John Casey
| Favorite team: | LSU  |
| Location: | New Orleans |
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| Number of Posts: | 4518 |
| Registered on: | 11/25/2016 |
| Online Status: | Not Online |
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re: LSU and Ole miss. How do you guys feel about Lane letting celebrities join the team walks
Posted by John Casey on 9/27/26 at 4:31 pm to FreedomBarefoot
Poirier was an interesting choice given his recent arrest videos.
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re: USCe wants Cignetti to replace Beamer
Posted by John Casey on 9/27/26 at 3:24 pm to Covingtontiger77
LOL
Cig is 65 years old, the 2nd highest paid coach in the country, has the largest alumni population in the country, and won a national championship at maybe the worst program in college football giving him untouchable god status in Bloomington.
He’s not going anywhere.
Cig is 65 years old, the 2nd highest paid coach in the country, has the largest alumni population in the country, and won a national championship at maybe the worst program in college football giving him untouchable god status in Bloomington.
He’s not going anywhere.
re: ABC screwed up 2 weeks in a row with their prime time selection.
Posted by John Casey on 9/27/26 at 10:45 am to BZ504
The problem is that they have to make the decisions in the preseason.
re: SIAP - LSU is bleeding money
Posted by John Casey on 9/26/26 at 12:17 am to pankReb
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Oh shite all of the history started in 2021?
That’s all Ole Miss had posted on its website and 5 years felt like a good enough sample size, lol.
re: CFB various games thread Friday 9/25/26
Posted by John Casey on 9/25/26 at 10:26 pm to GeauxPanthers2
What a joke that this wasn’t ruled out of bounds
re: SIAP - LSU is bleeding money
Posted by John Casey on 9/25/26 at 8:59 pm to pankReb
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Most years, we report breaking even.
Ole Miss
2025 - ($5,147,021)
2024 - ($7,714,598)
2023 - ($8,024,623)
2022 - ($5,239,053)
2021 - $17,631,145
Total - ($8,764,150)
LSU
2025 - $3,807,858
2024 - $1,735,562
2023 - $1,365,981
2022 - $6,538,983
2021 - ($9,621,909)
Total - $3,826,475
re: SIAP - LSU is bleeding money
Posted by John Casey on 9/25/26 at 6:11 pm to pankReb
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That’s because the UMAA maintains the finances for the athletic department and is a private organization therefore is not reported on.
Is UMAA not doing the same thing as TAF or is UMAA raising money for the Ole Miss athletic department and then not transferring the funds to the athletic department to offset the deficits?
re: SIAP - LSU is bleeding money
Posted by John Casey on 9/25/26 at 3:49 pm to John Casey
And it should also be pointed out that the LSU Athletic Department took no money from the State or the University, but Ole Miss took $3.7 million in institutional support.
So we’ve gone 8 pages to find out that the LSU Athletic Department did not have an actual deficit and is self-sufficient, while the Ole Miss Athletic Department ran an actual deficit of $5.1 million while also taking $3.7 million in institutional support, lol.
It will be interesting to see how it all looks when 2026 numbers are released.
So we’ve gone 8 pages to find out that the LSU Athletic Department did not have an actual deficit and is self-sufficient, while the Ole Miss Athletic Department ran an actual deficit of $5.1 million while also taking $3.7 million in institutional support, lol.
It will be interesting to see how it all looks when 2026 numbers are released.
re: Texas schedule
Posted by John Casey on 9/25/26 at 2:50 pm to Pimphand
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Pretty funny we spent the last two seasons visiting the defending national champions at their house in the part of the schedule we actually controlled
I think it’s great what Sark and Texas are doing with the OOC games. It’s lame to see all these other big time programs canceling them because they are afraid to catch a loss.
I was just more referencing the SEC conference schedule. It ebbs and flows and some schools are going to have easy years and some difficult years. You just have to be able to take advantage of those easy years.
re: SIAP - LSU is bleeding money
Posted by John Casey on 9/25/26 at 2:19 pm to dukkbill
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Perhaps more important, what do you see as a trend?
