Hot Carl
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re: Would you buy this watch/brand?
Posted by Hot Carl on 9/26/26 at 11:15 am to DuckManiak
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At that price point, though, personally, I’d look into brands like Seiko, Citizen, and Orient.
My buddy—married, no kids, and a lot more disposable income than me at the time—got me into watch collecting big time about 10 years ago. Those were the only 3 brands I bought. I had 2 Eco-drives, a Pepsi Seiko that I wore every day, the black-faced Seiko diver that has a name I can’t remember, a blue-faced Seiko that was the only one I left the metal bracelet on, and about 8 different Orients. (I’m out of the game, but 10 years ago, that was absolutely the best quality watch at that price point.) And about 100 different NATO and Zulu straps.
I wound up (see what I did there) losing/misplacing a bunch in some moves. (Had more than my box could hold). But if I could do it again, I’d stick to 2 or 3 of those and a more expensive Osis or Omega in the $600-$1,000 range. Which I could have easily afforded considering how many $250 ones I bought.
Personally, I would never buy a Rolex, no matter how much money I had. Would only wear one if it had sentimental value. I’m not a snob by any stretch, but Rolexes just scream “try hard” to me. So I definitely wouldn’t buy a knock off like the one pictured in the OP. Looks super tacky. To me. But I think the key to watch wearing is to not give a frick what anybody thinks. Get what you want and rock the shite out of it with confidence. frick what anybody else thinks. :cheers:
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re: Nothing says ACC quite like Clemson @ Cal and Ga Tech @ Stanford
Posted by Hot Carl on 9/26/26 at 10:38 am to GetPiggywithIt
Oh shite. I thought it was weird you were bagging on Clemson and Tech for scheduling West Coast road OOC games. I totally forgot Cal and Stanford were now in the ACC. Ridiculous. :lol:
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SL is a better RB than he is a QB anyway.
:lol: The main reason—besides his ridiculous playmaking ability—he is able to run like he does is because he does it from the QB position. He’s not lining up behind the QB and taking handoffs and doing all that crazy playmaking. Which, even as much as we talk about it, is still underrated. Not just because of WHAT he does, but WHEN he does it. It got lost in our loss, but he pulled some crazy shite out of his arse on several “have to have it” plays. Like, “if we don’t convert this the game is over plays.”
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I believe Clark is the better QB
:lol: Based on what, exactly? A few no pressure drives and about 10 passes against a bunch of backups on overmatched teams who had already conceded the game? EVERYBODY who’s seen both practice say Sam is better, and it’s not even close.
What you, and a lot of posters, mean when you say “better QB” is a “better passer.” Completely discounting his running. Which is a big part of all QBs’ games, whether positive or negative.
Clark probably does throw a prettier ball. That’s really what you mean. And he can run a little. But he can’t run like Sam. And it can’t continue exactly like this for us to have a great season, but Sam’s running has been one of the biggest parts of our offense. Combined with Jones’ and without Green now, it might be the biggest. We have to obviously figure out the passing game and he’s got to get better there for sure, but his running ability is going to continue to be a huge part of this offense all season. His feet move the chains. They get in the end zone. Pretty important for an offense.
Maybe this place is dead because everybody is already out on campus cooking and drinking, not posting on the Rant.
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I was a sophomore at JC when he started in 1988. He came in making us do power cleans and jerks and talking about things like fast twitch muscle fibers and we were like what the frick is this dude talking about. All we ever did before that was bench presses and squats and things like that from a program posted on the bulletin board in the weight room.
West Monroe was like that with Casey Sanders who started there around the same time. I’m a little bit younger than you, but not much. I walked into WMHS as a freshman in ‘92 weighing 155 pounds. A year later, I was 215. And hadn’t grown an inch.
We did 5 basic lifts—squats, deadlifts, cleans, bench, and incline bench. We maxed on those every month or 2, and every workout was written on the board based on the percentage of your max. (3 x 8 @ 75% of your max, for example). Timed. I, and many others, threw up several times. From lifting weights, not running.
