re: UConn beat writer mad LSU jumped his team in the polls

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only you think people would see us ranked highly in women’s sports and be like “How? Don’t the voters know how corrupt their state legislature is!?!?”

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That doesn't even make any sense. Go back and re-read the thread. You seemed to have misunderstood. When you're done, go ahead and travel around and see what LSU's reputation is. I have; it's not good. Maybe THAT'S what "yeah, that LSU" is referring to.

Then again, maybe not. But that wouldn't change the reputation.

Do you think most people around the country who follow college athletics, even just moderately, believe that players are not paid to play at every single top athletics college in the country?

Journalists and opposing fans might take shots when other schools get busted (we do it too) but it’s a delusion and we all know it. So I don’t get why I should worry so much about these sorts of news media games. It’s called being a hypocrite.

And I seriously doubt that anyone who lives more than 300 miles from Baton Rouge and isn’t an avid follower of LSU really spends as much time thinking about LSU as you are implying.

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What are you, a fricking English major? "Narrative"? Really?

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I'm sorry if the word "narrative" is too big for you.

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You idiots bask in your bad boy reputation until someone actually shines a light on it, then y'all get all offended.

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We're idiots...but "narrative" blows your mind?

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This is just what happens when you think higher education is communist indoctrination, and that cheating in sports to win championships is okay because 'everyone else does it.' You get a bad rep. Don't blame me, geaux Tigers!

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You can keep saying it all you want - it doesn't make you right!

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Do you think most people around the country who follow college athletics, even just moderately, believe that players are not paid to play at every single top athletics college in the country?

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Without graphic proof, they can at least maintain plausible deniability.

Can LSU fans say the same?

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I don’t get why I should worry so much about these sorts of news media games.

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I don't think you should. But you might want to at least be aware of the reputation when out of state writers say things like, "Yeah, that LSU..." That way, you won't have to ask on a message board when you see it.

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And I seriously doubt that anyone who lives more than 300 miles from Baton Rouge and isn’t an avid follower of LSU really spends as much time thinking about LSU as you are implying.

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Quick, name a college women's gymnastics program that has made national headline news lately...


It doesn't take much time at all to build a reputation. A coach admitting to offering money to a recruit, a former player seen handing out cash to current players... No other team has these things. And as long as LSU stays in the national media with championships, stories of misconduct, "damn strong offers", and going out and taking Notre Dame's winningest coach away from them by throwing an obscene amount of money at him, as well as hiring the best active women's basketball coach in the same manner, people are going to get tired of hearing about LSU and what all they're willing to do to win.

You think college football fans around the country aren't familiar with LSU?

...college baseball fans?

...men's basketball fans?

...women's gymnastics fans?

...women's basketball fans?

College sports fans all over the country have seen LSU in the national news for one reason or another in recent years. Not all of it has been good news.

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I read the thread. I’m saying it’s definitely not that and it’s weird you think it is that.

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Okay. I'll re-read the thread to try to catch what you're saying it IS...

Maybe he was just referring to the football/baseball power LSU. We haven’t been known for women’s basketball for quite some some time, but that poor idiot better write it down: KM is just warming up! Wait until she has all the players that she wants that aren’t even here yet!??

Okay, I didn't see anything on that dude's Twitter that mentioned LSU WBB's schedule, but I did see this lame response post:



That seems to indicate that it's not about LSU's schedule, but more ab out Mulkey at LSU.

He's right to be concerned, LSU with Mulkey is a threat to the Husky women.

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He's right to be concerned, LSU with Mulkey is a threat to the Husky women.

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He shouldn’t be concerned as a beat writer. That’s what fans are for.

We are and you know it THAT LSU



I like it.

Nice bump =)