ATLTiger24

Most all modern offenses are light years ahead of even the top offenses prior to 2000 or so.

That being said, even in the modern area, LSU has had quality defensive coordinators more often than not:

2000 Phil Elmassian (mediocre)
2001 Gary Gibbs (mediocre)
2002- 2004 Muschamp (elite)
2005-2007 Pelini I (elite)
2008 Mallory/Peveto (horrible)
2009-2014 Chavis (elite)
2015 Kevin Steele (good)
2016-2019 Aranda (elite)
2020 Pelini II (horrible)
2021 Deronte Jones (good)
2022-2023 House (horrible)
2024 Baker (good)

Until proven otherwise, I must say 9-3 or 8-4 according to the playbook for LSU under Brian Kelly:

1. Lose the opener (@ Clemson)

2. Lose on the road to Top 10 Teams (@ Ole Miss; possibly @ Alabama)

3. Lose to a team whose coach was considered dead meat pre-season, and so LSU fans insisted there was no way we could lose (@ OU)

I loved it. Dune II is the only better 2024 movie in my opinion. But I think it's close.

The movie does not wink at you like most modern horror. It takes the Dracula story seriously, and so the period dialogue can be overwrought at times. But the movie is downright beautiful, with multiple staggering shots. Eggers smartly takes the "Jaws" approach to Orlock and keeps him lurking and out of focus most of the movie.

My wife does not like gross horror, and she liked it a lot. The gore was around 7/10. Enough to stirr, but nothting approaching gore porn.

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Often very overlooked part of our 2019 team is the defense because the offense was so damn good

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The defense in 2019 found its footing when it mattered against Georgia, OU, and Clemson.

But the 2019 defense was incredibly mediocre at best most of the regular season. Shredded @ Texas (38 points; 530 years), pretty bad vs. Florida (28 points; 457 yards), shredded @ Bama (41 points; 541 yards), shredded @ Ole Miss (37 points; 614 yards).

That's four games that LSU could have easily lost had it not had the best offense in program history. The defense sucked in those games, was average in the other games, but thankfully rose to the occasion in the final three games.

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We live for giving mediocre QB's the best game of their career.

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Yep. SEC Legend K.J. Costello's conference record 623 yards passing on Bo Pellini and the boys tells the tale.

Costello made ESPN's "Heisman Watch" that next week and commented "[w]ith this group, I don't fee like we'll ever lose momentum."

The very next weekend, of course, Costello threw three picks in State's 21-14 loss to Arkansas, which snapped Arky's 20-game SEC losing streak.

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True fans care. This is so infuriating I can't even see straight.

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Amen brother. So much of our loser fanbase pretends that nothing matters if we don't make the playoff. These idiots don't understand that every single game matters, every single week matters, every single detail matters, or else your program will never sniff the playoff. Elite programs dominate the small things like persuading guys like Lacy, Burns, and other upper classmen to play in this game so that the best chance to win tomorrow. Which is when LSU is next playing football. Which is the only thing that LSU football exists to operationally do.

Loser programs lose five games. Are we a loser program?

5. Nuss 20 yd TD to Josh Williams vs. Vandy (immediately after LSU goes down 7-0 and boos rained down in Tiger Stadium)

4. Whit Weeks interception @ Arkansas on Arky 14 in 4th Q

3. Josh Williams Game Winning TD from the 2 on 3rd @ South Carolina

2. OT Game Winner Nuss to Lacy vs. Ole Miss

1. 4th and 5 Nuss to Anderson TD (0:27 seconds), 4th Quarter vs. Ole Miss

LSU Fans: We should never play a quality team in the opener because we're going to lose the game and crush our playoff hopes.

Same LSU Fans: I am personally insulted by any bowl game in which LSU does not play a top 15 team, who presumably will beat LSU.

Nike, Inc. is not filling Oregon's football coffers, Phil Knight is, and he's 86 years old. I expect his estate will continue to direct certain funds to Oregon football in some capacity per his instructions. But there's no reason to think the hyper aggressive football giving will continue when he's gone.

Nolan / Cillian Murphy (Dark Knight Trilogy; Inception; Dunkirk; Oppenheimer)