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Point(s) well taken, in both cases.

I couldn't agree more, Stewart. And for those who have been saying that this isn't a punishment at all, they are dead wrong! This is a big loss for us (granted, one he fully deserved, I'm not arguing otherwise) as due to this suspension we will now have a QB behind center in the Swamp who has never taken a snap before. Those tune-up reps against CS were a big deal to Marve and to any chance we had of pulling a shocker W out of there.

Thanks Stewart...Not to mention Richt actually suspended 5-7 players a few years ago for the SEC championship ring fiasco...And that season opening game was against Clemson in "Death Valley"...Maybe he just chooses the seaon opening games because they make the most sense and not because of who UGA is playing! Not to mention if you wait and say a guy is suspended in week 5 and he gets hurt, then what if its season ending does his suspension carry over til the next season. Just too much confusion, just makes more sense to start from the first game and go from there!

I could not agree any less. You are completely off the mark on this. If anything, Shannon should have suspended him for two games instead of one. What ever happened to the days when Joe Paterno kicked the best running back in the nation off the team (Curtis Enis) and the Big Ten's best receiver (Joe Jurevicius) off the team during the same off season costing him a likely national championship game appearance. Instead we get guys like Lloyd Carr suspending Marlin Jackson for one game for nearly killing a kid with a liquor bottle. Even Joe has not been as strict as he has in the past, even though he does runner a tighter ship than any major college coach.

For the most part I agree with Mandel here, but you still can't excuse the magically disappearing suspension by Nick Saban...

INSOC, you can't be serious - Paterno runs a "tighter ship than any major college coach????????" I completely understand your point and was right there with your argument until you ruined your argument with your last statement. 10 years ago, yes, Paterno ran a tight ship - these days, he's just hoping that Bobby Bowden retires and he gets his wins before the whole of the Penn State football team ends up on a police blotter.

Full disclosure: I'm an Alabama fan, so I don't really have any room to criticize. Yet somehow I've been able to criticize... Fans of irony, join in!

"Mark Richt is one of the most morally upright humans on the planet ..."

*PLEASE* tell me this was an error of omission, Stewart.

Stewart, while I understand what you are saying, I have to disagree. I come from the Land of the Bayou Bengals, and there are no more rabid fans anywhere on earth. The various LSU booster organizations are known to "run" the programs to some degree, and fans have been as fickle as possible when the team isn't winning.

That said, most in Louisiana respect Coach Miles for actually doing what Nick Satan only claims to support - doing the "right thing" for both the player and the team. RJ Francois was given a regular-season suspension, and served every day of it - DESPITE seemingly agonizing injuries to several D-Line players (especially Dorsey). Did he suddenly seek to have Francois' team suspension lifted? NO! He left him in the stands where even HE admits he belonged for is actions.

And need I start with Perriloux? Arguably the most explosive, game-breaking QB since Vince Young, and Miles shows him the door. Yes, he gave him a few chances, but in the end he did the right thing, despite the howls of protest from many of the fans. I dare say, though, that there was as much applause for his action as there were wails of disbelief. It was the right thing to do for Ryan, for the Team, and for LSU sports in general.

I'm tired of having to defend my Tigers against USC fanboys claiming that most of the LSU players major in football. Coach Miles is doing the right thing, and that's proof positive that you are dead wrong in your assertion. Heck, LSU even cracked the Top-25 list of "best educational universities" this year. I say screw the cupcake suspensions. Do the right thing and make the team as accountable as the rest of the student body for their actions. In the end, it makes for better people once they leave school.

Just ask Ryan Perriloux. I bet in his heart he'll one day understand that when Les Miles showed him the door, he might have done him the biggest favor he'll ever get for the rest of his life.

Geaux Tigers! Go Les! Fear the Hat! Roll Tide Roll, Around the bowl and down the hole.....

This is great and realistic.

College footbal coaches are just glorified politicians. They promise one thing, the stuff hits the fan, then they have to make a practical alternative happen.