ATLTiger24

83,000 messages on an anonymous internet message board is a curious way to demonstrate indifference.

I'd like to see the record vs. Bama of every coach on this staff, plus every player on the roster, both at LSU and their previous schools.

Off hand, I count one (1) win for Orgeron ('19), two (2) for Corey Raymond ('07, '19), four (4) for Tee Martin ('96-'99), one (1) for Gregg Penn ('22).

Never go full Pelini.

It's hard to blame the "change" factor in modern college football given that annual total roster shakeup is exactly how Lane Kiffin does business.

Kiffin's most elite roster at Ole Miss was 2024, when he completely overhauled both sides of the ball outside of QB. That team went 10-3 with losses to Kentucky, LSU, and Florida. Last season Kiffin again overhauled the Ole Miss roster and coasted through a weak SEC schedule, losing to the only elite team they played, Georgia.

Kiffin overhauled LSU's roster and he will completely change this roster after that, even if Leavitt returns. Then he will completely change it again.

Lane Kiffin's "football culture" is constant change and offensive ingenuity and aggressiveness. He abandoned the last two when he punted on 4th and 1 from the LSU 43 with a chance to ice the game.

LSU has not defeated a top-10 team in their stadium (true road game) by double-digits since October 2, 1983 @ Florida (24-13).

There's a reason it hasn't happened in 44 years, and it's not because LSU has never had excellent players and coaches until Kiffin and this group.

Written assurance from LSU that it will not add the two TRO plaintiffs to its roster and paying a fine continuing to pursue the players in violation of an SEC rule.

The SEC will push for a multi-game suspension for Kiffin for his half-time comment. LSU and the league will settle on suspending him for the game this weekend.

Blow out LA Tech with a stadium full of "FREE KIFFIN" T-shirts, and on to Oxford.

Attempted Netflix mash-up of Kiss the Girls and Silence of the Lambs.

DeNiro is way past his prime but his scenes with Michael Keaton were fun to watch. The cowardice and incompetence of the father (Adam Scott) and investigating detective (Michele Monaghan) were grating but better than the typical female supercop trope.

Reasonable C- movie with a few quality scenes. Worth the Netflix viewing, I think.

Intelligent adults can hold multiple views in their brains.

This particular issue is a bad look for Kiffin and LSU and the players involved are nowhere near worth the distraction, as exemplified by the fact that none of them can make an NFL roster after four years of college football.

But Kiffin is the right coach for LSU in this Lord of the Flies world of college football and I am glad he's at LSU.

I get that coaches have a lot going on, but this was flatly mishandled.

The process seems simple: LSU's administrative staff schedules a Zoom call between Coach Kiffin, Jayden, and Pickett. Kiffin and Pickett take the call from Kiffin's office. On the call, Pickett expresses his sincerely admiration for Jayden and respectfully asks Jayden if Pickett can wear #5, both to honor Pickett's high school and to honor Jayden. Kiffin and Pickett both acknowledge to Jayden that they could not fathom any LSU offensive player attempting to wear #5.

Jayden most likely says "yes" and ESPN gets to tell that story during the Clemons broadcast. If he says "no" then Pickett wears #3 but sees that Kiffin tried to make it happen

Why the hell does LSU football employ so many people if they can't get something like this right?

Notwithstanding the $200 million regime change, the reality for 2026 LSU Football is that this team is just as likely to go 9-3 as 7-5. Anything on either side is an outlier and either tremendous or disastrous.

Kelly and Sloan were bad last year but the roster was loaded on paper, just like this one. Someone on this year's schedule will be overrated like Clemson last season and underrated like Ole Miss and Oklahoma last season.

Genius Blake Baker faces at least four (4) incredibly mobile QBs (Chambliss, Reed, Keelon Russell, Byrum Brown), so buckle up for that. And would it really shock anyone if true freshman Faizon Brandon (6'4 Tennessee monster freshman) goes Jalen Milroe on LSU in Knoxville?

Every team in the conference has weaknesses and unknowns. We have a lot, too. Enjoy the ride.