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Believe only focus is Lampley, Vukosa and Jerzy

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Thanks for the info.

Do we have a realistic shot at Vukosa with Koval already on the roster? It does seem like UCONN's front court depth chart is loaded more than LSU's for the coming years.

Also, would LSU be playing Lampley at the 4 position? It would seem that depth is needed there after Amiya Joiner graduates. What would be the holdup or chief competition with Jerzy?

I'm thinking that Fleary and Spaight looked at LSU's depth at PG (Fulwiley, Richard, Bourrage) for the next few years and backed off.

Other than returns I didn't notice him on the field. Did he get much action at WR or any targets? Normally they use him in the running game as well.

Also, why so few targets for Barion Brown? He would be a better option than Chris Hilton on the deep ball at this point.

Can't argue with the number of passes to Green and Parker, though. Glad they were featured.

I was there. McClendon had this thing where he always alternated tailbacks each series regardless of how well a particular back was running. Brad Davis was gouging Alabama in the first half. On his coach's show later Bear Bryant show on LSU-Bama '73, Bear Bryant repeatedly called Davis a "great back" and that he'd recruited him out of Hammond. "If I'd known how great he actually was, I would have recruited him harder."

Cholly Mac alternated Steve Rogers with Davis, and Rogers was good but not as good as Davis, but then with the game scoreless and the ball on LSU's own 20, McClendon puts in the green freshman, Terry Robiskie, who was highly touted but not ready for the big stage. On the first play Miley pitched out to Robiskie, who took his eye off the ball and fumbled, giving Bama the ball on the 15. Bama QB Rutledge took it in on the next play, and Bama had momentum for the rest of the game.

Actually, LSU drove up and down the field on Bama, running 77 plays to 53 for Bama, but Bama scored on two long passing plays while LSU got down to the Bama 15 twice, but Miley threw two bad interceptions. I think Robiskie lost another fumble in the game.

Davis's 48-yard TD run was spectacular, though, and Bryant raved about it.

Regarding Tulane Stadium, I believe the last game there was the 1974 Sugar Bowl national title game when Notre Dame beat Alabama. I was there for that also.

A former LSU player who was on the sideline for the Orange Bowl vs. Penn State told me that when Cholly Mac substituted a far inferior Billy Broussard for Miley at QB in the second half, Miley threw his helmet down on the sideline and said he'd never play for LSU again. True enough, he went pro baseball the next year.

Whatever he's swinging seems recently to have developed a very large hole.

Thanks.

Great last-second grab by Mulkey to round out the 2025 class and provide quality depth in the frontcourt, solidifying the frontcourt for the future so there won't always be a portal panic thing at the last moment like this year, assuming everyone stays. Three good young players in Knox, Koval, and Yarnevich. Along with Joyner, already able to matchup better physically down low with Texas, UCLA, Uconn, and South Carolina than last year, despite losing Morrow.

It still would be nice to have another quality post player to put us on equal footing this year with the other elite programs down low. Regarding the perimeter game, guards and wings, LSU is superior to anyone else this year, and that includes depth.

Any international targets that you might be aware of- like Awa Fam?

I believe Kate Koval will be better than a lot of people think. I just watched her highlight reel from this season, and while you don't see any of the bad stuff in these reels, I was impressed with how well she played against big-time competition like UConn, Texas, South Carolina, USC, Duke, and TCU. She was blocking shots, grabbing rebounds, and scoring inside against accomplished bigs like Oldacre of Texas, Sarah Strong of UConn, Iriafen of USC, etc. She looked very active and aggressive, fighting for position offensively and defensively. No fear. She looked like she enjoyed contact and loved to block shots. She also showed very good low post moves and a sweet mid-range shot. I wonder why she didn't get more minutes down the stretch for Notre Dame.

Judging from highlights, Amaya Joyner is a brawler who'll win plenty of physical matchups down low. She's strong and seems to love the contact and rebounding. It seems like she might be our version of Draymond Green down low. She can handle the ball well, and both she and Koval can run the floor well for their size.

Grace Knox, on the other hand, is on a whole different level both athletically and skill-wise. She's also very aggressive. I expect Knox to be in the starting lineup by the end of the season, if not earlier.

That gives LSU three aggressive frontcourt players already, definitely an upgrade from last season when they had only one, Morrow. I wouldn't call Smith, Wolfenbarger, Del Rosario, or Bartlett aggressive. None seemed like they really wanted to mix it up down low. Smith would do it because she had to- not because she wanted to. I saw Smith as more of a skill player down low- that was her game. Still she's a big loss because she's a good player who would give her best, especially against stronger and larger players. Due to injury, we never even saw her reach her top potential that she was flashing before she got hurt.

The downside is that with frontcourt players who like to mix it up and block shots like the three above, there's always a good possibility of foul trouble. This is huge when you consider that this coming year South Carolina, Texas, UConn, and UCLA will all have a ton of quality physical depth down low. I see Joyner as the most likely to get into foul trouble because she will now be facing better athletes in the SEC.

So LSU needs at least one more competitive post player, albeit for a few minutes per game, in order to "hold serve" when one of the above is in foul trouble so that LSU's unmatched perimeter game (best in the country starters and bench) can continue to assert itself. They need four post players to practice, anyway. A fifth would be good for injury purposes.

I realize that pretty much everyone already has this same opinion, but I was encouraged by watching the highlights of the transfers and newcomers.

I was wondering because South Carolina was already loaded in the frontcourt with Daumba, Tac, and Watkins (if recovered) at the 5 and Edwards and Kitts at the 4.

Guess what? Jill Schneider, the coach of Chavez's Monterrey High team, was the coach for Chavez's team at the Jordan Brand Classic.

Well, in this game she looks like a point guard. She definitely looks to pass first compared to the other ones. She's not hesitant when she has an open shot, however, which is good.