Welcome to the newly created Miles High Club. We’ve
spent a good deal of time focusing on getting away from Nick Saban
and hoping to find the next “great coach” of LSU football. Over the
last four years we have come to believe that Les Miles is that coach.
With his white hat towering him above the rest and his “Lesticles”
of steel pummeling opponents to the ground he has led the greatest
team in the nation to three straight seasons with an 11-2 record or
better, 2 Bowl Game wins and their second BCS National Championship
making them the only team that has ever won that title twice.
In 2006, LSU finished the regular season with ten wins (10-2), and
ended the season with six straight wins. 2006 marked the first time
in LSU history that the Tigers finished with back-to-back 10-win seasons.
Miles was able to do this in spite of his team playing its four toughest
games on the road. All four games were against teams ranked in the
top eight when the game took place, with three of the teams in the
top five.
In 2007, Miles gained national attention due to numerous unconventional
play calls during nationally televised games. LSU was ranked #1 twice
during the regular season. LSU went on to the SEC championship game.
Despite the media distractions, LSU won the 2007 SEC title, beating
Tennessee 21–14. Then LSU beat the Buckeyes in the 2008 BCS Championship
giving Les Miles his first national championship. As of the end of
the 2007 regular season, which featured victories over six different
coaches with national championships, les' record as head coach at
LSU is 34-6.
Throughout the 2007 season, there was speculation that Les Miles
would be a top candidate for the University of Michigan head coaching
position if it became available. On the day of the SEC championship
game, Kirk Herbstreit, the former quarterback for Michigan rival Ohio
State, falsely reported on ESPN's College GameDay that Les Miles had
accepted an offer to succeed Lloyd Carr as the head coach at the University
of Michigan. LSU officials quickly responded to Herbstreit's announcement
and confirmed that Les Miles would not be taking the Michigan position
and would be staying at LSU. Miles cleared up any confusion himself
in a last minute press conference to reporters saying,
“There was some misinformation on ESPN and I
think it’s imperative that I straighten it out. I am the head coach
at LSU. I will be the head coach at LSU. I have no interest in talking
to anybody else. I’ve got a championship game to play, and I am excited
about the opportunity of my damn strong football team to play in it.
That’s really all I’d like to say. It was unfortunate that I had to
address my team with this information this morning. With that being
done, I think we’d be ready to play. There will be no questions for
me. I represent me in this issue. Please ask me after. I’m busy. Thank
you very much. Have a great day.”
That is why we created this Club. We love Les Miles and we are so
proud to have him as our coach and are so honored to have him be proud
enough to stay. We don’t know how long it will last but we hope it’s
a very long time.
So become a member by purchasing one of our Miles High Club T-shirts
and show your support because Les gave more for us and continues to
do so.
Special thanks to Wikepedia.com for some of the preceding
information.
