LSU713Tiger

What type of question is this? How do you watch a game without LSU gear on.

Even if u can’t watch - you still wear it.

Your question might as well said do you wear clothes on a Saturday when LSU is playing. Rhetorical. At least if someone answered no it would be funny

This x1000 and they use light shows while turning the volume up to disguise it.

Hope every Pom Pom gets lit on fire after the game

Just in case it hasn’t been posted or for anyone making the trip to Oxford for the first time -

AVOID DRIVING IN OXFORD IF POSSIBLE

Use UBER or other ride share. Pay the extra money / surcharges for peace of mind.

Oxford has always had numerous DUI Checkpoints for Friday / Saturday Night but I expect this weekend will be on steroids. Also, parking will be a disaster everywhere.

***Message Does Not Apply If Sober

Can you save us the time and relay what you saw?

What the hell does attempt to roster NFL players mean? Sankey could barely explain it and the “rule/definition” didn’t even exist when this alleged recruitment took place.

I guess all these other NFL rookies never talked to the coach, school or team when they were allowed to join back in NCAAF. They just showed up at the school and never got recruited.

Over the last 4 years, the fabric of college football & the landscape was being radically changed. However, the conference executives never made a single effort to stop it (likely too busy to care as they counted their money, realigned conferences that make no geographic sense or expanded further so they could count more money).
 
All of a sudden - the SEC comes out and creates unilateral powers to stop basically anything with punishments that are harsher than anything thrown around before - Why now?

Trying to make sense of this ridiculous situation, the only thing I could rationalize is - that the NFL stepped in and used their influence to immediately put a stop here & now before this progressed any further.

The mobility between the NFL & NCAAF is novel, and the NFL might be thinking that it creates the potential to meaningfully blur the lines between their monopoly machine and the minor league NCAAF system that feeds the machine for free exploitation.

Other consideration that supports this theory is that it also isn't just the conferences - The Entire Media (which we know the NFL controls) has completely crafted the narrative that 'LSU is actively targeting / recruiting "professional NFL players" to return to college'.

Hardly ever a mention of other teams/situations & what was allowed vs not allowed. They just point to Lane Kiffin as the pariah who created this entire mess. Heck, more than 50% of folks actually think LSU sued the SEC & NCAA to start the fight!

It wouldn't take much reporting to provide the audience more context.

(A) Little to no mention / attention on the issues surrounding the 5 for 5 & the Class of 2022

(B) No mention or attention on the amount of money these "NFL Players" received from their "contracts"

(C) Not even a single breakdown on how the process / agreements are different for rookies attending mini-camps (who are allowed to play) & players that attended training camp.

How is this not explained when the outcome/punishment couldn't be more different - Player is allowed to play without punishment if attended only rookie camp vs. Player is not allowed to play & the school athletics are kicked out of conference for even thinking about it

I am open to other ideas if other have them.

However, if this is simply the SEC targeting LSU, and particularly the methods used by Lane Kiffin / Will Wade / LSU athletic department for going all-in & leveraging alignment with the State to rebuild winning football / basketball programs, then that is absolute BS & insert Lane's halftime speech for my final commentary

--sorry for the long post--

*Declared or entered the NFL draft.

This is my point exactly.

Why wasn’t the line drawn at the point of attending a rookie minicamp or even declaring for the NFL draft. That is a clear cut attempt to become a pro and was/is a bright line distinction.

The Texas player attended 2 different rookie mini camps and started this whole thing with the SEC not batting an eye.

You either cut all of them or make a Class of 2022 exception for all of them. You cannot draw an arbitrary line that allows everyone but these 2 players back because they signed inconsequential contracts BEFORE the 5 for 5 was even a thing

Agree on FSU and Clemson but UNC does not fit in at all.

Edit: ^that is only if we are forced to.

There is no reason the SEC should expand again. Conference is great as it stands and anything beyond is just trying to chase money. Let’s try to preserve college football as much as possible and not chase money. Why do people want to dilute the product for money that doesn’t benefit the fans

These debates are dumb. No one will ever agree and no possible way of backing up any claim…so I’ll play

In the SEC (why are Nebraska or Miami even mentioned, read the OP):

1) 2019 LSU

2+) everyone else

Uh dude - Please expand on what happened to your wife and dog after getting struck by lightning?