Les Miles Quotes (108 Quotes)

He's just a guy who proved to be consistent and performed pretty well. I'm not making any long-term decisions but in the short term, he's certainly going to get an opportunity to kick 'em.

Matt has a lot of ability and I think our team enjoys his leadership and I think he'll play well. I think the quarterback position will play well enough to win.

We better understand that games in this stadium with non-conference opponents can have a very negative effect if they're not prepared, ... UAB and Miami of Ohio are two such evidences of that.

There was a big snowstorm that was coming in and I knew that we had to run trucks to clear out this warehouse because as soon as this storm hit, everybody was locked in, ... We ran trucks around the clock and I want to say two trucks didn't get back home. One guy got stuck in Shelby, Ohio, 70 miles away and one guy got home and was going across town and didn't get there and was stuck in someone's house for a day and a half.

Rudy represents the best that college football has to offer.

I'm not certain that Herman will start this game, but he may well see a lot of time. And we will continue with him on the right side.

It's tremendously taxing when you get closer to game week. We're preparing to play, and we're not really looking at any other inevitabilities. But if at some point in time that happens, I'm certain the powers will make the right decision. And I will fully support that decision. But right now, we're prepared to play.

Those things can be adjusted. There will be a differing degree of 'come get ya' and press and cover one and a good zone attack. That variance will change week to week.

Our team has practiced well and is showing the ability to put everything on the back burner for two hours and practice a little football.

We're fortunate to have talented backs. Joseph Addai, Justin Vincent and Shyrone Carey are all quality, quality tailbacks and will shoulder the responsibility to carry the ball for us Saturday. We are confident that when we hand them the ball that they will be what we need.

I offered him the job three times before he took it,

I don't know if I've been around a quarterback who has the ability to throw the ball like he does. If continues to make the right decisions and maintain ball security, he can be a great quarterback.

Chris is having a very strong year. If there's a better punter in the country under pressure in tough situations who hits the ball as long and as high as he does, I'd like somebody to point him out to me. I think he's having a great year.

We had our third team tailback in there. I called the fake field goal. We wanted to keep the clock going. If we didn't make it, so what Our protection guy called the fake punt. If I was Miami, I would've been glad to see the fake punt.

I don't really know how Buster will be. He's been banged up all year. I don't know exactly when he'll return to health. He could have played some Saturday.

Our players come into the final game of the season with a new quarterback, a very capable quarterback. I felt they had to control the line of scrimmage for him and find a back who would scrap for yards and play dominant defense and that's what they did.

Our team has had the longest camp in the history of camps.

We couldn't convince them that Arkansas was a good team last week. This team will be very motivated for this one. This is a championship.

There are some things Herman does athletically that make him fit as a guard. Now, height wise, he's one of those unusually tall guards. By body type, he looks like a tackle to me, but the way he moves his feet and some of the things he does, he's probably more akin to a guard.

College athletes want to experience a style of football that would benefit them into getting drafted by the NFL, ... It's pretty to easy to figure that those coaches that have coached in the NFL would surely want to run a program in college that's similar to that at the very highest level of football.

I actually thought we were going to win in overtime. I couldn't believe that we didn't win the game.

I don't care about what's being written in the paper. I don't read the Internet message boards. I don't care at all.

I think it's a good formation and I think it's obviously something a lot of people are going to at this time. I certainly understand it. But I don't think it's something that would work for us.

He's a very dangerous threat with the ball in his hands in a number of ways. We have to know when he's in.

The way we started the game, I don't think there was ever a doubt. I thought Matt Flynn competed very strongly. We never doubted for a minute that he wouldn't be calm and collected at quarterback.

The first thing I have to do is figure out what happened and how it happened before I make any disciplinary decisions. Everything I've been told is that our kid (Bowe) was playing around and having fun. Then that was interpreted wrong, and a fist fight started. That's what I understand happened. I can only tell you it is unfortunate. We'll find out what happened.

They're our natural rivals. We're 90 miles away, we get the newspaper. Every time they write something good about those guys, we have to read it.

