Miles was interviewed on WWL: About the season: "I am excited. I have never been this giddy about football." About JaMarcus Russell's weight: (I dunno if this has been reported, but he is 20 lbs overweight right now) "He is 260 right now as of the Manning passing camp. We told him to get in better shape, and if he doesn't he will have a little extra running to do."
I saw a couple of weeks ago an interview JR gave a newspaper where he said he was 260..but it wasn't clear when that interview took place. I guess Miles just cleared up all discussion about whether he was in great shape or not. I don't expect it to be an issue personally, he had surgery and his uncle on the penthouse says he realizes he's got to be the man this year.
he was at the Manning camp a week ago and he was 261... But said he was dieting... Les looked real mad when he heard the news, b/c it was new to him...
Woo..that's gonna stir the pot now! Damn, JaMarcus, how bad you want it? With Flynn at your heels and the Chosen One coming to town, you'd think you could push away from the dinner table this offseason and keep in shape. Again, how bad you want it? 260? Going all Lorenzen on us now? :shock:
I will never question how bad he wants it: Go to: JaMarcus's link on the LSU facebook site: http://lsu.thefacebook.com/profile.php?id=23412918 On it, it has a quote that he has about himself: "I feel like I am the one God chose to be great." I think he wants it... Just maybe underestimating the people in the race with him.
Didn't someone fail to mention that Russell put the weight because he was recovering from offseason surgery? Just a little point that was also made in the story. Miles, Chapman, Smoke, the brown Suit, Skip, O'Keefe, Jenkins, Richards were all in town for the GNO Alumni to-do. Chapman received the biggest ovation, followed by Miles, then Smoke. O'Keefe loves to hear himself go at it. Miles picked up Saban's famous 2001 "We'll crush Tulane because we're better" line with "The Tulane series will be great for our state. Two stadium filled with OUR fans." The place ate the line up lock, stock, and barrel. Interesting fact to point out to Tennessee: Every LSU football player carries a GPA of 2.0 or higher. Pretty amazing considering when I was at LSU, football players and academics were just passing ships in the night.
Wasn't it shoulder surgery? If so, no excuse, b/c he could have still been doing walking or running. He admitted that it was his own fault that he is the weight he is.
Maybe its me but I heard rumblings that he wasn't exactly the best film-studying player last year and now this quite hefty weight gain? Not good, imo
