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Game Thread BCS National Championship Game: tOSU 24, LSU 38 (final)

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Miles contract

Les Miles signed his new contract with LSU. What I found interesting is that according to the report I saw, it was merely a contract extension of 2 years. He didn't ask for more money or anything else. There are some sort of incentive clauses, which haven't been made fully public yet, but they involve athlete academic rates, and they are to benefit the assistant coaches, not Miles. Kind of unusual in todays world.
 
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Tigertracker;1022361; said:
There are some sort of incentive clauses, which haven't been made fully public yet, but they are to benefit the assistant coaches, not Miles. Kind of unusual in todays world.
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The contract extension signed Thursday added a series of financial incentive clauses to recognize players' academic achievements. If players hit certain academic benchmarks, Miles is given a pool of $150,000 to $250,000 to disburse to his coaching staff to reward them.
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ESPN - LSU extends Miles' contract through '12 - College Football

I like that it's tied to academics and that LSU seems to actually care about this end of the spectrum, unlike some other SEC schools which shall remain nameslee *cough*AUBURN*cough*.
 
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tOSU owns conventional offenses...

Fast Fact -

The last time OSU lost to a non-spread option team was back in Oct 05 (Penn State - trust me...this game was not the fault of our D). Since then, tOSU has gone 30-0 (2 losses to UF and Illni) against every "conventional offense" they faced.

Some (including our ESPN favorites) may say that it is the mobile QB that kills OSU. I wonder if they talked to Jake Locker of Wash and Tyler Donovan of Wisc after they played the Bucks this year? Both are extrememly great runners, both beat several teams with their legs and arms, and both were extremely limited in the running game when they played OSU.

LSU fans - have you run the spread option with your QB's this year? If not, how mobile are your two QB's?

If 10 = Dennis Dixon and 1 = Jimmy Clausen, where do your QBs fall?

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BernieBucks78;1022389; said:
Fast Fact -

The last time OSU lost to a non-spread option team was back in Oct 05 (Penn State - trust me...this game was not the fault of our D). Since then, tOSU has gone 30-0 (2 losses to UF and Illni) against every "conventional offense" they faced.

Some (including our ESPN favorites) may say that it is the mobile QB that kills OSU. I wonder if they talked to Jake Locker of Wash and Tyler Donovan of Wisc after they played the Bucks this year? Both are extrememly great runners, both beat several teams with their legs and arms, and both were extremely limited in the running game when they played OSU.

LSU fans - have you run the spread option with your QB's this year? If not, how mobile are your two QB's?

If 10 = Dennis Dixon and 1 = Jimmy Clausen, where do your QBs fall?

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We run an option at times, I wouldn't call it a spread option though, more conventional. We run it more with our #2 QB. Both of them are very mobile although Flynn has been hampered for the last few games with a high ankle sprain. He should be 100% by game time. Flynn mostly limits his running to QB draws and scrambling when his receivers are covered, Perilleaux has been running a majority of the time with planned runs and option plays, but he throws very well.
 
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Tigertracker;1022483; said:
We run an option at times, I wouldn't call it a spread option though, more conventional. We run it more with our #2 QB. Both of them are very mobile although Flynn has been hampered for the last few games with a high ankle sprain. He should be 100% by game time. Flynn mostly limits his running to QB draws and scrambling when his receivers are covered, Perilleaux has been running a majority of the time with planned runs and option plays, but he throws very well.
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I would put Perilleaux at a 7 and Flynn at a 8. Flynn is much more mobile than most teams realize. RP is very Teebow like in his speed and size. Honestly, I think RP is Tim Teebow with a better arm.
 
