re: Fox analyst Joel klatt has LSU goin 7-1 in sec play and making the playoffs at 10-2

Maason had about 9 million dollars worth of business leaving for the draft.

We got it twisted. He’s a 3 year rental. After that he has to get money and establish his own way in the world.

You know its not happening if that lsu hater scatt is saying it

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Don't forget we also had Mason Smith leave to go in the draft when he had no business doing so. It would have been nice to see him come back under Bo Davis to improve both his game & draft stock.

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Meh. Masson barely played half of his freshman year plagued by nagging injuries. Played 3 snaps his SO season before going down. Had a bad JR year, no doubt, but he hobbled into the season on a bum wheel. Still managed to play the whole season. Could he have come back and really developed under Davis and catapulted himself into the 1st round? Possibly. Could he have come back and torn an ACL and missed most of his SR season? Also possible. Then what? Comes back for a 5th season with even more wear and tear? Risk not worth the reward. He had a nice Pro Day, rally excelled at some of the drills, impressed enough teams—at least the Jaguars—to where he went in the 2nd round at pick 48 and signed a 4-year $8 million contract. He’s not getting many reps now—he’s 4th on their depth chart right now. He may be banged up again. But he’s only still 21, has great traits, a $2,651,708 signing bonus in the bank with an average annual salary of over $3 million over the next 4 years. And at only 21,he’ll be getting his second deal at only 25 years old. He obviously made the right decision for HIM. Too much risk in coming back and getting hurt again.

These hot takes on him are silly. You just wished we had him back as an avid LSU fan. And there’s no shame in him weighing the risk/reward and taking the guaranteed reward. He had to do what was best for him and his family. I hope it works out great for him. Just too much risk in coming back and praying for a healthy back to back season that he’s never had.

Remember. we only have to ranked 12th to be in "the playoffs". I expect LSU to end up to be ranked higher than #12 at the end of the season EACH year. If we are lucky it may happen.