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re: Haven’t seen Bama this irrelevant since before Saban?
Posted on 8/20/26 at 8:03 am to 1BIGTigerFan
Posted on 8/20/26 at 8:03 am to 1BIGTigerFan
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These guys don't have to wait till the pros to get paid anymore. So now we have to wait and see if they play hard now that they already have their money or just mail it in.
This.
You'd think some schools would have learned that these ridiculous coaching contracts actually create a degree of disincentive for the established coach to pursue the grind that originally made the contract offer worth the risk.
Now, these kids/young men are getting 100s of thousands to millions to play college ball and many are not even proven players at the college level, yet. I guess a shot at the pros is some incentive to keep pushing and developing, but there has to be a large portion who will otherwise lose some drive given their new access to funds.
Posted on 8/20/26 at 8:04 am to imjustafatkid
Sorry, Gump.
Nobody outside of Tuscaloosa has the Gumps sniffing the CFP.
You’re a softball school.
Nobody outside of Tuscaloosa has the Gumps sniffing the CFP.
You’re a softball school.
Posted on 8/20/26 at 8:05 am to NFLSU
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Gumps should’ve been thankful for what they had.
18 National Championships and 30 SEC Championships.
I'm not only thankful, but I often go out of my way to remind football programs who put "we're # 2" on their SEC rings how it feels to be the best.
Posted on 8/20/26 at 8:11 am to lsutiger2
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Haven’t seen Bama this irrelevant since before Saban?
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lsutiger2
You're talking about them, you're keeping them relevant
Posted on 8/20/26 at 8:18 am to lsutiger2
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Haven’t seen Bama this irrelevant since before Saban?
In 2015, Bama had fallen from 3 to 13th in the AP by Week 4. That season ended well enough.
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Nick Saban to the Media (2015) "...if it was up to you, we're 6 feet under already. We're dead and buried and gone! Gone!"
If 13th in a preseason poll is irrelevant, then the Bama bar is certainly too high for most programs. So, that perception of relevance is contextual.
I'll just wait to see how it plays out and enjoy some games and plays along the way.
Posted on 8/20/26 at 8:28 am to lsutiger2
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How you guys feeling?
Still more relevant than LSU for 90% of its history.
Posted on 8/20/26 at 8:35 am to NFLSU
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Sorry, Gump.
Nobody outside of Tuscaloosa has the Gumps sniffing the CFP.
You’re a softball school.
Posted on 8/20/26 at 8:45 am to lsutiger2
I mean..seems like a bad idea to try and talk down to a team that beat you by double digits last time you played.....
Posted on 8/20/26 at 8:48 am to TrueLefty
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I can't wait to see LSU fans go crazy about ending behind Alabama once again. LSU probably isn't going to make the playoffs this year.
We know. That's all you have to look forward to as a Mizzou fan. Just make sure you come cry here when LSU has a good season and makes the playoff in Lane's first year.
Posted on 8/20/26 at 9:12 am to lsutiger2
Better than having this retard as a coach...
Posted on 8/20/26 at 11:33 am to TrueLefty
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I can't wait to see LSU fans go crazy about ending behind Alabama once again. LSU probably isn't going to make the playoffs this year.
Here you cucks are, still trying to live vicariously through other teams. Why don’t you worry about what your bottom feeder team will do?
Posted on 8/20/26 at 12:20 pm to NFLSU
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You’re a softball school
And a school that goes in dry against L3U.
Posted on 8/20/26 at 1:14 pm to GeauxLaneTrain
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It’s the DeBust effect. They’ve gotten progressively ranked worse with each season
That is incorrect. Alabama finished 17th in his first season, Alabama finished 9th in his second.
Let’s compare Alabama’s vs. LSU’s final ranking the last 10 seasons and see who has had the harder fall.
Year/Alabama/LSU
2016: #2, #13
2017: #1, #18
2018: #2, #6
2019: #8, #1
2020: #1, unranked
2021: #2, unranked
2022: #5, #16
2023: #5, #12
2024: #17, unranked
2025: #9, unranked
No other team in the modern era has ever imploded after winning a national championship like LSU has.
LSU went 2-8 against Alabama during this stretch.
This post was edited on 8/20/26 at 1:16 pm
Posted on 8/20/26 at 1:39 pm to lsutiger2
I'm not trolling here, despite this being a troll thread...
As an outside observer (and LSU fan), it's WEIRD to see Bama relegated to 2nd tier consistently.
Y'all did make it to Atlanta last year, props for that. But you weren't supposed to, and the game wasn't competitive. It was supposed to be UGA and Texas, which it was 2 years ago, and is predicted again this year. And y'all had a couple other disappointing losses last year, too. Fla State, and then the beatdown in the playoffs. Granted, you did get revenge for the OU loss by beating them in the playoffs.
I know the stock answer is "we're still ahead of LSU", but that wasn't the bar under Saban. The bar was "we're going to win the SEC and/or the national championship, and frick Dabo and Clemson".
I know as an LSU fan, our base went into rage when we slipped, and we weren't as consistently high as Bama was under Nick, so I do wonder- how are yall handling it?
Satisfied and grateful for the run, willing to coast awhile as long as it doesn't collapse completely? Or are people getting restless and tired of 4 loss seasons and ready to run the dude out of town?
As an outside observer (and LSU fan), it's WEIRD to see Bama relegated to 2nd tier consistently.
Y'all did make it to Atlanta last year, props for that. But you weren't supposed to, and the game wasn't competitive. It was supposed to be UGA and Texas, which it was 2 years ago, and is predicted again this year. And y'all had a couple other disappointing losses last year, too. Fla State, and then the beatdown in the playoffs. Granted, you did get revenge for the OU loss by beating them in the playoffs.
I know the stock answer is "we're still ahead of LSU", but that wasn't the bar under Saban. The bar was "we're going to win the SEC and/or the national championship, and frick Dabo and Clemson".
I know as an LSU fan, our base went into rage when we slipped, and we weren't as consistently high as Bama was under Nick, so I do wonder- how are yall handling it?
Satisfied and grateful for the run, willing to coast awhile as long as it doesn't collapse completely? Or are people getting restless and tired of 4 loss seasons and ready to run the dude out of town?
Posted on 8/20/26 at 1:54 pm to lsutiger2
Alabama is a well coached team. They will be in the thick of it again this year. They will real question is LSU relevant again. For the first time since 2019, there is a coaching staff, that seems to be invested in winning. We will have to wait and see.
Posted on 8/20/26 at 5:26 pm to TigerScorpion
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Here you cucks are, still trying to live vicariously through other teams.
The irony of this coming from an LSU fan.
Posted on 8/20/26 at 5:31 pm to TigerScorpion
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Here you cucks are, still trying to live vicariously through other teams. Why don’t you worry about what your bottom feeder team will do?
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LSU Fan
I'm pretty sure I can still smell Indiana's balls on your chin.
Posted on 8/20/26 at 9:14 pm to Boom33
As a bama resident of more than 25 years and an Auburn grad, I can tell you that bama fans are way worse when the team sucks. They are almost unbearable. They will regale you with the tales of the good old days and tell you how much you suck because you didn't win a Natty 20 years ago. Awful.
Sad.
Sad.
Posted on 8/20/26 at 9:15 pm to TrueLefty
After 50m dollars and the top transfer class, with the top transfer QB in the country. They’ll call it a rebuilding year.
Posted on 8/20/26 at 10:04 pm to TrueLefty
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probably i
LOL
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