re: SI featuring Jamarcus in upcoming article

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Peyton Manning is a better QB than Byron Painter.

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Who is Byron Painter? I could use common sense to figure out what you obviously mean but I'd rather not.

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John Elway never even played in a bowl game in college.

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Please see RogerTheShrubber's post about being surrounded by talent. Also, there used to be a lot less bowl games before the not-for-profit tax scammers went all in.

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Manning took too many risks, that was his undoing. Tee Martin was clearly a better fit for what Phil Fulmer was trying to accomplish. Before the insults start, remember that limiting risk is a big factor in CLM's game plan. Manning, for all his talents, has always tried to make too many plays.

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So are you saying he threw too many INTs? Manning and Russell?

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He played with Jacob Hester, Keiland Williams, Dewayne Bowe, Buster Davis, and Early Doucet.

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Pretty amazing that we didn't throw the ball until the 4th quarter with those receivers, that Les Miles is a genius

No brah, Flynn and Mauck were clearly better than Russell because they had heart and made plays, even though Mauck had the best defense in college football and Flynn got to play for a national title leading the team to the same record as Russell

You referenced Miles, which could have been in a way referencing Russell's time as a QB at LSU under Miles

Man his ball placement was bad. Led to 61% completions, more than Flynn and Mauck

The major point I've tried to make about Jamarcus is what I said earlier in the thread...

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I can't speak to his on-the-field leadership, he might not have always made the best decisions, but he'll probably be the most physically gifted QB LSU will ever have.

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Is there seriously a debate in here about whether Russell was a good college QB? 68% completion percentage, 28 TD's, 8 INT's, 11 wins, and a Sugar Bowl win his last year. Average QB talent? I shall not be participating in such a mindless discussion more than this.

Zulu you are connecting overall team performance WAY too much with QB performance. Single out the Auburn game to kill Russell for, yet Mauck was 13-22 with 2 INT's in the BCS title game. Luckily we had an insane defense, and Vincent was great. Matt Flynn had less than a 50% completion percentage in the Kentucky game for 130 yards, and the luckiest thing in all of college football was LSU getting to the title game that year. Rusell was getting better every year, and there is little reason to think he couldn't QB the 2007 team to 2 losses or less also. He didn't win a title, alright, it's a team game and he was still a great QB his last season. This is an absolute waste of time debate.

This article does not reflect well on him IMO.

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Next to Russell's bed they found a cup containing a codeine-laced liquid—allegedly an orange-colored version of Purple Drank, a.k.a. "syzzurp,"

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The police find the stuff by his bed....he admits he failed a drug test issued by the NFL in which he came up positive for codeine....his friend took the fall.....but he claims he didn't have a drug problem. I doubt he was an addict but a problem he most certainly had. The police, acting on a tip, do not secure search warrants from judges (especially involving high profile suspects) unless they have probable cause and a shyt load of it.

Does anyone else find it odd that so many people in his life have died? 11 in three years? The odds of them being from natural causes are slim to none which begs the question, "What kind of <friends> was he surrounded by?". It's the kind of thing you would expect to hear from a gang banger in south central.

At every turn he has an excuse.

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"I put weight on easy, and I can take it off easy. Do I look fat now?"

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So what you're saying is........when it matters most, something so easily achieved apparently isn't worth the slightest effort?

The guy claims he doesnt have money problems. He seems to deny his house was in foreclosure but that is a lie. Forclosure proceedings DID in fact begin on that home. He claims he sold it as a way of being more fiscally responsible. This comming from someone who shows up to a barber shop 3-4 times a week and hardly ever shows up in the same car.

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As the razor hums and the afternoon sun seeps through the blinds, he can express his mix of emotions—pride and embarrassment, contentment and hunger, defiance and remorse. And if it comes in a swirl of contradictions, here, somehow, it still makes sense.

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No, no it doesn't.