Bigger than football: “I have regrets,” Les Miles says in a rare article from Sporting News touching on a personal tragedy that befell the Miles family last year. “Great regrets.” The police report says Ann Brown, Miles’ younger sister, died last April when her car was hit by a pickup truck around noon at a notoriously dangerous intersection. For years, those in Zachary have complained about the corner of Sugar Mill Plantation Parkway and La. Highway 1. This time it took the life of Brown. It has taken nearly eight months for Miles to talk about the tragedy; it will take even longer for him to come to grips with the loss of a second chance. Read the full story here.
Studying film: There’s one more utterly useless item to add to the tale of the tape between LSU and Alabama: the pre-game movie. ESPN reports each team on Sunday night got a sneak peek at films yet to be released in theaters. LSU watched Contraband, the new Mark Wahlberg action flick due in theaters Friday. The movie is about a former smuggler who heads to Panama to score millions of dollars in counterfeit bills to protect his family. ESPN’s Tom Rinaldi says Alabama went the more inspirational route with Red Tails, the new movie about the Tuskegee Airmen.
Get an eyeful: Stuck at work or home wondering what it’s like to be in New Orleans right now, just hours before the BCS national championship game? Not to worry. You can check panoramic shots of fans milling around New Orleans, as well as views of the Mississippi River and the fifth-floor balcony of Jax Brewery. See it all, courtesy The Birmingham News, here.
