re: Hard not to like Coach O

I didn’t watch it but I can feel the same way. You got to admire Coach O with all the ups and downs of life he has been through. I am sure after he lost to Troy some LSU fans kind of wondered if they had made the right choice just us many Clemson fans had doubts about Dabo after three years.. Also I had the pleasure of having a couple conversations with Coach E when he was at Clemson and the tragedy he is going through got to feel for him and his family.

Sure I want Clemson to win but if they don’t I’m fine with Coach O getting to the mountain top. He deserves it.

Here’s to a hard fought game with I hope no injuries.

Everybody making this big deal about missing on Etienne. CEH was the fallback plan. I doubt we offer CEH if we get Etienne. Etienne has been the better back until this year. This year and, more importantly, for this game it’s a wash. No harm no foul

It was a much bigger deal at the time than it is now

Actually, it was more the previous coach's fault Les Miles than it was Ed O's fault, but Ed O always goes out of his way to accept blame and even when it isn't always deserved.

Here is the timeline of Etiennes recruitment.

Dec 27, 2016 - LSU offers
January 12, 2017 - Clemson offers
January 20, 2017 - Etienne officially visits Clemson
January 26, 2017 - Etienne commits to Clemson
January 27, 2017 - Etienne officially visits LSU

Notice: LSU offers first(Dec 27), but Clemson scheduled an official visit and subsequently got his commitment before LSU got him on campus.

There is a lot of woulda, coulda, shoulda in recruiting, but had LSU scheduled an official visit sooner, he may be at LSU. As O has stated, by the time of the LSU official visit, Etienne and his father had already made up their mind on Clemson. It's in the past now. I think it worked out in everyones favor. Would LSU have signed the young studs on the depth chart in Curry, TDP and Emory, had we had CEH and Etienne? Probably not but who really knows. I like where we are now and the future looks bright at the running back position.

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Clemson offered first. We were both late to the dance. Clemson has a commit early, C. Richardson who had a faulty transcript so we had to back off. ETN was a fallback. LSU missed on a different RB (Cam Akers maybe?).

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The timeline is out there. Miles didn’t pay any attention to him. O offered a few weeks before Clemson did, but wasn’t pressing for a commitment to try and land Akers. All kinds of kids get offers, but they only matter if they are commitable offers and his wasn’t until Akers was gone. He didn’t like being the back up plan. By the time O started trying to recruit him harder, he was looking elsewhere. It happens.

It may be that he also didn’t like that LSU offered CEH and took his commitment well before Akers. As good as Etienne is, I wouldn’t swap them due to how well Clyde has fit in this offense.

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LSU's fans are a different matter, unfortunately.

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The irony of you saying this is too much.

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wouldn’t swap them due to how well Clyde has fit in this offense.

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I fully agree with you. CEH has done an amazing job in the role that the offense has placed him in. He is perfect for what we do. I truly hope Clemson has the audacity to blitz Joe because Clyde will put up 250 yards on them of they do. He's the better player for us without question.

Go mother fricking Tigers!