The 21st Group

If you haven't figured out what Miles is all about so far, next Saturday is not going to change your opinion :booboo:

tigerjunior, "with us losing so many in the draft"

This excuse has been used often for our lack of performance this year. FSU lost eight defensive players last year to the draft. The mark of a successfully managed program is to reload or back up talent through personnel decisions and recruiting. Last year's starters should have had comparable talent on the sideline considering the financial resources that are invested in our systemj . Our defensive play this year is not attributable to what we lost, but what we have. To continue to make excuses, instead if identifying weaknesses, will result in the current pattern of our slide.
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Go after Bobby Petrino before another major program hires him from Western KY. I realize that it's not an ideal hire for the obvious reasons, but I sincerely believe he could do a better job as long as he stays off of motorcycles :lol:

slackhouse, "This game was lost on those 2 plays"

Sorry pumpers, I couldn't resist. We were tied at 17 around 12 minutes left in the third quarter after the two fumbles, but that's why we lost. The game adjustments at half time combined with the three scoring drives and complete shut down of our offense after our field goal had nothing to do with the beat down, right. You guys are entertaining.

DustyDinkleman, I am not a sunshine pumper so I guess you would label me a negatiger. However, if the Tigers win, I will not be upset but rather elated.

That said, if by some chance there is a different outcome, I believe that the pumpers will be "dumbfounded" and I will be upset but not surprised.

I look forward to the comments by the pumpers either way it goes after the game. I am quite amused by your thought processes :cheers:

Tiger In Dawg Country, "This is a trap!"

I've been following LSU football since the Bear Bryant vs. Charlie Mac series. The Bear would state before a LSU game that if he had the talent that LSU had that he would not even practice the week before they played him, And then he would come into Tiger Stadium and beat us like a drum. It's called reverse physchology as practiced by the Bear. Who, BTW, is still my favorite all time coach and I am a LSU fan, but he was a special person.

Dav, I'm not sure , but I believe that he is the AL Chancellor who appeared on 60 Minutes last week. The most frightening aspect of the clip is that he evidently has spawned a child. His baby's mama most be a lovely person with tremendous taste in men

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HollierThanThou, "I don't wish death on no one".

That's a double negative, so are you saying you do wish death on the good people who have nothing better to do in their lives than post here?

Cwills684, "So LSU has to beat Bama and the Refs to have a good recruiting class. Who else in the country has to be held to such a high standard"

Probably no one, but who else in the SEC region has had Saban, as a LSU coach, recruit in their state and build a network with the high school coaches. He is taking top LA talent from LSU that previously would have come to our program. If he continues dominance over the series, it will get worse. This is not necessarily a "high standard" just recruiting reality. Accept the fact that the more success AL has, the less LSU will achieve. When AL hired Saban, LSU was the most dominant team in the SEC. They hired Saban to change that situation. In order to build AL's program, he also had to undermine LSU's. It has been a deliberate process by Saban, My only hope is that Texas wins the bidding war which has now been launched by his agent. AL will either have to dig much deeper into its pockets or see their saviour defect and leave (along with his statute, I would imagine, unless they'll keep a statute erected to a guy coaching another team ) to rebuild UT's program. Most telling was the AL Chancellor's statement that Saban was the best investment AL has ever made. Says it all. :rolleyes:

TigerPanzer, "I truly hate to say this but over the past few years, Bama's o- and d-lines have been bigger, faster and more physical than ours. Anyone can see that. I'm hoping against hope this won't be the case again on Saturday."

The size, speed and physicality of the respective lines won't change between now and Saturday. It ain't about the Xs and the Os, but the Jimmys and the Joes. Saban has been outrecruiting us and it is beginning to be apparent.

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