GeauxTo
09-08-2005, 09:43 PM
Report from DandyDon...
The LSU football team held a light practice this afternoon and will fly out of Baton Rouge early Friday morning to Tempe, Arizona, the home of the Fiesta Bowl. The team will hold a walk-through practice Friday afternoon in preparation for Saturday night's 8:15 kick off against Arizona State. LSU is anywhere from a two-point underdog to a three-point favorite to win the game.
I listened to Coach Les Miles' radio talk show last night. Miles sounded very upbeat about playing the game and said the team was excited about starting the season. Coach Miles opened the show by letting the victims of hurricane Katrina and the people of the gulf coast know that the players, coaches and his family are continuing to pray for a speedy recovery. Coach Miles said it was four days after the hurricane before some of the players knew the well being of their family members. Coach Miles said LSU will be playing a very good Arizona State team that is very good on both sides of the ball. Miles seemed very confident that LSU would be able to contain ASU's offense and do some good things against the Sun Devils' defense. Coach Miles said the players had grown together as a team the last 10 days and he gave credit to Kyle Williams and Andrew Whitworth for being team leaders.
The first caller of the night was Mr. X from New Orleans who asked how the team has practiced the last 10 days. Coach Miles' reply was that the team has practiced well. He said that during practice the team was able to put the problems of the last 10 days behind them and concentrate on football. When asked about playing the first game on the road, Coach Miles said that some teams play well on the road and that some teams do not. The coach said that this LSU team is an experienced team with great senior leadership and he believes that this will be a very good road team. He said the team would be fired-up to play and wants very badly to win for the people of Louisiana.
When asked how things were looking for playing the Tennessee game at home on September 24, Coach Miles said that the situation in the PMAC was improving each day and that hotel rooms should be available for Tennessee fans in two weeks. Coach Miles said he was looking forwarding to playing his first game at home as the head coach of LSU in an SEC game against Tennessee.
When asked if losing Alley Broussard caused him to change the games plan on offense, Coach Miles said that Broussard is a great back but that Joseph Addai, Justin Vincent and Shyrone Carey are all very capable and that the game plan would not change. When asked about Skyler Green and all the other outstanding wide receivers, Miles said LSU would use all the wide receivers to the best of their ability. He said Skyler Green was in great shape and probably a few pounds lighter than in 2003 when he had an All-American type season. When asked about special teams, the coach responded that special teams players have worked very hard to improve over the 2004 season but would not name who would be doing the kicking and punting. When ask to compare being at LSU to being at Oklahoma State, the coach said the reason he came to LSU was to be able to compete at a higher level and siad that he and his family would like to be at LSU for a very long time.
When asled about the linebackers, the coach sounded very excited. Miles said that Cameron Vaughn is an outstanding linebacker and said that Jason Spadoni is a very aggressive linebacker. Coach Miles said that when E.J. Kuale returns in two weeks the linebacker position would be salty. One caller asked what his philosophy was at playing starters in games when the outcome had already been determined and Miles said that he did not want his starters in games at such a point.
The LSU football team held a light practice this afternoon and will fly out of Baton Rouge early Friday morning to Tempe, Arizona, the home of the Fiesta Bowl. The team will hold a walk-through practice Friday afternoon in preparation for Saturday night's 8:15 kick off against Arizona State. LSU is anywhere from a two-point underdog to a three-point favorite to win the game.
I listened to Coach Les Miles' radio talk show last night. Miles sounded very upbeat about playing the game and said the team was excited about starting the season. Coach Miles opened the show by letting the victims of hurricane Katrina and the people of the gulf coast know that the players, coaches and his family are continuing to pray for a speedy recovery. Coach Miles said it was four days after the hurricane before some of the players knew the well being of their family members. Coach Miles said LSU will be playing a very good Arizona State team that is very good on both sides of the ball. Miles seemed very confident that LSU would be able to contain ASU's offense and do some good things against the Sun Devils' defense. Coach Miles said the players had grown together as a team the last 10 days and he gave credit to Kyle Williams and Andrew Whitworth for being team leaders.
The first caller of the night was Mr. X from New Orleans who asked how the team has practiced the last 10 days. Coach Miles' reply was that the team has practiced well. He said that during practice the team was able to put the problems of the last 10 days behind them and concentrate on football. When asked about playing the first game on the road, Coach Miles said that some teams play well on the road and that some teams do not. The coach said that this LSU team is an experienced team with great senior leadership and he believes that this will be a very good road team. He said the team would be fired-up to play and wants very badly to win for the people of Louisiana.
When asked how things were looking for playing the Tennessee game at home on September 24, Coach Miles said that the situation in the PMAC was improving each day and that hotel rooms should be available for Tennessee fans in two weeks. Coach Miles said he was looking forwarding to playing his first game at home as the head coach of LSU in an SEC game against Tennessee.
When asked if losing Alley Broussard caused him to change the games plan on offense, Coach Miles said that Broussard is a great back but that Joseph Addai, Justin Vincent and Shyrone Carey are all very capable and that the game plan would not change. When asked about Skyler Green and all the other outstanding wide receivers, Miles said LSU would use all the wide receivers to the best of their ability. He said Skyler Green was in great shape and probably a few pounds lighter than in 2003 when he had an All-American type season. When asked about special teams, the coach responded that special teams players have worked very hard to improve over the 2004 season but would not name who would be doing the kicking and punting. When ask to compare being at LSU to being at Oklahoma State, the coach said the reason he came to LSU was to be able to compete at a higher level and siad that he and his family would like to be at LSU for a very long time.
When asled about the linebackers, the coach sounded very excited. Miles said that Cameron Vaughn is an outstanding linebacker and said that Jason Spadoni is a very aggressive linebacker. Coach Miles said that when E.J. Kuale returns in two weeks the linebacker position would be salty. One caller asked what his philosophy was at playing starters in games when the outcome had already been determined and Miles said that he did not want his starters in games at such a point.