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It'll help with relationships but end of the day unless either are ponying up their own cash to pay said recruits, neither are gonna have much sway either way. Different world out there now. Everyone is paying.

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When you put it that way, then it does become more important, not less.

If we're after someone and Ohio State, Texas, Georgia etc are all throwing the same money we are, I think having Orgeron as our guy is an advantage in that case.

If they can do it as fast as it was in the tournament, I'm good with it. I liked the format.

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Its now or never boys

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At least we have the batters you want coming to the plate. If anyone can spark a rally, it's these guys

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Good thought, bad execution

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Yeah, he had the right idea. He just shite himself with the throw. Sucks, that would have been big.

Crazy hire, but honestly he's great as a recruiter, and well above average as a D Line coach.

Don't tell me recruiters don't matter now; you still need an edge if the NIL is otherwise equal.

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Look at sidewalker trying to equate all levels of basketball as the exact same. That will be part of the LSU playbook with Wade. Who cares that he got a show cause, he was still in basketball.

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:lol:

Wade went to McNeese for 2 yrs, which is in the Southland conference. Definitely small time, but still D1 in basketball.

Year 1: 30-4, 17-1 in conference; road win at Michigan,, won conference tourney, lost first round game to Gonzaga.

Year 2: 28-7, 19-1 in conference, 8 pt loss at Alabama, 3 pt loss at Miss State, won conference tourney, beat Clemson in 1st round game,
lost to Purdue 2nd round.

I don't even care if he's cheating... you're not supposed to take McNeese and go win at Michigan, scare Alabama and Miss State in their house, or beat a Clemson team that went 27-7 overall, 18-2 in the ACC, in the NCAA tournament. Hell, no level of cheating does that. He was putting skins on the wall at a fricking Southland Conference team. The man can coach.

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Act like you been there, we are LSU, we celebrate championships.

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You're a fan, you choose to celebrate only championships.

Sheerin hasn't been there, and this was his moment. These are now elimination games, every one of them can be the last. We ain't going to a regional unless we win this tournament outright.

He came into a tight game with the bases loaded, shut that down, and dominated the rest of the way. Our season didn't end with him on the mound. We need more of that fire.

Curiel with the snot rocket right on cue :lol:

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) no main characters from the original trilogy would be trotted back out

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I think Galadriel had a part in that story. Plus they'd have Thranduil and Dain from the Hobbit films as part of this. And I guess even though she doesn't exist in the books, they could bring back Tauriel somewhere in this story line.

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Yeah... i think Lee Pace can still do it.
Don't care re Dain or Celeborn; dain was a quick cameo in the hobbit, would be older in this and would die about halfway thru.
Celeborn is very generic dude with pointy ears and a Fabio wig.

Galadriel and Tauriel... crazy enough, I think Evangeline Lilly could actually do Galadriel now, if Cate Blanchett is too old.

Here's a recent picture


But I'm seeing she has retired after having a brain injury from a fall (!). So no go for her.

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If Peter Jackson wants to make more LOTR films, then why not do the war in the north? Wouldn’t they already have the rights since it was mentioned in the LOTR books and appendicies?

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This is a damn good suggestion. Yeah, they have the rights since it's in the appendices, and they have already established the relevant locations in past movies.
The studios probably won't sign off, because A) no hobbits :lol:, and B) no main characters from the original trilogy would be trotted back out (like old Legolas inserted into The Hobbit, and now Aragorn and Gandalf in this Hunt for Gollum flick. Which apparently has hobbits :rolleyes:).

But honestly, you could make the end of The Hunt for Gollum show his escape, which would lead into the war in the North. And that could be a nice and tidy trilogy:

1: pre-conflict, then the attack by the Easterlings on Dale and Erebor. Dol Guldur launches an attack north into The Woodland Realm, and the first attack on Lorien. You end that with the fall of Dale and retreat into Erebor, bloody (and forest fire) fighting in the Woodland Realm, and Lorien defeats the first attack (due to Galadriel's magic fences around the wood). Radagast (not in the books, but also not NOT in the books) shows up in Mirkwood to help out and advise Thranduil. Maybe he (a fricking Istari focused on nature, after all) deals with the spiders.

2: Siege of Erebor; 2nd attack on Lorien which also fails. War in Mirkwood against the orcs and spiders etc continues. Radagast could advise Thranduil to push on Dol Guldur instead of helping Erebor after winning ("they're safe in their mountain").

3: Woodland elves move on Dol Guldur (Radagast could help coordinate them meeting up with Celeborn's forces). Radagast contacts the Eagles and sends them south to Mordor. Lorien defeats the 3rd attack, and Celeborn keeps rolling straight towards Dol Guldur instead of stopping at the borders of Lorien. He and Thranduil link up, and take Dol Guldur. Galadriel destroys the fortress. Erebor breaks the siege and routs the Easterlings.
Galadriel, Celeborn and Thranduil talk briefly about the war in the South, with Thranduil saying he's going to help his neighbors up in Erebor and Dale, please send my regards to my son. Galadriel and Celeborn get ready to head south to Gondor. Radagast goes north with Thranduil.

This would overlay well with the LotR trilogy, restore some dignity to Radagast (and explain his absence), tie in the Eagles connection etc. You'd only have Thranduil, Galadriel, Celeborn, and Dain (and Radagast?) from prior movies. I think Lee Pace can still do Thranduil. Cate Blanchett is getting old, but looks decent enough that maybe with makeup, some de-aging, and limited screen time, you can get away with her still... save her for big moments. Don't think anyone would notice if you recast Celeborn and Dain, or Radagast either for that matter.