Two weeks ago at SEC Media Days, Les Miles gave himself quite the unenviable task.
"I'd like to see two backs take the lead," said Miles of his running back stable entering 2012.
That sounds pretty straight forward and common for a college football team, but it's a bit of a departure from LSU's proven formula. Last fall, the Tigers accrued 2,836 total rushing yards, largely thanks to a five-headed rushing attack that produced three separate five hundred-yard rushers.
"I'd like to see two backs take the lead," said Miles of his running back stable entering 2012.
That sounds pretty straight forward and common for a college football team, but it's a bit of a departure from LSU's proven formula. Last fall, the Tigers accrued 2,836 total rushing yards, largely thanks to a five-headed rushing attack that produced three separate five hundred-yard rushers.
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Gary Laney joined ESPN.com in 2012 after spending a year and a half as online sports editor of the Baton Rouge (La.) Advocate. Before that, he covered LSU sports for the Advocate. He has also been the sports editor at the Beaumont (Texas) Enterprise and covered McNeese State athletics for the Lake Charles (La.) American Press. Laney currently lives in Baton Rouge. Email him at glaneyespn@gmail.com