning percentage in conference is virtually the same as it is against OOC BCS teams (37-4 vs. 16-2). Would USC's record be as good if it was in the SEC, we can never know for sure, but my guess here is yes because it would be forced to dumb down their OOC schedules like the rest of the conference (no more home and homes with Nebraska, Ohio State and Notre Dame) and focus on the big conference games instead. Pete Carroll's record in big games at USC is pretty strong. <BR/><BR/>SEC is good. Pac-10 is good. Go Bears!Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07649908873717496054noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15857498.post-88419320972624132942007-07-10T17:53:00.000-07:002007-07-10T17:53:00.000-07:00Oh, BTW, I found it interesting that over the last...Oh, BTW, I found it interesting that over the last 20 years, only TWO TIMES has a team made it through the Pac-10 schedule undefeated. Over that same period, FOUR SEC teams have went through the SEC schedule undefeated. <BR/><BR/>http://www.dawgsports.com/story/2007/7/6/23445/97828<BR/><BR/>A sensible SEC siteAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15857498.post-5394589053591690772007-07-10T17:47:00.000-07:002007-07-10T17:47:00.000-07:00I love this line from another online article regar...I love this line from another online article regarding Miles' dumb, drunken comments: "Anyway, the tough talk didn't end with USC or the Pac-10. The remainder of the rant was more or less "ur conference is teh suck, we r hawt, tackle football, boom. w00t."<BR/><BR/>HA HA...Miles sounds like a 12-year old internet kid. WE R TEH AWESOME! Give me a break. USC has consistently dominated OOC opponents ranked in the top 20. I'd say winning FOUR of the last five BCS bowl games has proven that. LSU played ND in their BCS appearance last season...please.<BR/><BR/>Joe McKnight looks like he's going to be very good. LSU fans should really be worried about losing talent to the Trojans from their own backyard...not what the Trojans are doing on the field. Booty has been a solid QB for the Trojans too. Like Stewart Mandel said, Miles is just setting up for the big letdown. He's already making excuses. OMG, IT'S SO UNFAIR WE PLAY IN TEH AWESOME SEC SO IF WE LOSE, IT'S NOT OUR FAULT. <BR/><BR/>First the liar that went to Alabama, now LESS Miles. LSU is tearing up a coaching trail.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15857498.post-72521175325531909182007-07-09T18:11:00.000-07:002007-07-09T18:11:00.000-07:00obviously, the SEC is the hardest conference to pl...obviously, the SEC is the hardest conference to play in, but that doesn't mean that any of those "elite" programs can beat USC. the Pac-10 is actually very underrated and playing in that conference is harder than you think. regardless, les miles should shut up and leave the talk on the field. pete carroll never complains, and i dont think he cares what les miles says. USC is hands down the best program in the country, and when USC spanks LSU this year, everyone will know it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15857498.post-71825973207300643842007-07-09T17:05:00.000-07:002007-07-09T17:05:00.000-07:00All I know is in two games SC put up a combined 12...All I know is in two games SC put up a combined 120 points against Arkansas, while also taking their two best players outside of McFadden. Think about that 70 points in LA and 50 more in Arkansas. Neither game was ever close. Auburn is still waitng to score and Va Tech (I know and ACC school) hasn't been clamoring for a rematch. SC plays EVERYONE. Their out of conference schedule has been tops for the last 4 years. You conference is like family being that you cna't pick em. Those that they can pick they beat, usually decisively. The SEC is a great conference probably the best in the nation but not a team in it could beat any SC team from 2002 on, on a neutral field. If you know of one show me. Fly down to LA, look me up, and show my ass.