paper tiger

The question for all the pollsters about LSU is whether LSU is that good, or whether Florida andClemson just suck. Having watched Clemson and Florida play this week, it seems a fair question.

LSU can make the debate moot this week. If LSU beats Ole Miss at Oxford, Few will argue that LSU is not a good team. Kiffin has transformed Ole Miss to a contender. Ole Miss is a tough out.

If LSU loses at Oxford, they probably are over rated as #3 team in the country. Ole miss is good, but not special. How are going to beat Alabama in Tuscaloosa and Oklahoma in Norman if you can’t beat Ole Miss in Oxford?

That said, the Clemson and Florida wins give LSU a nice cushion. LSU has a tough schedule. A two loss LSU team is likely a shoe in for a playoff spot. Ole Miss is not a must win game. But if you beat them in Oxford then your chances to make the playoffs go way up.

To be fair, unless they have text message evidence showing that Lindsey was made aware of their situation, he'll walk from this pretty easily. Just so fricking dumb regardless.

Having tried a dozen or more homicide cases, this case sounds a lot more potentially worrisome to me. If Lindsey was housing murder suspects for any period of time, then proving Lindsey knew they were wanted might not be all that hard to prove. People who do stuff like this are almost always knuckleheads who have thought nothing much through and inevitably leave a trail of incriminating crumbs that even Hansel and Gretel could follow.

That said, an accessory is way different than a principal. Accessory charges can be hard to convict if any jurors see the accessory as more of a loyal guy who will not rat out his pals than as an accomplice to a crime.

But if they can prove Lindsey housed guys he knew were wanted for murder, thats a felony. I dont see Lindsey playing at LSU with a felony conviction.

I am hoping he did not know these guys were wanted and/or that they cannot prove it. You just cannot rule out, with so little information reported, that the prosecution may not already have compelling evidence of an accessory crime.

But anyway, anyone who has not seen the police report, including me, and who thinks Lindsey did something wrong or not, is just guessing at this time. I hope the best for Lindsey and that he was unaware his friends were wanted. If he did not know they were wanted, then there is no crime.

If he did know, however, and was just being a loyal friend, then he may have a steep price to pay. I get being a loyal friend. But that can never outweigh the rights of the victim’s family to have the killer tried, not to mention the fact these guys might kill someone else along the way. Once people cross the kill somebody line, its way, way more easier to kill the next guy.

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but the Good Lord certainly had a hand in this

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Was wondering if he was pushed.

Lol. Just kidding, I’m glad the big guy is doing well too.

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Berry can be smaller, he just has to learn how to shock defenses Witt his speed vertically, like say Chris Johnson or jamyr Gibbs or even bush when he finally learned he couldn’t just run sideways in the nfl. Berry playing in 1A built some habits that will have to be re-trained, otherwise is just a situational gadget back

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Berry was reported as being the fastest high school running back in the country in his class. He’s faster than any 5A player in the whole country and the number one rated running back in the whole nation in the 2025 class. Berry’s level of competition has zero to do with his elite speed.

How good he will be, no one can say. What we do know is that virtually every recruiting site totally disagrees with your assessment he needs to learn stuff or be a situational back. Is there some other running back in the country in the 2025 class you would rather have than Berry?

Most of the chatter about LSUs 2025 offense is about Nussmeier and a very deep and talented receiving group. What makes for a great passing game, aside from an offensive line, is the running game.

I read some article about freshman who might contribute this year and saw Harlem Berry on the list. That’s an obvious choice, Berry was a top rated running back in his class. But he doesn’t come in with near the hype Fournette did. Fournette came in with a sec ready frame and speed, if not NFL ready. I knew Berry was good, I guess I just figured at 5’10”, 174 pounds, he might have to sit behind Durham and Jackson a year while he develops.

Just to see why Berry is supposedly so good, I pulled up a highlight reel of his and watched it for the first time just now. I linked to it below. Holy crap. Berry is special.

I know, everyone looks good on a highlight reel, even better if they are playing against small schools. Berry is the fastest back in his class, thats an objective measurable. But lots of kids are fast and thats not what stood out to me on his tape. Berry is almost impossible to tackle in the open field. One move he has thats crazy good his stutter step with sudden deceleration and just as sudden acceleration Just as the tackler slows in reaction to the move, Berry accelerates by the tackler in a flash. And it’s not just the stutter step he has, Berry changes direction on a dime. He’s one of those backs that create holes in the line where there are none by juking guys out of their jockstraps.

Durham had a great season last year. Most publications have Durham as the second best rb in the SEC headed into the 2025 season, only Wisner from Texas is ranked higher. Kaleb Jackson is a monster in the weight room, but how that translates to the field is an unknown. It would be great, at a minimum, if he could be a third or fourth and one guy that pushes the pile. Then you have JT Lindsey, a top ten back in the 2025 class, who also has elite speed.

