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Now, he was never the best college QB, but since the OP put this in

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Which one gets the NIL?

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I'm going to say Garrett Nussmeier should have been the Portal King. Either LSU paid a lot quietly, or his people did him a major disservice financially. Consider:

*son of a former QB who is a QB coach (eventually NFL OC)
*known strong arm
*somehow got a "gunslinger" reputation
After 2021, would have been a decent pickup when Orgeron left. He stayed.
*preseason 2022, Kelly said he was neck-and-neck with Jayden Daniels
*lit UGA up for 294 yds passing in 1 half of the SEC Championship

*2023, Daniels (the guy he was supposedly even with) returns and wins the Heisman.
*Nussmeier gets the bowl start as Daniels sits, throws for 395 yds.

*2024, he throws for over 4k yds without any WRs to speak of (contrast that with Daniels having 2 first rd picks).

You could see him leaving after spring 2022, not getting the starting job at LSU.
You could see him leave for lots more after that game in Atlanta.

I'm not sure anyone would test the waters going into 2024, but I could see him at least checking his value on the open market going into last season, expecially with no good WRs on the team, and a defense that had been ripped the past two seasons, a questionable OC in Sloan, LSU seemingly having the #1 QB committed (Underwood :lol:), AND the fanbase screaming that he needs to run more.

Sure, last year was a bust. But either LSU made him rich, or he would have been the top QB in the portal maybe 2-3 yrs running.

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It seems pretty cut and dry.. the man is out of eligibility thus he must declare for the draft. But he knows he’s not good enough for NFL so basically suing the NCAA to stay in college? And Ole Miss thinks this is okay because Lane left them?

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Yeah, I'm laughing because I'm an LSU fan, but Ole Miss has gone completely insane because Kiffin left during the season.

It's now ok for the head coach to call guys not in the portal, enrolled, and sitting in a class elsewhere. And it's ok to sue for an injunction blocking an NCAA ruling on their QB's eligibility.
I'm half expecting them to send drones to other teams' spring practices at this rate :lol:. The NCAA will say they can't, and they will keep ignoring the rules. And at some point it will become too much and they'll get nailed, and they will scream and cry that they're being persecuted.

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Pretty sure you're Gay with a long Rap Sheet.

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:lol: Sure seems like they want me to be. Unfortunately for them, I'm neither.

I'm over 50, with family and kids, and a long search history on stuff I'm interested in- surplus firearms, sports (American, mostly college and NFL football). SF and fantasy action movies such as Conan, LOTR, SW, etc. Those are my subscriptions on YT, and the bulk of my other forum memberships are firearms, Linux/Android, or auto sites. Couple subscriptions to computer art stuff going back to the 90's (GIMP, etc). A few photography sites from when I was actively using legacy prime lenses on mirrorless m43 cameras.
Tigerdroppings is actually the closest thing to social media I do, I don't do facebook or twitter. Reddit, only because that's the only way to interact with the AR9 guys.

Not sure where all this other crap is suddenly coming from, seemed to start when AI became prominent. Like it's trying to guide me, and I'm saying NO, I want to search what I typed out. Not some other underlying motive in this.

Is there any way to get rid of the AI suggestions, and just go back to pre-AI google?

Goes for YouTube too. It's becoming increasingly irritating.

I know the old saying was, "it's based on your prior searches"; but that doesn't seem to be the case on some things.

Example 1- I recently got into shooting black powder revolvers, which are replicas of the old guns of the West before cartridges became in style. These are made by Italian companies, currently just Uberti and Pietta, used to be several more manufacturers. Just for sake of knowledge, these are not covered by current firearms laws, they can be shipped straight to your house (same as a pre-1899 antique firearm).
I do a google search looking for reviews on Model 1851 Navy revolvers, which company is considered best, and by the bottom of page 1 I'm getting the suggestions such as "can felons own or carry a black powder revolver?".
I didn't ask that. I'm not a felon and have never queried on that, or anywhere close to that. Not interested in that. I have specified "Uberti vs Pietta", vs Armi San Marcos, vs Armi San Paulo/Euroarms ( other, now defunct manufacturers), keep getting the "can felons have them" question suggestion.
It's like asking about a midsize pickup truck, Ford vs Chevy vs Toyota, and getting "can DWIs get you in trouble" suggestions.

Example 2, looking at it today- I asked "how long has the US and Taiwan had friendly relations", and by the end of page 1 results I'm getting stuff on "which countries are friendly to LGBT". Again for the record I'm not into that and have never searched that once. I'm looking for military/diplomatic ties, could not care less what their policies are regarding sexual preferences. Didn't ask, don't care.

On both these topics, I'm pretty certain there are LOTS of online resources that could provide detailed information... hobbyist sites for the revolvers, plenty of information about world politics. Google doesn't seem inclined to show me those.

Which search engines are better, that focus on the typed query, without extrapolating?

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What’s the point of pardoning a dead guy?

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Legacy and family

That, or one of the Cowboys-Steelers matchups in the 70s.
Great competitive games between great teams

It's Curly.

As bad as McMahon has been, his teams are usually fairly solid but lacking any star power. If he could add 1 premium player to the roster, the dominant guy, they win a lot more of the close losses and have a much better record.

Curly on the other hand, reduced LSU football to sub-Vandy (the bad version of Vandy) levels.

I used them twice, to get Larue triggers. Best price on the internet. And yeah, it took well over a month... but they did come both times.

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If LSU didn't have Shaq I'd say UF could take anyone.

Horford and Noah is a ridiculous 4 and 5 college combo. Both 2 of the best defenders in the NBA. Horford consistently shut down some of the best bigs in the NBA like Giannis and Embiid.

Shaq is about the only college player Horford and Noah couldn't handle.

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Shaq would dominate the inside against anyone. But as noted, you couple that with Pistol Pete and Chris Jackson on the perimeter, it becomes laughable.
Friendly reminder- Pete Maravich averaged 44 pts a game for his college career, without a 3 pt line at the time. He probably would be pushing close to 60 with that.

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IMHO we need to quit keeping score of who gets what and pimping our favorite sport at the expense of all others, and find a way to be better than any other school at finding a way to make every sport great.

Somebody has to be better at it than anyone else, why not us?

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That sounds nice and all, but men's basketball will need NIL investment to truly become good again. Women's, not so much.

As much NIL as is spent, we still have an overall limit to how much the donors will spend. Do you want to cut back some in football (unlikely), or drop back some in baseball? Especially now that MLB is talking about removing high school players from the draft? Those guys are going to command a lot of money.