Tiger1988

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Charles Alexander

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this is probably correct but Eric Hill was one hell of an athlete in football, track and basketball and played a long time in the NFL.
He went to nationals in track.

Richardson was a tackling machine, which is why he owns the record. He would be top 3.
Then there’s Michael Brooks who may have been the best I’ve ever seen play that position in college.
Devin White - great season.

Eric Hill was a monster - played 11 years in the NFL.

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4 different people just stared at me in the airport for laughing out loud when that dude rounded the corner

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Glad it gave you a laugh. :lol:

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Based off of the team’s need to get QB’s, did Lane sign two additional guys from the portal as a backup plan in case we missed out on Leavitt? Or did he sign some quality backups in case Leavitt doesn’t pan out? Just curious as to what you who are in the know, think about signing three guys out of the portal.

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Only Kiffin knows that answer and maybe Weiss.

I wonder how it worked out with that Jayden Daniels guy?
I seen the recall him having a really terrible year before transferring from Arizona State.
I like our chances

I thought he was 17 at the time of the draft.
This used to matter a lot more than it does today. The time between the minor leagues and major league baseball is about the same as if they went through college then minor leagues. If you’re playing at LSU, then your development is better than the minor leagues in terms of facilities, training, nutrition, etc.
For example, Anderson, Eyanson, Skenes, etc etc are guys that played high leverage baseball in a high leverage league.

Teams are also gonna want someone that’s not coddled. That may be why he had issues with interviews. He may just be immature. He can gain maturity in college.

Different offense. Different athletes, different Oline. So you think a guy that has a team that’s “just different” will look the same as a big 12 school?

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Arandas defense could contain a running qb pretty well. His 3-4 was made to cover sideline to sideline and keep everything in front, It was more bend don’t break from what I remember. It worked in 2019 for the most part as we had a lead most of the time.

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He had to adjust as the season went on due to some depth issues especially at the 2’s. Once he had his full compliment, you saw what he did at the end of the season and through the playoffs. TAMU wasn’t a bad team and UGA was pretty good. They throttled them. If not for 2 busted plays at the end, he throttles Bama by 20 points. Stingley was distracted twice.
Again, he didn’t have Delpit healthy for a long stretch of that season. He was finally fully healthy around the SEC championship game.
You saw what a difference maker he could be.
Lawrence and Clemson was not a bad football team. Except for sign stealing, it would have been the same result as it was versus OU and they still held them to 25.
That defense was NASTY from TAMU on once they played in money games.

Don’t think he wouldn’t kill it if he comes in with that experience versus uptempo offenses especially since he would practice daily against a Kiffin offense?
He is a smart dude and IMO if paired with Kiffin would be deadly.

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I think Aranda would suffer the same problems he did in 2019. He really struggled to adjust to our offense scoring so frequently and so quickly. He made adjustments and they were much improved by the end of the season, but I do worry that'd be an issue under Kiffin.

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There is so much wrong with this statement. There were suspension for the entire season, injuries and several cases with 2-3 game suspensions of key players that season that we didn’t see his full defense until TAMU and really the SEC championship game.

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Blake Baker refuses to do this... after repeatedly getting burned by mobile QB's over 2 seasons with his "havoc rate" approach. Don't ask me why

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The pressure up the middle and control of rush lanes with bigger and stronger defensive linemen plus the depth. He won’t have to blitz as much PLUS he will have longer due to better communications in the backend.

I really like the potential of defense this season. Watch to see if Zach Weeks doesn’t come on late in the season. He is bigger, faster and stronger than Whit was coming into LSU and has had an offseason to learn the defense while playing some last season.
They will be deeper at LB also…