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Gump4Heisman Q&A with LSU Head Coach Les Miles (Part 2)

Gump4Heisman recently had the chance to sit down with LSU head coach Les Miles during his team's off week to chat with him about his team and the upcoming game against Alabama. For length purposes, the transcript has been broken up into two parts. The following is Part 2...

G4H: So coach, how is your week of practice going?

Les Miles: I tell ya. I like this week. Our week. This week doesn’t quit. It never quits.

G4H: What about on Sunday? At 11:59 P.M.?

Les Miles: This week. It has no quit.

G4H: Every week quits after Sunday.

Les Miles: Not this week. I’m on tell ya. This is a special week. We learned stuff this week. Stuff? You betcha.

G4H: … Ok. So let’s talk about this season. You guys are having a great year. 7-1. In position to play for the SEC title. In position to play for the National Title.

Les Miles: I tell ya. We had. This, uh, my, uh, we uh, this football team, uh, we, uh, this, uh, we know, uh, my football team. I tell ya. We Count 7. This football team. We want to count 8.

G4H: What do you mean ‘we count 7’?

Les Miles: Count 7? You betcha.

G4H: Count 7 what? Wins?

Les Miles: You betcha.

G4H: Why don’t you just say, I don’t know, uh, ‘We’re 7-1?’

Les Miles: We count 7. This football team.

G4H: So when you’re at a party and someone asks you how many kinds you have, do you say ‘We have three sons and a daughter’? Or would you say ‘We count 3 outties and 1 innie’?

Les Miles: You betcha. Let ‘er rip.

Gump4Heisman Q&A with LSU Head Coach Les Miles (Part 1)

Gump4Heisman recently had the chance to sit down with LSU head coach Les Miles during his team's off week to chat with him about his team and the upcoming game against Alabama. For length purposes, the transcript has been broken up into two parts. The following is Part 1...

G4H: First off, Coach Miles, just wanted to thank you for agreeing to do this chat.

Les Miles: Speaking. Uh, using verbs. Nouns. Uh, nouns that are said. Words. Words that go in sentences. Full sentences. Paragraphs? You betcha.

G4H: Uh, sure. Well what kind of speech are you giving your team this week and next? You know, how are you talking to the guys?

Les Miles: My football team? I tell ya. This football team. We’re speaking. Uh, with mouths. Talking. With voices. Uh, making sounds. Sentences fragments. This football team. Um.

G4H: Well. Let’s start by I guess asking you a little bit about this game. Obviously it’s a big rivalry game, and obviously with two weeks off to prepare, everyone is already excited. Can you talk a little bit about what it means, especially with you-know-who on the Alabama sidelines?

Les Miles: Um. My football team. We play. Against a. Ranked team. Uh, pizza. Ranked. Nationally. In their stadium. Pepperoni. Tough team. Short phrases. I tell ya. My football team. Delivery boy. Breadsticks? You betcha.

G4H: Breadsticks?

Les Miles: I tell ya. I’m proud. Of our breadsticks. I like these breadsticks. They’re my breadsticks. Good breadsticks. Uh, in our house. Eat them. In the living room. Dipping sauce. Sentence fragments. This football team. Napkins. Marinara.