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re: Distance from BR to our closest SEC opponents
Posted by atltiger6487 on 5/14/25 at 4:34 pm
quote:you're unintentionally making my point for me.
LSU's biggest rivals are Ole Miss, A&M, Auburn/Bama, and Florida.
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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re: Distance from BR to our closest SEC opponents
Posted by atltiger6487 on 5/14/25 at 2:47 pm
quote:not really.
But Ole Miss, Alabama, and A&M are absolutely rivals.
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."
re: Cfb guru Josh Pate has Clemson as #1 going into the season
Posted by atltiger6487 on 5/13/25 at 1:20 pm
quote:it's clickbait.
Cfb guru Josh Pate has Clemson as #1 going into the season
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.
re: Can we all just take a second to laugh at A&M.
Posted by atltiger6487 on 5/12/25 at 8:43 am
quote:Alabama used to be this board's obsession. Now it's A&M.
Can we all just take a second to laugh at A&M.
Why do you care so much about the Aggies? Ignore them.
re: 3 runs because of a terrible no strike call.
Posted by atltiger6487 on 5/11/25 at 5:37 pm
quote:complaining about bad calls is childish.
3 runs because of a terrible no strike call.
I stopped worrying about such nonsense when I was a teenager.
re: ESPN camera guys make Baton Rouge look like a nice place
Posted by atltiger6487 on 5/11/25 at 7:52 am
quote:then you must’ve lived in the wrong Atlanta suburb. Most of the northern crescent outside 285 is very good.
I have lived in suburban Atlanta and DFW and BR beats them in every case.
re: LSU’s highest rated player in football preseason and LSU absolutely wasted their talent???
Posted by atltiger6487 on 5/9/25 at 6:03 pm
I immediately thought of Danielle Hunter. Had very little production here under Chief, but obviously is an elite player. Wasted.
re: Saban expected to be named co-chair of the Presidential Commission studying college sports
Posted by atltiger6487 on 5/8/25 at 8:17 am
quote:news flash for you: EVERY major football program cheated. EVERY. SINGLE. ONE.
Alabama’s cheating will be codified
Including LSU.
re: Aggies' obsession with LSU reaches new heights
Posted by atltiger6487 on 5/6/25 at 4:19 pm
quote:this board's obsession with the Aggies is also pretty high up there too, to be honest.
Aggies' obsession with LSU reaches new heights
re: What makes LSU's Kim Mulkey think about retiring? Raising money for recruiting players
Posted by atltiger6487 on 5/6/25 at 4:16 pm
quote:we already have professional sports, which I care nothing about.
Fine. Let the “marketplace” pay for them.
We don't need another pro league.
re: What makes LSU's Kim Mulkey think about retiring? Raising money for recruiting players
Posted by atltiger6487 on 5/6/25 at 1:47 pm
quote:college sports as we knew it a few years ago is DEAD. And I'm not sure it will ever come back.
College Sports flair is dying off
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
quote:there are so many stats in baseball, I'm shocked that this actual stat isn't cited publicly much more often.
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.
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
quote: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.
If you aren’t on another level good Jay will almost always play the Right lefty game.
Does someone have those stats? I'm guessing, for good hitters, the difference is negligible.
re: Is there another sport where home and away is such polar opposites
Posted by atltiger6487 on 5/3/25 at 5:46 pm
quote:yes. It's far harder to win on the road in football and basketball.
s there another sport where home and away is such polar opposites
Home field advantage in baseball is far, far less than those two sports.
re: Texas spent $35-$40 Million on their 2025 Roster
Posted by atltiger6487 on 5/1/25 at 1:30 pm
quote:agreed. It's just a Wild West feeding frenzy, with every player up for sale every year, and unlimited free transfers.
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.
The game I've loved for 50 years is dead and gone.
re: Arik Gilbert lands at Savannah State
Posted by atltiger6487 on 4/30/25 at 8:17 am
quote:how about Lindsey Scott:
He and TJ Finley in competition to see who transfers the most.
LSU (2016)
East Mississippi (2017)
Missouri (2018)
Nicholls (2019–2021)
Incarnate Word (2022)
It's very sad what college football has become.
re: Arik Gilbert lands at Savannah State
Posted by atltiger6487 on 4/29/25 at 5:47 pm
quote:if he truly turned it around, he’d have been picked up by a major program.
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.
Sadly, it’s very hard to beat schizophrenia. That’s what his issue is, from a friend of mine whose son knows Arik.
re: I keep hearing Tennessee fans say lsu ran at their dugout
Posted by atltiger6487 on 4/29/25 at 9:00 am
good lord, baseball players get upset about the silliest things.
re: Naz Reid has been clutch in the 4th quarter
Posted by atltiger6487 on 4/28/25 at 1:14 pm
quote:I'll eat crow and admit that I didn't think he'd make it in the NBA.
I mean he was undrafted.
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
quote:college football is so freaking broken
Thus far, he's been at:
LSU
Auburn
Texas State
Western KY
Tulane
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