BATON ROUGE - LSU kept its offense pretty simple in its 45-0 victory at Mississippi State on Thursday night. Tailback Jacob Hester said the team focused on just a handful of plays. LSU coach Les Miles, though, said not to expect everything but the kitchen sink from the offense Saturday when the No. 2 Tigers host No. 9 Virginia Tech at 8:20 p.m. Saturday in Tiger Stadium. "You saw our football team," Miles said at his weekly press luncheon on Monday. "That's what we are. There was no real reason to hide things that we are doing. Don't expect us now to unveil the Wotango Offense or the super-superior defense or double-superior or triple-superior defense." Miles did not elaborate on what a "Wotango Offense," if it actually exists, might be. "I have no idea," he said. LSU has worked on a lot more than what it showed against State, which gave LSU the ball freely with six interceptions. The Tigers rarely threw the ball very deep downfield. "I did what the game told me to do," said LSU quarterback Matt Flynn, who completed 12 of 19 passes for 128 yards. "I didn't do anything above and beyond." LSU ran 50 times for 198 yards and passed 22 times for 149. Miles did say that that game plans change according to opponent, and he admitted that on occasion he has held something back. "A super secret play, yeah, you want to keep that one in your back pocket," he said. CEREMONY FOR VIRGINIA TECH: LSU plans to honor those killed last April at the Virginia Tech tragedy before kickoff of the Tigers-Hokies game Saturday night. Three sky divers will be dropped onto the field with one holding a Virginia Tech flag, another an LSU flag and the third an American flag, LSU assistant athletic director Herb Vincent said. A moment of silence will follow. Then the LSU band will play the opponent's alma mater for the first time ever, Vincent said. "We talked to a lot of the people around the program a long time, and they said that has not been done," Vincent said. The band will then play the customary LSU alma mater, followed by the national anthem. A quilt made by the Secretary of State's office with assistance from LSU students will be given to the Virginia Tech alumni association at a pre-game party on the afternoon of the game. MILES FEELS FOR MICHIGAN: LSU coach Les Miles played at Michigan as an offensive guard in the mid-1970s and was an assistant coach there in two stints in the 1980s. He took the upset loss to I-AA Appalachian State on Saturday hard and has spoken to old friends of his who were at the game in Ann Arbor. "I can only tell you that the men that represent Michigan are hard pressed to find a smile," he said. "I believe that they understand adversity and they will do the right things. I trust and am comfortable with what (coach) Lloyd Carr will have them do. I also understand that Appalachian State is a great football team. They'll be back." Link To Original Article
