Miles Enjoys L.S.U.'s Victories, Would Like More Turnovers BATON ROUGE, La. - Louisiana State's defense dominated Washington on Saturday - scaring its quarterback, smothering its running game - but Coach Les Miles, perhaps grasping for motivation, said he wished the Tigers bullied the Huskies into more turnovers too. If only, Miles said, they had held onto the ball - on one of the few desperate passes Huskies quarterback Keith Price tossed as he fled L.S.U.'s pressure - then they would have had more turnovers. The Tigers have beaten North Texas and Washington by a combined score of 82-17, but have forced just three turnovers, fine for some coaches but not Miles. "There were some balls that went through our hands," Miles said. If only, perhaps, they had played like Tyrann Mathieu, the dynamic cornerback who was dismissed from the team last month, whose dizzying style had created 14 turnovers in 26 career games. "He had a great eye for the ball," defensive end Barkevious Mingo said. That was one of the things he was great at - he knew how to get the ball out. He knew how to jump the routes, now it's just up to those young guys to step up. Mathieu's replacement, the freshman Jalen Mills, made his first-career interception against Washington. Price, chased toward the sideline on fourth down, threw a lazy pass into a crowd just before he stepped out of bounds. By then, L.S.U. led, 27-3, so encouraging turnovers was less out of necessity than an attempt to form good habits. With Mathieu in contention for the Heisman Trophy, L.S.U.'s defense produced 30 turnovers last season, 16th best in the country, and 10 more than Alabama had. Eric Reid, the safety who had an interception last week against North Texas; Morris Claiborne; and Mathieu comprised a ball-hawking secondary, meant to complement a relentless pass rush. But Mathieu embodied their ferociousness. "The young guys looked up to him coming in, so they already know what the standard is," Reid said. They already know what we expect. So when you get on the field, I guess in a way you try to play like him. He's never really left us.