iamandykeim

How many, and where are the seats?

I hope we do. With a completely new roster, it would be a great moment to learn who these guys are.

Mine is finally set (until my driver shaft inevitably snaps again)

Thought I was going to be in the market for some sort of mallet putter in the summer of last year, but I've actually started putting very well over the past few months with my PING blade, so I figure why change what's working?

Only thing I could maybe swap out is my wedges - I have a Vokey 50 degree, a PING Glide 54 degree, and a Cleveland 60 degree. All have a bunch of miles on them, but I don't feel like they're costing me strokes at the moment.

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Tony Bennett wouldn’t get butts in the seats.

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Winning gets butts in seats better than any style of play could. We're not getting Tony Bennett, but a winning culture would bring people to the PMAC regardless of who the coach is or how we play.

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Do we actually have the caliber of talent necessary to do well in the SEC?

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It's debatable with this roster. I like the pieces we have, but it's hard to say when I don't feel like they're being coached at the same level as other SEC rosters.

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Are we an attractive enough place for high level bball players to commit to?

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Without question, yes. 2019-2021 with Will Wade proved that LSU is very capable of pulling in elite talent from all over the country. No one who got significant playing time on Will Wade's last team was even from the state of Louisiana.

Mississippi State is playing out of their minds. Common thread with teams playing against us unfortunately. Sometimes it feels like we’re getting unlucky with how well our opponents shoot the 3, but when it happens this often it’s just plain and simple our fault defensively, and we never come up with an offensive spark of our own to match it. Infuriating to watch.

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He literally had the worst ball skills I’ve ever seen at LSU.

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He started showing his talent at the end of 24 and then got very few opportunities in 2025 due to a QB that physically couldn't throw a deep ball due to injury and an OL that couldn't block for 2 seconds. Get him with NFL coaching and NFL QBs and I believe he could flash. Not saying he's going to be a starter, but a deeper rotational guy that plays special teams as a gunner.

Hilton will stick around in the pros for a while. Guys with his speed and with special teams experience have a tendency to have long careers.

How deep would the short side fence be from home plate? Can't imagine it's any more than 180 feet. Would be very goofy looking.

Edit: even with that, I believe there would be a ton of butts in seats if they tried to force this and didn't way overcharge for it.

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I've been craving it for like 2 years but keep forgetting to search for a place that will ship it to me out here

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Billy's ships, but not sure how quick it can get to you on the west coast. Billy's Shipping

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So in that sense for CMM this is IMHO a must win.

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Yep. There's next to zero chance to make a tourney run without a win tonight. Looking ahead a bit, we need to go at least 4-2 in the next 6 contests to still have a realistic chance - our next 6 is probably our easiest stretch of conference play. Then we get Bama who has a professional basketball player on their team, so that's probably a loss. Then you're 17-11 (5-9). If you can go 3-1 in what are another relatively easier final 4 games of the season, you may be 1 win in the SEC tournament away from being in. 1-1 in the SECT would put us at 21-13. Would be very close at least.

Going 8-5 the rest of the way is probably too optimistic, but god dammit if this team has been very close to getting some really quality wins. They have it in them if they could just finish a game. We could very realistically be 16-4 and ranked right now if we'd just keep our heads in the 2nd half.

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Intentionally heating golf balls during comp play is illegal and my ruffle some feathers or get you dq'ed.

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you can get around this by putting your ball under your armpit between holes. using body heat isn't counted as illegal.

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This is why LSU went the private developer route. LSU has land and a viable product. The developer has access to capital that LSU doesn't have currently.

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Okay, that makes sense. Didn't really think of it like that. Guess I was oversimplifying the issue lol

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I've never been in the PMAC and thought "OMG this sucks." It's fricking fine.

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This is apparently a hot take in Baton Rouge, but I agree. Invest in a high quality renovation to address the things that are heavily complained about. Widen the sitting areas (I'm fine with paying a little more for tickets if the capacity is lower), improve the bathrooms, and fix the roof/ceiling. We can spend significantly less this way and satisfy most people.

well that explains why they bumped the time up. thank god for that