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re: LSU A&M talent gap

Posted on 4/29/20 at 3:19 pm to
Posted by ROPO
Member since Jul 2016
3206 posts
Posted on 4/29/20 at 3:19 pm to
Aggies better hope they get to play this season. This is their year. Start with the schedule:

Abilene Christian
North Texas
Colorado
Arkansas (in Jerry World)
@ Mississippi State
Fresno State
@Auburn
@South Carolina
Ole Miss
Vanderbilt
@Alabama
LSU

They legit could be 10-0 and in the top 5 in mid-November.
Posted by ImayGoLesMiles
Baton Rouge, La
Member since Feb 2015
13259 posts
Posted on 4/29/20 at 3:23 pm to
LSU, bama, auburn. All losses. Same ole shite from the gays.
Posted by ROPO
Member since Jul 2016
3206 posts
Posted on 4/29/20 at 3:25 pm to
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LSU, bama, auburn. All losses. Same ole shite from the gays.


I agree. However, it wouldn't shock me to see a hyped up, 6-0, top 10 ranked, relatively healthy A&M steal one in Jordan-Hare
Posted by bulletprooftiger
Member since Aug 2006
2260 posts
Posted on 4/29/20 at 3:37 pm to
quote:

In the first two drafts following Sumlin’s first season, the Aggies had four first-round draft picks, all Sherman recruits. In the first two drafts following Fisher’s first season, the Aggies had zero first-round picks and only one second-rounder among Sumlin’s recruits.


Isn't this a false narrative considering that Sumlin recruited last years #1 draft pick, Kyler Murray, and Jimbo chased him away?
Posted by RogerTheShrubber
Juneau, AK
Member since Jan 2009
283027 posts
Posted on 4/29/20 at 3:42 pm to
Aggs have top ten talent. LSU has pulled away from them but they arent lacking.
Posted by FLObserver
Jacksonville
Member since Nov 2005
15250 posts
Posted on 4/29/20 at 4:33 pm to
Mond fixing to change that drought with texas A&M getting drafted! Wait never mind.
Posted by scott8811
Ratchet City, LA
Member since Oct 2014
12435 posts
Posted on 4/29/20 at 4:39 pm to
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f Jimbo starts to have losing seasons (and that is possible) there is nothing the Ags can do about it.


They will buy him out and every ag will use it as a flex
Posted by BananaHammock
Member since Aug 2011
13150 posts
Posted on 4/29/20 at 4:46 pm to
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That Mississippi State loss in 2017 was really infuriating to watch. Just sickening how we got man handled.

The 29-34 loss to them in 2014 was equally maddening. It was the first time I turned an LSU game off before it was over.
Posted by Gus007
TN
Member since Jul 2018
13305 posts
Posted on 4/29/20 at 5:55 pm to
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Mond fixing to change that drought with texas A&M getting drafted! Wait never mind.




Mond was one reason they were bad.
When playing LSU it was if he and the receivers were on different play books. Receiver went left he threw right, numerous times.
Posted by soccerfüt
Location: A Series of Tubes
Member since May 2013
70471 posts
Posted on 4/29/20 at 6:09 pm to
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Mond was one reason they were bad. When playing LSU it was if he and the receivers were on different play books. Receiver went left he threw right, numerous times.
I sat on the first row of the A&M game at Ole Miss last year right behind the A&M bench.

Mond had zero interaction with his receivers on the sidelines between drives.

He had very little interaction with his coaches.

He mainly sat on the bench and kept to himself.

Mond went 16/28 with 1 TD & 2 INTs, he was sacked 4 times by UM’s terrible defense.

Jimbo should be charged with fraud impersonating a first level CF coach.
Posted by JohnnyU
Florida
Member since Nov 2006
12350 posts
Posted on 4/29/20 at 6:41 pm to
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Losing to Mississippi State 37-7 in 2017 was painful, as was losing to Auburn 41-7 in 2014.


Auburn 2014 starting Harris on the road because Jennings was so inept.
2017 on the road showed how thin and mediocre we were in the trenches. In some ways I thought the 2014 home loss to Moo U was just as bad. We were being embarrassed until Mullen took his foot off the gas. The game wan’t as close as the score.

Those days are behind us now.
Posted by Powerman
Member since Jan 2004
165648 posts
Posted on 4/29/20 at 7:04 pm to
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Article is blocked behind a paywall.

Open it in incognito mode
Posted by Sir Fury
Member since Jan 2015
4888 posts
Posted on 4/29/20 at 7:24 pm to
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LSU A&M talent gap
The fact that someone feels the need to write this article is laughable.

It opens up at first then blocks.

