Beau Fontenot

LSU has great branding, and branding is super important in this era, and you have to be very careful when making changes to your brand. People that come up with these gimmicky uniforms don't know a damn thing about branding. It's all about selling more stuff, but it's a poor long term strategy.

Ask the Miami Dolphins. They ruined one of the best looks in the NFL, and their fans hate it.

Our uniform is part of that. A huge part, because of its unique colors and styling. That includes the shoulder stripe on the jersey. Don't frick with it unless you're going to lengthen it a little.

UCLA went to the shorter stripe like ours because apparently making the longer stripe was a manufacturing issue.

The pants should always be gold, and most of the time, the jersey should be white. I'm ok with the purple jersey as an alternate. It's been around long enough to be considered part of our traditional look.

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It's not NATO anymore it's USA-O. We need to quit funding everything. Let me know when the rest of the "organization" is paying their share. Y'all write Ukraine some checks out of your own accounts.

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Europe should rearm and pay their fair share. I agree. But this is about us controlling an area strategic to our economic interests. You don't cede territories and nations any more than you allow yourself to be diluted in an equity position, unless forced.

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Ukraine is not, and never has been, a member of NATO. If Europe wants to fight Russia they should create a separate alliance and include Ukraine.

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I never said it was. But you do realize that's part of what the fight is about, correct?

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Tenner would be much better if it was not in downtown Knoxville

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Technically, it's not considered downtown Knoxville. It sits between downtown and Sequoia Hills next to a neighborhood called The Fort. Really it's own unique area.

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At least Alabama had a season and didn’t suck as bad as LSU!

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Damn. Excellent post. You're so good with creative comebacks.

Huskers claw back.

My understanding is Weiss is coming with him and so is Kevin Smith. Also heard that he will retain some of the LSU defensive staff including Blake Baker. Frank Wilson on the offensive staff could be retained.

Apparently, he felt like the only way he could get Ole Miss to that level was via the portal. Whereas at LSU he won't have to rely as much on the portal to maintain a level of excellence.

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They already exist in coaches contracts. All we are talking about is increasing the about of the buyouts.

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But if you make it so large is retrains a person's ability to take a new job, it's going to face a serious court challenge. Non-competes also existed, but people started challenging them and winning in court.

Alabama is still the gold standard in the SEC.
I think LSU has really hurt its branding with this recent fiasco. It will come back, but right now, it doesn't look as appealing as it once did.
Ole Miss looks a lot better than it used to look. I'd say it's definitely in the top ten SEC jobs.
Arkansas looks worse than Vanderbilt. In fact, I'd rank Vandy ahead of SC, Auburn, Missouri, Kentucky or Miss State.
OU is still an elite job. Top ten in the country.