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"Fournettes on another level" - Todd McShay

Posted on 8/26/16 at 8:40 am
Posted by Solo Cam
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Posted on 8/26/16 at 8:40 am
Article is premium but you can watch the video. Article/Video
Cliffs:

- Fournette is by far the best back in this class
- This could be the best RB class since 08 (5- 1st rounders)
- The evaluated 150 players, all positions, in the offseason. LF is #1
- Ezekiel Elliot is as complete of a back as there is, Fournette is better. "He's on another level"

Make sure and take this season in as much as possible. We may never see a better football player in Purple and Gold.

LF need 2200 yds for the SEC single season rushing record

LF needs 2272 yds for the SEC career rushing record

Both are attainable if we play in the national title.
Posted by Mr. Wayne
Member since Feb 2008
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Posted on 8/26/16 at 8:56 am to
In 3 years and with a cancelled game against a cupcake. Unreal
Posted by 1BIGTigerFan
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Posted on 8/26/16 at 8:58 am to
All in...
Posted by Chadwick
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Posted on 8/26/16 at 8:59 am to
Posted by bnb9433
Member since Jan 2015
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Posted on 8/26/16 at 9:07 am to
quote:

LF need 2200 yds for the SEC single season rushing record LF needs 2272 yds for the SEC career rushing record


Posted by themunch
Earth. maybe
Member since Jan 2007
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Posted on 8/26/16 at 9:21 am to
All IN

Posted by Keltic Tiger
Baton Rouge
Member since Dec 2006
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Posted on 8/26/16 at 10:01 am to
Yet there are more than a few idiot ranters from the hawgs & Black Bears on the SEC Rant who claim he is over rated because "most of his big stats come against OC competition". bama ranters are split on how good he "really is". I used the word "idiots" to be polite.
Posted by AlexLSU
Member since Jan 2005
25341 posts
Posted on 8/26/16 at 10:08 am to
When reading the back and forth between LSU and FSU fans regarding the Fournette/Cook debate, I'd ask, how many of the 32 NFL teams would pick Cook over Fournette in a vacuum? Cook is an insane talent, but LF has an unprecedented combination of tangible and intangible attributes. Maybe not unprecedented, but definitely uncommon. He's legitimately in a class with Adrian Peterson, Bo Jackson, Barry Sanders, Herschel Walker, etc. A truly rare talent that we get one more season to admire and brag about
Posted by SportTiger1
Stonewall, LA
Member since Feb 2007
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Posted on 8/26/16 at 10:46 am to
quote:

Both are attainable if we play in the national title.


This is key. 2272 in 15 games is 151 ypg. lower than his avg last year.

Could be a fun year.
Posted by TheHat7
Member since Oct 2015
7189 posts
Posted on 8/26/16 at 11:14 am to
Good backs rely on the Oline. I watched replay of Elliot v's Michigan. State. He had 12 carries for like 30 yards. Even the best backs rely on Oline, qb, and coaches to put them in position to succeed. If someone says he's overrated because of one or two games then they are just ignorant and are stat line evaluators. Those same fans probably said aj mccaron would be a great NFL qb.
Posted by YouAre8Up
in a house
Member since Mar 2011
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Posted on 8/26/16 at 11:22 am to
quote:

Those same fans probably said aj mccaron would be a great NFL qb.


And here comes the Bama envy.

Never heard a single person say that LF was overrated or the AJ McCarron would be a great NFL QB. He was good in the system that Bama had for him just like Tebo had in Florida.
Posted by RANDY44
Member since Aug 2005
9572 posts
Posted on 8/26/16 at 11:29 am to
quote:

Good backs rely on the Oline

Even great backs rely on OL, not to mention outstanding play calls to efficiently utilize their God-given talents. Not using LF on flares and circle routes against teams that stacked the box with good talent like 'Bama and Arky is just plain unforgiveable. Fournette only needs a small crease for the blink of an eye to over-power a defense. The Tigers' OL is talented and it's time to step up to the levels of the greatest Tiger teams in recent history; '03 '07, '10, '11, '12 and '13. The kind of dominant OL play that LSU displayed in those seasons could lead to rushing records for LF and the team that will last for many years.
Posted by AnotherRound
Member since Oct 2012
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Posted on 8/26/16 at 11:30 am to
quote:

"Fournettes on another level"


yes, yes he is

Posted by Iam_PrinceAkeem
Atlanta
Member since Dec 2011
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Posted on 8/26/16 at 11:40 am to
FOURNETTE IS A GREAT PASS CATCHER HE WILL SHOW THAT AT THE NEXT LEVEL
Posted by Solo Cam
Member since Sep 2015
32720 posts
Posted on 8/26/16 at 11:41 am to
Ok? No one said he wasn't.
Posted by ffhouston
The Woodlands
Member since Sep 2007
3782 posts
Posted on 8/26/16 at 12:07 pm to
quote:

Make sure and take this season in as much as possible. We may never see a better football player in Purple and Gold.


Agreed. Must be similar to what it was like to watch Billy Cannon in person. Another level indeed.
Posted by William G
Lafayette
Member since Jan 2014
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Posted on 8/26/16 at 12:10 pm to
Duh
Posted by GeorgePlimpton
Member since Aug 2016
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Posted on 8/26/16 at 12:12 pm to
Any time i think AJ was overrated, I remember John Parker Wilson...
Posted by LSU Jonno
Huntsville, AL
Member since Feb 2008
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Posted on 8/26/16 at 12:43 pm to
quote:

In 3 years and with a cancelled game against a cupcake. Unreal


The record he would break was set in 3 years, by Walker, with an 11 game schedule and no bowl stats.

LF could break the record with a lower YPC and YPG average. Not taking anything away from LF, but give Walker his due.
Posted by LSU82BILL
Fort Lauderdale, FL
Member since Sep 2006
10338 posts
Posted on 8/26/16 at 1:00 pm to
quote:

The record he would break was set in 3 years, by Walker, with an 11 game schedule and no bowl stats. LF could break the record with a lower YPC and YPG average. Not taking anything away from LF, but give Walker his due.


Regardless of 11 game schedules and bowl stats.....If LSU makes the playoff and assuming LF averages 25 carries per game like last year, he would finish with 375 carries for 2,445 yards and a career total of 5,432. That would be more than Herschel's total of 5,259. He would also finish his 3 year career with 862 carries - 132 less than Herschel.
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