Thrilled that we contained Etienne after other former Louisiana products

Posted by Cowboyfan89

Member since Sep 2015

12701 posts

Posted on 1/15/20 at 5:44 am to FightingTigers1

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Despite what Maria Taylor kept saying, no one from Jennings was pulling for Clemson other than his family. I live here, I know. Jennings always has and always will be LSU country

I would think it was more of a case of not rooting against Travis, but yeah, some of my in-laws live in Jennings, and no way would they be for Clemson just because of him. But none of them were rooting against him and cussing him like some guys do on here.

Posted by OneFifty

No favorite team now

Member since Aug 2012

3872 posts

Posted on 1/15/20 at 5:49 am to FightingTigers1

That is good to hear. I had never really heard before that there was genuine animosity between Etienne and LSU before the comments from his mother about social media threats. His ‘real Death Valley’ comment from a few years ago does not constitute animus in my opinion.

Posted by JohnnyU

Florida

Member since Nov 2006

12350 posts

Posted on 1/15/20 at 6:54 am to FightingTigers1

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Despite what Maria Taylor kept saying, no one from Jennings was pulling for Clemson other than his family. I live here, I know. Jennings always has and always will be LSU country

Oh I never believed Jennings was pulling for Clemson.

Posted by TigerFanNKaty

texas

Member since Sep 2008

10232 posts

Posted on 1/15/20 at 7:05 am to OneFifty

No-one should hold anything against him. He's done well and Miles dropped that ball.

Posted by In The Know

City of St George, La

Member since Jan 2005

5225 posts

Posted on 1/15/20 at 7:07 am to JohnnyU

We’re lucky they abandoned the run because he was averaging 5-6 ypc

Posted by SCP

Baton Rouge

Member since Mar 2016

1337 posts

Posted on 1/15/20 at 7:09 am to JohnnyU

Etienne is great, but I'm glad we have CEH. If I had to choose, CEH is my choice. In fact, one of the ESPN draft gurus has CEH as a higher draft choice over Etienne.

Posted by 2Yutes

Member since Oct 2018

2183 posts

Posted on 1/15/20 at 7:34 am to JohnnyU

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Nothing personal against Etienne

His quote on signing day indicates otherwise on his side.

Posted by chimesstreet

Bucks County, PA

Member since Jan 2008

1274 posts

Posted on 1/15/20 at 7:36 am to SCP

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Etienne is great, but I'm glad we have CEH. If I had to choose, CEH is my choice.

Agreed. CEH has the heart to go with his immense talent.

Etienne is talented, no doubt. But I'm really tired of the "Louisiana kids need to leave Louisiana in order to win big" narrative. Hearing how far Jennings is from the Superdome over and over and over was

Posted by JohnnyU

Florida

Member since Nov 2006

12350 posts

Posted on 1/15/20 at 7:40 am to In The Know

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We’re lucky they abandoned the run because he was averaging 5-6 ypc

A. Other than his 29 yard run he was contained quite well.
B. They abandoned the run because they were down 10-17 points.

Posted by OrangeBoy

Member since Jun 2019

11 posts

Posted on 1/15/20 at 7:48 am to FightingTigers1

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no one from Jennings was pulling for Clemson

Must be living in two different Jennings.

Posted by elprez00

Hammond, LA

Member since Sep 2011

29360 posts

Posted on 1/15/20 at 7:48 am to JohnnyU

I asked before. Did we ever see any actual evidence that there were threats made to him Before the game or was that just hyperbole from his mom?

Posted by nicholastiger

Member since Jan 2004

42286 posts

Posted on 1/15/20 at 7:50 am to JohnnyU

Etienne came out strong but for LSU to hold him under 100 the way he was running hard in the 1st quarter I thought was the difference in the game. Queen was all over him all night.

"I will be taking my talents to the Real Death Valley!"

I knew that quote would come back to bite him one day.