re: Who is Dandy Don?

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He is as accurate and as wrong at times as all other "insiders."

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Sorry, didn't see this when I read your post the first time.

Dandy Don is the Man!!!! End of story!

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He's a huge tiger fan, with a few inside connections. He doesn't beg for money, he asks for donations, and only b/c he does a lot of leg work, like going to the practices, and reporting from the Bash.....ect. People seem to bash him b/c there are a few typo's here and there, and he gets the first names wrong on players sometimes. But no one on this board has ever proved (proved not claimed)themselves perfect.

I read his site every day, and find some the info intresting.

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100% dead on Eye.

Hey....Tiger Paul!!!Shut the frick Up!! Thanks!

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As per dictionary.com:

beg - to ask for charity

What am I missing here? He provides a free service and asks for charitable donations to fund his research, much like St. Jude Hospital.

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St. Jude's is not begging, because they are not asking for the charity; they are providing it. They also ask others to support their efforts to provide that charity by being charitable themselves. In your example, the only ones whose actions could even theoretically fit the definition of "beg" would be the patients at St. Jude's (if they actually asked for the treatment).

Don does not ask people for charity. He has a hobby that takes significant time and expense to maintain and also benefits lots of people. He asks some of those people to chip in to defray the costs. That is no more him "begging" than you would be "begging" if you took a bunch of buddies fishing in your boat and asked them if they wanted to chip in for gas money.

Dandy runs a website that provides information on LSU sports. He doesn't claim to be perfect or even to have flawless "inside info". He posts what he hears, and he hears more than most people do. And his information and writing skills are at least as high quality as most of what passes for journalism from so-called "real sportswriters".

He smelled the Rhatphuk Hobley debacle 8 mos before anyone else.

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he doesn't force anyone to read his page.

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Exactly.

If you don't like Dandy, don't dial him up. He's right more often than he's wrong and much, much better informed than any of the douche bags on this rant.

I have been living in Alabama for 16 years. I found DD 12 years ago when there was not much LSU stuff on the web. Now that there are multiple LSU sites I still read his page every day. Sure he misses some things but so does ESPN and rivals and other pay sites. Thanks Dandy one for all you do and .

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So dandy don is the guy who rides his bike around BR with the dog cage attached to it...

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That guy actually is retired and has a PhD . He apparently just likes to ride around campus with his dog because he nothing better to do.

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And his information and writing skills are at least as high quality as most of what passes for journalism from so-called "real sportswriters".

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King Joey, master of the overstatement, strikes again.