Favorite team:LSU 
Location:Cleveland, OH
Biography:native of Pensacola - MA from LSU (grad. asst. with band), former band director at Louisville (still follow UL sports as well), Ph.D. from Illinois - now teach at a small college in Cleveland
Interests:music, reading, sports, politics, skiing, cycling
Occupation:college professor
Number of Posts:916
Registered on:11/29/2009
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I didn't live there, but when I was a sophomore music major at Pensacola Junior College in 1970-71, I sang in the concert choir. We performed at a big national choral festival at LSU (I still remember performing in the Union Theater) and the guys stayed in the stadium dorms for 2-3 nights. It was ...
Don't forget the "shoe" game! :geauxtigers: ...
[quote]I want to believe this, but will those classes hold up if we continue to shite the bed?[/quote] I'm sure the coaches are smart enough to remind recruits that we have plenty of holes (especially on D)....and that they can help fill them. Remember, all these defensive coaches are new, so th...
[quote]That post confuses the hell out of me. He says he feels better about our physicality, then says that our offensive line isn’t physical enough and can’t knock people off the ball?[/quote] No...he's saying that it's ridiculous to run the ball against 8-man fronts just to say you can, which...

CFN on playing a good team in Week 1

Posted by TigerCard on 9/3/24 at 3:21 pm
This is from Fiutak's "Week 1 Takeaways" (A lot of y'all will certainly agree with this!) [quote]3. Do not schedule a good team in Week 1 There’s no point. LSU started to make a few timing errors and weird penalties that probably get cleaned up if it was got in a light scrimmage against the ...

CFN on LSU and USC defenses

Posted by TigerCard on 9/3/24 at 3:11 pm
This is from Fiutak's "5 Underrated Things from Week 1" [quote]2. USC and LSU have defenses now Yes, LSU allowed 450 yards of total offense, and yes, USC allowed 421, but these weren’t the respective defenses of last year. LSU was No. 1 in the nation last season in total offense. Jayden Da...
Thanks for this. Just watching the game, I was fairly pleased with he progress on D. I liked the pressure on the QB we were getting, at least some of the time, and I saw no obvious blown coverages in the secondary, which was a vast improvement over the mass confusion we saw too often last season....
From what I read, it seems that USC decided to double team Lacy u the 2nd half. He wasn't getting those clean looks he got in the first half, apparently....
[quote]It shows how valuable a top notch QB is for a team, far more than coaching.[/quote] True....but it isn't only the QB. They lost the heart and soul of their defense and some incredibly talented receivers. Most, if not all, of these players arrived via the portal, so they rolled 7's on a l...

re: Nuss should have called time out

Posted by TigerCard on 9/2/24 at 3:38 pm
Yep...but this was his second start in college. He'll learn.......

re: ESPN Playoff Predictor game

Posted by TigerCard on 8/19/24 at 3:41 pm
[quote]It's just an exercise to pass time with the results based upon statistical probabilities.[/quote] Exactly...which is why I posted it. The one other factor that would probably have a great deal to do with a team's chances is overall record. The predictor lists the three toughest games for...

ESPN Playoff Predictor game

Posted by TigerCard on 8/19/24 at 3:22 pm
This is actually pretty cool. You can pick any of the 24 teams most likely to be in the playoffs and then proceed through a number of scenarios that in the end will give you odds of that team making the playoffs. Of course, this is all speculation, but it's probably fairly accurate. If nothing el...
Excerpts from the Washington Post article about last night's Commanders game against the Dolphins: [quote]Daniels’s sprint out of the pocket helped set up the Commanders’ first scoring drive in a 13-6 loss. Daniels continued to cement his status as the team’s starting quarterback — despite his resi...

re: 2015 game at Syracuse - anyone go?

Posted by TigerCard on 8/12/24 at 7:35 pm
Yep...drove over from Cleveland. As others have pointed out, the game was frustrating for all the usual Les Miles reasons. But it was interesting seeing that stadium, which of course is one of the most unusual environments in college football. No air conditioning at the time, although I've heard ...
This is by Tom Verducci, perhaps the dean of national baseball writers. He compares Skenes starting the All-Star game to Mark Fidrych starting the game in 1976, and includes stats showing that Skenes arguably has the best start to his career of any pitcher in MLB history. [link=(https://www.si...
Nice article about how much different thing are in Omaha this year without LSU fans. [link=(https://www.espn.com/college-sports/story/_/id/40388675/mcws-2024-jell-o-shot-challenge-records-rocco-update)]LINK[/link] :geauxtigers: ...
Yeah...I was a little surprised to see that he's still on the list. I guess the thinking is that a top prospect could be bouncing back and forth between the majors and triple A in his first year, although I imagine Skenes will stick. The #2 prospect, Jackson Holliday, a shortstop for Baltimore, wa...

Updated list of top 50 MLB prospects

Posted by TigerCard on 5/22/24 at 8:48 pm
This is from ESPN+. Guess who's No. 1.... :geauxtigers: [quote]1. Paul Skenes, RHP, Pittsburgh Pirates My No. 2 overall prospect in the preseason Top 100, the only negative parts of Skenes' scouting report for the last year-plus have either been searching for holes (his fastball shape wasn'...
This is a great article on Skenes, both his talent and his maturity, and the thinking behind how the Pirates have been handling his progression. [link=(https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/40108333/mlb-paul-skenes-pittsburgh-pirates-debut-top-prospect-ace)]LINK[/link] [quote]"What we're seeing...

Shaq always reppin' LSU

Posted by TigerCard on 5/6/24 at 11:46 pm
Watching Inside the NBA after the Minnesota/Denver game. They showed a highlight featuring Naz Reid and Shaq says "Get 'em, LSU. Get 'em, LSU.". Always a Tiger.......