C'mon you Miles haters you know I'm right

2) I believe to be what really happened.Miles said the call from the booth was to spike the ball because the booth thought it had seen 12 men on defense for the Rebels, which a spike ball would cause a penalty and give LSU time to kick (the count was wrong; it was just Ole Miss substituting, which they were allowed to do). Now that the booth realizes the count is wrong, it's too late to run your kicker on the field (because they feel like they wouldn't have gotten the play off with :01 even if they were prepared to run the special teams on the field).So a grad assistant is signaling to Jefferson to spike the ball, and he is confusedas any of us would be. He looks at the clock and points out there is only :01 left.The befuddled QB finally looks back to his head coach, who just relays the call that was coming through his headphones.So yes, I do think Miles was making a spike motion, and technically, no, he wasn't lying.He states he didn't know where the call came from, but what people don't realize is that statement was protecting a coach in the booth, not leaving his QB to twist in the wind.Miles stated, I can only tell you this. I knew that clocking it was not the answer, and I was stung in that position with knowing that clocking it was signaled, and I was not for it. Now, to find out why clocking was called, I did not get until I came to work on Sunday, and when I came to work on Sunday, I was told that the view of 12 men on defense was why the clock it call was called from the press box, and I certainly know that there was nothing that was going to be done with one second to go on the clock unless there was a defensive penalty."C'mon you Miles haters, you know I'm right.

Below are some player quotes from that meeting:It makes you earn so much more respect for a man who comes out and says something like that, senior tight end Richard Dickson said.Coach Miles has done great things here, been a great coach. The way he comes out and says that means a lot to you as a player and as a man. I earned a lot of respect for our coach for the way he talked to us.RB Stevan Ridley added, I respect him. Any head coach that does that in front of the team and in front of the assistants, that comes up there and says, This was my fault, it takes a lot for somebody to swallow their pride and say, I messed something up.He did what he needed to do Theres nothing else that needs to be said. The team, that was something we needed to hear.He tried to take the blame for the whole game, but I dont think thats fair, LSU guard Lyle Hitt said Theres more to the game than just the last 30 seconds.

That loss is on everybodys shoulders.Added linebacker Kelvin Sheppard, People are trying to say the end of the game is the big reason we lost, but the game couldve been won at any time during the game. Hes taking all the pressure, and its really not his fault.It says a lot about Miles as a man, though, that his players would say this about him. But don't think for a second that there aren't players who are sick that they lost this game. However, don't think Miles isn't sick over it either.Miles went over the game, especially the last minute, in much detail in his Monday press conference luncheon.After dissecting his missteps, he added, I regret the mistake It cost my team a best opportunity at victory.