Former NFL quarterback Bobby Hebert, the father of LSU senior offensive lineman T-Bob Hebert and host of a New Orleans-based radio show, challenged Tigers Coach Les Miles to explain his quarterback strategy after LSU’s 21-0 loss Monday night to Alabama in the BCS championship game. Starter Jordan Jefferson completed 7-of-11 passes for 53 yards and an interception, and he rushed 14 times for 15 yards and a fumble. Jarrett Lee, who started the first Tigers’ first nine games after Jefferson was suspended for his alleged involvement in an August bar fight, never entered the game.
The official transcript from the postgame interview includes Hebert’s rambling speech and question to Miles—”Do you think you should have pushed the football more downfield?”—and Miles’ answer: “If you watch our calls … we did throw the football down the field. We didn’t necessarily get the football down the field. And I can tell you that the pass rush—we did consider Jarrett Lee. But we felt like with the pass rush that we were getting that we needed a guy that could move the seat and not sustain that pass rush.” To read about the postgame exchange between Hebert and Miles, click here.
Here are some links to what others are saying about the Tigers’ loss in the title game:
—ESPN.com’s Gene Wojciechowski writes that Alabama removed all doubt about who’s No. 1. To read his column, click here.
—Yahoo! Sports’ Steve Henson writes that LSU bumbled through four quarters of some of the most ineffective, unproductive, futile football seen in a while, especially on such a grand stage. To read his column, click here.
—Yahoo! Sports’ Pat Forde writes that Alabama didn’t just outhit LSU, it was able to outwit the Tigers as well. To read his column, click here.
—SI.com’s Stewart Mandel imagines what might have been if Alabama and LSU had never met a first time and how dazzled fans would’ve been by the Crimson Tide’s victory in the championship game. To read his column, click here.
—CBSSports.com’s Dennis Dodd writes that Alabama Coach Nick Saban’s system leads to another championship. To read his column, click here.
—CBSSports.com’s Brett McMurphy writes that LSU, with a chance to become known as one of the greatest teams in college football history, came in second. To read his column, click here.
—And Birmingham News sports writer Izzy Gould writes that Alabama served up a hot and spicy dish of revenge. To read his column, click here.
Today’s poll question: What, if anything, does the LSU football team need to change in 2012?