I’m mostly excited about Durham and Berry. Durham looks more physically ready for the SEC than Berry. And Durham also has great speed and change of direction. I didn’t see much playing time for Berry, just based on his size. His tape changed my mind. This could be a really special running back room to go along with a Heisman hopeful qb and a receiving room with a few future NFL players.

Take a look how Berry leaves people in the dust with his stutter step more and his crazy fluid change of direction. Berry loos like a great candidate to return punts and kicks too.
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I think John has a great chance to be the DH or one of the DHs. I can’t figure out if he has a chance to be a position player. One has to think to convince Frey to come back it’s so he can show the pros he has a position to play. That would be first base, I guess, if all our starting outfielders return.

What position does that leave for Pearson? It’s good he is hitting because that might be his best chance to start, as DH. There will be a lot of competition for DH too.

Pearson looks like one of thise guys on your softball team who is kind of fat, drinks beer in the dugout, and hits homeruns on every at bat. Lol

The consensus opinions I have read from most people not associated with LSU are generally these:

1) The coach way over reacted and should have known better.

2) While the ump acted within the rules, he tossed the coach too fast in that spot in the World Series and should made a more emphatic warning that expulsion was imminent.

3) I have heard very few say it impacted the game that much. Most everyone thought LSU was the better team.

I agree pretty much with all three. I particularly did not care for the ejection is 1) I was worried it would motivate the Coastal players and 2) It would become an excuse for losing. 3) I was shocked when it happened, it seemed too quick to me in real time.

As it turned out, while Coastal did use it as an excuse, very few people bought the excuse. There will be no asterisk or footnote on this win in years to come, just another year to put on the intimidator. There has been a lot of debate on if the toss was too quick, but very little debate as to if the best team won.

Pros: Beating Clemson at Clemson would he a big step to getting in the playoffs. It’s one the bigger opening games in recent college football history, the entire country will be tuned in, its great for LSU’s brand. A win at Clemson would create huge momentum, just as the win at Texas in 2019 was one of several signature wins that spurred on their championship season. Big games are more exciting than rent-a-wins. No pollster or media person will accuse LSU of padding their schedule. The game features two legit Heisman hopefuls in Nussmeier and Clubnik and Nuss can get a leg up with a big game. Brian Kelly and Dabo Swinney are two of the most successfully coaches and personalities in college football, adding more intrigue to the game and a chance for Kelly to exorcise his first game demons in a big way. Swinney is a dick, so ruining his season in game one would be cool. Big games are good for recruiting, kids want to be on national tv in big games. And we get Clemson in Tiger Stadium next year for another great opening game in front of a national audience.

Cons: Pretty much the opposite of the above. The selection committee has never fairly rewarded teams with the balls to play big teams, on the road and lose. LSU would probably get more credit for beating a Syracuse in Tiger stadium than for a close loss at Clemson. A loss to Clemson gives LSU little to no margin for error with games at Ole Miss and Alabama coming up and tough home games with A&M and Florida. Two SEC losses might eliminate LSU as a three loss team, whereas with only two losses LSU would probably be a shoe in to the playoffs. Another opening game loss for Kelly would tarnish his image. Klubnik could be the one to get a leg up should he and Nuss be in the Heisman conversation at the end of the year. Swinney is a dick and listening to him do his country bumpkin crowing after the game would be insufferable.

I’m sure there are other pros and cons I missed, and maybe got some wrong that I did.

That said, I think there are enough pros and cons to the point where I can’t predict how the rant will vote. I will say this, if the committee wants college football fans to see more great games like Texas at Ohio State and LSU at Clemson this year, they have to figure out a way where if a team like LSU who loses a close game to Clemson gets less credit than a team like Georgia for beating Marshall, Austin Peay, the Charlotte 49ers and Ga Tech as their out of conference games.

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Lern to spel, OP.

And all CAPS?

Punctuation and paragraphs are helpful. Remedial grammar much?

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I promise to work on my grammar if you promise to work on not being such a dick. Deal? :cheers:

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He wouldn’t have scored

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Whether he would have scored or not or whether it was the World Series or a weekend game against Nicholls is not the point. From little league on kids are taught to hustle and run out everything, there is zero reason not to.

Add to that, Brown likes to call himself the fastest guy on the team. Brown was 100% wrong in jogging to start from 1st base. He’s a good kid and a good player. I bet he would be the first to admit he made a lazy and undisciplined play.

I dont even understand the debate. Not giving full effort was bad in any coaches book.