Let me set the scene:

Les Miles has a podcast now and his most recent one focuses, at least in some part, on the rematch with Alabama for the BCSNCG. Well the podcast got posted on Reddit and a former player chimed in. Here's a link to the podcast and quotes from the player:

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Might be a little late, but a fun story about finding out who we were playing:

We were all brought into our big team meeting room where we had ESPN playing on the screen. They were going to announce who we were playing. There were ESPN cameras all over the room, and at Bama and (I assume) OKState. They were to get our reactions. They announced it and I swear you could have heard a pin drop. We all WANTED to play Oklahoma State. But, I remember Miles standing up and basically telling all of us that we were about to be on camera and to get hyped for playing the second best team in the country (or something like that).

So we get a signal from the camera and we all go crazy. Extremely excited, jumping around, clapping, etc. There was about a 30-second delay and we saw our reaction on the big screen. I just remember thinking how interesting it would have been had they just started filming instantly.

Another poster asked his this question:

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This is a rumor I heard years ago and you don't have to comment if you don't want to, but was Lee not played in the last 2 games that season due to grade ineligibility?

His response:

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Rumor. There are too many stories to tell about Lee. He was genuinely the nicest guy there. Most people on that team were pretty shitty or mean people. Lee was the coolest guy. The irony was, I hated watching him in HS before I made it there. Helped him warm up with some passes every few practices and we chatted. Just a really cool guy.

In the hotel, the morning of the game. There was a banner that was hung up that said “Thank you Jarrett Lee.” We were quickly removed from that room. It was a big open hall area where we were going to do walkthroughs, Miles seemed pretty pissed. No one really knows why he didn’t play Lee.

I know Miles has become a meme on here and people love him and some even consider him one of the best coaches alive. I know that I have zero respect for that man. I won’t go into detail but I actually refused to even watch LSU football until he was fired. I am convinced that if we had any other coach who wasn’t so stubborn, we would have won that natty in 2011/12. I held up that deal and only started watching again last season when it seemed like he was going to be fired.

Another response regarding the BCSNCG:

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Halftime was bizarre. I remember suggesting to some people that we come out in a five-wide formation, Lee in at QB and air it out for an entire drive. Even if it was three straight incompletions. Saban doesn’t respond that well to instant change, and that’s why we beat him the first time.

Miles thought the reason we beat him the first time was because Jordan was an athlete and ran the ball a lot and froze the linebackers. The true part of that statement is freezing those big backers. They didn’t know what was happening because they didn’t spend a lot of practice time on it.

By the time the Natty rolled around.... we just decided to do the same exact shite. Expecting Saban wouldn’t be prepared. Boggles my mind to this day.

Seeing the 2007 team celebrate with Miles on Saturday I wonder who this former player could be to hold such a grudge against Les? The 2007 guys all seem to still love him to death.