jacquespene8

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Have been seeing people say this a lot since OM. Is this really true or just something people say to cope? Trying to think of any recent examples of teams that got meaningfully better after a loss like we had Saturday, vs. being exposed for who they were. 2022 had that ugly loss to FSU and seemed to be getting better but then shite the bed against A&M. 2019 wasn’t perfect against Texas and only improved from there, but they made the big plays to win that game. 2011 was great from the jump but unfortunately saved the bed-shitting for the BCSCG. Maybe 2018 with sloppy early wins (but still: wins) vs. Miami and Auburn, and the team got better as Burrow started to become BURROW.

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I’m not sure you understand how getting better works. What’s the point of a 12 game season if the team and the fans give up after the first loss?

My Dad’s health isn’t great. He’s in his 70’s. His doctor strongly recommended he never leave the US again due to potential medical disasters overseas. Therefore, he is basically restricted to the US.

My point: do the international if you want to when you can. There may come a time when you can’t.

I love to travel internationally. It’s my version of the expensive boats my buddies like to buy. Every one spends their cash on what matters to them.

The pressure placing game is literally just people laying early excuses to lose.

Leavitt is the starter. It’s rare to have offensive production be near as good with the back up starting.

That being said, the drop off doesn’t HAVE to be huge. Get a run game going and get creative with routes, Clark is capable of running the offense.

The biggest thing is this: is Clark thinking to himself “showtime baby”, or is he thinking “oh shite”. If its the former we may be ok.

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How long until they actually succeed with one of these disease panics and install more lockdowns?

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I’d say about 50 years, when the kids who were forced to miss prom, graduation, junior and senior year of sports, etc are too old to convince the younger generation to listen.

I’m glad Chambliss is playing. We know what we’re defending.

If some unknown qb was stepping up, he’d find a way to do things to our defense that we didn’t see coming.

That said our new leadership is less likely for that to have happened anyway. I’m just conditioned to feel that way

Sam is in good hands. His threat to run is a massive game changer if used properly. Also expect some dirty play by Ole Miss probably trying to make him pay extra for not sliding or going out of bounds

It’s a little of both. We all worry a tad because of a lackluster performance, but like Kiffin even said, he’s got the teams attention now.

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Well let's not get ahead of ourselves. Kiffin has said point blank in the fairly recent past that he is not a guy that necessarily has loyalty to any place no matter the circumstances. He views it more as a transaction/business relationship. Perhaps being around O will help him find some love for Louisiana though.

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Maybe so. But humans have the affinity to stick with those that have their back. Lane certainly wouldn’t ever leave us for an SEC school. Maybe one or two premier outside schools could pluck him, but I don’t see it happening for at least 4 years

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