If you open and then go to print, it'll show the whole article in the print preview.



Try opening it up in google chrome in an incognito browser.
Posted by bloupe2
Member since Apr 2011
2857 posts
Posted on 4/29/20 at 7:26 pm to
Our AD is the one that paid him that
Posted by JohnnyU
Florida
Member since Nov 2006
12350 posts
Posted on 4/29/20 at 8:34 pm to
It’s a propaganda piece about how poor Jimbo was left with no talent and needs time to bridge the talent gap. A giant justification for his rather meager production thus far.

Posted by Slevin7
Member since Sep 2015
2485 posts
Posted on 4/29/20 at 8:37 pm to
I heard someone make the argument that jumbo was the smartest guy in football.

They went on to say that he took a mediocre performance and turned it into 75 mill.

I thought “hmmmm”
Posted by Gaspergou202
Metairie, LA
Member since Jun 2016
13947 posts
Posted on 4/30/20 at 5:54 am to
The title “talent gap” is the key.

It’s not O vs Jimbo. It’s LSU’s talent pool vs A&M’s.

Everyone claims that A&M has a larger and deeper talent pool in Texas than LSU in Louisiana. Reality is that the Houston metro population alone vastly outnumbers the state of Louisiana. But that bigger pie is sliced to serve many programs. Inside the state there are numerous programs in addition to the Aggies. First the Longhorns, but also TCU, SMU, Texas Tech, Baylor, etc.. Then there is the surrounding state programs, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Nebraska, Arkansas, and perineal Houston recruiting LSU. And finally there is the normal national big name poachers like Bama, USC, ND, and Ohio State.

Louisiana is LSU since the long ago demise of Tulane, and the still birth of the ULL challenge. We only compete with the national big name poachers, especially Bama. LSU recruits heavily in Texas and Mississippi. LSU is a perineal player in Florida, Georgia, and Alabama.

When Saban’s agent was trying to move him from Michigan State to LSU, Nick asked him why he should go to BR. His agent’s answer was talent, National Championship caliber talent. All he had to do was keep the majority home in the state. He came, he kept them home, and he won a Natty.

Jimbo would have done fine here. He could have been holding the Natty in the Super Dome this year. But not because of $7.5 million, O was a lot cheaper , but because of the Tiger talent pool. O begged, kept them home, and won a Natty. He still doesn’t have $7.5 million.

A&M has a problem. Divorcing the Longhorns didn’t fix it. Pissing money away like drunk sailors can’t buy them love. Their all time record with hot and cold streaks, good and bad coaches, and the normal ups and downs is mediocre. It places them behind Bama, LSU, and Auburn in the West. And this is their average position since joining the conference.

Jimbo had to flee the “one team at a time” ACC with the rise of Dabo. He got LSU until we screwed him and kept Miles for another season. A&M saw another LSU sloppy seconds and threw him the big money. Frankly it couldn’t have happened to a better guy. Jimbo would have done well here.

But he and the Aggies are doomed to MEDIOCRITY based upon their talent pool. This makes their Tiger penis envy especially galling. Sucks to be them.
Posted by sml71
Run if you hear banjos.
Member since Dec 2005
4338 posts
Posted on 4/30/20 at 8:00 am to
What homo downvoted gumbopot’s booty pic?
Posted by thunderbird1100
GSU Eagles fan
Member since Oct 2007
70907 posts
Posted on 4/30/20 at 8:13 am to
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They legit could be 10-0 and in the top 5 in mid-November.



They will be 9-1 at the very very best heading into Bama and us.

They arent winning all these games: @ MSU, @ Auburn, @ USCe

Best case will be 9-3 for them
This post was edited on 4/30/20 at 8:14 am
Posted by Alt26
Member since Mar 2010
32195 posts
Posted on 4/30/20 at 8:18 am to
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Aggies better hope they get to play this season. This is their year. Start with the schedule:


Yep. If they are going to make serious noise in the SEC this is the year they have to do it. A big reason people though LSU was a team to watch going into 2019 was that LSU returned a ton of production from 2018, including a senior QB, and had a favorable schedule (though still difficult).

Going into this season A&M is returning the most production in the SEC, including a senior QB. And their schedule, while still difficult, is favorable. If they can get past Auburn, it is very likely they go into the Alabama game undefeated.

Clemson is off their schedule. LSU returns the least amount of production in the SEC and, as tough as it might be to accept, repeating last year's success will be almost impossible. Bama lost the best QB Saban has had in his time there. Now, both Bama and LSU have talent stockpiled to keep thing moving along. But if I'm an A&M I feel like I'm asking the same question I did as an LSU fan going into last season. "If not now, then when?"
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