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07052375502679198876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15857498.post-27279281599178762072007-07-08T10:38:00.000-07:002007-07-08T10:38:00.000-07:00Why is everyone saying that the SEC is stacked? Ye...Why is everyone saying that the SEC is stacked? Year in and year out, they have some strong teams (LSU, Auburn, Tennessee, Fla - but that's it) and some weak-ass teams (Vandy, Ole Miss, Miss St., etc.). And then they have teams that pogo-stick up-and-down every season (Georgia, South Carolina, Arkansas, Bama, etc.). Top to bottom, the SEC is just like every other conference - it's nothing special. The top 4 of the PAC-10 and the SEC would finish 2-2 every year if they had a post-season tourney (1 vs. 1, 2 vs. 2, etc.). Last year's match ups would be:<BR/>USC v. FLA (Pac-10 win)<BR/>Cal v. LSU (SEC win)<BR/>OreSt. v. ARK (Pac-10 win)<BR/>UCLA v. Auburn (SEC win)<BR/>So, get off your high horses you SEC rednecks and recognize that your conference is just like all of the others in two ways (1) it has some elites but lots of dogs and (2) your elites get beat by USC early and often.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10374321030736002961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15857498.post-33878173286484709602007-07-07T19:46:00.000-07:002007-07-07T19:46:00.000-07:00face it...LSU has some kind of (ahem!) envy. Must...face it...LSU has some kind of (ahem!) envy. Must be the Southern humidity. I AM a USC fan, and LSU wouldn't have stood a chance in '03, '04, '05 and '06 against the Trojans. (Ask Auburn, Arkansas, et al.) LSU will crack and fold this year anyway, so all this hype about USC-LSU will unfortunately not happen (although I would love to see a 45-10 beatdown of the Tigers at the hand of the Trojans....wouldn't it be ironic to see USC get their THRID national championship in FIVE years against a team that shouldn't even have ONE?!). I will make a blanket generality and propose that all LSU fans (or at least bloggers) are freakin' idiots. Take it to the bank.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15857498.post-77715303554141043152007-07-06T10:29:00.000-07:002007-07-06T10:29:00.000-07:00Hay you guys this will probably be my first and la...Hay you guys this will probably be my first and last comment, but anyway I have to defend my ACC. I'm a huge FSU fan, and I feel like the ACC will be back in full effect this year. I know we didn't do that great last year in the bowl games especially but for the SEC being the best conference the ACC seems to be the only conference (other than last year) who constantly gives them hell. Also I think with the addition of Miami and others they will be straight. And if Miami and Florida State get back on track than the rest of the country better hope they beat the crap out of each other, because no college over the last 18 years produced more valuable NFL talent than Miami and Florida State remember the 2001 Miami team produced such athletes as Ed Reed, Sean Taylor, Andrea Johnson, Jeremy Shockey, Clinton Portis, Johnathan Vilma, Willis Mcgahee, Frank Gore, Kellen Winslow Jr., and some other people I can't recall. But name another team who put out that kind of talent in one year............ No one. And Florida State is a defensive coaches dream year in and year out. Clemson has shown signs of catching up along with Maryland, and BC and VT if they can get a good quaterback. yes the SEC is the best conference, but once a upon a time Florida State alone had people saying the same about the ACC, and now the ACC has the best chance top to bottom to unseat the SEC, and watch out for N. Carolina and the Butch Davis recruiting machine. And USC almost always plays a super overrated team and looks like gods until the end season polls when your asking yourselves where did those teams go. Remember that 2005 team and how they were the best ever (ESPN propaganda) and then Vince Young and the Texas Longhorns beat them.<BR/>Excuse me Vince Young beat, Reggie Bush, Matt Lienhart, Dwayne Jarrett, Lendale White, Steve Smith, and there entire D. Yeah thats some squad they put together year in and year outUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03143816212887483779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15857498.post-48102648334585277252007-07-05T17:39:00.000-07:002007-07-05T17:39:00.000-07:00Rishi said... Alabama, LSU, Auburn, Georgia? ...Rishi said...<BR/><BR/> Alabama, LSU, Auburn, Georgia?