Yeah, we run with the good stuff here at FanHouse. Intense message-board hand-wringing and rumormongering has produced this morsel (c/o our good friend Kevin Donahue at Fanblogs.com):Due to an ongoing dispute between Perrilloux's mother and LSU -- potentially stemming from Ryan's mother trying to shake down the school -- the projected starting quarterback has cleaned out his locker and left the team. Perrilloux reportedly missed a team meeting this week, but his absence is clouded by reports that Perrilloux was attending his father's funeral.The only aspect that does not seem to be in dispute is that Ryan Perrilloux has cleaned out his locker.
WDSU-TV in New Orleans is reporting the rumors that Perrilloux quit the team, but -- so far -- there's no comment from Perrilloux or the Tigers.
This could be devastating news for LSU. Perillioux is a great talent and his services will be sorely needed by a defending national champion which has been depleted by graduation and early defection to the NFL.
On the flip side, however, "character issues" seem to come up all too frequently for the talented dual-threat quarterback. Perillioux has had a number of run-ins with the coaching staff and seems to have a hard time following the rules. Kevin posted a followup to better explain what's happening:It is believed that one of the issues was class attendance, missing a team appointment and the other was related to him going somewhere he wasn't supposed to be. So... the coaches met with Perrilloux and the suspension talk came up. This conversation apparently led to Perrilloux's mother threatening to pull the QB off the teamWhen Mama gets involved, things are going in the wrong direction. Losing Perillioux might severely wound LSU's 2008 campaign, but in the long-term, it might be for the best.
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2-18-2008 @ 1:17PM
robert said...
you mentioned character issues. i just wanted to mention a few of those.
1. this past season he and other lsu players (3 i think) started a bar brawl, fled police but were identified by witnesses. perriloux then allegedly followed a couple to thier car now dawning a ski mask (but the same clothes he wore in the club) and brandished a gun. mysteriously they dropped charges the next day and could no longer remember anything about the events of that evening. can you say boosters?
2. last off season he was busted entering a casino with his brother's i.d. card. i don't know what ever came of this if anything, but a shady incident none the less.
3. he committed to university of texas early in the recruiting process, which kept them from pursuing shorter QB chase daniel who admittedly would have committed if offered. he then switched to LSU on signing day.
it'll be interesting to see how this all plays out considering the powers that be withing the team, captains/seniors met with him this past season a told him he has no more chances.
i think if he leaves the team and is released from his scholarship he could transfer with one year of eligibility after sitting out a year.
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2-18-2008 @ 10:15PM
Gamecock Man said...
I think you're right to say that it might be better for LSU to boot this kid now. It might hurt them this coming year, but it would be better for them to start planning on not having him around so they can begin to prep someone else. Who's their backup?
You have to admit, it's a shame that this kid may blow his best chance out of a shitty life.
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2-22-2008 @ 12:43PM
RickeyM said...
What does our boy Nick Saban has to do with this, all too strange...is this all just an to leave LSU to go to Alabama? Something really really stinks..
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