JT and Don Shows were both great program builders, maybe the best 2 in Louisiana history. Certainly in the top few. But Tommy Moffett and Casey Sanders were huge parts of their programs’ respective dominance in the 90s. We were just so much stronger than everybody.
re: What’s the campus vibe
Posted by Hot Carl on 9/26/26 at 9:32 am to MasterAbe1
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Ticket prices are way lower than I expected.
Both teams lost last week. That’s always going to lower prices.
re: What’s more beneficial for us: a Texas win or Tennessee?
Posted by Hot Carl on 9/26/26 at 9:29 am to honeybadger07
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Texas
In the event we lose 3 games and beat the #1 team and our losses are only to highly ranked teams then this helps any potential case to sneak into the playoffs.
1) Pretty sure I read that Texas still has 7 games left with ranked teams. Nothing in Sark’s career suggests he navigates that unscathed, even if this is his best team. I think the odds of an undefeated, #1 ranked Texas coming into Tiger Stadium in mid-November are pretty low.
2) For the sake of argument and your hypothetical, let’s say they are undefeated, and we beat them. Sure, great win. But you suggest it could be the tie-breaker if we wind up with 3 losses. Then who are our other 2 losses to? Bama and Tennessee? No way to know now, but those could be “good losses.” But the playoff committee is not putting in their 1st 3-loss regular season team when 2 of those losses were in their last 4 games.
So where’s the other loss? At Kentucky? That’s no good. At Auburn? Not great either. It’s actually probably today to A&M. Start 2-2, then finish on a 7-1 heater with a win over undefeated Texas and the only loss being a close one at home to Bama or on the road to Tennessee. Only problem with that, is that I don’t think this team is capable of that finish if they can’t find a way to win today in Tiger Stadium at night.
3) Everybody hates us right now. It’s really hard for me to see the committee putting us in with 3 regular season losses. Again, no 3-loss regular season team has gotten in without an auto qualifier. It would take a huge cannibalistic clusterfrick of an SEC season where everybody just beats everybody and there’s a bunch of 3-loss teams. And I don’t see us being the team that gets the benefit of the doubt. Not this year. We’d need Clemson to go 11-1 or 10-2 and win the ACC most likely. And that does not look like a team even remotely capable of that. Hell, did they even win last night at Cal? They were losing when I went to bed.
4) Tl:dr—I don’t see a realistic path for us to make the playoffs at 9-3, no matter who the losses are to. But I also don’t see realistic path where we DON’T make the playoffs at 10-2, no matter who the other loss is to. So I don’t think this UT/UT game is really going to affect our season either way.
re: What’s more beneficial for us: a Texas win or Tennessee?
Posted by Hot Carl on 9/26/26 at 9:10 am to beauchristopher
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Much rather Texas lose. They have more resources than Tennessee. I rather they have as little success as possible.
I agree. Since we play them both this year, I think short term, it’s a push. Long term, Texas’s program is the bigger threat. Gimme the Vols.
re: Kiffin spoke on Leavitt without naming him tonight
Posted by Hot Carl on 9/25/26 at 8:29 pm to Kool Kaliper
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Kool Kaliper
You’re such an intellectually dishonest, racist frick. It’s clear you’re smart. Even clearer you’re an a-hole. Why are you the way you are?
re: Any update on how many games Green misses ?
Posted by Hot Carl on 9/25/26 at 10:08 am to AtlantaLSUfan
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Chance that he makes it earlier.
I just don’t see it. We are going to have to learn how to win football games without
Trey-Dez Green. If we do and run off 5-straight, and are 7-1 heading into Auburn, I just can’t see them not giving him an extra 2 weeks with the bye before Bama. A 7-1 LSU team should be good enough to win an 11 am game on the Plains. We WILL need a fully healthy Trey for the killer stretch of Bama, Texas, and at Tennessee.
