TigerCard
| Favorite team: | LSU  |
| Location: | Cleveland, OH |
| Biography: | native of Pensacola - MA from LSU (grad. asst. with band), former band director at Louisville (still follow UL sports as well), Ph.D. from Illinois - now teach at a small college in Cleveland |
| Interests: | music, reading, sports, politics, skiing, cycling |
| Occupation: | college professor |
| Number of Posts: | 973 |
| Registered on: | 11/29/2009 |
| Online Status: | Not Online |
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re: Flight from Baton Rouge to Oxford tomorrow
Posted by TigerCard on 10/28/25 at 9:54 pm to VegasTiger7
Any discussions that may be taking place between LSU and any coach are taking place between third parties and are intended just to feel out the landscape. No coach will talk directly to LSU until the ground has been laid by his agent. And neither LSU or any coach would do anything at this point that would indicate any real interest. A coach can say he hasn't talked to anyone at LSU with a straight face, and LSU won't want to show their hand until the deal is done.
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re: "Get the right fit, not the biggest name."
Posted by TigerCard on 10/28/25 at 6:10 pm to Weatherman0892
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Thing is that right fit isn’t always apparent. I guess you can say from the South, but Saban is from WV and was coaching in the Midwest prior to here. Hungry to succeed, but you have to have to be able to tell if it’s just interview talk or they are actually hungry. I mean what candidate says they aren’t hungry in an interview.
I wouldn't say that "fit" means someone from the South necessarily, but certainly someone who understands the commitment it would take to win in the cutthroat SEC, someone who understands the modern college football landscape, and can relate to young men today. You're right that anyone can say all the right things in an interview, so I'd certainly want to have evidence of how well a coach motivates and teaches the players on his current team (whether he is a head coach or an assistant) and whether they display both toughness and skill.
"Get the right fit, not the biggest name."
Posted by TigerCard on 10/28/25 at 5:35 pm
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The author points out that none of the three active coaches who have won national titles had head coaching experience before they got their present job, and only 6 of the current top 25 teams are coached by someone who was a head coach at another power conference school before getting his current job.
The author points out that none of the three active coaches who have won national titles had head coaching experience before they got their present job, and only 6 of the current top 25 teams are coached by someone who was a head coach at another power conference school before getting his current job.
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LSU needs to get the right fit. So does Penn State, Florida, Arkansas and everyone else in this and future cycles. These schools need to study the candidates hard, look them in the eye, and then go with their gut, not their ego. Never mind the reaction. Plan for the results. Who will be the next Elko, Lanning, Cignetti or Freeman? (And take the money you save and spend it on NIL.)
And if you can get Kiffin or a proven big name, make sure you’re doing this because it is the right guy, not the one who will make the biggest splash.
Kelly was a big name. And when Notre Dame hired him, he was the right guy for that time. But he was never the right fit at LSU, a lesson the school should heed as it goes looking again.
Other schools should, too.
Todd McShay believes LSU will contact Saban
Posted by TigerCard on 10/28/25 at 5:25 pm
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"And he’s even said publicly, and I’ve talked to him in meetings, one of his, I don’t want to put words in his mouth but, regrets in his coaching history was leaving LSU.”
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"He’s got money, he’s got rings, he’s got everything that you could ever imagine a coach when you set out to be a college coach could have, right? But this might be the only place that he might say, well, let’s, let’s sit down and talk."
re: In defense of Garrett Nussmeier
Posted by TigerCard on 10/27/25 at 11:19 pm to NeilArmstrong1969
Just look at Drake Maye. His college stats were just so-so, and considering his pedigree and expectations, he didn't have a successful college career. Of course, the teams he was on at North Carolina were mediocre at best. It's obvious that the pro scouts took all the problems with the N.C. program into consideration, and he was picked third overall by the Pats. After a predictably rocky rookie season, he has really come on this year.
re: Why no Kevin Mawae as OL coach?
Posted by TigerCard on 10/27/25 at 10:04 pm to TigerFanatic99
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Just because you were a great player doesn't mean you're going to be a great coach.
I don't care bad how amazing you were if you aren't able to teach technique. Some of the best athletes in the world have no idea how to actually teach what the do because it's just natural for them. Don't k ow if that applies to Mawae or not, but it's the likely reason.
This is absolutely true. That's why many of the most successful coaches and managers in MLB are guys who never made it to the show or were there only a short time. Because they didn't have the natural talent that mot superstars possess, they tried every trick in the book to maximize their skills and can pass all those tricks on to other players. That's not to say that all superstars rely only on natural talent, of course. Many of them are also real students of the game and are known for how much they study opposing pitchers or batters. Same applies to many other sports.
We could easily say the same thing about the Ole Miss game.
I agree 100% with that. we need a new OC and probably a new O-line coach as well.
Uh ...I'm pretty happy with Baker as DC. The problem is on the offensive side.
re: SEC "Football Final" commentators nailed it
Posted by TigerCard on 10/19/25 at 12:00 am to FireawayLSU
I would partially agree with you. We have some amazing talent at some skill positions (and I think that's what they were referring to) but not on the offensive line in particular, which hurts everything else we want to do: the offense can't get untracked, and the defense has to be on he field too long because of it.
SEC "Football Final" commentators nailed it
Posted by TigerCard on 10/18/25 at 11:39 pm
They said the game was "a contrast of a really good team [vs.] an accumulation of really good talent."
Pretty much says it all...
Pretty much says it all...
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Maybe players shouldn’t worry about the DJ playing music and worry about the game. The DJ is there for “fan experience” not to hype the players up.
