If you haven’t by now read Spencer Hall’s in memoriam for Les Miles, please stop what you’re doing and go read Spencer Hall’s in memoriam for Les Miles. All the necessary elements are present — the good and the bad — for a panegyric to Les: his two-stepping approach to clock management, his flirtation with trick plays at odd times, his personality counterpoise to the stolid Nick Saban. LSU did what they had to do in firing him, but by the end of Spencer’s lay one can’t help but feel a bit sorry for the guy.
While most everyone ponders who will replace Miles in Baton Rouge, a question with even stranger potential answers is .