TheDude321

re: East upper deck

Posted by TheDude321 on 2/5/26 at 11:09 am to tarzana

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Quit using that d*m escalator!

They used to have a nice, elongated ramp that went up there on the south end of the East Upper Deck. I head that they removed it to add the South Upper Deck, which seems odd because they had only built it like 15 years before. If true, then I have no idea how they don't violate fire code, because during an emergency evacuating all of those people on a single escalator and several sets of stairs would take an absolute eternity. It must also now have an incredibly long, sprawling line of people to get their tickets scanned and bags checked before the game starts.

re: Wins by NCAA D1 Baseball Programs (Since 2000)

Posted by TheDude321 on 2/4/26 at 10:13 pm to gamecockman12

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2. @LSUbaseball

Paul Mainieri :bow:

SEC Rant

re: LSU Alums who became Head Coaches?

Posted by TheDude321 on 2/4/26 at 7:57 pm to TigerintheNO

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Joe Adcock was the manager for the Indians

He was also replaced by LSU's own Alvin "Al" Dark!

re: The 30 wealthiest neighborhoods in Louisiana

Posted by TheDude321 on 2/3/26 at 10:18 pm to MorbidTheClown

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Also, what is the area on Perkins between AP and Highland called?

Santa Maria is near there.

re: LSU Alums who became Head Coaches?

Posted by TheDude321 on 2/3/26 at 10:03 pm to Safety Blitz

Here's a few head coaches that I didn't see listed elsewhere in this thread:

Scott Bethea - Baton Rouge (led to All-American Association championship) minor league baseball

Russ Bergman - Coastal Carolina baseball (led to NAIA World Series)...App State; Coastal Carolina men's basketball...Oklahoma City; Idaho; Great Lakes minor league basketball...Al-Rayyan SC (led to Qatari Basketball League championship) international major league basketball...BC Spartak Primorye international minor league basketball

R. E. Edmonds - LSU men's basketball

Jesse Fatherree - LSU men's basketball...Southeastern Louisiana football

Doc Fenton - Jefferson College football

Dale Morey - LSU men's basketball

Slick Morton - Southeastern Louisiana; VMI; Mississippi State football

Connie Ryan - Corpus Christi (led to Big State League championship); Austin; Seattle, Oklahoma City; GCL (led to Gulf Coast League championship); Magic Valley minor league baseball...Atlanta; Texas major league baseball

Lou St. Amant - Louisiana-Monroe baseball

Red Swanson - LSU baseball...LSU men's basketball...Southeastern Louisiana; Louisiana-Lafayette football

Steve Van Buren - Bristol; Franklin/Paterson (led to ACFL championship); Newark (led to ACFL championship)/Orlando; Hudson Valley; Jersey minor league football

re: 1908 national championship

Posted by TheDude321 on 2/1/26 at 8:01 pm to MikeTheTiger71

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two selected Penn

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the consensus was that Penn was the champion

So 2 out of 3 is now a consensus? :spank:

re: Breaking: Don Lemon arrested

Posted by TheDude321 on 1/30/26 at 9:53 am to DownshiftAndFloorIt

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Why has the OT become the 2nd poli board?

Don Lemon was born in Baton Rouge and went to LSU. It seems like 99.9% of the stuff discussed here on the O-T is in some way related to LSU specifically or Baton Rouge in general... :lol:

re: Idiot here, how complicated is a coolant flush?

Posted by TheDude321 on 1/21/26 at 10:11 pm to 308

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Would you trust the typical oil change place to flush the coolant correctly?

Coolant flushes (and all "flushes," for that matter be it engine flushes, radiator flushes, brake fluid flushes, etc.) are scams created by automotive service shops to generate revenue. If someone offers you one at a repair shop, just tell them "no" and then walk out, because they can't be trusted with anything else concerning your vehicle if they are willing to try to trick you with that scam. Ask yourself this question: have you ever heard of anyone's vehicle breaking down because it didn't get some kind of a flush? No.:spank:

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re: Buddy’s Sport Talk Buddy Songy

Posted by TheDude321 on 1/13/26 at 6:53 pm to michael corleone

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Buddy has been at it since the high point of the 80’s

I think that he was originally a frequent caller to Norman "Nasty" Molvar's WKJN-FM sports talk show before Norman Nasty bolted to Slidell-area sports radio. Buddy's Sports Page was on WIBR-AM for years until Hurricane Gustav shut down the station permanently. I think that he was going to try to revive the show out of some Donaldsonville station at one point.

re: What was the biggest mistake of each of Louisiana's 5 biggest cities?

