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As LSU's ONLY THREE TIME All American, TC was on a NFL Hall of Fame trajectory before knee issues forced his retirement after only six seasons, 3 of which he was named to the Pro Bowl.
I'm sorry to hear this legend is struggling with his health.
I'm sorry to hear this legend is struggling with his health.
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re: Best RB tandem in the SEC since the year 2000?
Posted by ATCTx on 3/26/26 at 6:36 pm to RollTide1987
If "tandem" means two-headed monster and not one giant monster and a smaller one who'd become big later, then it's Mcfadden/Jones for me. DM is one of a handful of skill position guys who scared me every time he touched the ball, and Jones was an excellent complement.
Cadillac/Brown would be second.
Playing in the early 80s, Dalton Hilliard and Garry James were LSU's all time best two-headed monster.
Cadillac/Brown would be second.
Playing in the early 80s, Dalton Hilliard and Garry James were LSU's all time best two-headed monster.
Toughest Big 3 sports school year since Skip Bertman arrived?
Posted by ATCTx on 3/22/26 at 4:46 pm
LSU didn't have three big sports until Skip arrived. Since then, I've found maybe two school years where all three were at best disappointing. Baseball made this exercise pretty easy since they've only missed the tourney four times (88, 06, 07, 11, but football was excellent those years)
The toughest school year I've found was 1994-95. Football was 4-7 (3-5 in the SEC), basketball 6-10 SEC and baseball 17-12 SEC and eliminated in regional. Not terrible for baseball but in the Bertman era probably a disappointment
2023-24 wasn't great either: Football 9-4 (5-3) unranked, Basketball 9-9 SEC, baseball 13-17 SEC eliminated at North Carolina regional.
So far in 25-26, Football 3-5 SEC, basketball 3-15 SEC, baseball hopefully can get things going and salvage the school year.
The toughest school year I've found was 1994-95. Football was 4-7 (3-5 in the SEC), basketball 6-10 SEC and baseball 17-12 SEC and eliminated in regional. Not terrible for baseball but in the Bertman era probably a disappointment
2023-24 wasn't great either: Football 9-4 (5-3) unranked, Basketball 9-9 SEC, baseball 13-17 SEC eliminated at North Carolina regional.
So far in 25-26, Football 3-5 SEC, basketball 3-15 SEC, baseball hopefully can get things going and salvage the school year.
re: Next weekend is a must win series
Posted by ATCTx on 3/21/26 at 5:14 pm to nicholastiger
If they lose today it may be a must sweep series, and Kentucky is good. They need to pull this one out today somehow,
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Throw could be better, but could also be fielded by the C
Agreed. Yorke is a liability at first. No doubt. In this case, it just didn't look to me like the catcher fully understood the play. His first move should have been right foot on the plate and face Yorke to take the throw and stretch if necessary. At least that's how we were taught back in the day.
Instead, he stood up, pointed toward first (why?) and then got in a position like he would need to make a tag. It was just awkward-looking to me but maybe they're coached differently now,
And yes, Lester, catching a short hop with a catcher's mitt is very difficult.
Yorke's throw was not great. I'll concede that...
Posted by ATCTx on 3/15/26 at 12:31 pm
but when the bases are loaded, the catcher should set up like a 1st baseman and if necessary stretch to take the throw. When the ball was hit, our catcher pointed at 1st. Maybe he was pointing at Yorke telling him to come home or maybe he was confused and telling him to get the runner at first.
From the video, both angles show that he was set up like it was a play at the plate, and he was not in ready position when Yorke released the ball. When the ball short-hopped, he blocked it like a catcher would a wild pitch.
Had he been set up to take the force out, he might have stretched enough to take the throw with no hop. To me, it looks like he wasn't aware of the situation and reacted.
To any catchers out there...if it's a force out at home and they hit a grounder, how are you coached to take the throw? If things have changed since I played in the 70s/80s, fine, but it didn't look right to me.
Again, yes, if the throw is higher, we may get out of the inning unscathed, but our catcher did not do us any favors handling it like he did.
From the video, both angles show that he was set up like it was a play at the plate, and he was not in ready position when Yorke released the ball. When the ball short-hopped, he blocked it like a catcher would a wild pitch.
Had he been set up to take the force out, he might have stretched enough to take the throw with no hop. To me, it looks like he wasn't aware of the situation and reacted.