<BR/><BR/> You mean they played a 6-7 team, LSU, Auburn, and a Georgia team that lost to Vanderbilt and Kentucky, while almost losing to a two-win Colorado? Wow, what an impressive stretch.<BR/><BR/> How about USC going straight against #21 Oregon, #17 Cal, #6 Notre Dame, and UCLA all in consecutive weeks? With such a brutal schedule, no wonder they lost focus and overlooked UCLA. "<BR/><BR/>you are an idiot. lets look at florida's month first. they played alabama, who granted wasn't super good, but was still talented. then they played an auburn team that FINISHED #9 (i would say what rank they finish at is a bigger deal than what they are at when they play USC). they played an LSU team that FINISHED #3, and they played a Georgia team that beat Va-Tech, crushed Auburn, played the National Champions to a 7 point loss, and FINISHED #23 in the final AP Poll.<BR/><BR/>now look at usc's month. they played an Oregon team that, oh, wait, didn't FINISH ranked in any poll, and didn't even receive any VOTES in the AP and USA Today Polls. next was California, who was pretty good and finished #14, but they also lost to Arizona, instead of almost losing which you seem to think is a big deal. then you brought up notre dame. that just showed how unbelievably stupid you are. YOU TRIED TO ARGUE THAT PLAYING NOTRE DAME AT HOME IS TOUGH! this is a notre dame team that finished #17 in AP and #19 in USA-Today polls. they beat ONE, count them, ONE team that FINISHED the season ranked. that was penn state, that finished #24 in AP and #25 in USA-Today polls. and lastly, a UCLA team that FINISHED 7-6, got killed by Florida State (another team that FINISHED 7-6),and didn't even FINISH the season ranked.<BR/><BR/>yeah you are definitely an idiot. you have to use the FINAL rankings to determine how good a team is, just look at Notre Dame, who i believe started the season ranked #2. maybe next time you should think before typing.<BR/><BR/>LSUianokaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15857498.post-51945763308696144402007-07-05T14:35:00.000-07:002007-07-05T14:35:00.000-07:00Alabama, LSU, Auburn, Georgia?You mean they played...Alabama, LSU, Auburn, Georgia?<BR/><BR/>You mean they played a 6-7 team, LSU, Auburn, and a Georgia team that lost to Vanderbilt and Kentucky, while almost losing to a two-win Colorado? Wow, what an impressive stretch.<BR/><BR/>How about USC going straight against #21 Oregon, #17 Cal, #6 Notre Dame, and UCLA all in consecutive weeks? With such a brutal schedule, no wonder they lost focus and overlooked UCLA. <BR/><BR/>At least Florida got a break between Auburn and Georgia. And padded their schedule out with mediocre OOC games.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15857498.post-64170114829070815072007-07-05T09:19:00.000-07:002007-07-05T09:19:00.000-07:00It's not always the quality of the individual team...It's not always the quality of the individual teams in the SEC that makes the schedule so tough ...<BR/><BR/>... it's the week-in, week-out, relentless grind of having to play back-to-back in very physical matchups in major rivalry games all year long.<BR/><BR/>That's what still makes the SEC the toughest conference in football.<BR/><BR/>For example, this is what October was like for Florida last year:<BR/><BR/>Alabama, LSU, Auburn, Georgia.<BR/><BR/>Show me another conference where you have to deal with a month like that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15857498.post-87287528714932915282007-07-05T09:13:00.000-07:002007-07-05T09:13:00.000-07:00Joey said:"I think Les Miles still has a raging, m...Joey said:<BR/>"I think Les Miles still has a raging, mega-huge boner after beating Notre Dame in January. By the way, thats a feat that USC accomplishes every year along with Michigan."<BR/><BR/>Ask any LSU student/player/coach/fan and they'll tell you it was lame that the Tigers had to play over-rated 11th ranked Notre Dame. The Irish should not have been in a BCS bowl. No one was surprised that LSU beat the crap out of Notre Dame and that JaMarcus made Brady Quinn look like a joke. <BR/><BR/>Beating Notre Dame every year is nothing to brag about. They're just an inflated media phenomenon, a trait they share with USC.