LaLSUatheart

May God be with you and your family. Your son is now at eternal peace and is no more pain. I will say a prayer for my mom , who I recently lost, to care for your son up in heaven. My heart hurts for you and your family.

You brought up a great memory from this game. Went with a bunch of LSU buddies to that game and caught a football in the stands after from LSU players tossing them to the LSU section. Still have the football in my collection and will pass it down to my sons. Great game and memory!

Lunchbox, the real stupid thing is your false sense of worth. You still didn't back up your big mouth and confirm you are going to the Big Bowl game. Guess the Houston Bowl destination is a stupid topic also. Keep pumping sunshine!

Choctaw you really are simple a contentions simpleton. You are obviously more interested in trivial arguments than big pictures issues. You must have little relevance in the real world.

Stupid people look for excuses for failure. You seem to like that avenue.

This is a shocking fact to consider. 10 win average seasons are not the real story when you back out the the rent- a- wins. LSU football is at a cross roads with Miles. We need to go in a different direction or we are headed to a perennial middle of the pack program in the SEC.

I , like many of you , attended the game on Saturday and left with a really painful punch to the gut... again against Alabama. I was also at the miserable NC game in 2012, and every Gump contest since. I don't think our fans' current frustration is so much due to THIS game( where I think we played much better than we realistically expected with no passing game and so many young guys) but the fact that we have extracted no level of revenge against the Gumps since the NC debacle. Same old song. We got our hopes up and should have won the regular season game in 2012, but a last minute defensive letdown. In 2013 we simply got run over. On Saturday ( aside from the passing game woes and officials), with hope finally for a win, another last minute defensive letdown. Our frustration comes from the last 4 game body of work and the same result in varying methods. The deep down angst is the fear that the same results against the Gumps will continue as long as these two coaches and the recruiting landscape remain constant. We ,as LSU fans are eternal optimists, but the 4 game Gump body of work is a tough reality.

I recall a conversation with an ex Tn. football player last year, who is a football coach and a friend of mine. I asked him what was the real basis of how Tn. fell so hard so quickly. He said the problem was due to what LSU is seeing now-- way too many underclassmen leaving early at key positions. He thought LSU was on the same path. I really like our young guys and there is no doubt they have elite talent, but we do have to find a way to keep the majority of our talent for 4 years. There is no substitute for experience and maturity especially on the D line. Leading the NCAA in early NFL departures may be helping in the short term with recruiting, but is it hurting in the long run?

Thank you for your class and thoughts.

I can't help you as you can't fix stupid. Keep waiting.

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Good lord, you are an idiot.

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Good lord, really? you're the childish idiot. Instead of being able to intelligently consider the current LSU hitting woes, ( 6 runs in the past 33 innings idiot) you insult the message like a little brat.

Take a look at Bregman's stats from last year to this year.

All great posts. I have enjoyed reading everyone's thoughts. I suspect coaches across the country have to consider all of the above mentioned issues on how to proceed.

I read about this suit with the common theme here of distaste. From a legal standpoint, the NCAA and any individual school will be very unlikely to pay a dime to any individual claimant, or the floodgates will open for countless claims and class actions. This could have bankruptcy implications like the old asbestos suit. My thought with any of these suits is do we offset any recovery from such a suit versus the benefits received from playing football at this level, namely school tuition, endorsement money, connections, restaurant fame, NFL/CFL millions etc. Can't have it both ways.

I am glad to see our LSU coaches getting more aggressive with recruiting, it seems primarily with Cam's influence. With LSU being the only school with commits for 2017 and now 2018, my thought is to what legal ( NCAA allowed) lengths will schools go now to get an edge with the best athletes no matter their age. I have a young nephew who is a great high school underclassman QB that LSU is already recruiting. I have mixed feelings about whether schools making offers to kids this young (14 year old age )is a good thing for the kids. That's an honor but a lot for young minds to handle. Thoughts?

Saban is not so much in my mind, but more like a little pain in the arse. Small, smelly and just won't go away.