Death Valley Voice

It's okay to hate them both, equally! Don't punish yourself over this.

Texas and Bama will beat us with back-up players in key positions. According to Kiffin, we couldn't beat KY because of the loss of leadership by Weeks, Green, and Spears. That excuse does not float. You have leadership players on both side of the ball that should have stepped up.

Poster asked a legitimate question; his qualifier was "realistically". Your answer was typical BS. Why don't you go ahead now and place your bet on LSU beating Bama, or Texas, or Tenn (at TN, no less). I mean, be realistic and bet big, real big. Because, while we have a "chance" of going undefeated for the remainder of the season, realistically we don't have a snowball chance in hell of doing that, and you know it.

This coach's job is to recruit the most talented players for LSU. While I don't think they should bow down to any player, I won't get in their way if that's what they feel is within the scope of their job. LSU should be able to recruit itself except when the Brand is less important than the pocketbook and ego of the H.S. player. That is something out of the fan's control. So, I just turn my attention to the players that already have a number on the back of their "shirt" on gameday. Everyone else is just a distraction.

I saw that too and quickly commented to my wife that Kiffin is too much "on the ball" to let that comment slip by without a response to it. With that said, your post would have been just as impactful if you simply said "sideline reporter". Didn't need the other stuff.

I believe it was reported that Sankey amended his lawsuit partly at least due to Kiffin's half time comment to Holly Rowe, "imagine if we played pro players" and implied this was akin to the loss of institutional control. Well! If Rousse told Sanky BEFORE the game that LSU was going to comply by not adding or playing these players, how the hell can Sankey prove that Kiffin's remarks were evidence of lack of institutional control! Rouse's notification of compliance came from the top guy at the institution, and it was supported by Kiffin's action of not involving these players in any capacity. Should Kiffin not be allowed to a certain freedom of speech comment while being in compliance and being institutionally controlled under the direction of Rousse? Sankey just exposed himself as a power monger here with a clear bias against both LSU and Kiffin. For that, Sankey should have to resign.

TBH, I don't give a $hit when or if he makes a decision, and I don't care if its LSU or some other team. We all know this guy was in conversation long before the portal opened and he still can't pull the trigger? Let's face it, there are only a few teams that can both afford him and develop him for the NFL. It does seem the chatter from the coaching staff has calmed down, so lets decide we have what we need to make a run and let this diva play games with some other school. He has his offer...take it or leave it.

Disagree. Exactly how many schools are really in the running now. Maybe 3 at the most. He's had ample time to review his options. I won't accuse him of being a diva or whatever but he's had long enough to decide where he wants to go. The only thing now is that he has a right to announce when he wants to do so but let's not pretend that he still needs time to review options.

Not if you want to win championships. There are not enough quality players exclusively in LA to build an entire roster. Secondly, LSU doesn't control the interest of these recruits. They have priorities (you can list them if you want) that don't align with an objective to have a LA-Centric roster.

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That's the thing that is missing at LSU these days. Players don't want to play for LSU anymore.....they simply want to play for the team that offers them the most money. They in general aren't even interested in winning championships...it is all about the bag this year, and next year they will look for a bigger bag. The NCAA allowing players to transfer without sitting out 1 year has screwed up college football maybe irreparably. Change that one rule, and this mess starts to clean itself up.
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Saying the players don't want to play for LSU anymore is not accurate unless you also say they don't want to play for any school that is not offering the most money. Granted, most of them are looking for the money and that seems to be proving out with some of these portal guys making multiple visits. Also, I disagree that they don't care about championships. I believe every kid that has competed, trained and got to this level has an innate desire to win.
But I think as all agree the transfer portal and NIL payments to players need more regulation to stop all the sheninigans going on now.