To any catchers out there...if it's a force out at home and they hit a grounder, how are you coached to take the throw? If things have changed since I played in the 70s/80s, fine, but it didn't look right to me.
Again, yes, if the throw is higher, we may get out of the inning unscathed, but our catcher did not do us any favors handling it like he did.
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No, they don’t have postgame pressers on road series.
Thanks! Did not know that. Hopefully, Monday will be a tough series win presser.
re: Leftists….”keep religion out of politics!”
Posted by ATCTx on 3/14/26 at 4:06 pm to Bernie Bierman
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islam is the embodiment of nearly everything feminist’s claim to oppose. Really fascinating to observe.
Bernie, so true. To understand it I think you have to realize that the insane leftist feminist lives on hate not love. Their sworn enemies are men, particularly straight, white Christian men who have "oppressed" them for thousands of years.
Anyone who opposes SWCMen is their friend. When you ask these nutcases who oppresses them more, Trump or rulers of the Taliban, they always say Trump.
They are miserable, hateful, unreasonable people. Sad. And scary.
Did Coach Johnson give a postgame press conference last night?
Posted by ATCTx on 3/14/26 at 3:56 pm
I can't find it if he did one. Seems like he always does one but I'm probably wrong.
re: All three perfect 10.0s from Kailin Chio
Posted by ATCTx on 3/14/26 at 3:51 pm to Tigerbait357
I didn't see Courville but I saw Sarah Finnegan, Ashleigh Gnat and Hailey Bryant. I think Bryant is LSU's goat gymnast but Chio is well on her way if she keeps this up.
re: Yesterday was the anniversary of the death of a great American
Posted by ATCTx on 3/13/26 at 10:00 pm to boxcarbarney
Everybody knew John David Stutz was going to shoot him. It's all he ever talked about.
Has any tv show (non reality) influenced an industry more than The Love Boat?
Posted by ATCTx on 3/12/26 at 11:27 am
1970 - 500,000 passengers cruised per year
1977 - The Love Boat tv show starts its 10 year run.
1997 - 5 million passengers cruised per year
1977 - The Love Boat tv show starts its 10 year run.
1997 - 5 million passengers cruised per year
re: Derrick Henry: Where does he stack up at the end?
Posted by ATCTx on 3/6/26 at 10:11 pm to Frac the world
Henry is an all timer for sure; however, he has only been All Pro one time. He only averages about 18 receptions per season. He is an outstanding north-south runner and has been durable during the current pass-first era. I'd put the following RBs in front of him:
Walter
Brown
Sanders
Tomlinson
Smith
Simpson
Dickerson
Peterson
Faulk
Earl
Sayers
So Henry between 11-15 in the Marcus Allen, Terrell Davis, Edgerin James, Thurman Thomas, Dorsett tier.
Walter
Brown
Sanders
Tomlinson
Smith
Simpson
Dickerson
Peterson
Faulk
Earl
Sayers
So Henry between 11-15 in the Marcus Allen, Terrell Davis, Edgerin James, Thurman Thomas, Dorsett tier.
Cornyn is not Cassidy. Cassidy voted to impeach Trump. Cornyn did not. They are not the same. Cornyn is center-right and yes, he has been disappointing to MAGA on occasion but not a disaster. I voted Paxton but would trade his candidacy for the SAVE ACT.
Talerico will not survive the campaign ads using his own insane words. I would rather someone younger and more MAGA than Cornyn, and Paxton fits that bill, but there's something about the guy I can't get behind.
All that said, I'll eagerly pull the lever against any democrat, even if it's not my first choice. It's good vs. evil, and while the Republican may not be that good, I know which side is evil, and I'll always vote against it.
Talerico will not survive the campaign ads using his own insane words. I would rather someone younger and more MAGA than Cornyn, and Paxton fits that bill, but there's something about the guy I can't get behind.
All that said, I'll eagerly pull the lever against any democrat, even if it's not my first choice. It's good vs. evil, and while the Republican may not be that good, I know which side is evil, and I'll always vote against it.
Most likely, Cornyn and Paxton meet in a runoff. Hunt should pull enough to ensure neither gets to 50.
Crocket has become a celebrity with the help of the adoring media, much like Beto did. She and Beto are a lot alike. No depth, just attention seekers. Unfortunately, attention-seekers get votes.
