re: Who was the last CAN'T MISS prospect from La. to spurn LSU....

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quote: quote:Joe McKnight didn't hurt LSU. He was overrated and a prima donna. In retrospect. At the time it was a major loss. Yes, but did it hurt LSU? McKnight was a product of John Curtis' historical rep. He didn't amount to shite in college or the NFL, so I don't call that a huge loss. In fact, I'd call Wallace a bigger loss than McKnight. But you act as if he did nothing there. We certainly didn't need either Berlin or Eli to win a title but you would consider them losses at the time. I don't disagree with you, just noting that he was very highly regarded at the time and we missed. The guy is a POS so he can just fall into the Janzen Jackson category of misses.

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I agree, that it hurt at the time of the commitment, but in the long run McKnight was a non-factor. Nothing like in the 90's when LSU was losing athletes like Warrick Dunn, Brandon Mitchell, Ed Reed, Peyton Manning and the like.