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Does this week’s slate of SEC exhibitions games have you down?
Les Miles is always here to cheer us up when we need him. And he should be in a good mood after beating a Top 15 team at a neutral site after trailing by 17 in the second half.
The LSU head coach narrowly missed providing every sports highlight show in the country with the perfect material for a “look how much Les Miles loves to eat grass” joke on Saturday.
According to a Pulitzer Prize-winning author writing a book about the team, Miles nearly face-planted running out of the Reliant Stadium tunnel Saturday to face Wisconsin, then laughed about it with his players.
Here's the shot of Miles nearly tripping that I retweeted over the weekend from @garlandgillen #LSU pic.twitter.com/OuwfSO0ExD
— Ross Dellenger (@RossDellenger) September 4, 2014
Another Miles-Falling-Gate shot from @JacquesDoucet. #LSU pic.twitter.com/yUoBUTZIaU
— Ross Dellenger (@RossDellenger) September 4, 2014
After almost falling pregame Houston, Les Miles just told players he needs help running out tunnel: "Hey, give the OLD man some room!" #LSU
— Walking With Tigers (@LSUTigersBook) September 4, 2014
Also, did anyone else catch the irony here? LSU also nearly face-planted against Wisconsin before making a stunning recovery and drubbing the Badgers in the fourth quarter.
The Mad Hatter recovered from his near-fall in time to call for a fake punt on fourth-and-4, even though Wisconsin’s special teams didn’t have the personnel on the field that would’ve keyed the fake call. Linebacker Kendall Beckwith converted, the Tigers drilled a field goal to get within 24-10 and then roared to a 28-24 win.
Again, Les Miles. The legend grows.
An itinerant journalist, Christopher has moved between states 11 times in seven years. Formally an injury-prone Division I 800-meter specialist, he now wanders the Rockies in search of high peaks.
