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It's crazy what LSU is doing in the portal...

Posted on 1/14/26 at 2:40 pm
Posted by Gator Fever
Member since Sep 2021
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Posted on 1/14/26 at 2:40 pm
Looking at what LSU is doing in the portal and with high school recruits it's clear now we never had a chance to get Lane due to our NIL budget. We have a combined high school/NIL budget a little outside the top 10 but LSU is spending like crazy even with Lanes huge contract. We would have never spent that much as our big boosters arent as motivated. About 5 SEC teams will always outspend us and about another 4 or 5 teams will also.

The only thing I wonder is if LSU will be alright at O line or not. They bought 2 real expensive QBs in this portal class also.

Having said that I think our approach to the portal this year is a good approach with what our budget is and sometimes loading up like LSU doesn't work out as we saw last season.
This post was edited on 1/14/26 at 2:44 pm
Posted by Lt. Columbo
Member since Nov 2012
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Posted on 1/14/26 at 4:45 pm to
LSU is going all in on the NIL era, to the point that I wouldn't be half surprised to see this whole thing end in LSU getting destroyed by a lawsuit or probation

But for now, yeah, they are killing it!
Posted by Gatorbait2008
Member since Aug 2015
27545 posts
Posted on 1/17/26 at 12:37 pm to
Where are they getting all this money...
Posted by olemc999
At a blackjack table
Member since Oct 2010
15155 posts
Posted on 1/17/26 at 2:31 pm to
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Where are they getting all this money...


Holden Spaht, Pepper Rutland, Todd Graves, and Gordon McKernan.
Posted by Gatorbait2008
Member since Aug 2015
27545 posts
Posted on 1/17/26 at 2:48 pm to
Okay.

We need very wealth donors who are obsessed with sports.
Posted by TDFreak
Coast to Coast - L.A. to Chicago
Member since Dec 2009
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Posted on 1/18/26 at 4:10 pm to
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Where are they getting all this money...
The joke on Twitter is children’s hospitals. IYKYK
Posted by Lt. Columbo
Member since Nov 2012
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Posted on 1/19/26 at 10:07 am to
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We need very wealth donors who are obsessed with sports.


We just lost Hal...
Posted by Gatorbait2008
Member since Aug 2015
27545 posts
Posted on 1/19/26 at 10:30 am to
Time for me to play the powerball...I will get enough money to get us a 3rd string DB and a second string guard!
Posted by UFMatt
Proud again to be an American
Member since Oct 2010
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Posted on 1/19/26 at 12:26 pm to
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Where are they getting all this money..


Knowing LSU, they probably opened up some day care centers in Minn.
Posted by Gator Fever
Member since Sep 2021
5003 posts
Posted on 1/20/26 at 10:07 am to
One downside of a school becoming too "nerdy" due to entry requirements. I think up to maybe Urbans run we had close to the same level of big booster interest as Georgia and Bama etc. I think our new breed of tech rich big booster doesn't have a real big interest in football.
This post was edited on 1/20/26 at 10:08 am
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