This is another turn in the road for this football team. It's something that we have gotten used to over the past month. I think we'll respond very well. The players are excited about getting the opportunity to open the home season on Monday night. I expect our fans to pack Tiger Stadium just as if the game were being played on a Saturday night.

I think it's a compliment to the talent that's on our team, ... I don't think talent in and of itself is the reason why you win championships. I don't think that that will determine where we finish. It will be a character and style and chemistry that's developed through a season at LSU that will determine where we finish.

LSU offensive line coach Stacy Searels and head coach Les Miles, a former Michigan guard and offensive line coach, say center is the most natural position for Niswanger, though he has the 6-foot-5, 294-pound build of a tackle. Rudy is quick and smart, which are two things you have to be play center, ... He fits in very well there and has played very well. He calls a lot of the blocking assignments and has been good at that.

They've been to four straight bowls. And they come in here with the idea that they can swing for the long ball and take every cut and opportunity to beat us, any unusual play or anything that will work for them.

I see two good defensive teams, which could make it a relatively low scoring game. I think the key in this type of game is mistakes. The team that makes fewer mistakes will have a better chance to win the game.

I think that starts our season new. We're on track at home. We've won away (three times), and now, let's get this thing fixed.

My opinion is that this class has the balance of size and strength and speed that will allow us to do things to compete for championships. We answered some specific needs.

I look forward to a normal home schedule eventually. I think that definitely does affect a team. To what extent I'm not certain. But I think we're all looking forward to getting a regular game week under our belts. I think we have a good football team. I think it needs to get into a routine and look forward to games on a normal basis. We need the same amount of break and the same amount of preparation in between, and I think that allows a team to improve pretty regularly. I think the team looks forward to that themselves.

I'm aware. I hope it stays out in the water.

We expect the type of play we got out of our defense today all the time. This type of play should not be unusual. There are some things we need to get fixed, but certainly we expect them to play well.

This now creates an opportunity for Justin and Shyrone to step up and get some additional carries.

Chase's performance was less than what he'll be in the future, ... It was a representative performance for him. He'll be better as games go on.

We're going to anticipate, upon a successful completion of the game, to go over and sing the alma mater in the student section, ... I don't know it really well, but by the time Saturday gets here, I will.

There'll be some thought given to some punishment. I can tell you right now the punishment may be most painful when it's watched in front of your teammates and you see how you hurt your team.

I'm thrilled for this football team. They come into the final game of the season with a new quarterback, a very capable, confident young man. And they controlled the line of scrimmage for him and played dominant defense.

Just like Vanderbilt should no longer be taken for granted. The Commodores are 2-0 in the SEC and the team, especially Cutler, is catching the attention of opposing players and coaches. We have to control him, ... He's their big playmaker.

It's a great day. It's time to get the team on campus and start getting better. I think the summer went well. We had two men that failed the conditioning test, one of which was operated on and the other just needs to lose a little bit more weight.

It was a play of opportunity. It's certainly something that he can do. He has the wherewithal to do that. It's a concern when we are backed into our own endzone. The reality is I want him to take that advantage. It's like leaving a net untended and you're supposed to pass, but damn you got to take a shot. Certainly represented what we wanted to happen.

There was some lackadaisical ball handling after receiving the ball - not putting it away. Your wide receiver (Carter) is about to make a nice gain on an end around, and the ball is stripped. Those things have to be addressed. They have to see it and understand it. It's attention to detail that you have to stress again and again.

I think it's all a matter of what you know and what your preference is, ... I think longevity, and the ability lay roots at a place and build long-term relationships, is really special to the college atmosphere.

I don't know that you block things out in the scope of the magnitude of loss here,

I don't want to discount that as the only reason but it certainly contributed. Their (Arizona State's) offense is pretty good. They've always thrown the ball extremely well. The quarterback threw some balls into receivers that were covered very well. There were two opportunities to get picks that went right through our hands. Had we done things differently we may have had an opportunity at a couple more. It was the kind of game had we executed people would have come off saying look at all the turnovers we'd gotten.

This football team, like the state that they represent, has been through an enormous, difficult time. But they're ready to play.