Welcome to the Les Miles Farewell Tour

As the first quarter closed I realized that all my hopes for this season were misplaced. I knew nothing would change on the offense, but I hoped maybe LSU would efficiently execute Miles' pre-historic game plan. Nope. LSU's offense looked like a steaming pile of garbage. As I sat in the stands at Lambeau field at the half, I genuinely wanted to leave, walk away from the disappointment, walk away from Miles' cluelessness, walk away from watching bad football. Of course I stuck it out, only to be disappointed again as Harris threw a pass straight to a defender with a minute left. It was first down, LSU only need a few more yards for a reasonable FG attempt. But the game was over and all thoughts of a special season went out the window.

Miles is now 2-4 in his last 6 games. In those 6 games, LSU has scored 16, 14, 17, 19, 56 and 14 points. Clearly the offense is broken and Miles has done NOTHING to fix the problem. His brush with getting fired changed nothing in his mind about LSU's offensive woes or philosophy.

LSU's national rankings in passing yards per game since 2009:

2009: 97

2010: 107

2011: 106

2012: 94

2013: 45

2014: 116

2015: 106

2016: 107

We call this a systemic problem. With as much talent as LSU has had, it's absurd that these numbers exist. Unless the players make an amazing turn around, Miles will be gone at the end of the season, a season too late. A few observations:

• If I was Joe Aleva, I would be telling anyone that would listen, “I told you so.”
• To all the fans that said keep Miles, you are fully deserving of the crappy brand of football you saw on Saturday.
• Harris is still erratic, inaccurate and lacks poise. The INT to end the game was just brutal. Just a terrible play from a guy that's started as many games as he has.
• Feel bad for Fournette. He's not going to win a Heisman trophy because Miles has refused to embrace a more open offense. He did have 176 all-purpose yards.
• The offensive line was poor. There were multiple missed assignments and breakdowns. The tackles struggled with the edge rushers and even when LSU had a nice play called the linemen didn't deliver.
• The defense couldn't get off the field at times. But they only gave up 16 points and forced three turnovers. An OK showing under a new coordinator.
• Tre'davious White had a great game. The pick 6 energized the Tigers then a fumble recovery on the next series set up LSU's second TD.
• Wisconsin is going to win some football games this season. A really tough schedule may keep them out of the Big Ten Title game. Their staff did a great job preparing for LSU.

Looking Ahead

The Tigers return home to face Jacksonville State on Saturday. We should win easily but Jacksonville State has given other SEC teams fits the last few years. Very curious to see how the players respond. I expect a very sluggish start but eventually LSU will win a game that is much closer than it should be.

Looking down the road, LSU should beat Miss St., Mizzu, Southern Miss and South Alabama. Games against Alabama and Florida will most likely be losses. The remaining games versus Auburn, Ole Miss, Arkansas and Texas A&M are all toss ups. I know its only one game, but at this point, the Tigers look like an 8-4 football team, at best.

Some would argue that Miles strengthened his position after last year's late season fiasco. I disagree. Every loss strengthens Aleva's argument that Miles should have been replaced last season. Miles refused to make any significant changes regarding the offense which shows he will NEVER change. He's at an age where he will go down doing it his way. Damn the consequences. It is clear LSU will not win anything of significance with Miles as coach and LSU fans deserve better. #FireLesMiles

LSU 17 – J' State 16

Playoffs Week 1:

That didn't take long!  One week and I lost one of my playoff teams.  No matter, plenty of time to get the other three knocked off.

Alabama, TCU, Michigan, Florida State