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The biggest question mark of the team this year.

Posted on 7/1/25 at 10:38 pm
Posted by CrawfishElvis
Member since Apr 2021
1093 posts
Posted on 7/1/25 at 10:38 pm
The O line. I trust everything else. But breaking this fresh O line in against Clemson’s NFL D line… it has me nervous.
Posted by Morpheus
In your Dreams
Member since Apr 2022
7175 posts
Posted on 7/2/25 at 1:39 am to
The Head Coach
Posted by semjase
New Smyrna Beach FL
Member since May 2014
14400 posts
Posted on 7/2/25 at 2:51 am to
Most definitely OL.

OL talent AND OL Coaching.

Butter Kreme had to hire a TE coach to show the OL coach how to coach the running game and I don't know if the TE coach knows jack shite about coaching TE's.
Posted by saint tiger225
San Diego
Member since Jan 2011
46225 posts
Posted on 7/2/25 at 3:49 am to
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semjase

Posted by TigerBait2008
Boulder,CO
Member since Jun 2008
37924 posts
Posted on 7/2/25 at 5:02 am to
You don't know jack shite about anything so there's that.
Posted by MicahTiger
Member since Dec 2021
602 posts
Posted on 7/2/25 at 5:21 am to
Butter Kreme had to hire a TE coach to show the OL coach how to coach the running game

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Where is this tired narrative coming from? RGC would show the OC how to call the running game, not the OL coach.
Posted by Draco Malfoy
Member since Mar 2024
2858 posts
Posted on 7/2/25 at 6:37 am to
I still don’t understand why we didn’t take an OT or two in the portals
Posted by BayouCowboy
Member since Dec 2012
16481 posts
Posted on 7/2/25 at 6:51 am to
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I still don’t understand why we didn’t take an OT or two in the portals

Thompson can play OG or OT, but most likely they liked what they had compared to transfer options or the top portal OTs outpaced their market value
Posted by Tiger1988
Houston
Member since May 2016
29595 posts
Posted on 7/2/25 at 6:51 am to
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The Head Coach

Elaborate. Questioning a guy that has been to multiple playoffs and had a team 5th with only 1 loss on the year the last time the playoffs were 4 teams.
Posted by Bayou
Boudin, LA
Member since Feb 2005
41418 posts
Posted on 7/2/25 at 6:58 am to
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OL talent AND OL Coaching.

Posted by mdomingue
Lafayette, LA
Member since Nov 2010
42329 posts
Posted on 7/2/25 at 7:14 am to
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Butter Kreme had to hire a TE coach to show the OL coach how to coach the running game and I don't know if the TE coach knows jack shite about coaching TE's.



You are so dumb.

A large number of blown-up running plays last season were due to poor run blocking by the tight ends, which allowed backside tackles, particularly on slower-developing running plays.
Posted by Cd104
Member since Aug 2018
2008 posts
Posted on 7/2/25 at 7:18 am to
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I still don’t understand why we didn’t take an OT or two in the portals


Because we have 5 star Weston Davis waiting in the wings behind Emory Jones at RT and 4 star Tyree Adams who’s going into year 3. Two super talented kids who are ready to play this team was aggressive in the portal their was a reason they weren’t as aggressive for OT they think both guys are ready. Their both talented high ceiling big time recruits you can’t keep them on the bench forever you gotta let them play
This post was edited on 7/2/25 at 7:53 am
Posted by Draco Malfoy
Member since Mar 2024
2858 posts
Posted on 7/2/25 at 7:48 am to
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Because we have 5 star Weston Davis waiting in the wing behind Emory Jones at RT and 4 star Tyree Adams who’s going into year 3. Two super talented kids who are ready to play this team was aggressive in the portal their was a reason they weren’t as aggressive for OT they think both guys are ready. Their both talented high ceiling big time recruits you can’t keep them on the bench forever you gotta let them play



And if one of them get injured?
Posted by Tiger1988
Houston
Member since May 2016
29595 posts
Posted on 7/2/25 at 9:16 am to
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A large number of blown-up running plays last season were due to poor run blocking by the tight ends, which allowed backside tackles, particularly on slower-developing running plays.

AND STARTING A GUY AT CENTER WHO NEVER STARTED. Then when they were finally meshing, had an injury to a 5th year senior guard that was helping with the inside push. 2 games later losing the other senior guard hence 7 sacks because of the new players at critical positions AND. A first time starter at QB.

Trend the end of the first half TAMU through the end of the season really. OU with any receivers probably win. Vandy had shot their wad by then.
The defense played better as the season progressed which allowed the offense more opportunities and not feel as pressured.

It is about the TEAM and the impact position groups can have on each other.
Posted by Pikes Peak Tiger
Colorado Springs
Member since Jun 2023
9387 posts
Posted on 7/2/25 at 9:23 am to
O line and secondary

Secondary should be significantly better but I want to see it first.
Posted by evansky
Member since Nov 2009
841 posts
Posted on 7/2/25 at 12:56 pm to
And last year it was supposed to be our biggest strength...
Posted by Fast Times @ LSU
Camas
Member since Jan 2005
2017 posts
Posted on 7/2/25 at 1:25 pm to
OL
ST
Secondary

i really hope we make strides in ST. i'm shocked at how bad ST have been under Kelly.

i'm cautiously optimistic about our retooled OL and secondary.
Posted by Morpheus
In your Dreams
Member since Apr 2022
7175 posts
Posted on 7/2/25 at 3:11 pm to
The “It” factor in Kelly and the way he coaches his teams has always been a question of mine about him. This goes all the way back to his time at Notre Dame.

Can he get players and the coaches to believe everything short of titles is a failure at LSU?
I need to see more Dog, and I don’t mean throwing players under the bus anymore.

Period.
Posted by Hot Carl
Prayers up for 3
Member since Dec 2005
62018 posts
Posted on 7/2/25 at 6:07 pm to
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And if one of them get injured?


Next man up. You think we were getting stud OTs to come in and be 2nd string? And paying them? Or do you think the stud lower class men were just gonna keep staying when we just keep getting upperclassmen from the portal to play over them? At some point, you’ve got to trust your high school evaluations, your development, and let them play. Having 4 starting caliber OTs AND having to pay for all 4 is not a great allocation of resources.

And we’ve got more than Thompson, Davis, and Tyree that can play OT. Some are physical freak underclassmen that may have been recruited as IL, but are athletic enough to kick out. And athletic enough to play early. There’s only so many resources to go around, and it appears to me that LSU did just about as good a job as any team in the country to spread those around as best as they could. Injuries at any position can derail any team. Got to have a bit of injury luck to make a championship run.
Posted by Madking
Member since Apr 2016
66093 posts
Posted on 7/2/25 at 6:40 pm to
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