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LSU's biggest rivals are Ole Miss, A&M, Auburn/Bama, and Florida.
you're unintentionally making my point for me.

A team can't have 5 "rivals."

Yes, these are 5 emotional, important games. But they're not rivals.

At most, a team can have 2 rivals - usually one in-state and one from a neighboring state. UGA has FL and Ga Tech. Bama has Auburn and Tennessee. Oklahoma has Texas and Okie State.

No team has 5. Those are just important games, but not rivals.

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But Ole Miss, Alabama, and A&M are absolutely rivals.
not really.

Yes, they are all huge games, but a rivalry is different than just a big game.

Ole Miss used to be a rivalry, dating back to the 50s and 60s, but has faded since then. Yes, it's a neighboring state, but isn't really a rivalry anymore.

Bama is a huge game, but that's only been for the last 25 years. Before that, they dominated the series. And they're two states away, so that kind of diminishes the "rivalry" aspect.

A&M is a big game too, but there was a 16 year gap beginning in 1995 and an 11 year gap in 1975. That doesn't happen in rivalries.

I guess it's all about the definition, but I don't think LSU has any football rivals. Several massive, emotional games, but not a true "rival."
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Cfb guru Josh Pate has Clemson as #1 going into the season
it's clickbait.

Nobody knows anything at this point. Half of teams' rosters are new, with freshman recruits and transfers.

Just play the games, then we'll all know.
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Can we all just take a second to laugh at A&M.
Alabama used to be this board's obsession. Now it's A&M.

Why do you care so much about the Aggies? Ignore them.
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3 runs because of a terrible no strike call.
complaining about bad calls is childish.

I stopped worrying about such nonsense when I was a teenager.
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I have lived in suburban Atlanta and DFW and BR beats them in every case.
then you must’ve lived in the wrong Atlanta suburb. Most of the northern crescent outside 285 is very good.
I immediately thought of Danielle Hunter. Had very little production here under Chief, but obviously is an elite player. Wasted.
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Alabama’s cheating will be codified
news flash for you: EVERY major football program cheated. EVERY. SINGLE. ONE.

Including LSU.
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Aggies' obsession with LSU reaches new heights
this board's obsession with the Aggies is also pretty high up there too, to be honest.
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Fine. Let the “marketplace” pay for them.
we already have professional sports, which I care nothing about.

We don't need another pro league.
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College Sports flair is dying off
college sports as we knew it a few years ago is DEAD. And I'm not sure it will ever come back.

I'll still watch the games, but my emotional attachment to the team and players is FAR, FAR less than it was a few years ago. And I'm afraid it will continue to dwindle.

re: You sit your hottest hitter

Posted by atltiger6487 on 5/5/25 at 4:15 pm
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Depends on the hitter, but yes the coaches have access to all of that. And by this point in the season there is enough of a sample size to make them meaningful.
there are so many stats in baseball, I'm shocked that this actual stat isn't cited publicly much more often.

And the same for pitchers too (i.e., how effective they are vs. left or right hand hitters)

re: You sit your hottest hitter

Posted by atltiger6487 on 5/5/25 at 2:11 pm
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If you aren’t on another level good Jay will almost always play the Right lefty game.

I've heard about the lefty/righty thing for decades, but have never seen actual stats showing if (or how much) it actually makes a difference for a specific batter.

Does someone have those stats? I'm guessing, for good hitters, the difference is negligible.
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s there another sport where home and away is such polar opposites
yes. It's far harder to win on the road in football and basketball.

Home field advantage in baseball is far, far less than those two sports.
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Maybe not now but this is coming soon. Hopefully NIL will crash and burn. Its making college football a bit less likable year by year. It’s sad that it is coming to this.
agreed. It's just a Wild West feeding frenzy, with every player up for sale every year, and unlimited free transfers.

The game I've loved for 50 years is dead and gone.
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He and TJ Finley in competition to see who transfers the most.
how about Lindsey Scott:

LSU (2016)
East Mississippi (2017)
Missouri (2018)
Nicholls (2019–2021)
Incarnate Word (2022)

It's very sad what college football has become.
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Not saying he hasnt....but no reason to think he has either. Hey, I am all for turning your life around....if you are serious about doing it.
if he truly turned it around, he’d have been picked up by a major program.

Sadly, it’s very hard to beat schizophrenia. That’s what his issue is, from a friend of mine whose son knows Arik.
good lord, baseball players get upset about the silliest things.
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I mean he was undrafted.
I'll eat crow and admit that I didn't think he'd make it in the NBA.

Not because he wasn't talented - he clearly had tons of talent. But it was because he either had poor balance or was physically weak - he seemed to get pushed around and was knocked to the floor every game, which was bizarre to see for a guy his size.

So I thought he'd just get physically bullied in the NBA.

But he's clearly corrected whatever the issue was and has had a very good career so far, and I'm glad to eat crow on this one. It was easy to like Naz.

re: Finley in Tranfer Portal Again

Posted by atltiger6487 on 4/25/25 at 12:34 pm
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Thus far, he's been at:
LSU
Auburn
Texas State
Western KY
Tulane
college football is so freaking broken