re: BK says in new interview regarding DT that he isn’t buying players

To "close the gap" you need depth. LSU has zero depth. Guillory and Lee are below-average players, Shone is unknown, and then you have freshmen who cannot be relied on.

One portal DT wouldn't "close the gap" but two or three would have.

CBK's refusal to play the game is embarrassing and will lead to losses in the fall.

Remember this interview when the dline is being dominated

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*We're not in the market of buying players and unfortunately right now, that's what some guys are looking for. They want to be bought.

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Not saying his approach is right or wrong but the mentality of these player wont change. Its the new landscape of college athletics. These players wont look at the long game and will only look for the what can you do for me now, money

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None of the DTs we whiffed on are even in the realm of what most would consider to “close the gap” with the big boy 5 star DTs that Bama, UGA, OSU regularly recruit… no one in their right mind was going to pay them the money they wanted except pathetically desperate programs like OU and Miami. Texas, who has the most money to throw around in all of CFB didn’t even want to match what OU was paying. If a Glenn Dorsey like player jumps in the portal, maybe you consider it… but that was not the case

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I agree with this, but...Oklahoma and Miami were desperate because, like us, they mismanaged the DT position. CBK should have never let us get into a position where we were reliant on the second spring portal to bail us out. The second spring portal is full of processed guys and depth players who are looking for a payday like they matter.

So for CBK to turn around and say, "I'm not going to play that game" when he put us in position to have to play that game is concerning.

We are where we are. Our DL room is the worst it's been in two decades. Bo will have to earn his paycheck this year. Let's hope McKinley is a stud and hope the coaches redouble our efforts on the 2025 class and get some studs (so far 0 DT commitments but it's early).

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Oh well. He better go out there and still find a way to win.

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He’s had 2 good back to back season with a completely devastated roster left by the previous jackass. I think BK knows what he’s doing.

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Bo was hired for a reason. Any questions hit me on the celly

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Once again, Cap knows what’s up. We are all good.

Even if we had gotten any of the previous DTs from the portal, we would still not likely had been ready to make a run at a championship this year. No need to blow tons of money on a season you likely aren’t going to win a championship in. We are building for a run next year.

I loved seeing this. Weed out the "only here for instant money" people.

This is what I tell all the people against it;

LSU
5* Maason Smith 2nd round
3* Jordan Jefferson, 4th round
3* Mekhi Wingo, 6th round (left early)

Bo Davis
4* (just barely. 49th ranked DL) Byron Murphy 1st round
3* T'Vondre Sweat 2nd round

Now for any of these dudes looking at the open spots available, looking at the drafts pick this recent draft, and getting a major one year payday, likely north of 500k, it was 110% about upfront money for them. Miami just turned a 5 star into an UDFA. Miami's DL coach has not had a DT drafted at Oregon or Miami (that's 17-21 and 22-23). Neither of these two schools have had a DL recruit drafted the past 2 classes, and none are projected as a draft pick for this upcoming draft (before Damonic).



If you went to Miami for the big money, scenery and the house they put you in, so be it. If you want to go for the insane money Oklahoma is giving you, so be it.

Davis has molded DL for a long time. Made several 3 star guys into draft picks. We are going to be great going forward.

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let's see if OSU, Bama, Ole Miss, OU, Miami, FSU, Oregon etc. have horrible seasons because their locker rooms were all in turmoil over the transfer guys and their paychecks.

You can stand on your morals with this if you want. But when the other schools you're competing for a title with are doing it, you better have a plan in place for how you're gonna close that talent gap to keep up.

And it looks like we didn't account for that at all.

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This is literally forest for the trees logic. You idiots will see soon enough. Wonder how much Michigan paid to beat Bama, Ohio St, and Washington for a championship though?

FSU just lost their entire team and had to recruit an entire team again in the portal. You think that's sustainable?

OU will be lucky to go 8-4 this year paying a kid 1.5 mill to play DT.

Ole Miss is shooting their shot for one year, if they don't make the playoffs, they've just wasted millions. All those kids are gone after this year, and their recruiting is poo. Have fun remaking a roster in the portal again.

Miami "could" do something this year, but I'm personally not seeing an elite program going forward.

LSU's 2026 DL could legitimately be

DE Reliford 3rd year
DT McKinley 3rd year
DT Stewart 1st year
DE Jackson 3rd year

Or he sweaks his knee in the first game and has to sit out the season? The ROI is bad!

I wouldn't listen to anyone who goes by OJ'S Life Coach.