Les Miles suing LSU, as vacated wins drop him below HOF threshold

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Former LSU coach Les Miles is suing the school, saying that the vacated wins from his tenure dropped him from qualifying for the College Football Hall of Fame. Stacy Revere/Getty Images Like

Former LSU coach Les Miles is suing the school for vacating wins in response to an NCAA infractions case that dropped Miles below the threshold for College Football Hall of Fame qualification.

Miles, who coached LSU from 2005 to 2016, also named the NCAA and the National Football Foundation, which manages the College Football Hall of Fame, as defendants. The lawsuit states he was deprived of property rights to the vacated wins and his nomination for the Hall of Fame, which must…