One LSU professor made students correct Les Miles' grammar

Author:
Extra Mustard
Publish date:
Aug 28, 2014

Les Miles, like many coaches, has a habit of dancing around questions, giving imprecise responses. So one LSU professor thought perhaps his students could help Miles out.

Communications professor Jay Shelledy assigned his students to edit Miles' statements to make them "tighter, clearer and grammatically correct."

Who's going to be the one to edit their professor, though? Shelledy misidentified highly-touted freshman running back Leonard Fournette as "Jason." Good thing he's already the department chair, otherwise his job might be in jeopardy.

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[via SB Nation]