Quote Originally Posted by Dawg61 View Post
Tusk heard the same rumor exactly as I heard it and we don't live within 8 hours of each other. Apparently Jefferson had been doing a lot of partying the week before the game to the point the offensive line felt he didn't deserve to lead them on the field. They approached Miles and told him what Jefferson had been upto and that they weren't going to block for him so he better put in Lee if he wanted to win. He started Jefferson knowing full well that it meant mutiny from his OL.
That still sounds dumb. 'He doesn't deserve to lead us onto the field to help us compete for the national title, so if he plays, we won't compete for the national title.' If your issue with a player is that he isn't in it enough, how is a proper response to give up and refuse to be in it?

I'm not necessarily saying the rumor is wrong, just that it sounds really stupid and that if it's true, I don't really blame Miles. It sounds like he was stuck with a QB who didn't care enough and an OL who didn't care enough.