I don't think she beats the other guy though.
The GOP runoff will be the nastiest in the country.
Crocket has become a celebrity with the help of the adoring media, much like Beto did. She and Beto are a lot alike. No depth, just attention seekers. Unfortunately, attention-seekers get votes.
I don't think she beats the other guy though.
The GOP runoff will be the nastiest in the country.
re: The DEMS and the TDS just cost themselves.....
Posted by ATCTx on 3/2/26 at 11:07 am to RobertFootball
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You can’t count these sons of bitches out.
Robert, exactly!
They are communists. Have you ever known a group of people who wanted power more than communists? It's their religion. They will do whatever it takes, while people in the middle/right just go about their lives and only show up big when the left has gone so looney tunes that they can't take it anymore.
Over the years, the persistence of the left gains ground during times when the right sleeps. The left never sleeps.
Republicans need to put their egos aside and join with Trump to win the midterms, but they won't. That the Save Act stalled out because of lazy Senate Republicans is a major concern. If ever there was a layup issue that's it, and they punted. Shame on Thune and his minions.
re: Bond Films Rewatch
Posted by ATCTx on 3/2/26 at 10:49 am to Henry Jones Jr
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Rewatched all the Moore movies over the last few weeks.
Roger Moore is the best Bond, then Connery is a close second.
I don't think even Roger Moore would put himself in the top three. To Bond purists who read the books and respect the character, Moore was at times cartoonish. Then when he did get serious it was not believable because he'd just done or said something silly.
I grew up with Moore as Bond and didn't really see the Connery films til Dalton re-energized my interest in the series. Dalton was supposed to do more Bond films but scheduling and timing got in the way.
Brosnan was supposed to be Bond earlier but he couldn't get out of his Remington Steele tv shows. Brosnan was an excellent Bond, but after Goldeneye his movies just weren't as good.
My top five: Goldfinger, Casino Royale, Goldeneye, Live and Let Die, Skyfall (but my top five changes often; however, Goldfinger is always my #1).
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The Roger Moore films are so bad in retrospect, but the one with Walken and Grace Jones always stood out.
Never actually seen the Tim Dalton ones.
If you've read Ian Fleming's books, Dalton very likely plays the role the most like the character Fleming created. His two films are worth your time.
I agree the Moore films were certainly worse than Connery's, as was his portrayal. Moore was good in Live and Let Die and got progressively worse in the role and stayed 2-3 films too long.
re: Canada supports the US in its efforts
Posted by ATCTx on 2/28/26 at 8:33 am to idlewatcher
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We very much need to reassess our “allies”. Pretty much of all EU is quiet like the cowards they are.
England, France, etc. have let so many middle easterners in that they're worried about their internal security if they support strikes against an evil muslim country.
The long term frightening consequence of Europe's self-destruction are that we may not be able to count on our historic allies if the sh*t hits the fan as we always have.
CNN - "Mostly peaceful fraud"
It's difficult for today's generation to fully understand what was happening in 1980. The United States was thought to be declining and possibly falling behind the Russians in the Cold War. Iran had our hostages. Jimmy Carter was running for re-election but was facing a primary challenge from Ted Kennedy (incumbents are/were almost never seriously challenged). The country's mood was in the dumps.
This bunch of college hockey players gave the country a huge shot in the arm. People started rejecting the decline of the 70s, got more patriotic, and elected Ronald Reagan. The rest is history. The 80s and 90s were a time of great prosperity and lots of winning. One could argue that the Miracle on Ice played a part in the turnaround,
I watched it that night on tape delay, and many forget that the USSR upset was NOT the gold medal game. It was a round robin and the USA still had to beat Finland. If the USA had lost to Finland, the USSR would have the most points and the gold medal.
This bunch of college hockey players gave the country a huge shot in the arm. People started rejecting the decline of the 70s, got more patriotic, and elected Ronald Reagan. The rest is history. The 80s and 90s were a time of great prosperity and lots of winning. One could argue that the Miracle on Ice played a part in the turnaround,
I watched it that night on tape delay, and many forget that the USSR upset was NOT the gold medal game. It was a round robin and the USA still had to beat Finland. If the USA had lost to Finland, the USSR would have the most points and the gold medal.
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