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re: Is LSU a top 5 job?

Posted on 10/29/25 at 7:22 am to
Posted by DawgsLife
Ellijay, Ga.
Member since Jun 2013
61329 posts
Posted on 10/29/25 at 7:22 am to
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I'd have Texas, Notre Dame, Ohio State, and USC as the top jobs.


NOT Alabama?
Posted by That One
Northern Virginia
Member since Jul 2004
6079 posts
Posted on 10/29/25 at 8:24 am to
Dennis Franchione left Baba for Texas A&M
Bill Curry had a toxic environment at Bama and left for Kentucky.
Urban Meyer had "health issues" at Florida.
Brian Kelly left Notre Dame for LSU.
Mario Cristobal left Oregon for Miami.
Texas and USC W have been irrelevant for over two decades.

Three coaches have won national titles at LSU. It must be meh!
Posted by Rip Torn
Member since Mar 2020
5680 posts
Posted on 10/29/25 at 8:33 am to
Ranking of jobs and the past are largely irrelevant now. It’s now a matter of whether you can or cannot compete at the NIL level. If you can, it’s a “good” job. If you can’t, it isn’t. LSU has a lot of NIL money just like about 20-25 other schools therefore they will compete but the notion of built in recruiting advantages isn’t as relevant as it used to be and neither is tradition.
Posted by Jake Gittes
Member since Apr 2025
7 posts
Posted on 10/29/25 at 8:36 am to
Tell us how you really feel
Posted by Captain Rumbeard
Member since Jan 2014
6226 posts
Posted on 10/29/25 at 9:00 am to
You've got 2 million more people to choose from. Probably you.
Posted by Decker
Member since Nov 2015
3689 posts
Posted on 10/29/25 at 9:00 am to
Yes, a good argument could be made that LSU is a top 5 job in the SEC.
Posted by DawgsLife
Ellijay, Ga.
Member since Jun 2013
61329 posts
Posted on 10/29/25 at 9:11 am to
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You've got 2 million more people to choose from. Probably you.


That's a fair assessment. I mean Louisiana has great talent and has always managed to keep the local talent at home, which is one reason LSU has always been a very strong program. But, that is also why I always found the "Per capita" argument to be strange.

It will be interesting to see how much difference NIL makes, now. Will the Louisiana kids choose LSU over cash going forward? Will strong talent advantages continue to give Georgia and advantage if kids continue to go elsewhere due to NIL? I have no idea. Only time will tell. The next 10 years or so should give us an idea.
Posted by Captain Rumbeard
Member since Jan 2014
6226 posts
Posted on 10/29/25 at 9:17 am to
Yeah that's the fear I have as well. If it's strictly commercial now, then college football has already died and now we're just going to watch it decay.
Posted by Thunderfist
Member since Oct 2025
357 posts
Posted on 10/29/25 at 9:20 am to
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Bill Curry had a toxic environment at Bama and left for Kentucky.

The Bama admins and fans created the toxic environment. All Curry did was win.

Bill Curry also recruited the team that Gene Stallings won a NC with in 1992.
Posted by HvacGoon
Pineville, La
Member since Apr 2024
210 posts
Posted on 10/29/25 at 9:23 am to
well, we all now know you don't know football
Posted by topcat88
Member since Nov 2015
4516 posts
Posted on 10/29/25 at 9:23 am to
Lsu Is definitely a top 5 job. They have some of the most popular athletes in the world. They were all famous at LSU. The LSU brand is much bigger than these schools right now. They make celebrities out of their athletes. Burrow, Dunne, Skenes, OBJ, Jefferson, Shaq etc.
Posted by DawgsLife
Ellijay, Ga.
Member since Jun 2013
61329 posts
Posted on 10/29/25 at 9:24 am to
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Yeah that's the fear I have as well. If it's strictly commercial now, then college football has already died and now we're just going to watch it decay.


It's already lost a bit of it's interest for me. I still enjoy watching, but I stopped watching the NFL because of the mercenary aspects of the game, and now with players in college switching teams annually the college game is struggling to build fan loyalty. If they don't get a handle on it soon, I think you will see fans falling away.
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