Yeah, I was going to add something like that to my post, but it was already getting pretty long. You're right...players should be listening to their coaches and each other during a TO and shouldn't even notice the music. As for "fan experience," I don't mind an occasional piped-in tune, but every TO shouldn't be taken up with advertisements and generic party music. In my opinion, that actually ruins the fan experience, making a game in Tiger Stadium seem like just another frat party, an entertainment venue where a football game just happens to be going on between party tunes, not "the cathedral of college football" where "worship happens."
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What part of the piped in music is what the players want don’t you people understand?
Here's the problem with that argument. I'm sure the players like that music; it's probably what most college students hear at parties, etc. And maybe that hypes them up a bit. But.....that applies to players on BOTH teams! There's nothing intimidating about hearing a generic party song that players on both teams probably enjoy. But when the band cranks up Pre-Game and the crowd goes wild, or when the entire stadium begins chanting L-S-U over and over at a deafening level, you're talking about something entirely different. That's intimidating. That's what "home field advantage" is all about. That's what makes the experience of being in YOUR stadium different and unique. When every stadium is playing the same generic party music at every opportunity, then the experience of being in that stadium loses any sense of local flavor. I remember my first Ole Miss game years ago, and was amazed when the entire stadium started chanting "Go to HELL Ole Miss, go to HELL!!!" It wasn't funny, it wasn't cool. It was scary as shite. You got the feeling that everyone in the stadium literally wanted the earth to open up and swallow the Ole Miss team. THAT'S what Tiger Stadium should be about.
As for the speakers, I've sat in the north endzone with the band. As a musician who has become increasingly aware of the harm that continual exposure to super loud sounds can cause to one's hearing, I really wonder about the people sitting right under them. I've often thought someone should bring a decibel meter to a game and take some readings. I would be shocked if the decibel level for those close to the speakers don't greatly exceed healthy levels.
re: Jayden Daniels article on ESPN, lots of LSU in it
Posted by TigerCard on 10/13/25 at 4:23 pm to nicholastiger
Yep...a great article, with lots of inside info about Jayden's development and the LSU football culture. And that scene with Jayden and Nuss asking Kelly how to handle questions about the QB situation shows that they were both really mature and professional. And then there's this, which anyone who has lived in southern Louisiana will appreciate:
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DANIELS HAD BEEN in Baton Rouge for a few months when he decided to swallow his pride and ask the most pressing question on his mind: What kind of hellish inferno had he transferred into?
He grew up in Southern California, where summer temperatures could get into the high 90s, but the strong Santa Ana winds kept the air dry and manageable. The average rainfall in the summer is just 0.1 inches per month. When he went off to ASU, he found Tempe to be 10 degrees hotter but just as dry.
So, he is absolutely unprepared for a Louisiana summer that feels something like a hot tub inside a sauna, with frequent outbursts from the heavens that can seem like the end times. One day in July 2022, he asks Wilson, "Does it always sound like this?"
"What?" Wilson asks.
Daniels points toward the sky. "The thunder," he says.
Wilson starts laughing. He gets it. In Louisiana, storms thunder differently. That July, Baton Rouge had a thunderstorm that dropped 2.34 inches of rain in one day, and another that dropped 3.36 inches in the area. All told, on the 62 days of that July and August, there are 48 days with at least one thunderstorm. In just two months, Daniels basically goes through more bad summer weather than the first 21 years of his life combined. In Wilson's office, Daniels has the look of a kid who's thinking about crawling under the covers with his favorite Build-A-Bear.
Wilson assures Daniels that the Baton Rouge skies are usually more bark than bite and that there is nothing particularly worrisome about the clouds on this day. In this moment, he feels an incredible bond with the young man growing up in front of him.
The weather is unbearable in August as summer practice begins. Even Louisiana-born LSU players shake their heads, thinking back to what was a sizzling month of practice, especially for a newbie such as Daniels. "That camp was one of the hottest summers I have ever been a part of, and Jayden was definitely feeling it," says Thomas, who grew up 20 minutes outside of Baton Rouge. "He just kept saying, 'This is too hot. What is this?' But he eventually adjusted."
ESPN article about Nabors injury
Posted by TigerCard on 9/28/25 at 7:53 pm
I know there have been a couple of posts about Nabors' injury. Here's the ESPN article about it.
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re: LSU wearing purple this weekend?
Posted by TigerCard on 9/18/25 at 7:05 pm to nicholastiger
Southeast has announced that they're wearing green jerseys, so I suspect we'll wear white jerseys, but perhaps with a different color combination of pants and helmet than our traditional uniform.
Damn....I didn't see that Astonvilla already posted this. Sorry for the duplication....
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Nice article on Nussmeier's journey
Posted by TigerCard on 9/10/25 at 11:54 am
From the Wall Street Journal...
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Garrett Nussmeier may be the best quarterback in all of college football. He’s at the helm of the No. 3 LSU Tigers, he’s the betting favorite to win the Heisman Trophy and he’s a leading candidate to be the No. 1 pick in next year’s NFL draft.
But Nussmeier took an unusual path to becoming one of the most important players in the country. He sat on LSU’s bench…and sat, and sat, and then sat some more.
In an era when promising passers switch schools every offseason for a chance to get on the field and show their stuff, Nussmeier, 23, has spent the majority of his time at LSU collecting dust on the bench. Over his first three seasons with the Tigers, he started exactly once.
re: How Fl lost the USF game. Did it remind you of how they lost to us in 2020?
Posted by TigerCard on 9/7/25 at 10:56 pm to SmackDaniels
First thing I thought of when I heard how they lost. First the "shoe" game, and now the "spit" game. :lol:
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Cyhawk Bowl
OU vs Michigan
Ole Miss struggles vs UK
And don't forget the "Border War" between Missouri and Kansas. Their rivalry goes back to the Civil War, and this will be the first time they've played since 2011. Not a top-notch match-up for sure, but there will be plenty of emotion throughout, both on the field and in the stands. Should be fun....
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