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06189619446800317371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15857498.post-59959415231880446652007-07-05T07:41:00.000-07:002007-07-05T07:41:00.000-07:00I'll say this, in most seasons throughout the past...I'll say this, in most seasons throughout the past 30 years, you could make the argument that Kentucky is a bottom-tier SEC team. <BR/><BR/>However, things are changing, they are coming off a bowl win vs Clemson and returned every key player.<BR/><BR/>Andre Woodson might be the best quarterback in the SEC next year and has plenty of weapons to throw to. Jacob Tamme is one of the top tight ends in the NCAA as is Keenan Burton at wide-out and he has other guys with sub 4.40 40 times running with him.<BR/><BR/>Rich Brooks has got alot of flack for his first few years at Kentucky. What people don't realize is that he is the only coach in the SEC who has won the Rose Bowl and made Oregon into a PAC 10 champion in his tenure there.<BR/><BR/>The SEC east has 5 teams that will probably make bowls, 6 if Vandy steps up. The West has Auburn, Arkansas, LSU, and Bama who will all be loaded next season...And as an above poster said, even Ole Miss and Miss State have the capability to make an unexpected run.<BR/><BR/>The problem with the PAC, in my opinion, is that it's limited to 10 teams and by sheer numbers limits the amount of good teams in the conference. It also prevents a PAC 10 championship game which makes the PAC champion play 1 less game against a quality team that a team in the SEC, Big 12, or ACC would play.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15857498.post-46323016935215039902007-07-04T21:43:00.000-07:002007-07-04T21:43:00.000-07:00If you're talking about the overall strength of an...If you're talking about the overall strength of an in-conference schedule, why is it relevant which teams are quality challengers? If it's Oregon, Oregon State, Cal and UCLA one year, and Washington, Washington State, Stanford and ASU the next year, is that inherently an easier schedule than if the challengers are Oregon, Oregon State, Cal and UCLA every year?<BR/><BR/>Of course not. The names attached to the football teams don't matter. The quality of football they play that season (nay, that Saturday) is what affects the strength of a schedule. Nothing more and nothing less.<BR/><BR/>I don't claim that the Pac-10 or the SEC necessarily like either of these models, but the "no other consistently dominant teams" argument is a complete non-sequitur.Erik Tylczakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17301913715276280809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15857498.post-62075461437919136252007-07-04T12:22:00.000-07:002007-07-04T12:22:00.000-07:00Let's be honest here. USC has reigned over the PA...Let's be honest here. USC has reigned over the PAC-10 for years. No one has challenged yet. Every once in a while a rival pulls off an upset ('03 Cal, '06 UCLA), but no one every really dominates the league year after year like they do. Cal is currently the closest thing to consistancy in the league, and that is only a 4 year run. Oregon was lucky to get to a bowl 3 years ago. And the year that Arizona State looked good, they self destructed after blowing a 4th quarter lead against USC. I dare you to find one team in the PAC-10 that year after year you seriously think will beat USC rather than you just hope that they might.<BR/><BR/>On the other hand in the SEC, even teams like Kentucky (no seriously) can pull off upsets and win bowl games (sorry...true). Florida destroyed Ohio State while barely escaping from the likes of South Carolina and lost to Auburn. Had Florida not injured McFaddin in the first quarter, Arakansas might have done more damage or even won. (PS-McFaddin was injured (from a barfight I think) in the game against USC but was recovered in time for Auburn and the rest of the SEC until aforementioned Q1 of SEC Championship game.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15857498.post-73786570354899108962007-07-04T08:47:00.000-07:002007-07-04T08:47:00.000-07:00No one can argue that the SEC makes other conferen...No one can argue that the SEC makes other conferences look like start up leagues. Period. Now with that said...USC has a great team. They go out and play who they play and they win...now if they played an SEC schedule would they have been so dominant the last few years? I doubt it...very seriously. They do good to survive against Oregon every year much less doing battle with LSU, Auburn, Tennesse, Georgia, Florida, Arkansas, or Alabama on the road week in and week out.