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sluTiger;1022490; said:
I would put Perilleaux at a 7 and Flynn at a 8. Flynn is much more mobile than most teams realize. RP is very Teebow like in his speed and size. Honestly, I think RP is Tim Teebow with a better arm.
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If rp is so outstanding, why doesnt he start??? And, what time will he be accepting the heisman?:biggrin:
 
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notfadeaway;1022505; said:
If rp is so outstanding, why doesnt he start??? And, what time will he be accepting the heisman?:biggrin:
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RP has had some off the field problems and he does not know the offense as good as Flynn. He is just a Sophomore compared to a 5 year senior. Also, Miles give more opportunities to upper class men.
 
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sluTiger;1022511; said:
RP has had some off the field problems and he does not know the offense as good as Flynn. He is just a Sophomore compared to a 5 year senior. Also, Miles give more opportunities to upper class men.
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I see...glad we have a coach that plays the most talented players and not an upperclass lover.....:oh:
 
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notfadeaway;1022540; said:
I see...glad we have a coach that plays the most talented players and not an upperclass lover.....:oh:
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Most talented does not always equal "best".
RP has a lot of talent, but he's still very raw. I like that Miles has given him playing time this year, and he has taken some "meaningful" snaps. I don't think he was ready to take over the team this year. The chemistry with the WR is not there yet for one thing. Flynn, while not as physically talented, was the better choice for us this year. His injury slowed him down a bit, but his numbers really took a hit when Early went down. It took several games before our young receivers really stepped up.
 
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Nutriaitch;1022555; said:
Most talented does not always equal "best".
RP has a lot of talent, but he's still very raw. I like that Miles has given him playing time this year, and he has taken some "meaningful" snaps. I don't think he was ready to take over the team this year. The chemistry with the WR is not there yet for one thing. Flynn, while not as physically talented, was the better choice for us this year. His injury slowed him down a bit, but his numbers really took a hit when Early went down. It took several games before our young receivers really stepped up.
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Agreed...however how can the chemistry not be there??? He has been there nearly three years...thats 3 years of throwing to receivers in the spring summer etc...That being said, I dont buy the whole chemistry thing...as a former coach I think way too much is made of chemistry...chemistry is for female athletics...guys play to win regardless of whether they have chemistry...AND I thought it had more to do with off field troubles/maturity for rp??? I know this was the case early on for troy when he was at tosu
 
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notfadeaway;1022565; said:
Agreed...however how can the chemistry not be there??? He has been there nearly three years...thats 3 years of throwing to receivers in the spring summer etc...That being said, I dont buy the whole chemistry thing...as a former coach I think way too much is made of chemistry...chemistry is for female athletics...guys play to win regardless of whether they have chemistry...
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Chemistry may have been the wrong word to use. Example in the SEC CG, for RPs only pick, he was scrambling around to avoid pressure. Toliver was open, but then broke off his route. RP threw it to where Toliver was, at about the same time he broke. Flynn has been throwing to these guys enoughto where they all have anidea of what each other is doing in those situations. So that pick "may not" have happened with Flynn in the game. Early has said on more than one occassion that he and Flynn have that "connection". RP doesn't have that with his receivers....yet.



notfadeaway;1022565; said:
AND I thought it had more to do with off field troubles/maturity for rp??? I know this was the case early on for troy when he was at tosu
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IMO, his off-field issues did have something to do with it, mut Les has never came outright and said so (except when he was suspended for the Bama game). It's never been anything serious, but he has shown a lack of good judgement. His maturity is coming around, and his cockiness has dropped considerably since showing up on campus. Hopefully, he can keep his head out of his ass for a few more years, because I don't know how much more of his shit Miles is going to take.
 
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pokey;1021921; said:
Considering 15 to 25 votes are being added consistently every minute for LSU, I suspect someone is running a computer program to automatically add votes for LSU. Unfortunately, it looks like it is going to be an LSU blowout.
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It looks like the bot went down, but they are still over 15,500 votes needed to catch up. A tall order indeed. If you are still interested in voting for Ohio State, the site is The Ohio State Buckeyes Official Athletics Site - OhioStateBuckeyes.com
 
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