re: On Les Miles' loyalty to upperclassmen

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Lee was a year ahead of JJ.

Tell me again about Miles showing preference to seniority.

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JJ didn't get a shot until Lee got hurt against Ole Miss. If you recall JJ actually played pretty good in that second half. He had a descent game against Arkansas the next week and the Georgia Tech game is where he took control of the job, all while Lee was healing. We as LSU fans were actually pretty pumped up after that game for the 2009 season if you recall. Miles bought in and never looked back. At that point, after blowing JJ's redshirt, Lee and JJ were both equal as for as time left at LSU. Upperclassmen had nothing to do with it anymore. Lee had 7 pick 6's vrs JJ leading LSU to a blow win over a very good G Tech team. Miles never trusted Lee again and if not for JJ's retardation before the season started this year Lee still would not have seen much playing time, IMO.

Does Miles allow underclassmen to start over upperclassmen? Yes. But mostly on Defense where he lets Chavis run the show. But on Offense, it's very rare. I can't think of any offensive players that won a permanant starting spot for any other reason than the upperclassmen getting hurt. And almost always the upperclassmen gets their job back, almost. (See JJ for the exception)