<BR/><BR/>With that said now that I've blew my SEC horn let me say I am hoping to see the Alabama Crimson Tide with Coach Nick Saban serve a big 'ol fashioned upset whooping on LSU down in T-Town this Fall.<BR/><BR/>RTRAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15857498.post-44651884684917771162007-07-04T05:41:00.000-07:002007-07-04T05:41:00.000-07:00The B-List BCS Confenece has one victory to claim....The B-List BCS Confenece has one victory to claim. WVU upset UGA. Big woo. UGA plays big after big game each weekend. WVU plays the OVC, MAC and sunbelt level schedule. The Sugar Bowl was WVU Super Bowl. Instead of playing a Big Boy Schedule and exploiting that win, WVU continues to play down.<BR/><BR/>When the B-List plays Big Boys wach week then we can talk. I respect Troy more than WVU or UL.<BR/><BR/>That auto BCS Bowl bid should be taken away from that candy conferenceAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15857498.post-56969656248192848872007-07-03T23:04:00.000-07:002007-07-03T23:04:00.000-07:00LSU plays Alabama and Auburn every week? That's no...LSU plays Alabama and Auburn every week? That's not what my schedule says.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15857498.post-63865362326933421372007-07-03T22:36:00.000-07:002007-07-03T22:36:00.000-07:00When in doubt, question the sexuality of the oppos...When in doubt, question the sexuality of the opposition. As if that matters in any subject, let alone one where a slap on the ass is a common gesture between players...<BR/><BR/>Fucking dumbshit.Erik Tylczakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17301913715276280809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15857498.post-81445866083987611152007-07-03T22:10:00.000-07:002007-07-03T22:10:00.000-07:00here's the thing- other school's having lame sched...here's the thing- other school's having lame schedules sucks for SEC teams but if you're truly good, you play through it. <BR/><BR/>USC (those california fags) on the other hand, seems to be in title contention EVERY YEAR. remember 2003? LSU beat OU to win the nat'l title game fair and square. so thats it right?<BR/><BR/>Wrong. USC bitched, moaned, and complained into a share of the title. <BR/><BR/>And frankly, to hell with joe mcknight. we dont need him.<BR/><BR/>The bottom line is, USC doesn't play anybody worth a damn other than Cal UCLA and maybe Oregon. And the best of those teams is the equivalent of maybe an alabama or an auburn, who LSU plays every week.<BR/><BR/>FACE IT FAGS, NO MATTER WHERE YOU'RE FROM THE SEC IS JUST PLAIN BETTER THAN ANYBODY ELSE!<BR/><BR/>Watch for LSU next year they could be amazing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15857498.post-2608235247931167512007-07-03T21:14:00.000-07:002007-07-03T21:14:00.000-07:00to the ass who said that the big east is a b list ...to the ass who said that the big east is a b list bcs conference is full of shit. wvu went into atlanta and beat georgia in a sugar bowl home game who beat those same lsu tigers for the sec title weeks earlier. last year louisville dominated a wake forest team that was very underrated. i would have loved to see lsu go against louisville last year. anyway the big east may not be as strong as these other conferences but the elite teams in the big east are just as good as any in the country.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15857498.post-6918540899627438412007-07-03T21:13:00.000-07:002007-07-03T21:13:00.000-07:00Christ on a pogo stick. I'd think that the only ob...Christ on a pogo stick. I'd think that the only objective evidence of inter-conference strengths (you know, out-of-conference games) would maybe suggest to people that the likes of Vandy, Kentucky, and Miss State probably would not take #2 in the Pac-10, or anything higher than the MAC for that matter. For God's sakes. I guess that moonshine is strong down south.Erik Tylczakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17301913715276280809noreply@blogger.com