And I would go ahead and prepare myself for Lane to not address his return in the slightest except to deflect it. We won’t know he’s playing until the very last second Lane has to disclose it whatever week it is.
re: Any update on how many games Green misses ?
Posted by Hot Carl on 9/25/26 at 9:54 am to Mrtommorrow1987
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Deep bone contusion without structural damage a few weeks
For a high school senior with no college prospects, maybe. I’ve never had a bone contusion, but everyone I know who has said it hurts like a motherfricker. So even if he “can” come back in a few weeks without risk of re-injury, the pain is going to keep him from being 100%. Which subconsciously changes the way you play, you tend to protect what hurts. Which opens him up to injuring something different.
I just think everyone involved is going to play this very conservatively and there will be a little “wait and see” relative to where this team is. If some guys step up in the passing game and we’re set up to make a playoff run, then adding Trey for home stretch and then hopefully the playoffs would be incredible icing on the cake. But the icing is worthless if we can’t figure out how to bake the cake 1st. We’ll see. Season starts tomorrow, :cheers:
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Momma mentioned 3 games initially
Zero chance. And didn’t she say 3-6 anyway? And “hopefully?” And that was still really early—like Sunday or early Monday, right? Emotions were high. Information wasn’t clear. Cooler heads—with his NFL future in mind—will be very conservative with him imo. And again, I think that includes Lane and LSU. Have to consider both Trey’s and LSU’s long-term interests. And I don’t think rushing him back is in either one’s.
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This is the thing: he would get drafted high regardless
Right. Which brings up something nobody has mentioned, but I think is a real possibility. It depends on what our record is. I think the Bama game is the absolute earliest. Even if he “could” come back before that, I think both sides are going to be very conservative with him. Him and his family AND LSU. As much as Lane wants him back, I think he truly cares about him and his future. Even if he doesn’t (he does), he’s got to at least pretend to for future recruiting.
Which brings me back to the possibility I alluded to based on our record. If we still only have 1 or 2 losses, with everything still in front of us, come November and he’s good to go, I think he will do everything he can to be ready for Bama. But if for whatever reason the rails come off a bit and we’ve got 3 losses going into November, I don’t think he plays again for LSU. And I think Lane would be fine with it, if not recommends it. Sometimes you have to protect the player from himself. He’s got too much money waiting for him in the NFL to come back for a few games that would have no championship impact. Too much risk with very little reward.
And I’d be fine with it, and so should everyone else. And I don’t think it would be any sort of indictment on his character—I’m sure he wants to get back as soon as possible. But the adults around him may convince him to make the best long-term decision for himself.
Now again, if we’re still sitting here with only 1 loss—or even 2–and he’s healthy and not at risk of re-injury, I think he absolutely comes back for a potential playoff run. I’m just tempering my expectations on a speedy return.
re: Is CFB committee signaling 9-3 might be in?
Posted by Hot Carl on 9/24/26 at 8:34 pm to Yaboylsu63
Texas coming back and beating Ohio State was really good for the entire conference if this is really true. Great for LSU if we beat them in Baton Rouge in November. Bama over Florida State and Ole Miss over Louisville was good too. Our utter dismantling of Clemson doesn’t hurt. Oklahoma fricked us a bit by losing to Michigan.
re: The ATL Thread - 9/23 - Suarez Returns
Posted by Hot Carl on 9/24/26 at 10:02 am to infantry1026
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Struggling for 2 runs against the Reds is……….something
Ronnie being out of the lineup hurts everybody. Not that we’ve been crushing top to bottom even with him hot. I know it was against much worse arms than we’ll see in the playoffs, but I was encouraged with Olson and Riley both getting 2 hits with a bomb.
Also really encouraged with Suarez’s velo and Iggy’s performance. Adding Suarez and AJ to an already good bullpen makes me feel better about our post season chances. Get 6 or 7 from Sale and 5+ from Mahle, and we should be in every game they start when we turn it over to the pen.
