JCdawg

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No. Portal and NIL broke Dabo. Got to respect his commitment but it doesn't fit anymore. He needs to be a TV commentator or get with the program. Personally, I hate where we are but if you are going to coach today, you have to changed.

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The man had 9 players drafted off of last years roster. NIL and portal can have some effect obviously, but it doesn't make a team full of 5 stars go 7-5 in the ACC, bad coaching does. He is nothing more than a wide receivers coach, at best. He has no system, has never had a system, probably isn't capable. Venables had a great defensive system, and Elliot has prove to be good on his own.

One would think he would at least get a look.

Clemson has a buyout problem though.

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Dabo embraced the NIL and transfer portal. He’s a phony, holier than thou coach who had a defensive coordinator that was extremely good at stealing signs. Venables is gone and he doesn’t have a generational talent at QB. Clemson has always been run of the mill and they are again. That shouldn’t take away from what LSU did. 37 1st downs against the worst power 4 team is still incredible. Over 600 yards and complete defensive dominance. LSU has been plagued over the year by having great talent that was undisciplined. They would get exploited by shifts and fakes. Get out of position and give up big plays. The new coaching staff had LSU in position all game. I saw one busted coverage that wasn’t exploited. This will carry to any team they play. ClemPson may not be good, but LSU showed they have the discipline necessary to compete at a high level.

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Excellent post.

The NIL/portal excuse is just a talking point by the inept media, then repeated by inept fans.

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If you go back and look at the plays, Clemson simply had no idea what they were doing on either side of the ball. On damn near every defensive play, their edges would fold the defense back into a v pattern opening up the outside for huge gains. LSU exploited that all night and like clockwork, when they played close, LSU would slice them in the gut up the middle. It was amazingly inept. They didn't look just like a bad team. They are legitimately poorly coached.

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This. It was fine when he has legit coordinators. Clemson has a ton of talent. Think about how poorly coached you have to be to only win 7 games in the ACC and have 9 players drafted. He got the job as a nobody wide receivers coach because he was a bagman. He does deserve credit for making good coordinator hires.

No brah, I do not give a shite.

Getting these two players doesn’t move the needle for LSU.

WTF are you talking about?

With 9 conference games that only leaves 3 possible weeks of OOC and scheduling becomes very difficult.

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Based on your argument, do you believe Arkansas or Clemson would add more to the conference? From a business perspective?

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Arkansas clearly because even though its a small market, its a market that we wouldn't otherwise already occupy with another team. Plus they are backed by big Walmart money and Jerry Jones.

Clemson would make sense if we didn't have South Carolina, but we do.

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SC is a split state and Clemsons SEC rivalries might disappear if they go B1G

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Unless the Big10 changes its AAC requirement, they likely wouldn’t add Clemson, but they definitely would add Georgia Tech, Miami, UNC, and Virginia.

I honestly haven’t given LSU any thought this offseason, and I doubt 80% of the rest of this board has either.

Georgia Tech, Clemson, or Florida State will never be invited to the SEC. They bring nothing to the table.

The only teams with any realistic chance are:

North Carolina
Virginia or Virginia Tech
Notre Dame

Teams we would invite if they weren't in a stable conference

Ohio State
Michigan
Penn State

Those are the only teams that would increase conference revenue, the rest are redundant, not going to happen. The Big Ten teams will never happen either, but they are the only ones that move the revenue meter.

However, Tech and Miami would make sense as additions to the Big Ten for market purproses. If the ACC does fold, the Big 12 would be wise to take Clemson and Florida State.