Pete Finney column in the Sunday N.O. Times-Picayune is a great read of the relationship that was shown between coach and player yesterday.



Coach, QB form a picture of success
Sunday, November 05, 2006
Peter Finney

Two pictures, frozen in time, a coach and a quarterback.

The first came amid the sound and fury of 106,333 crazies, most who were dressed in orange.

JaMarcus Russell had just thrown the worst interception of his LSU career.

On the second play of the second half, Tennessee had grabbed an interception and a 17-7 lead, and the home crowd was blowing the ceiling off Rocky Top.

On the sideline, Les Miles looked up at his 6-foot-6 man-child, put an arm around him, whispering words that seemed to say, "We're in this together."

read it all here: http://www.nola.com/sports/t-p/finney/index.ssf?/base/sports-0/1162710055227150.xml&coll=1&thispage=2