MikeTheTiger58

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If LSU can land Van Lith to replace Morris and the Forward from DePaul to replace L. Williams they will likely go back to back IMO.

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the big from Depaul is more like Angel than Williams. It might be hard to get a physical 6' 4" defender to match Williams.
On the positive side, there is a top 10 6'5" post and a top 2 6' guard to go with a top 50 point and a top 100 wing. The key thing for me would be an experienced point and post to help bring the freshmen along.

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This is fricked up.

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Why, it is easy enough to get a shot and it is free. It will help you and your community.

Sure, I am always concerned when a starter misses practice a lot. Since there is nothing that can be done about it, I just ignore it as much as possible.
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Sure, 10-2 would be great :lol:
I will dream of 12-0 as long as I can.

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Projecting the all-americans who haven't played a game yet is pretty dumb.

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I listened to 247 talk about this in a short pod-cast today. They are just trying to answer a common question. "Which freshman will have the most impact this year?"
They are not "listing the most talented players". They are trying to project the most talent with the most opportunity to splash on the playing field. They have their contacts on the coaching staffs and , for example, they are hearing Mason Smith might be starting by the end of the year.
Not an important list, but a projection of who might play a lot. As we all know, injuries and stuff like that will wreck this list.
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No, I want pods so we can play everyone in the conference every three years.
4 pods of 4 teams
3 games against others in pod each year.
1 game against an opponent every year if you both want it.
4 or 5 rotating games.
That gives you every other team in the league every 3 years even if you don't increase to 9 conference games.
I would prefer the 5 game rotation personally.
If the SEC went to 9 games (6 game rotation), then you would see every team home and away every 4 years. That would be sweet.
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1) Seat back chairs everywhere.
2) Covered seating down the lines with Suites
3) Bull pens that are not on the field of play

Go look at the club system in Europe. That is the future.
And, good luck on you greatest day. How many games are released for minor league / club sports.
The current system basically funds 95% of college athletics by not paying the 5% what the market would bear while maintaining their status as "charitable tax free" organizations.
Once a true professional model is introduced to "college" sports, the current athletic departments will be split from the universities. There will be no more title IX. No more track and field, tennis, etc. There won't be tax free donations or scholarships. There will simply be minor league professional teams.
I think the top football teams will survive for a while, but how many minor league teams look anything like current college athletics. In the long run, the USA does not support minor leagues very well.
A lot of people have had a chance to go from sharecropper to life long success due to athletic scholarships; while, other people went to school for 4 years and can not read. I suspect that many in the public don't really look at the big picture of the NCAA in spite of all of the adds about people who go on to "jobs outside professional sports".

I hope we enjoy having only a true freshman QB on the bench. Brennan was on pace to set offensive records last year, but the defense at the beginning of the year was setting records for how bad they could be. I just don't see how Brennan does not transfer if he is benched for an injury. Maybe I am wrong and Brennan will stick around regardless. He did not transfer when they brought in Burrow.
I sincerely hope that Brennan wins the job and has a great year. Then Johnson can fight it out with Nussmeier and Howard in 2022 (only 3 QB on scholarship).
At any rate, LSU as well as most teams, will have to figure out how to get more QBs in the future since everyone who does not start these days transfers. Finley was a local 3 star recruit that I hoped would be here a few years to develop. He only made it 1 "sort of" year and he is gone.
Somehow LSU needs to find a QB or Two that is good enough to develop, but who really wants to be at LSU.
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He should stay in the lineup, but needs to be moved out of the 4 hole. He has not delivered with runners in scoring position and eventually teams will start pitching around Doughty.

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This I agree with. If he remains unlucky, in a few weeks PM will end up having to do something. He is hitting the ball hard, but having a terrible time. sometimes, the guy who never hits the ball square is the one rewarded with "hits".
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