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re: State of the program - 1.5 decades of mediocrity

Posted on 11/9/26 at 8:39 am to
Posted by LSUGrad9295
Baton Rouge
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Posted on 11/9/26 at 8:39 am to
Posted by Ace Midnight
Between sanity and madness
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Posted on 11/9/26 at 8:39 am to
quote:

Ace Midnight You have not seen the worse LSU ever was in my lifetime and that is the Curley Hallman years.



Yes I have. I probably have socks older than you.

I'm not saying that the current era or Kiffin is "Hallman" bad. I'm not sure that's possible, even in theory. Hallman was a savant when it comes to losing. He was possibly the anti-Saban, if such a thing was possible.

ETA: I'm saying "mediocre" - that means "mediocre".
This post was edited on 11/9/26 at 8:40 am
Posted by Cadello
Eunice
Member since Dec 2007
49173 posts
Posted on 11/9/26 at 8:40 am to
TL/DR/DC
Posted by vidtiger23
Member since Feb 2012
10846 posts
Posted on 11/9/26 at 8:40 am to
quote:

Ole Miss can continue to climb without Kiffin should frustrate every LSU fan.

We have the same record bozo. One coming off a playoff appearance with Kiffin and one coming off a really bad year. What? Lol
Posted by Ace Midnight
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Posted on 11/9/26 at 8:43 am to
I agree that's a fair point.

So, you guys are saying that Ole Miss without Kiffin looks no better than LSU with Kiffin?
Posted by bstaceyau19
New Orleans
Member since Jun 2022
1850 posts
Posted on 11/9/26 at 8:44 am to
Did you guys not realize there was a reason Lane was trying to blow up the whole system to add 2 players? He knew his roster was limited.

This team plays like a portal-built team. Lots of good players. Few great ones. No playmakers.

It takes more than a year guys, especially when the last 2 coaches totally negelcted the program.
Posted by MetArl15
Washington, DC
Member since Apr 2007
14175 posts
Posted on 11/9/26 at 8:44 am to
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Cig won a title with 25 year old

His Heisman QB was a 3 year starter elsewhere
Why do people on this board just make shite up or not actually investigate bogus narratives?

Indiana’s average roster age was 33rd oldest of P4 schools and 9th in the Big 10.

Mendoza started for 1.5 years at Cal before transferring to Indiana.
Posted by Champagne
Sabine Free State.
Member since Oct 2007
57141 posts
Posted on 11/9/26 at 8:49 am to
I agree. We need to be patient and give Coach Kiffin 4 years at the helm.

A program like LSU football should be patient with CLK. This program is not an annual Top Ten program and its fans should stop acting like it is.
Posted by Ace Midnight
Between sanity and madness
Member since Dec 2006
96880 posts
Posted on 11/9/26 at 8:49 am to
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Why do people on this board just make shite up or not actually investigate bogus narratives?



It makes them feel better about the current 9-figure boondoggle.

I mean, LSU is relatively young for CFB, but Tennessee and UGA are even younger.
Posted by Big4SALTbro
Member since Jun 2019
27441 posts
Posted on 11/9/26 at 8:50 am to
It’s Monday you need a life to be melting down this bad.

Since 2000 only bama has more titles than us and Ohio state is tied with us.
Posted by BatonProv
Member since Dec 2023
510 posts
Posted on 11/9/26 at 8:54 am to
why is it understandable we can't get O- lineman from within the state?
Posted by sabanisarustedspoke
Member since Jan 2007
6017 posts
Posted on 11/9/26 at 8:59 am to
You're right. YOU should cut off the spicket tough guy. No more money to the TAF from you. Oh wait...
Posted by MetArl15
Washington, DC
Member since Apr 2007
14175 posts
Posted on 11/9/26 at 9:03 am to
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should cut off the spicket
spigot. This Board is the best.
Posted by jacquespene8
Nashville, TN
Member since Sep 2007
4632 posts
Posted on 11/9/26 at 9:05 am to
State of the program: 1 of 6 programs with a natty in the last 6 years. Some down years since. On the way up again.

There.
Posted by d2
NC
Member since Jan 2009
493 posts
Posted on 11/9/26 at 9:10 am to
I downvoted
Some of what you stated was accurate, I’m disappointed in the Bama game and felt it was one of our worst performances. But this quote is a stretch.

quote:

Ole Miss can continue to climb without Kiffin should frustrate every LSU fan.


Ole Miss is currently staring at 3 losses and has to still play OU. That team is a shell of last year with a ton of returning and new talent.

Two of the losses were blowouts (a 24 pt loss to an average UF team & a 35 pt loss to UGA). Last year they lost 1 (closely contested) regular season game to UGA.

Also, Bama owns LSU, but they haven’t exactly been a model of consistency since Saban.

Speaking of coach Saban, he had a term for what you just posted. It was called catastrophe syndrome, he came up with it at LSU. It was to deal with the emotional roller coasters, that the LSU fan’s passion causes.

Posted by Penrod
Member since Jan 2011
59069 posts
Posted on 11/9/26 at 9:14 am to
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We brute forced our way there in 2007.

No indeed not. We had a very effective, multiple offense that year. LSU had 174 passing and 152 yards rushing with 34 points in the title game against Ohio.
Posted by Jax-Tiger
Vero Beach, FL
Member since Jan 2005
28614 posts
Posted on 11/9/26 at 9:15 am to
I went to school here in the 1980's. The expectations are different now, and that is good. Under CCM, the hope was that we would get a bowl game and be ranked in the top 20. That was good enough to keep the coach.

Today, the expectation is that we make a run at the NC. If we don't do that for 3-4 years, the coach will go.

That expectations are higher, and that is a good thing.
Posted by vhfan4ever
Member since Sep 2024
16 posts
Posted on 11/9/26 at 9:33 am to
Funny how during the last years of Miles tenure all we did was beg for him to throw the ball. He would run on 1st & 2nd down then put 2 guys out in pattern and throw on 3d down. Now, all i think is, why won't they run the ball? They throw on 1st and 2nd down and then have to throw on 3rd and the defense knows it. We need a more balanced offensive scheme and maybe out the QB under center some. Lastly, WHY on the 4th down late in the game did they do a direct snap to the RB? Once the formation was set the defense knew what was coming. Run some kind of misdirection play instead. Make their defenders commit to their lanes.
Posted by Ace Midnight
Between sanity and madness
Member since Dec 2006
96880 posts
Posted on 11/9/26 at 9:35 am to
quote:

why is it understandable we can't get O- lineman from within the state?


Because we never have produced them in volume.
Posted by northernvatiger
Northern Virginia
Member since Dec 2010
669 posts
Posted on 11/9/26 at 9:36 am to
Who has the time to read this?

If LSU has been mediocre the past decade and a half, then so has the rest of college football, with the exception of Alabama.

My goodness.
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