re: Shreveport and LSU

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I see a lot more LSU swag in shreveport than any other school. I don't get how people make these assumptions.

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lived in shreveport for 18 years....shreveport is def an LSU town...more southern louisiana folks just think they are more coonass then us thus making them more louisiana....im half and half...dad from south, mom from north, was raised in both...

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was at the same game, i didnt see too much that was special...seemed unmotivated to me too...no big loss imo...

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The issue isn't losing a kid that seems to play unmotivated, rather the fact that after having the type of season our team just completed, we shouldn't even be offering kids like this or at the ver least, turning them away.

sometimes kids go to a particular school because that school promises the kid he can play the position he wants to coming in.

Lsu on the other hand may want the athlete to come in and maybe switch to another position depending on where LSU has needs.

Its not always cut and dry, sometimes its about the depth chart, the number of underclassmen competing for playing time, the position the athlete wants to play, and sometimes its just good old fashioned arse kissing by a schools recruiting staff.

This thread is pointless....off the top of my head, I can rattle off a some big time players from South Louisiana that went elsewhere...

Ed Reed - St. Rose - Miami
Warrick Dunn - Baton Rouge - Florida State
Peyton Manning - New Orleans - Tennessee
Eli Manning - New Orleans - Ole Miss
Joe McKnight - River Ridge - USC
Eddie Lacy - Geismar - Alabama
Landon Collins - Geismar - Alabama
Jonathan Wells - River Ridge - Ohio State
Marshall Faulk - New Orleans - San Diego State
Ben Jarvus Green Ellis - New Orleans - Ole Miss
Brandon Bolden - Baton Rouge - Ole Miss
Brandon Jacobs - Napoleonville - Auburn/Southern Ill.
James Hall - New Orleans - Michigan
Kordell Stewart - Marrero - Colorado