re: Rashard Lawrence 'best D-lineman I've seen in a long time'

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Glad he won a National championship-he was a building block

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He was THE recruit that was supposed to, and did IMHO, start us back to trenchers that could stand toe to toe with the Bama's and Clemson's of the CFB world.

A highly touted NLA recruit (much maligned area and people we are here N of Columbia) that Bama wanted bad that LSU got and held onto that goes on to be uber-solid.

With hindsight things on the lines did start to change after that. It was incremental, but exactly what we all expected (no matter which coach).

Got a good cook out of the deal too in Pops.