Tiger Voodoo

Live look at “Stinky” Pete Golding

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the amount of bullshite that has been spewed his way and all the heat he has taken just so he could take over our proud program screams volumes to me

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This all started because lunatic Al Davis conned him into leaving SC to become THE YOUNGEST HEAD COACH IN THE NFL HISTORY!!! trying to capitalize on the SouthernCal magic and recreate his glory days in LA, and then immediately taking all power away from him and forcing Jamarcus on him with the #1 pick even though Lane was opposed to drafting him.

He then refused to bring in Monte as his DC, and after a year and four games he fired him and set the media against him to cover up for another in a long line of blunders for that franchise that started after trading Gruden away and has continued to this day. Yet the braindead and conwardly sports media carried his water and made Lane the scapegoat.


This was all compounded when Lane left UT to go back to SC, the place he never would have left had Davis not conned him, after only one season. That is to this day the only time Lane “job hopped”, yet the media continues this absurd narrative.


He then caught another bad break when the NCAA handed down generational penalties before he even made it to fall camp, almost immediately making expectations there completely unrealistic. Fast forward to another lunatic and proven fraud in Pat Hayden making him a scapegoat again, with an assist from his “best friend” in O, and leaving him on the tarmac, a completely unprofessional and unhinged move that once again the media tried to paint as somehow Lane’s doing due to his “history”, and the rest is history.


Kiffin has been a model of professionalism in his career since that fiasco in 2013, yet he is still painted as some kind of mercenary. Despite massive success for three years at Alabama when he could have left for other jobs at any point, then three more years of great success at FAU, again despite chances to leave every year, then SIX years of loyalty and success in Oxford, again with multiple chances to leave year after year.


Now yes, his personal life fell into disarray after the tumultuous professional years from 07-13, and it isn’t hard to see why. But he never let those struggles impact what he was building with his teams.


And now that he finally has his personal life back in order, he is set up at a place professionally where he can build the type of legacy that he helped Carroll buildat SC, that he elevated with Saban at Alabama, and that his dad built in Tampa after decades of moving around the NFL.


It’s unfortunate that the pathetic and bitter Ole Miss athletic director, already forgot his name, as will the rest of the country outside of Oxford, refused to allow him to finish the season with the team he built. Ole Miss wins that game last night with Kiffin on the sideline, and is just one win away from hanging a real championship banner next to their 2003 tribute in Vaught-Hemingway.


I can’t wait to watch this all play out in Baton Rouge, it truly is going to be the Golden Era of LSU football.

I was many places throughout the day on January 4th that likely many of you were as well, but in the early morning hours of January 5th I was standing outside of Rick’s taking a picture with Stephen Peterman and Justin Vincent :lol:

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Especially now. And your whole fanbase's "He could NEVER win a championship in Oxford!!!" rationale has come a cropper.

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That’s a straw man.

OM was already in the playoff and hosting a round 1 game when this all went down.

The argument for leaving for LSU was that it is a better job to consistently compete for championships.

It was clear he had a chance to win a championship this year. That’s exactly why it was such a big deal to the national media that he was leaving in the midst of that type of run.


But if it takes him six years to make the playoff in Baton Rouge, well, he will be fired before it gets to that point, because it is objectively more attainable at LSU than it is at Ole Miss.


It really isn’t hard to understand to those that don’t just want to argue.

Spoiler Alert: We’re going to be really good really quickly :thup:

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How was it suppose to be taken? This should have been taken serious and he should have been escorted out of the ops building.

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I really don't get why LSU fans just assume we would've beaten a really good UGA team that Bama needed a ton of luck to win.

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Agreed, although if I could change one thing from 2012 it would be Mathieu plays the whole season. If he’s out there no way Yeldon scores and he likely gives us the edge over UGA as well, the same way he did in 2011. Mett playing UGA in the SECCG would have been really cool to see.

Mostly just sad we didn’t get to see what he could have done for another 13 or more games in purple and gold. But him getting himself together and becoming a possible HOFer and the ultimate representative of LSU with Shaq is about as good a story as we could hope for.


Aside from 1/9, the obvious answer, I’d love for the refs to get the FG call right for OKSt over ISU and see that SEC vs Big 12 matchup, which was the entire point of the BCS to begin with, but I digress.


Saw another mention on Auburn 06, great answer as well. The rematch with UF in the SECCG would have been epic, we’ve still never played them in Atlanta. And obviously seeing us against the 06 OSU squad would have been fun.


Would have liked to see Mett get that win in Athens in 2013. Feel like the season started to unravel after that and getting a win there could have changed the trajectory against Bama and definitely against OM.


One that I think deserves mentioning is Alabama 2015. LF was on track for one of the greatest seasons of all time and the entire thing just fell apart when he got completely shut down. Probably the most impressive defensive performance we’ve ever faced maybe even including 1/9.

If we walk out of Tuscaloosa with a win and break the streak, I don’t think the rest of the season plays out the same way at all. Would have been interesting to see how the team responded.


Same with Wisconsin or Auburn in 2016. Had Miles just started Etling we probably win at Lambeau and the pressure and temperature isn’t what it was going into Auburn. But likely the most important part of changing 2016 would have been wrapping LF in bubble tape in camp. He wasn’t the same after the ankle injury and it cost us against Wisconsin.



For big time fantasy, I think a playoff back in 2001 would have been a lot of fun. If we don’t drop that awful game to Eli and Ole Miss, after which Saban was about as loved as Brian Kelly in Baton Rouge, LSU probably gets in even in a 4 team format.

I’m not one to say we would have beaten Miami, but I do think we’d have taken Nebraska or Oregon or Colorado or whoever else we had to play to get to Miami.

Ro to Reed against that defense would have been an all timer to watch.

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That was a totally stupid move. They take out Yellow Sophie but leave the three people calling the shots alone just to appease Sage

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Nope.

Steven Kristina and Sage control the next vote with his block vote advantage.

Worst case for them is if Savannah wins immunity then Rizzo can play his idol for himself and they have to settle for blue Sophie. But those three would still decide who goes home at final 5.

In theory it was a solid move, as long as he didn’t have to use his advantage he didn’t care as long as Kristina and Sage were ok. Plus they clearly won points with the jury by getting Sophie out, so it worked on multiple levels.

But the problem with his plan is he doesn’t know about Sophie’s KIP advantage, which could blow that up.


My question is why didn’t Rizzo push to just vote out Kristina if he’s so convinced about the steal a vote.

Assuming he knows he’s ok either way and isn’t worried about losing Sophie or Savannah. Still pretty ballsy to trust Steven and hold that idol knowing that if yellow Sophie had gone with Steven Sage and Kristina the numbers were there to get him out. Just supremely confident in his read of everyone week after week.

Back to Steven’s advantage, the note said he had to use the block vote before votes are cast. If Sophie doesn’t know to use it before the vote, not wait until Jeff reads the vote when he asks if anyone has an idol or advantage she might his her chance??

Either way, next tribal will be very interesting.

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They know Lane will bring LSU back. Finebaum is one of the melts. Never thought he had a bias or hid it well but he is showing it now. Gonna be fun to watch the hypocrite fans and coaches whine like babies.

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He gave a mature answer. Rule #1 when changing jobs is don’t burn your bridges.

Lane has grown.

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Hell he even brought up Tennessee and how he didn’t want things to be left that way again.

Guy is a pro and that interview goes a long way to embarrassing all the click bait media whores that were trying to slander him and burn this opportunity for him.


Going to be a fun ride baws :lsu: