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I love him. No chance to be a 1st rounder

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I do not know about no chance at all. I mean, if you look at just about any list of top cb’s in the 2026 draft, Delane is on the list.

While looking at those lists I came upon yet another mock that has Delane in the first round:

21. MINNESOTA VIKINGSMinnesota Vikings Logo

Selection: Mansoor Delane, CB, LSU

Delane decided to forego the NFL Draft and instead transferred to LSU. One would imagine the extra experience in the SEC will help elevate his profile and boost his resume even more.

He nearly doubled his career ball production in 2024, but will need to make sure he plays disciplined this upcoming season. If he does, he could be a sturdy answer for the Vikings' secondary.

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First round or not, Delane seems to be a highly regarded cornerback in a lot of circles.

How about when Vitello was down 6 in the top of the 7th with two outs and a man on first?

Not only was it dumbass to try to steal second when he needed more base runners, his guy gets caught stealing. Even if he got the base, it’s still a dumb risk to take. The reward of the extra base isn’t worth the risk of the out for a run that was near meaningless to the outcome.

I am 100% against the federal government asserting any governance over college athletics. Even if the NCAA is doing a bad job, it’s not the govt’s business. Keep politics and govt out of sports.

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Mason Katz was a 1st team all SEC player , 2nd team All American(2013), 2nd team all SEC (2012, 2011).

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Dude, you sure like to pick a lot. Mason is a great kid, our families have been good friends forever. His grandfather, Hippo, was a very close friend of mine. Hippo loved to talk about Mason.

I was not saying Pearson has achieved as much as Mason, just observing that they are similar in that neither have a natural position on the field and that both are clutch hitters. In the end I think Mason was playing first base, having played outfield and second base, just like Pearson.

Katz was a gritty player too, as is Pearson.

Gritty player. A tough out. A clutch hitter. A player without a natural position in the field. Do these qualities not apply to both players?

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Winds will be blowing south at 25 mph with 40 mph wind gust. Temp will be around 44. Should be a fun one

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Yikes. The wind chill factor for 44 degrees, 25mph winds, is 29 degrees.

It’s the wind that will be brutal. I’m a cold weather wimp. You could spot me in the dug out if I were playing, I would be the one in full camo duck hunting gear with a space heater.

Watch out for the kid on either team who shows up in short sleeves, he will be the tough out.

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writing off Hurley aleady or did he trsnsfer out?

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No I have not written Hurley off. I hope he comes back, Hurley does have the pedigree of a top qb.

I guess I did not include him because the extent and nature of his injuries seem to be a big secret, and thats concerning. Last I read, Hurley was still in a rehab center, but for what, no one said. Thats a long time for a young man to be in a rehab hospital. He was unresponsive at the scene, I dont know if he is rehabbing for a brain injury or orthopedic injury or what. It’s just kind of hard to factor Hurley into the qb discussion when they have kept so secret the nature and extent of his injuries and given any time frame for his recovery.

Like everyone else on here, I imagine, I hope Hurley has a full recovery that allows him to return to practice at LSU.

I am going to guess no.

LSU is killing it at wr recruiting right now for their 2026 class. No school has sent more receivers to the NFL in the last few years than LSU. It has to be quite a selling point for LSU to point to how dominant Jefferson and Chase were as NFL rookies and the monster salaries they have now.

Another impt selling point for wr recruiting is having a top qb on the roster who can get receivers the ball. I would imagine Nuss staying an extra yr helped some in the great transfer wr class we had this past year.

This is no knock on Van Buren or Johnson, either one could develop into a top qb. Either might start at a lot of programs. But as of right now, neither of the two have the pedigree of a Burrow, Daniels or Nussmeier. I do not see our 2026 qb room, as it stands now, as being much of a selling point to wr recruits.

This is where the Underwood flip hurt LSU. It’s almost certain LSU went over their qb roster with Underwood and all but promised his that he twould start in 2026, and was a Nuss sprained ankle away from starting as a freshman.

The really bad thing about the Underwood flip is that it came too late for LSU to get one of the other blue chip 2025 qb recruits to flip to LSU. It left a real hole on LSU’s qb depth chart. Thank goodness we got Van Buren, he seems at least capable and could develop. But he is not much of a selling point for wr recruits compared to all the top teams with proven qbs.

I would guess the wr commits we are getting now are being sold on how LSU gets receivers into the NFL. And of course, LSU has to be giving them NIL deals at least comparable to the packages other schools must be offering. But I doubt that having Van Buren as our heir apparent was much of a selling point. It’s almost certain that schools trying to flip Tristan Keys will use LSUs qb room after Nuss leaves against LSU.

There is one silver lining, I guess, to not being loaded in your qb room. You become a prime contender for the top qbs in the portal wanting to start right away at a bog school. Most blue chip QBs out of high school are willing to be back ups as freshman, but a lot hit the portal if they cant start as sophomores of juniors.

These kids are not looking for another qb room at another school with other blue chips they have to beat out. All things being equal with NIL money, top transfers want to go to the very top college teams where they can start right away. Arch Manning staying at Texas to play another yr behind Ewers later year is the exception, not the rule.

Blue chip qbs in the portal dont want to go transfer to schools with Mannings or Underwood’s on their roster they have to beat out. They want to go to schools with a relatively weak qb room where thye can play right away.

If LSU goes into 2026 with Van Buren and Johnson competing to start, LSU will be a prime landing spot for blue chips qbs in the portal looking to start for a national contender.

Vote the post down if you think LSUs starting qb for 2026 is on their roster now. Vote the post up if you think our next starter comes from the portal or from some qb we get in our 2026 class.

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the mods used to ban people for using the f-word. Sad that they do not care anymore

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Are u talking about my f word or his? lol. I was responding in kind to a homophobic slur. He was responding to a post from another tiger fan about the benefits of bunting.

I don’t care if people disagree or don’t like bunting. If they are gonna ban people, start with the ones who randomly attack other posters with slurs.

LSU baseball teams of the past have been mostly big ball teams that did not bunt often and when they did they often weren’t very good at it. Good teams can play big ball and small ball as the situation calls for. So far this season, LSU has been good at both

Fielders are most comfortable backed up to the grass and making plays that require no thought as to where they are going with the ball. Bunts often create split second decisions for first basemen, third basemen, catchers and pitchers to make. Errors happen much more often when fielders have to make decisions under pressure.

Bunting with runners on base creates even more decisions. Who is crashing from first or third? Who will cover the vacant base? When does catcher field a short bunt with a runner coming from third on a squeeze? How much less accurate is a pitcher fielding a bunt who has to spin and throw? Do you watch a good bunt and hope it rolls foul? If the second baseman is running over to cover first, it becomes a much harder throw for the pitcher. If all the infielders aren’t on the same page, sometimes you even see throws to empty bases. Throwing to a first baseman who is firmly planted on first showing you his glove as a target is a much, much easier throw for a pitcher than throwing to a second baseman covering first who is on the move and not set yet, sometimes you have to even lead them. How many times have you seen a pitcher fire the ball into right field on a spin throw after fielding a good bunt?

There is another benefit to having so many different players who can bunt, and bunt for base hits. The deeper a first or third baseman plays, the harder it is to hit by them. Thats where they will be when Jared Jones bats. But this year LSU has a handful of players comfortable bunting for hits if they see either corner fielder set up too deep. This can bring the fielders in a few yards to respect the bunt, which lessens the fielders angles and reaction time on sharply hit ground balls.

But the best advantage of bunting, if executed correctly at the right moment, is the pressure it puts on defenders whom have to make split second decisions on who fields the ball and what base to go to. Good bunting can make some good fielding college teams look like high school teams.

I wonder if we start seeing some slash hitting where we show bunt and then slash hit at the charging defender. We have some really good contact hitters that could be good at that. And that just gives the third baseman yet another decision to make. You dont want to be charging in at someone swinging away.

Of course I guess it’s like everything else in baseball. People love the bunt call that works and hate the bunt call that did not work. So far, Jay has been calling most bunts at the right time. More importantly, his players have been executing them correctly. It adds such a new dimension to LSU baseball.

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Then why did you write a thread about 5 takeaways from the polls

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Haha, great point. I should have known better to post anything on here. It’s just asking for people to run you down. Lol