Thursday, July 31, 2008

Today's dose of strange

LSU football coach Les Miles must be one straight-up, loped-out G.

You don't know what I just typed. Frankly, I'm not sure what it means either.

But know this: Les Miles has more street cred than any other Southeastern Conference football coach at the moment, and not just because he won the Bowl Championship Series national title trophy back in January.

He's rollin' with the homies. Or one rather famous homey.

It seems, based on a story that just came across the Associated Press wire, that Miles and rapper Snoop Dogg are buddies. Or, in hip-hop parlance, they're crew through and through.

The Doggfather visited Miles in Baton Rouge and -- get this -- accompanied him to a Rotary Club meeting. According to the AP's account, Snoop put on an LSU jersey and said he just wanted ''to give his love and support'' to Miles. Miles told the AP that he became a fan of the music and the man through his son, Ben.

Could you picture any other SEC head coach hanging with the Snoop D-oh-double-jizzle? Or any other rapper for that matter?

Nick Saban in Kanye West's venetian blind-style sunglasses?

Mark Richt in baggy jeans and gold chains?

Bobby Petrino busting a funky rhyme?

Nope, not seeing it.

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