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Thx, I saw this video Zach Nagy posted on X and it struck me how tall Benefield looked on the clip LINK

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Measuring football players in MPH is stupid. Football players never run a mile, and they never run for an hour. The tried and true standards of 40 times and 100 times have served us well for over a century. If you already know a ball player runs a 4.4, what is gained by converting that to MPH? This thread is testament to the fact people don’t know MPH as it relates to football.

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Hey, I was only posting what Kiffin tweeted. I guess Kiffin thinks mph is a more important football metric than you do. Otherwise, why would he post it?

I imagine I am not the first to notice the similarity, but am I the only one who Mason Braun’s jerky batting routine which ends up with him in a bad arse looking batting stance reminds them of Jack Parkman in major league 2? Lol Braun has the Parkman stare too.

If I knew how to post clips of Braun and Parkman doing their batting routine I would. Braun’s routine where hard twerks his lead shoulder a few times is great, you will never confuse him for anyone else.

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Putting standfield back in will weaken a little. He's not a consistent hitter we have better hitters that can play left fiel

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It’s a very small sample size so far. Wasn’t Stanfield our leading hitter against SEC pitching last year? When you add in his speed and fielding ability, I think his starting spot is very secure. It’s a nice problem to have, Simpson probably has more pop in his bat.

I think once Stanfield is fully recovered, Simpson’s primary role will be DH.

If anyone finds it, let me know. Our consensus first team all American Curiel has the lowest batting average, but everyone knows that will change. We lose for a few games one of the best SEC outfielders, Stanfield, and his replacement, Simpson, is only hitting .429. Reeves, the rant whipping boy who is not even starting now, is hitting .333. When Stanfield comes back, options at DH include Simpson, Braun, Pearson Rucker and Serna.

Yeah, yeah yeah, it’s early and the competition is inferior. But still, in most years LSU has had at least one or two starters who you felt like were almost automatic outs. There is just no let up for opposing pitchers in the LSU lineup this year, at least so far. And exit speeds do not lie, the ball is just popping off LSU bats.

The hardest part of Jay Johnson’s job has to be filling out his lineup up card and leaving players on the bench who have played well given the opportunity. From a batting standpoint, this is a super deep team. There is like no player that comes to bat that makes you cringe.

LSU plays Ole Miss in Oxford in September. No coach moves the media needle anymore than Kiffin. With all the drama surrounding Kiffin leaving the rebels, everyone will be watching. It will be a prime time game.

That makes the ncaa decision of whether Chambliss gets another season a huge decision with potential playoff implications. Chambliss is their Burrow. How good would LSU have been without Burrow?

It’s kinda win/win for me, I guess. The game gets way more exciting to watch if Chambliss is playing and LSU gets more credit for beating Ole Miss with their star qb playing. If he gets eligible, so be it. Sounds fun to watch to me.

If Chambliss is not eligible, I’m cool with that too. I don’t care how the ncaa rules, its not my circus, not my monkeys. If Ole Miss loses Chambliss, LSU chances go up, so be it. Ole Miss should have planned better.

I think given how good Chambliss is combined with his familiarity with the offense, that he makes as much as a 6 to 7 point move in the spread.

Too many points? Too few? Stupid topic? I was just trying to make the point that the decision on Chambliss’s eligibility is of great relevance to LSU.

I think Chambliss has near zero chance with the ncaa now, they are not budging. I did read somewhere that an ncaa decision might be appealable to the Mississippi Supreme Court. As a general rule, one’s chances of getting a Supreme Court of any state to overturn an administrative decision are very low.

But this is not a general rule. You could have the elected Supreme Court of Mississippi ruling on the eligibility of a star Ole Miss player. That could even the playing field if it’s true that Ole Miss will have some right to appeal to the Miss Supreme Court.

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We’ve had so much talent come through the program…

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It does fell like we should have won more for sure. But it’s not like we have wasted anymore NFL talent than anyone else has. LSU has three national championships since 2003. Only Bama has more.

Texas A&M has been loaded with athletes for years with no championships in that timeframe. Talk about wasting talent. It’s hard to win championships.

With players getting 5 million plus in come cases, college football is a business more than ever. Its very likely LSU, Tennessee, Miami and other top programs now have attys drafting player contracts.

One has to assume due diligence is involved whenever one is spending millions. Due diligence can take many forms, like doing a background check or interviewing past coaches for discipline and character issue.

With a guy like Leavitt, I would think that due diligence extends to his medical situation. I am no nil expert, but part of my due diligence would be to have Leavitt copies of his medical records relating to his surgery and then have a orthopedist of my choosing review the records, at a minimum, if not see Leavitt.

That's all a long way of saying, I think its a safe bet that LSU, Tennessee and Miami have all done some sort of due diligence on the lis franc injury and have concluded that the surgery was successful and that his recovery is on track.

Of course there are no guarantees. But his issue with lis franc is well known. The fact Tennessee is so hard after Leavitt likely means that whoever is their medical advisor must have done some due diligence and concluded Leavitt appears to be on schedulr with his recovery. I would hope and expect LSU has done their due diligence too.

Somewhere Colonel Reb and Glenn Guilbeau are crying.

Guilbeau mocked Kiffin’ reputation as the portal king when Kiffin got off to a slow start. Will he have the stones enough to tip his hat to Kiffin and admit he was wrong? Meh, who really cares if he does or doesnt. Lol.

There’s no way LSU starts its season with less than three qbs. There are almost 200 qbs in the portal. Only an handful will be starters at major programs like LSU.

You need a starter like Leavitt.

Then you need a back up with playing experience who, for the right money, is willing to be an ankle sprain away from being the starter at LSU. Thats probably how they see Landon Clark.

Then you need at least one developmental qb who, for the right money, will run the scout team and compete for the number 2 spot.

The portal is literally loaded with all sorts of qbs who are not going to be starters. There is about zero chance LSU goes into the season with only 2 QBs.
The notion you are screwed if you are playing your 3rd qb is flawed. Yes, you are in trouble if you get to your third qb, But if the starting qb is out with the flu and the backup sprains an ankle, there could be games where the third string guy gets you through until the guys in front of him heal.

Finally, the notion we cant afford three portal qbs is flawed too. A lower ranked qb in the portal could cost way less than a top high school qb recruit. LSU should have no problem getting a third qb from the back of the portal or juco at a reasonable cost.

Kiffin and his staff, despite all the media naysayers and homegrown chicken littles, are quietly and steadily putting together a top portal transfer team.

Penn State is number 1 with 24 commits, OK State number 2 with 26 commits and TT third with 13 commits. Speaking to the quality class LSU is putting together, LSU ranks number 4 with only ten commits.

LSU might end up being closer to 30 transfer commits than 20 and some of their big dominoes are yet to fall.

I hope the media and guys like Glen Guilbeau, who are mocking Kiffin for his portal king nickname, will have the balls to write stories admitting they were wrong when LSU ends up with a top five or better portal class.

Five of the top ten portal qbs are still available. Your have to believe Kiffin passed on Austin Simmons for a reason. he thinks he can do better. There are lots of offensive lineman left in the portal who are ranked higher than some of the LSU lineman who entered the portal.

I particularly like the emphasis on getting big play wr’s in the portal. The defense looks stout. It’s about a 1000 percent that whoever Kiffin gets, his offense will be light years better than the last two seasons for LSU.

QB is the key. The whole mood changes if LSU gets Demond Williams. LSU, Kiffin and Weis are the prefect fit for him. And I think people underestimate how good DJ Lagway or Deuce Knight could be in a Kiffin offense. Would Chambliss be climbing draft boards but for Kiffin?