homemadeshine

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No championships in 4 years

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I agree. We're paying him a boatload of money, hired all his assistants that he wanted, given him a massive NIL package to work with and he doesn't even have to leave the State of Louisiana to fill every need he has, so yes, I expect him to win immediately.

NIL/Transfer portal have changed the landscape of college football, and if Indiana, Texas Tech and Vandy can turn their programs around overnight, so can LSU.

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So playing good teams and losing would trigger anger and disgust and playing cupcakes and winning would also trigger anger and disgust.

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No! When your team sucks and you play a bunch of tomato cans that suck more, please tell me how you're going to improve.

Sometimes an arse-whoppin' is the best thing that can happen to you. You may not be old enough, but in the old days, if Grandma said go get a switch, you better not come back with a flimsy switch because that made it only worse.

Get a few of those and I promise you won't be making those same stupid mistakes any longer and the same applies to bb. How are you going to know how to improve, if your competition isn't good enough to expose your weaknesses!

Iron sharpens iron!

Not true! When you play such lower level teams, your team is not tested and when it comes time to face the much tougher teams, they shrivel up like a prune because they're not prepared for the moment.

Going 11-0 against a bunch of tomato cans and suddenly have to face teams with a pulse, you quickly go from the being the alpha dog in the yard to a yapping chihuahua.

Watch how the men's bb team performs against SEC competition and you will quickly realize level of competition matters.

I've actually coached a lot of basketball and even won a couple of championships. I can tell you first hand that playing a weak schedule doesn't help you because when the tough teams come around, the players don't know to compete in close games because they haven't been challenged.

I've coached a lot of football also, and parents always want to tell you about how their son was the star of their park ball team. They quickly learn that the level of competition at the local parks is nowhere near the MS and HS level and their son never sees the field.

The level of competition matters!

This seems to be a popular trend with the men's bb team and it's never proven to be beneficial come league play.

Yes, the men have an impressive overall record, but beating Prairie View, Tarleton State, Alcorn State and Omaha keeps you at that level because you haven't been challenged or forced to improve.

I'd rather have four or five losses against good teams heading into league play than manhandling the Little Sisters of the Poor just for a W.

There is a lot of truth to that saying "Iron sharpens iron."

Maybe some have 1 year deals, but the big stars have multi year deals like Bryce Underwood's four deal worth 12M.

By having one year deals, the player can maximize his value if they have a great year, and it's great for schools because the players that don't live up to expectations can be sent packing.

The thing that makes this team elite is they have a strong inside and outside game, which is a nightmare for opposing teams.

I love that the smaller teams get a shot. Let's face it, there's more parity in college football than ever before, so yes, a smaller school could possibly pull off an upset. Under your thinking, we might as well just let the 12 schools with the highest NIL funds participate and everybody else should eliminate football all together.

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this is worse than op . take a look at our defense if you remove parts of the vandy game and the second half against aggie. we would probably rank top 3 without those . as of now were probably top 25 on d

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What are you talking about? A&M QB ran for 108 yards, Pavia had 86 and OM and Arkansas QB each had over 70 yards rushing! To matters worse, this year is a down year for QBs in the SEC and we still couldn't stop a running QB!

This defense was amazing compared to our recent defenses, but compared to LSU's great defenses of the past, this defense was average to below average at best.

This defense finished 5th in the SEC, so if you call that elite, you have clearly lowered your standards!

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Recruiting is not dead. It may have changed some, but it's not close to dead.

Money has always been a part of recruiting. Even going back to 1908 when LSU was accused of paying players.

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Recruiting is dead in the traditional sense. Yes, the top players have always been paid, and I agree that players should be paid, but it's clearly out of control and reflects nothing of what recruiting should be.

When Saban - the greatest coach of all time - says recruits didn't want to hear about the school or how he could help them become better players, but only wanted to know how much they were going to be paid, I don't call that recruiting.