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Five-Step Drop: Where Were Iowa's Key Football Personnel?

By Mark HastyJan 27th 2011 – 10:55AM

FanHouse's college football staff provides you with a personal quarterback. We do the primary and secondary reads for you so you can properly start your day. 1. Iowa is losing the public relations battle. It held a news conference Wednesday to discuss the 13 players hospitalized for rhabdomyolysis but left out a few...

Which SEC Team Will Extend the League's Streak of BCS Titles?

By Clay TravisJan 19th 2011 – 7:20PM

After five consecutive championships -- and seven undefeated appearances in the BCS title game in 13 years -- it's clear that a Southeastern Conference team will win the BCS title for the 2011 season. I've written before that if you'd started gambling on the SEC to cover the spread back in 1998 when Tennessee notched the...

Non-AQ Report: Middle Tennessee Searches for Coordinators

By Graham WatsonJan 13th 2011 – 1:00PM

After a year with new coordinators, Middle Tennessee coach Rick Stockstill has decided to go in a different direction. The school announced Thursday that offensive coordinator Mike Schultz and defensive coordinator Randall McCray had been let go. A nationwide search for their replacements is underway. Schultz and McCray...

Folks Need to Sack SEC in Football, but They Won't

By Terence MooreJan 12th 2011 – 5:50PM

The true NFC South isn't the Atlanta Falcons, Carolina Panthers, Tampa Bay Buccaneers and New Orleans Saints. It's the Southeastern Conference. In other words, the SEC is too powerful for college football, and there isn't a thing that righteous-thinking folks can do about it. This week was more of the same -- bad. Not...

Les Miles Agrees to 7-Year Extension

By FanHouse StaffJan 12th 2011 – 2:24PM

Les Miles chose LSU over Michigan, and was apparently rewarded for his loyalty with a extension that runs through the 2017 season. The school and Miles have agreed to a new deal that will maintain Miles' annual salary of a little more than $3.75 million, but includes additional performance bonuses. "We are pleased to...

les Miles News From the Web

  • 06/01/12 LSU, Florida to remain permanent football foes Source: NOLA.com - New Orleans LA Southeastern Conference athletic directors voted to continue its 6-1-1 scheduling format, meaning the Tigers and Gators will remain crossover division opponents, although no length for the system was determined.
  • 06/01/12 Hobbs: Mild case of expansion remorse? Source: The American Press - Lake Charles LA Gee, and it seemed like such a great idea at the time.
  • 06/01/12 LSU's Miles speaks at SEC Spring Meeting Source: The Daily News - Bogalusa LA DESTIN, Fla. As Les Miles lowered himself into a seat surrounded by reporters Tuesday, he picked up a printout of an ESPN.com article on the table in front of him.
  • 06/01/12 Time For Tide To Give Up UT Series Source: FOX Sports Not that it's the worst beating he's had this year, but LSU Football Coach Les Miles seems to be everyone's whipping boy for not wanting to play Florida every year.
  • 06/01/12 League presidents to vote on new SEC schedule » Source: Louisiana News-Star - Monroe LA The Southeastern Conference office did not wake up one day and decide to start treating LSU unfairly because the University of Alabama -- located just 48 miles away in Tuscaloosa -- told it to.

Background on les Miles

Leslie Edwin "Les" Miles, nicknamed "The Mad Hatter", (born November 10, 1953) is an American college football coach and the current head coach of the LSU football team.

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