Code Red! Miles Ordered the Clocking

You're damn right he did!

You need Les Miles on that wall, you want Les Miles on that wall. And as you can see from the latest damning YouTube video, the Zapruder film of clockgate, not only did Miles signal for the clocking/spike (which today he denied), but he also screamed it as he was running down the sideline and gesturing it with both arms.

Oh, and then for good measure, as the game ended, he turned to the cop charged with protecting him and asked if LSU had any timeouts left.

Honestly, you can't even make this stuff up when it comes to Les Miles. I would give a thousand dollars for a transcript (or tape) of the final-minute conversation. I picture it sounding just like one of those astronaut tapes from outer space. Only it would make less sense. By the time this week's Starting 11 goes up either late tonight or early tomorrow morning, I'm hoping we can piece all this together.

So to repeat, people who Les Miles has thus far blamed for the spiking that he instructed his quarterback to do.

1. His sophomore quarterback Jordan Jefferson

2. His offensive coaching staff

3. Colonel Reb

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People that Les Miles should blame for his quarterback spiking the football with one second left: Les Miles.

Now that we've got that cleared up, condolences to LSU fans on finally reaping the whirlwind of intellectual brilliance that is Miles' decision making. As I wrote Sunday night, the collapse against LSU is merely the flipside to the victory over Auburn. Both last-second decisions were unjustifiable by any football mind capable of even rudimentary decision-making.

So let's go ahead and put this to bed, Les Miles ordered the clocking, Les Miles condoned the clocking, and, in the most glaring result of all, Miles asked a police officer on the sideline if LSU had any timeouts left.

I'll leave you with one question, I give you this exact situation but remove the coaches' name. All I tell you is that one of 12 SEC coaches made this error. Then I ask you to name the coach.

What percentage of you name Les Miles as the culprit?

100 percent, right?

In closing, am I the only one who pictures Les Miles playing the Colonel Jessep role from A Few Good Men in this inquiry. In all honesty, it's uncanny how much Nicholson even looks like Les Miles in this scene. Toss a ridiculously tall LSU cap on Nicholson and he is Les.