John Cocktosten

What movie is this from? I know I’ve seen it but can’t place it.

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LSU throughout the years have had there ups and downs, but the stability is getting there.

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This is exactly why CBK is controversial to any fan base especially when he inherited a completely depleted roster and a team with ZERO culture of accountability or excellence. The meteoric rise of 2018-2019 under Orgeron made a lot of fans forget the previous 8 or so years of “above average but never consistently dominant football.”


CBK came here to build something consistent. That is very difficult in the best of situations but then also complicated by the inherited issues, the shifting conferences, and (in a huge way) the advent and steep rise of the NIL culture across the entire college landscape.

I agree with OP but I have also spent time rebuilding programs/offices that were broken when I was brought on. It takes time as there will be some early indicators of success (Jayden Daniels, SEC Championship appearance) that are immediately followed by rudimentary and basic failures (defenses thinner than wet paper, special teams that can’t find their butts with both hands).

Anyone that cannot see what BK has done and is continuing to do has not been a leader in any meaningful sense - at least not a leader of team/system/process that is complicated and highly susceptible to situations that the military identifies as VUCA (Volatile, Uncertain, Complex, and Ambiguous).

Feel free to downvote away for those who disagree. I love LSU football but the thrill of a win or agony of a loss usually fades for me within 20 minutes after the game is decided. But, that’s just me.

As if I needed another reason to be disappointed in the executive management of this team and the “leadership” of Gayle Benson.

Fire them all and make Gayle sell.

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they now have a first down song similar to ours, too.

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This (re)started in 2012 or 2013. It was done long before that but retired and brought back.

Hit the nail on the head. The handful of times that Nuss has tucked and run, the defense is always caught flat footed.

The biggest difference right now between Nuss and Burrow is the effective use of RPO and the QB running out of the pocket when the opportunity arises.

Here are questions I would ask myself, my son, and people at the school:

1. What’s the difference between this 4-year degree and a vocational or community college program?
2. What are the projected career paths in the industry for each of those education routes?
3. Is there any sort of data on projected median income for this degree?
4. What’s the job placement rate for both paths?

I work in higher ed, but I don’t know anything about an automotive program. I have seen CC programs for automotive work (especially EV). My suspicion is that the CC degree (and nothing wrong with that - I think more people should explore those programs) is more tailored to line work and eventual foreman/supervisor, while this 4-year degree is geared toward higher paying positions. BUT, I would guess that most of the people in design and operations are engineers with engineering degrees (mechanical, electrical, etc).

I don’t know much about the auto industry so that’s why I would be asking these things.

Also, I can see the value of a 4-year degree in this field these days considering how insanely complex cars are these days. Gone are the days of learning as a kid and with experience in auto shops.

Last thing, try to get a very clear picture of what the actual job is and see if that’s really what you want to do. I have had friends finish engineering degrees at big schools (aTm, Va Tech, LSU) then get a job at Ford and HATE it. One in particular was a tinkerer too. Brilliant guy. Not sure what happened to him.

Hope this helps and kudos for paying attention to your son. You’d be surprised how many kids get zero help or oversight.

Every team has a hype man. On many teams where Coach O was an assistant, that was his role. The head coach should be focused on business. Many of our fans interpret that as being cold or a Midwestern approach but it’s how good head coaches do their job. (Not to say they don’t take some moments to get excited one way or another, but the head coach is not the de facto hype guy.)

Everyone loved Coach O doing that stuff (including me) but that’s not head coach behavior.

So, who on this coaching staff is that guy?

Most people don’t understand that traveling to an away game of that distance is much harder as a college football team than pro. Even as a blue blood.

The players bodies get absolutely wrecked and then they are essentially folded in half to fit on an airplane. Not to mention that most college teams will fly home right after the game putting them back home in the early morning. Most of them likely didn’t get to sleep until 3-4am after getting back.

But there’s a day of rest on Sunday. Oh, no. That’s the time to catch up on all the work they missed and prep for the school week ahead in addition to a boat load of team meetings to analyze and prep.

I get it. Everyone deals with it. But it’s a real factor and 98 percent of the posters have zero idea.

All that to say: another reason to reconsider starting every year with these big neutral site matchups.

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MLB Draft Guy Keith Law is not happy

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You gotta love it when the tables turn on long-established practices. I believe that NIL will have the biggest impact on college baseball compared to other sports in the sense that baseball is the only major sport where you can completely skip college.

You post on here regularly about how terrible TGBFTL is since Frank/Linda/Roy left, and you are JUST NOW seeing this?