Alexdjafari

I’d say we are top 7-8. Tier one programs (in terms of nil) include Ohio State,Georgia, Alabama,Texas, Oregon, Michigan maybe A&M. We are tier 2 but very close to 1 along with teams like Miami, USC, Penn State, Florida. But there is NO REASON with our assets, brand, and recruiting base that we shouldn’t be in the top 12 teams each year. Idc if we’re in the SEC. We should have a handful of good wins each year.

It’s not Larry Ellison as in the ceo of oracle. God you guys are idiots. He went to the University Illinois, it’s a different Larry Ellison

I think BK has some time before he’s a total mistake/failure for me. But I feel like there was so much pressure after O to win right away that we shot ourselves in the foot. It was about getting a big name, taking him from a blue blood program, even better. I remember at one point people would have been happy if we got Jimbo. CBK wasn’t going to come unless he got a fat contract, why would he? We should have been patient and hired someone younger and less expensive. I hope we learn from this as an organization and as a fan base. We will now pay for our lack of patience a few years ago with being patient until 2030.

We can match

Yes we might not have as many mega donors but that won’t last forever. We have consistent top 5-6 revenue and a huge brand that players can leverage.

I’m not sure how revenue is irrelevant. I think it’s more relevant a measure of how lucrative a program is vs academic endowment and how much donors are willing to give up on any given year.

When did he say that?

Sure but the whole state lives and breathes LSU football. Alabama has essentially the same population and is split between auburn/Alabama

I’m so tired of people acting like LSU doesn’t have money to spend on recruits in the era of NIL. Last I checked we were a top 5-10 program in terms of revenue and just signed our coach to one of the biggest contracts in CFB history. We literally took CBK from “blue blood” Norte Dame. Take some time to look into TAF’s balance sheet. I think people are confusing academic endowments with money that can be thrown around at hs recruits. Academic endowments are money/grants pledged to the University for specific purposes within ACADEMICS, not football. If it were all about who has the most billionaires/ largest endowments Harvard would win the CFP every year. Sure, it doesn’t hurt to have a couple billionaire donors throwing money at the program, but the spending were currently seeing is not sustainable. People also forget the value that the LSU brand brings to the table. A hs kid can come to LSU and become a national brand in ways that they can’t at other programs. Look at Burrow, Daniels, even Livy Dunne, etc. In conclusion quit the woe is me bullshite. Just because the state of Louisiana is “broke” doesn’t make the football program broke. In fact one can argue that sometimes the brokest states produce the most lucrative programs.