HoustonTigerNKaty

re: Dont sugar coat the midweek loss

Posted by HoustonTigerNKaty on 2/25/26 at 10:59 am to luciouslou

We lost a practice game where our not best pitchers got some work.

The practice squad put in their aces.

Lighten up, Francis.

re: NIL needs to change…my suggestion

Posted by HoustonTigerNKaty on 2/21/26 at 6:39 pm to TSS4LSU

No single program can change NIL or their recruiting will be piss poor. And as we have seen NCAA has no teeth in anything. A conference won’t touch NIL (also recruiting related).

re: Texas Gov Greg Abbott might be compromised by Pakistani Muslims.

Posted by HoustonTigerNKaty on 2/21/26 at 9:33 am to Ailsa

There are a large % of Texas GOP that would be democrats if the Blue Dog democrats had any electability. Most of the state legislature, Cornyn, Eye Patch McCain come to mind.

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re: Can someone tell me if I’ve gotten the story right here?

Posted by HoustonTigerNKaty on 2/14/26 at 11:33 am to JSmat931

Ole Miss and Chambliss aside this is killing college football which, not long ago, held an undisputed claim as the most popular sport in the country. There is no law that CFB remains the most popular sport- until in the late 70s tennis had a bigger draw than NBA, as an example.

The matter should not have been adjudicated in state court as between 30%-50% of the games are out of state. And that’s before TV contracts.

Perhaps one of the board attorneys can shed some light on why this wasn’t by nature a federal case as opposed to kangaroo court nonsense?

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re: This is just an honest question…

Posted by HoustonTigerNKaty on 2/10/26 at 9:50 am to ibleedpurpleandgold.

Growing up in the 80s football was trash after Archer’s first year. In high school in the 90s we got Jackson, Shaquille, Singleton, Robert’s and Daddy Dale won a hell of lot more than he lost, while the gridiron has people rearranging the Crazy about Curley bumper stickers to Curley about Crazy.

TL;DR: Growing up Gen X had basketball to cheer for, football was a source of pain

re: The Portal era is just different. Not better or worse

Posted by HoustonTigerNKaty on 2/4/26 at 11:07 am to Odysseus32

This is an unpopular opinion but dynasties are good for sports. Look at home game attendance for Alabama during the hey day of the Gumps— the chance to upset, however unlikely, drives attention. Or for my fellow old farts remember the Cowboys or 49ers coming to the dome?

Do you think a home and home with Indiana in 3 years will drive the same interest?

Yes parity is good for We Suck At Football U.

re: E60: Many Lives of Lane Kiffin

Posted by HoustonTigerNKaty on 2/3/26 at 4:25 pm to Broski

quote:
Raiders: Open media war with Al Davis before firing

I don’t place a lot of blame on Kiffin for the Raiders. They churned through coaches after Gruden and in his own words he wanted Megatron and got the QB that was the impetus for rookie contracts from that point forward. No one could have been successful with Russell and the headspace he was in after getting drafted.

re: E60: Many Lives of Lane Kiffin

Posted by HoustonTigerNKaty on 2/2/26 at 7:23 pm to TurkeyThug

Biggest takeaway I got it from was he seems focused on legacy and those dreams went into life support on the LA tarmac. Returning to relevance at FAU and Ole Miss resurrected that feeling. That leads me to believe he views Baton Rouge as the best place to build something special.

re: Stark Difference

Posted by HoustonTigerNKaty on 2/2/26 at 8:27 am to 304tiger

Outside of USC and Alabama he had to rely on scheme to win. Even the latter his scheme was his bread and butter.

With talent this could be the start of special things.

Caden Nowicki - RIP

Posted by HoustonTigerNKaty on 2/2/26 at 7:39 am

Ponder ISD linebacker passed away in a sledding accident over the weekend. Were we pursuing him?

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Sad to see someone so young go for doing something a kid would do.

re: Honest take on Nuss

Posted by HoustonTigerNKaty on 2/1/26 at 4:03 pm to mike4lsu

I firmly believe he was severely limited by injury. The coaching malpractice was having him play against the instate schools in September. MVB was no special generational talent but I doubt he would have lost either game. Giving Nuss some time to rest and recover.

re: Annual Mass Effect Replay

Posted by HoustonTigerNKaty on 1/31/26 at 4:31 pm to Scruffy

Spot on analysis— ME1 has the nostalgia aspect even if the inventory was clunky as hell. 2 was a masterpiece of a game and 3 was some of the most fun I have every had in gaming for the first 39.5 hours.

The last 30 mins though. Ugh.

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re: Jaylen Haywood - Great Visit & Ready to Come Back - - 6'7 | 373 lbs | Lineman

Posted by HoustonTigerNKaty on 1/26/26 at 2:04 pm to brettamedee

“Gumbo without rice” feels appropriate here.

re: SEC Storied is on LSU Vs Kentucky

Posted by HoustonTigerNKaty on 1/25/26 at 2:42 pm to Tiger1988

JACK HUNT! JACK HUNT!

Still miss Jim Hawthorn though.

re: ESPN is still pretty high on Nuss for the NFL

Posted by HoustonTigerNKaty on 1/25/26 at 2:38 pm to AMac

If he is healthy and goes to A) a solid program (not Raiders, Jets, Atlanta, Cleveland) and find a Farve > Rodgers > Love type of mentorship I think he could be decent / serviceable.

re: Does Lane wear official LSU gear?

Posted by HoustonTigerNKaty on 1/24/26 at 3:41 pm to Sull

The people who care about his LSU gear or lack thereof are the same people who were griping about him leaving the Texas Bowl at halftime after watching 2 quarters of players he wasn’t keeping and a squad he had no connections to.

re: Quantifying BR vs Oxford advantage

Posted by HoustonTigerNKaty on 1/21/26 at 7:55 am to Russianblue

Ole Miss still has to deal with a perception of racism. They can cosplay land sharks and ghey bears all they want, but they are still Colonel Reb and most diehards bemoan they can’t bring their rebel flags into stadium.

Source: local athletes and their coaches who have been pursued by and signed with mid major programs.