DESTIN, Fla. — LSU football coach Les Miles said Wednesday at the SEC spring business meetings he knew about a medical condition that former quarterback Ryan Perrilloux blamed for his erratic behavior.

Perrilloux, projected as the Tigers’ 08 starter, after a string of incidents off-the-field as well as consistently breaking team rules, was tossed off the team in early May. He recently announced he was signing at Division I-AA Jacksonville (Ala.) State.

In a recent article on Yahoo.com by Josh Peter, Perrilloux said that was diagnosed with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, which is characterized by obsessive thoughts and rituals. He said he was prescribed medication to control symptoms such as anxiety.

“We were fully informed of all the issues that surrounded that case,” Miles said. “We tried to address that as best we could. There’s a point in time when it’s best for all parties to go on.

“Hopefully, he’ll take that (LSU) experience, take his second chance and make the best of it. We root for him very hard.”

Perrilloux started a couple of games last season when Matt Flynn was hurt, including the Tigers’ SEC championship game win over Tennessee. He was named the game’s Most Valuable Player.

Details For Saban: Alabama second-year football coach Nick Saban is a detail-oriented type of guy.

For instance, Saban was discussing with his coaching staff just the other day about itineraries of the 2008 road trips, which includes former LSU coach Saban’s first trip back to Baton Rouge on Nov. 8.

“We talk about where we’re staying and who’s going to ride on what bus to the games,” Saban said. “Somebody on our staff — I’m not going to tell who — said, ‘I hate to tell you this, but when we play LSU, ain’t none of us riding on your bus.’ ”

Nutt’s changing career roadmap: When Little Rock native Houston Nutt became Arkansas’ coach in 1998, he could already see the future.

“I thought I was going to be there until I was retirement age, and then I was going to step into (the athletic director) shoes of Coach (Frank Broyles),” said Nutt, who resigned after 10 seasons at Arkansas last November to become head coach at Ole Miss.

“He told me that. He told me, ‘Let’s make that our goal.’ He helped me a lot of different ways. He trained me administratively to prepare me in some ways for that.

“But I would never ever think about bringing it up or rushing him out. We had too close a relationship.”

Broyles resigned effective last Dec. 31, but before that the school had already named Pittsburgh AD Jeff Long* as his replacement back in September.