re: Rahim Alem and Tremaine Johnson

Well- if i was getting my entire education paid for to do a job (which is the case here)---and i were lectured EVERY DAY (as defensive players are) that the second infraction always draws the penalty (It happens to them all the time)- AND you know the game is WON with the stop-- then no I would not react like that.

I also think TJ was over-reacting....Did you actually watch the play. I saw no fingers going into his eyes like you and he protray. I did see some exchange of words but no "eyeball extraction"/ poking. Please send a link to the video you are referring to

Ahhh yes- but you had me going so much that I couldn't help it.Now I shall go punish myself by poking my eyes out and cutting off my fingers....

Nah- I'll just give myself a big hug.

PS- you are fun (albeit annoyingly insane) to debate. But until your love fest with Miles is brought under control, it will be too damaging to my health.

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then no I would not react like that.

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Seriouly, we are presumably older and wiser, and have hopefully learned a bit over the years about self-restraint and the consequences lack thereof can have not just for ourselves, but others as a direct result of our actions as well.

Young student athletes are often still learning these lessons in the hard knocks of sports. You can preach and teach at young people all day long - you know this - and they mean well ... and then somebody pokes 'em in the eye and they react in a boneheaded manner in heartbeat.

That's the bane of youthfulness - you know, like the thrill of victory and the agony of defeat. Johnson learned a hard lesson I doubt he'll ever forget, especially because it is a lesson that most likely cost him and his teammates a win in the last game of the regular season.

Mine came to us a little later in life than most people get them, and they've come in all shapes and sizes with distinctly unique personalities. Why on earth they do some of the things they do and have throughout the years is something I have to reach far back to my own childhood and teen/early twenties to have an iota of understanding for.

Kids will be kids and young student athletes will be young student athletes at the most inopportune times, won't they?

It's life and it's painful sometimes. But isn't that what parents always say about sports? It teaches our children life lessons, how to win and lose? That sort of thing? He's not my kid, but Johnson learned a very hard lesson Friday ... he's had to face his teammates in the locker room, on the trip back to BR and he'll be facing his classmates and the public as he moves about campus in the coming weeks.

If nothing else comes of it, let us hope those two young men learned lessons they and their team will profit from in the future.

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that dude uses the force to become one of the top rantard prospects i've seen in a while

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In a while, I've been a member here since 04, you certainly have made valid points in your lifetime but you aren't football savvy if you feel personal fouls should lead to suspensions.

Secondly, although each penalty was dumb in terms of intent, neither warrant long term losses in playtime. LSU had their chances to get off the field regardless of penalties. The rant is obsessed with blaming referees for our losses.

We lost as an uncohesive unit. It's been our flaw since the Florida game.

Amen. They need an emoticon for "putting a pistol to my head" . Their are some people that we should be grateful we don't have to live with!!!!!

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I find your incessant use of the paragraph disturbing.

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It beats heck out of trying to read one of those run-on paragraphs in 4 point type.

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Their are some people that we should be grateful we don't have to live with!!!!!

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At least one in New Jersey.

uh huh----hey i thought you were gonna take a break and come back when you took your bipolar meds

So im curious Exiled...do you hang the LSU flag outside your house in Ohio like I do in NJ?

Yea, guys that commit stupid personal foul penalties get suspended all the time.

What a bunch of crybaby fans. If either committed two personal fouls a piece, then you MIGHT have a case. But to call for a players suspension over one personal foul call because you, a fan, are upset that your team lost? Sad.