re: I don't like any of this

I wouldn't go that far. I think, to an extent, Les' performance has deluded people on the potential and inherent ability of the LSU program. You simply cannot compare the pre 2000/saban LSU to what it is now. I won't get into the details, but I liken it to someone sitting on a boat load of oil that finally started to seriously drill and struck big. A small example is the implementation of the tradition fund that started brining huge cash flows into the program. Anyway, it's hard to compare Tennessee or Nebraska (a lot of people use this) to LSU.