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If the team commits 10 penalities, 3 fumbles, and 3 dropped passes, then, ummm, gonna be smoke in the barn for sure.
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BK is laughing all the way to the bank and then his boyfriend’s house.


I'm not sure BK is laughing. Yes, he will get his money. But this is BK, a pompous SOB, so his pride is hurting powerfully bad. At his age, either he gets another job to rehabilitate his ending career, or quit whining, take his money, and ride off into the sunset.
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Obviously you'd take less to get the money up front, just like nearly everyone does with the lottery/powerball.


At least that frames the negotiations. I always believed that if I won the lottery, I would want the lump sum and invest it.

Mark Cuban once recommended that the winner should take the payments annually.


So, BK and LSU are negotiating a lump sum. Right?

re: % that Nuss starts vs. Hogs

Posted by mrbayoublu on 11/9/25 at 10:54 pm to
99.9% Nuss starts vs Hogs. Sad but true.
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Administration would not allow Kelly to do his job.


So, it's the Administration's fault that Kelly's teams executed so poorly?

Plus, if the Administration controlled Kelly's football operations, then instead of complaining, he could comply and watch his LSU team fall apart. For 54 million, Kelly becomes totally mercenary.
What is incredible to me is that if nothing in the contract addresses performance, then LSU and other schools creating contracts like this provide no recourse.

Head Coaches have all the leverage, absent moral clauses or breaking local, state, and federal laws. Without performance checks, the HC can do a great job or a terrible job; either way, the HC gets paid. What a financial boon for the HC. No wonder ADs are not Hedge Fund managers. Ha

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A healthy atheltic department lets the coach handle all hires underneath him and helps assist in approvals and the recruiting of coaches. A healthy department also lets the coaches decide playing time. If you really want to have people outside the coaching staff decide those things, youll lose in the long run


I agree. However, in reality, is that how the AD-HC reality is? Especially recently at LSU between BK and SW?

I have no idea, except what I read on TD. Ha.

Does the AD tell the HC how to Coach

Posted by mrbayoublu on 11/9/25 at 10:25 am
Does the AD tell the HC which assistants are hired and fired? Which players to play? Football strategy?

I always thought the HC ran his football program.

re: Thoughts on Drink

Posted by mrbayoublu on 11/8/25 at 9:55 am to
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He is an odd duck... no doubt.


Ha. Can we say "Les Miles"? He was definitely an odd duck.

All I want is a flexible HC who isn't so stubborn that he won't change... an offensive strategy or replace a failing QB.

LSU Forever!

re: Defensive struggles & Baker

Posted by mrbayoublu on 11/3/25 at 4:05 pm to
Jim Knowles, Penn State: $3.1 million

Pete Golding, Ole Miss: $2.6 million (with extensions)

Blake Baker, LSU: $2.5 million

Wink Martindale, Michigan: $2.5 million

D'Anton Lynn, USC: $2.0 million (estimated)

Phil Parker, Iowa: $1.9 million

Tom Allen, Clemson: $1.9 million

re: Defensive struggles & Baker

Posted by mrbayoublu on 11/3/25 at 4:00 pm to
Penn State's Jim Knowles ($3.1 million), Ole Miss's Pete Golding ($2.6 million), and LSU's Blake Baker and Michigan's Wink Martindale ($2.5 million)
AS A SOPHOMORE (2025)

at MIAMI (8/31): Recorded five tackles in appearance – two solo, three assisted
TEXAS A&M (9/13): Recorded three assisted tackles
PURDUE (9/20): Started at linebacker… tallied five tackles – three solo and two assisted in the win
at ARKANSAS (9/27): Started at linebacker… recorded one tackle in the win
BOISE STATE (10/4): Started at linebacker for the Irish… recorded eight tackles – one solo and seven assisted… had first-career full sack in the win
NC STATE (10/11): Started at linebacker for the Irish… recorded four tackles – one solo and three assisted in the win
USC (10/18): Started at linebacker in the win… tallied two tackles – one solo and one assisted
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Why did you edit your he is an all American line out? Thought you could just add lies to improve your narrative and didn't think it would get caught?


Your communication skills are broken. Ha

Jaiden was an Under Armour All-American in 2022 who was recruited and enrolled at Notre Dame.

I updated Jaiden's information to reflect that.
Austin Ausberry transferred from Auburn to LSU.

Jaiden Ausberry is at Notre Dame.

The topic is not about the "other son" at LSU. I am interested in the son, a linebacker at Notre Dame.
Jaiden Ausberry Notre Dame

LSU interim AD Verge Ausberry's son is a linebacker at Notre Dame. Jaiden Ausberry attended University Lab High School in Baton Rouge.

Jaiden is a linebacker at Notre Dame. LSU sure needed a linebacker like that.

If we can't even recruit LSU's AD's son, what does that say about the future of LSU today?
Coach Silverfield's Standards

Silverfield described how he meets with the team on Sunday afternoons to review performance and accountability.

His remarks are also meant to reinforce the culture he wants to establish by emphasizing examples of discipline both on and off the field.

Ryan Silverfield. Career Record: 6 Years, 49-21, .700 Win% (at major schools). Bowl Record: 4 Games, 4-0, 1.000 Win% (at major schools)
It is called the Wealth Wars. Disney/Espn vs Google/YouTube TV.

Corporate kings doing corporate kings.

As for the viewers...a big
He is 64. Loves his job. Indiana is perfect for him. Everyone who has checked him out for LSU already knows this. That's why no one is talking about him.
LSU invested in Kelly. Not just money. LSU gave him control and the resources to build a team to be highly successful. Kelly’s football teams were substandard. No need to nitpick now why. The fact is Kelly failed the performance evaluation.

The next LSU coach will also be given control and resources. Anyone who doesn’t see that does not know LSU’s commitment to excellence.