Posted by TheDude321 on 1/5/26 at 2:33 pm to Chastains

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New Orleans:

Historically, several old guard wealthy families have run the city and have openly discouraged outside businesses from relocating to there so they don't have to have any competitors. Too much reliance on gambling as a last ditch effort to try to save the city.

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Lake Charles:

See New Orleans.

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Baton Rouge:

Very middle class city with no old guard rich families to block outside investments from coming in; welcomed new businesses and has therefore been the source of the bulk of the state's new jobs since the 1970s...big problem is that the lack of upper class people means most of the new businesses are just many smaller type businesses and really needs more big business coming in.

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Lafayette:

See Baton Rouge (except Lafayette actually did have a number rich people briefly during the oil boom...boom didn't last long enough to invest it though)

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Shreveport:

Gave up on being the center of country music.

re: Best Chinese food in Baton Rouge

Posted by TheDude321 on 12/28/25 at 5:20 pm to ColoradoCock

CHINESE INN

Food and Drink

re: 1996 LSU Houston 35-34

Posted by TheDude321 on 12/27/25 at 4:42 pm to brickyard

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Wasn’t this the game Faulk was suspended for the first half?

No, he had 3 fumbles in the first half, 2 inside LSU’s own 5 yard line that Houston scored TDs off of. He was the reason LSU fell 20 points down at halftime, lol.

re: Tiger Stadium Blueprints / Poster

Posted by TheDude321 on 12/9/25 at 10:59 am to doubleb

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Originally it was just the east and west lower sideline stands.
Then the north end zone was constructed giving a horseshoe look.

I think that you just skipped a step. Weren't the original east and west sideline stands expanded and extended upward when the Works Progress Administration funding for dormitory buildings was used on the backside of the stands?:spank:

re: Tiger Stadium Blueprints / Poster

Posted by TheDude321 on 12/9/25 at 10:47 am to dat yat

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designed the North Stadium and South Stadium

Why did the South Stadium have to be designed so differently from the rest of the entire stadium? Why couldn't they save money on the design and basically just "flip" the North Stadium blueprints to have the structures in both end zones match? Standards couldn't have changed all that much in 20 years.

re: $XX MM for buyouts + $90 MM for Lane + $25 MM/yr for NIL

Posted by TheDude321 on 11/26/25 at 9:04 pm to jafari rastaman

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Graves and Gordon will keep donating

Graves doesn't personally give all that much compared to most boosters. He went to Georgia, and that is where his loyalty primarily lies.

However, Raising Cane's is one of the more common advertisers at LSU sporting events, but then again regular advertising only goes so far in paying off a $54M bill.

As for McKernan, he only has a fraction of the money that Graves has, and neither can be expected to bankroll the bulk of the buyout. In fact, none of Louisiana's three billionaires went to LSU, so none of them will help with it. Hopefully someone else comes along.

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re: 16 out of past 24 national championships

Posted by TheDude321 on 11/21/25 at 2:42 pm to send 8

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Offense wins & catches the eye , but Defense wins championships.

“Offense sells tickets, defense wins championships.”

Coaching Changes

re: 43 years ago today - One of the best nights ever in Tiger Stadium

Posted by TheDude321 on 11/20/25 at 10:26 pm to Sailjuggernaut

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I was there and rushed the field afterwards. Ended up standing on the crossbar of the goal post as everyone tried to tear it down.

LINK.

re: The Lane train to LSU

Posted by TheDude321 on 11/20/25 at 10:10 pm to Dylan

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Isn’t he suppose to be at a meeting with Ole Miss in the morning?

To give his two weeks' notice. :spank:

re: Do you prefer a big name that costs lots of $$$ or risk bringing in a young guy?

Posted by TheDude321 on 11/18/25 at 5:28 pm to homemadeshine

LSU is in the SEC, which means that only a proven head coach who won at the Power 5 level should be hired...no risks are worth taking on unproven coordinators or even winning coaches from non-Power 5 schools. :spank:

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re: Money matters / Prestige matters / Championships matter - LSU is an important job

Posted by TheDude321 on 11/12/25 at 11:53 am to drizztiger

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in the last 25 years

Yes, but even Saban himself cited NIL, etc. when retiring. It's a different era now.

In addition, LSU now owes $54M to a single coach and is getting sued for trying to get out of paying that, and any coaching candidates would understandably be hesitant to believe that LSU can be taken at its word and would be able to redirect any remaining booster money to that new coach's salary and NIL instead.