For LSU, it basically all comes down to TAF (Tiger Athletic Foundation).
As long as TAF is doing fine and continues to have no problems fundraising, the LSU Athletic Department is fine.
TAF’s 12/31/2025 financial statements haven’t been publicly posted, yet, so not sure how things are looking going forward, but it doesn’t seem like TAF is struggling.
re: How is our athletic department doing financially?
Posted by John Casey on 9/25/26 at 1:25 pm to NeverRains
There is nothing to worry about unless you start hearing that TAF is struggling.
That $44 million budget deficit in 2025 turned into a $3.8 million surplus after TAF swooped in with the contributions.
Edit:
I misread the original article in thinking the first budget deficit referenced was for FY 2025 and the next for FY 2026.
The financials below are related to FY 2025.
The $44 million budget deficit referenced is related to FY 2026. We’ll have to wait and see what the actual contributions were from TAF to see if the budget deficit was resolved with actual numbers.
That $44 million budget deficit in 2025 turned into a $3.8 million surplus after TAF swooped in with the contributions.
Edit:
I misread the original article in thinking the first budget deficit referenced was for FY 2025 and the next for FY 2026.
The financials below are related to FY 2025.
The $44 million budget deficit referenced is related to FY 2026. We’ll have to wait and see what the actual contributions were from TAF to see if the budget deficit was resolved with actual numbers.
re: SIAP - LSU is bleeding money
Posted by John Casey on 9/25/26 at 1:02 pm to Landmass
Now, let’s do FY 2025 Ole Miss and look at their financials that have an actual $5.1 million deficit.
re: SIAP - LSU is bleeding money
Posted by John Casey on 9/25/26 at 12:52 pm to Jster15
FY 2025 Financials detailed below.
Take a look at the Contributions line item where TAF makes the Athletic Department whole.
That $44 million budget deficit becomes a $3.8 million surplus.
Edit:
I misread the original article in thinking the first budget deficit referenced was for FY 2025 and the next for FY 2026.
The financials below are related to FY 2025.
The $44 million budget deficit referenced is related to FY 2026. We’ll have to wait and see what the actual contributions were from TAF to see if the budget deficit was resolved with actual numbers.
Take a look at the Contributions line item where TAF makes the Athletic Department whole.
That $44 million budget deficit becomes a $3.8 million surplus.
Edit:
I misread the original article in thinking the first budget deficit referenced was for FY 2025 and the next for FY 2026.
The financials below are related to FY 2025.
The $44 million budget deficit referenced is related to FY 2026. We’ll have to wait and see what the actual contributions were from TAF to see if the budget deficit was resolved with actual numbers.
re: Texas schedule
Posted by John Casey on 9/25/26 at 12:40 pm to Texasbaby
And Texas avoided just about everyone else and had one of the easier SEC schedules the previous 2 years.
re: NY Times Top 100 television shows of the 21st century
Posted by John Casey on 9/25/26 at 10:05 am to jmcwhrter
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Atlanta, or Veep
Atlanta was pretty good for a while and then I just lost interest.
Veep is a great show and have no issues with it being included where it is.
re: The Athletic Department deficit has nothing to do with Kelly, Kiffin,Jay- salaries/buyouts
Posted by John Casey on 9/25/26 at 8:42 am to Covingtontiger77
I’d be curious to see the deficits all of these other programs are running because for years and years, the LSU athletic department was one of only 10 or so athletic departments in the black.
re: Does Leavitt have one or two years of eligibility here?
Posted by John Casey on 9/24/26 at 2:17 pm to Datalus
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The argument "because we are paying him, he should be the best QB in history" is intellectually dishonest
That’s not the argument, though.
The argument is that he’s paid top 5 QB money, so he should produce top 5 QB level play.
