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A note on the "profit" thing (I'm the guy who wrote the piece being mentioned) - I really wouldn't put much stock in that as all, which I say in the post. Yes, the schools report revenue and expenses, and the difference makes up the "profit", but you can't know what expenses of School A are paid by the "university" or a foundation when School B might pay them from "athletics" and stuff like that.

Auburn spent $90 million on $92 million in revenue while Bama spent $85 million on $129 million in revenue? Clearly not apples to apples.

But the Bama revenue jump is pretty staggering. I'm just happy LSU is one of the programs that's still keeping up (somewhat).

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Jeez he certainly definitely gets his money's worth out of adverbs.

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He frequents Lolly's

Schoolhouse Rock - Adverbs

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What kind of loser puts together a site full of Les Miles quotes.

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A web publisher.

My guide says 4:30 a.m. Eastern on ESPNU tomorrow (Monday) morning.

Also says North Carolina's game in on April 10 at 3 p.m. Eastern. Spring Game Smackdown / Chicken Biscuit Kickoff Preview!

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A major reason we don't win as many of those as some other teams do.

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Given that it's been 12 years since any team in the SEC has won consecutive conference titles, expecting to win even the SEC every year isn't a very reasonable expectation.

But I'm not saying we should accept mediocrity, which I guess is what you're getting at - that fans have to keep pressure on the program so we don't end up with Curley Hallmans. I agree with you there. I'm saying that sitting here in March and worrying that we are going to suck in the fall doesn't do any good.

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I think a lit of us just want us to swing back to a more balanced and normal level of support and perception.

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Exactly. How about we just enjoy being freaking LSU fans? Unless you just came aboard in the past seven years, the enjoyment of LSU football hasn't come with an expectation that we win the SEC and national championship every year.

It's not that winning isn't important, and it's really frustrating to see us blow games we should win, but wallowing in the frustration and sitting here in March expecting the worst in the fall - what fun is that?

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Dear...god thank you for making a positive thread. Now lets hope negatigers dont destroy it.

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Yeah, I'm gonna take the staff at its word and figure they were actually thinking more about the run game. Hard to argue after last season that we don't need the focus there.

"Fans" may have wanted to see JJ throw a bunch of touchdowns to make themselves feel better, but focusing the "game" on what the coaches think they need to focus on is a good sign.

And poor J Lee - a Pick 6 in your Spring Game with his history? Oof.

Better shot from lsusports.net



For whatever reason, Nike is still showing the yellower helmet (that also looks like a different helmet type) on their media site promoting this:

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Looks like somebody got their signals crossed in Beaverton.

The odd thing is that everything leading up to the unveil indicates the Washington gold helmet. But the helmet the guy is wearing in the full-uniform shot doesn't seem to have the helmet logo on it ... then the t-shirt appears that shows the Washington gold helmet with the helmet logo ... then what Nike is showing in their official media materials (unless I've gone colorblind) is clearly not the Washington gold helmet.

In one of their description documents they show the helmet I have with the description "The LSU helmet was designed with a deep gold tone, a nod to the Golden Boot trophy ..." But they're not showing a deep gold-tone helmet.

Very odd. We'll see what they unveil today, but my hunch is somebody at LSU balked at the Washington gold helmet (likely without a logo), and they ended up with a Frankenuniform as the compromise.

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Why Didn't One of Our OL Fake Hurt?


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TWO-MINUTE WARNING/10-SECOND RUNOFF: The requirement that the offense has to be behind in the score or the score has to be tied for a 10-second clock runoff to be exercised against the offense for an excess timeout with two minutes to go in the first half or in the game has been eliminated. Now a 10-second runoff will take place no matter what the game situation. Any possible advantage for the offense (e.g., the old rule would not require a 10-second runoff if it were ahead) has been eliminated. The defense has the option to decline a 10-second runoff

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Hmm, what might be the clue that this is an NFL rule, not a college football rule? Oh, right - that reference to the two minute warning.

I wondered about that as well. I have to think it would constitute unsportsmanlike conduct, delay of game or something to fake it, but it's a time-honored tactic to one degree or another.

If you remember Hatch in the Auburn game last year, he was originally just walking off the field after he got his bell rung then dropped to the turf after coaches started motioning for him to go down. That was to give Lee time to warm up.

Alternatively, I wonder if somebody could have just taken a swing at an Ole Miss player to draw a dead-ball personal foul.

I don't think anybody is trying to blame the players for not coming up with something to stop the clock; just thinking through the possibilities. A lot to ask that anybody would be thinking that fast and clearly, anyway.