Would be nice if the offense could show signs of life in the 1st 5 innings, but the playoffs really are a new season. Maybe with the few off days sprinkled in, they can get more focused and possibly shine under the bright lights. It’d be hard to wilt any more, even against better pitching.
Speaking of better pitching, I listened to a post game broadcast, and they said Sale’s average velo on his 4-seamer last night was 97.8. The 3rd highest—of his entire career. Dude is a fricking freak. Also became only the 2nd LHP of all time to have 200 Ks in 9 seasons. Another guy who had a crazy peak in his mid-late 30s.
re: Call two or three designed runs for Sam in the first couple of drives.
Posted by Hot Carl on 9/24/26 at 9:41 am to IntenseKid
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After watching eye in the sky with Flynn and Hester I just hope we run more RPOs
Me too
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tell leavitt to hand it every time.
That’s not an RPO. It’s just an R.
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He wants to run. Let him run. I think getting tackled a few times might settle him down and help him get into a better rhythm in the passing game.
So would hitting some short passes. So would some handoffs to Jones for 6 or 7 yards keeping us ahead of the chains. We can do all of those on the 1st drive, provided we finally get a 1st down or 2. Going 3 and out on our 1st drive all 3 games has hurt Sam as much as anything. (Of course, he’s part of the reason we’ve gone 3 and out). It’s not the play calls early necessarily, it’s been the execution.
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Indiana was a build. They were 11-2 the season before they won it.
Indiana was also an anomaly, even in the NIL era. Cignetti brought 13 core players from his 11-1 James Madison team, kept veteran Indiana players, and targeted older, experienced players in the portal every window. Their national championship team last year started 17 4th, 5th, and 6th year guys. They averaged 23.2 years old. Surprisingly, Miami’s starters last year were slightly older, averaging 23.3+ years old. (Michigan’s ‘23 NC team’s average starters’ age was 22.1 years old, “overwhelmingly made up of 4th- and 5th-year seniors.”)
Lane didn’t do that. Largely because of Ole Miss’s playoff run. I think he only brought 5 Ole Miss players (Princewill, Dottery, Watkins, Harper, and our punter), which makes a huge difference as far as ability to establish a culture. He’s had to teach 100 guys how to practice, how to prepare, how to focus, expectations, etc…And the LSU players he kept were mostly younger guys with multiple years of eligibility coming off a 7-6 season. Hell, even Weeks still has another year. And he focused mainly on portal guys who also had/have multiple years of eligibility remaining.
Their 2026 LSU team’s starters average between 21.8 and 22.2 years old. And the entire roster averages 20.12 years old (ranking 103rd in FBS). This was never going to be a national championship winning team unless we just had abnormally good injury luck. And so far, we’ve had pretty bad injury luck.
We just don’t have the developed, veteran depth. And we’re counting on some true freshman DTs, which is not a position where you want to be counting on true freshmen. Freaks as they may be, OL tends to be the oldest position group, so our 18-year-olds are going mostly against 4th and 5th year 21-23 year olds. That matters.
So people can throw around the “$50 million roster” term all they want, but they’re either not well informed or intellectually dishonest. That bought us a really good roster, but likely not a perfect roster, and likely not a championship roster. It costs more to get players from other schools than it does to retain guys or bring them with you. I think the hope was to get lucky and sneak into the playoffs this year, and make a legit run in the ‘27 season and beyond.
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Many Rantards
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re: Don't know about you, but it's starting to hit me how huge this game against A&M is
Posted by Hot Carl on 9/23/26 at 8:45 pm to StrongOffer
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Tigers are -8.5. I won’t be happy if we don’t cover the spread. I’m not betting, I just want to win convincingly
frick that. I’ll take a 1-point win and get the frick out of September 3-1.
re: Injury report
Posted by Hot Carl on 9/23/26 at 8:39 pm to cajuntiger1010
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Cooley Questionable, Jakheem Jackson Doubtful
Not great, Bob.
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