Maybe that comes later in the season, but up to this point, his passing ability is open to criticism because it has been below expectation and no one really fears his throwing ability, yet, at all. Hopefully, it gets better, and I expect it will as the season progresses.
The only QBs making more than Leavitt are Darian Mensah (Approx $6.5 mil) Dante Moore (Approx $5 mil) and Trinidad Chambliss (Approx $5 mil).
Leavitt slots in at #4 making approx $4.5 mil.
5. Josh Hoover - Approx $4 mil
6. Drew Mestemaker - Approx $3.5 mil
7. Bryce Underwood - Approx $3 mil
8. Byrum Brown - Approx $3 mil
9. CJ Carr - Approx $3 mil
10. Marcel Reed - Approx $3 mil
11. Kevin Jennings - Approx $3 mil
12. Jaron-Keawe Sagapolutele - Approx $3 mil
13. Mason Heintschel - Approx $3 mil
14. Arch Manning - Approx $2.5 mil
15. Julian Sayin - Approx $2.5 mil
These are all based on On3 NIL valuations per Yahoo Sports, so they may mean absolutely nothing and have no validity to them, lol.
re: Does Leavitt have one or two years of eligibility here?
Posted by John Casey on 9/24/26 at 12:21 pm to thunderbird1100
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It surprising how many people give up on a QB here 3 games in
It’s because Leavitt is getting paid a significant amount of money to play and produce at QB.
For what he is getting paid, it’s not unreasonable to expect him to be able to complete a pass to a wide open WR.
I do think he will get better and progress throughout the season as he gets back into game shape and comfortable with the offense, but when a QB is paid what Leavitt is paid, better play is expected.
re: Does Leavitt have one or two years of eligibility here?
Posted by John Casey on 9/24/26 at 11:46 am to Dotarian
Through first 3 games at LSU:
Sam Leavitt
57/93 (61.3%) 732 yards 3 TD 5 Int
40 rushes for 198 yards 6 TD
vs Clemson, vs LA Tech, @ Ole Miss
Jayden Daniels
57/82 (69.5%) 556 yards 6 TD 0 Int
35 rushes for 225 yards 1 TD
Neutral FSU, vs Southern, vs MS State
Joe Burrow
36/78 (46.2%) 540 yards 3 TD 0 Int
22 rushes for 56 yards 1 TD
Neutral Miami, vs SELA, @ Auburn
Sam Leavitt
57/93 (61.3%) 732 yards 3 TD 5 Int
40 rushes for 198 yards 6 TD
vs Clemson, vs LA Tech, @ Ole Miss
Jayden Daniels
57/82 (69.5%) 556 yards 6 TD 0 Int
35 rushes for 225 yards 1 TD
Neutral FSU, vs Southern, vs MS State
Joe Burrow
36/78 (46.2%) 540 yards 3 TD 0 Int
22 rushes for 56 yards 1 TD
Neutral Miami, vs SELA, @ Auburn
re: At What Point Will You Admit You Were Wrong About Pete Golding?
Posted by John Casey on 9/24/26 at 8:51 am to NaturalBeam
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Ask Coach O...
I don’t think the Coach O comparison is a fair one.
Orgeron steadily built up the 2019 team in the 2.5 seasons prior with 1.5 seasons of Danny Etling at QB and a 2018 Joe Burrow.
Orgeron was hyperfocused on getting a championship and was pretty legitimate up until holding the trophy after 2019 season.
Taking a victory lap and COVID was his downfall as he seemed to lose that unwavering drive to win a title after 2019.
re: Gas is 4.07 in small town central Alabama
Posted by John Casey on 9/24/26 at 6:27 am to Open Your Eyes
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The inability of people to be honest about how bad fuel prices are currently is concerning.
It’s crazy.
It shouldn’t be controversial at all to be in support of Trump’s immigration policies but also to be critical of his handling of the Middle East, gas prices, and inflation.
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