re: Per Ben Love: Fournett's camp is starting to have issues with his carry count.

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Williams has been looking a bit more stiff as a runner this year. He's nothing flashy and he's not gonna run away from anyone. He's just that bruiser who can give Fournette/Guice a breather. If we ever had to rely on him primarily, I'd be worried

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Based on what we saw last week, I think Guice is going to be the de facto #2 back from here on out, and Williams will be used as a short yardage and cleanup guy. He will also get a little run at FB, as well, so he is still a valuable part of the attack. I agree that he isn't really built to be a primary RB for a top SEC program, but he is very good in the role the staff is using him in.

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I guarantee you that LF wants the ball all day and all night ESPECIALLY in big situations.

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No. He doesn't. At least not the first part. He's said as much. That he wants others getting theirs too. He knows what's at stake. In big situations, he understands. It's his ball.

He's a smart kid. He knew coming in sharing carries was important for him and even the team.

Ben Love is a bitch.

I'm assuming by "camp" you mean all the free loaders who are going to try to milk him dry when he goes pro. They could care less about him, just worried about their cash cow. I doubt his parents are as concerned with the number of carriers he gets. He's been playing like this his whole life.

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I'm assuming by "camp" you mean all the free loaders who are going to try to milk him dry when he goes pro

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LF doesn't have those, fwiw.

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They could care less about him,

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sigh

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I doubt his parents are as concerned with the number of carriers he gets

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Here's what happened:

Ben Love is using LF to get exposure.

He calls up a family member... doesn't matter who. Brings up Chubb and asks about LF and carries. They say something generic but it includes something like, "it's always in the back of your mind." So Ben runs to his nearest radio show and says LF's camp is worried.

frick him. frick the media. Non story.

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Since when does a running back complain about touching the ball too much? This whole world is turning into a bunch of pussies

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ESPN is destroying everything that is wonderful about American sport. 24-hour cable news might be the worst thing that's ever happened to the level of discourse in this country. Politics, sports, doesn't matter.

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Do you want to know what's wrong with the world? The problem is people who automatically believe everything they read and/or people who don't even bother to read what is actually written.

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Since when does a running back complain about touching the ball too much?

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Nobody said that a running back is complaining about touching the ball too much. Nobody said that. There is no quote from Fournette complaining about touching the ball too much. There's no quote from Fournette at all.

Hell, there's not even a reference to a complaint by Fournette.

Moreover, there is no quote at all. There is not even a specific person mentioned as making the complaint.

People in this thread start assuming that it's from Fournette's parent. HOWEVER, there is no quote from Fournette's parents. There is no quote from anybody in Fournette's family.

There is not even a reference to Fournette's parents or family.

The only reference is to "Fournette's camp."

What the frick kind of a vague reference is that?

And then some people in this thread just accept that Fournette's parents are complaining, and they run with that bullshite.

For frick's sake . . .

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Ben Love was on with Mascona yesterday and said he's hearing from inside the program that Fournett's people are starting to worry about him getting the ball so much and how it will affect his longevity as a RB. He's come up limping from a pile twice now and Chubb blowing out his leg is what sent them over the edge. They don't want him getting it 30 times a game so look for Guice and Williams to get more carries early so Fournette can be saved for the 4th quarter. I'm not sure how I feel about that honestly.

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All the while, the coaching staff has had to watch him closely to keep him from checking himself back into games late....

I just don't understand the "too many carries argument". A terrible grusesome knee injury has as much chance of happening on carry 1 as carry 48. Your knee ligaments don't wear down as the game goes on. Now from Lsu's perspective, too many carries can render the Rb in affective as they would be tired

you don't know LF...

and there may be people out there who think they're in "his camp"... they're not

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For frick's sake

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Just commenting on the idea of a running back (or his "camp") wanting less carries. Calm down chief.

His camp? Wtf?
Somebody just had to create drama. Just a bunch of hoo hah.