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TigerCard
| 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: | 986 |
| Registered on: | 11/29/2009 |
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The secret sauce for Nebraska back in the day was their walk-on program. They'd take those big, hulking farm kids who had been tossing hay bales all their lives, put them in the weight room, and two years later they would come out as massive linemen. I was on the field with Tiger Band watching them warm up on the field before one of our bowl games against them. Compared to their linemen, ours looked like they were in middle school. ??. They just ran over everybody in those days.
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Hey Notre Dame....THIS is how you do it.
Posted by TigerCard on 12/8/25 at 9:54 pm
Clark Lea's classy response to Vanderbilt's getting left out of the playoffs.
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"We happened to be on the wrong side of that in this moment, but look, that’s no one’s fault except our own. We had our opportunities and we didn’t do enough. We are not victims in this process. Our ownership is in coming up short," Lea told reporters.
Hey, Notre Dame....THIS is how you do it!
Posted by TigerCard on 12/8/25 at 9:48 pm
Clark Lea's classy response to Vanderbilt getting left out of the playoffs.
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"We happened to be on the wrong side of that in this moment, but look, that’s no one’s fault except our own. We had our opportunities and we didn’t do enough. We are not victims in this process. Our ownership is in coming up short," Lea told reporters.
re: When We Had a Real Tiger Mascot
Posted by TigerCard on 12/4/25 at 12:10 pm to Missouri Waltz
Why don't you climb into Mike's enclosure when he's hungry and see how much of a "pussycat" he is.
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Everyone is bitching about the calendar, but its set at the behest of the COACHES, not just arbitrarily by the NCAA.
The coaches pushed for an early signing day. . . .
The coaches pushed to end the spring transfer portal window. . . .
And easy fix would be to simply move NDS back to February...or at least late January. The transfer portal is more difficult because teh coaches want their new transfers enrolled and participating in winter/spring activities. Generally, the deadline to enroll in classes for the spring semester is early February. If a guy isn't enrolled in school, he can't participate in spring football activities.
Everything you say here is correct. The early signing day and early portal window are designed to give coaches certainty before spring football and to allow players to be in class at the beginning of the Spring semester. As long as that is the case, the calendar isn't really fixable.
BUT........What if there was no Spring football?! What if it was replaced by early summer football, a two-week camp that occurred immediately after the Spring semester ends (late May-early June)? Players would not be in class and could spend two weeks (or however many days are allowed now for Spring practice) totally devoted to football. Then they would have the rest of the summer for voluntary or individual work before fall camp. (They would spend the Spring semester doing individual workouts, training, etc.)
This would solve all the problems with the present calendar. New coaches could be hired from mid-January through early Feb. (after the conclusion of their season) and be in place before signing day, which would move back to its former early February date. The portal could open in the late Spring (April?), allowing players to complete the last few weeks of Spring semester at their present school and then move to their new school for early summer camp. Coaches would have their complete team in place for that camp. Other than "tradition," I can't think of a reason that moving spring football to early summer wouldn't work. Is there something I'm overlooking?
This CFN writer gets it about Kiffin's decision
Posted by TigerCard on 12/2/25 at 1:18 pm
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I’m going to lose my mind.
This isn’t about Lane Kiffin. It’s not about Ole Miss, or LSU, or any school looking for a head coach. It’s not even about players or logos, winning or losing.
It’s about a sport that schedules, arguably, its two most important “staffing” events - Early Signing Day (Dec. 3) and the Transfer Portal window (Jan. 2-16) - before its playoff.
I recognize this shiny product (playoff) is new, but this is basic professional calendar management. And looking deeper, it’s about too many cooks.
FIX ... the COLLEGE FOOTBALL ... CALENDAR.
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First, the facts. Coaches are employees - CEOs if you want, but still employees - working inside a billion-dollar industry. And, like any employee in any industry, it’s in their best interest to secure their next job before their current one is technically over.
Even more so when missing key windows that determine their future success can set them back a full year - like the portal or signing day
So no, this isn't some morality play about loyalty. It’s a business. It always has been, it’s just now there’s more money/attention.
I don’t understand what you want from this employee. You want him to hide his intent to take a job he considers better and surreptitiously coach out his current job’s playoff run?
That means lying to the 17-year-old recruits and their families this Wednesday - you’re morally good with that?
You want him to tell everyone his intentions, but ask to coach the team? He did that. How’d that work?
It appears you want him to simply NOT take a job that he’s decided is better for his and his family’s future - maybe much better/secure - because you don’t think it is? Or, you think another one might come up in the future? Awfully mighty of you.
re: TD suddenly "blocked by policy" on chrome, but works on my phone and on Firefox
Posted by TigerCard on 12/1/25 at 4:48 pm to pussywillows
Just did that, and it solved the problem. Thanks for the tip
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And, Chicken, since I know you'll take a look at this, thanks for all you do to maintain the best fan message board in the business.
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And, Chicken, since I know you'll take a look at this, thanks for all you do to maintain the best fan message board in the business.
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Hi Chicken. Nope....I'm here in Yankeeland (i.e. Ohio) and not using a VPN. This just happened all of a sudden a couple of days ago. I've been using chrome as my browser for years with no problem. Strange....
TD suddenly "blocked by policy" on chrome, but works on my phone and on Firefox
Posted by TigerCard on 12/1/25 at 2:20 pm
Any idea why this happened suddenly a couple of days ago? Any way to correct it?
Thanks!
Thanks!
Finebaun and that other bozo are trying to paint this as Kiffin "trying to burn the place down on his way out" when it's the Ole Miss administration that has I itiated all of this by refusing to let him coach in the playoffs (which LSU was open to allowing) and telling coaches to leave now if they're going to leave.
re: Sumrall...Let’s just get this guy.
Posted by TigerCard on 11/23/25 at 12:42 pm to beauchristopher
Saban's record at Michigan State:
1995 - 6-5-1
1996 - 6-6
1997 - 7-5
1998 - 6-6
1999 - 9-2
Obviously a flash-in-the-pan with that 1999 record. Hadn't proved he could win consistently. Not worthy of coaching a big SEC program.
The point is, you can't look solely at a coach's won/loss record when evaluating his qualifications for a big-time job like LSU.
1995 - 6-5-1
1996 - 6-6
1997 - 7-5
1998 - 6-6
1999 - 9-2
Obviously a flash-in-the-pan with that 1999 record. Hadn't proved he could win consistently. Not worthy of coaching a big SEC program.
The point is, you can't look solely at a coach's won/loss record when evaluating his qualifications for a big-time job like LSU.
re: Flight from Baton Rouge to Oxford tomorrow
Posted by TigerCard on 10/28/25 at 9:54 pm to VegasTiger7
Any discussions that may be taking place between LSU and any coach are taking place between third parties and are intended just to feel out the landscape. No coach will talk directly to LSU until the ground has been laid by his agent. And neither LSU or any coach would do anything at this point that would indicate any real interest. A coach can say he hasn't talked to anyone at LSU with a straight face, and LSU won't want to show their hand until the deal is done.
re: "Get the right fit, not the biggest name."
Posted by TigerCard on 10/28/25 at 6:10 pm to Weatherman0892
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Thing is that right fit isn’t always apparent. I guess you can say from the South, but Saban is from WV and was coaching in the Midwest prior to here. Hungry to succeed, but you have to have to be able to tell if it’s just interview talk or they are actually hungry. I mean what candidate says they aren’t hungry in an interview.
I wouldn't say that "fit" means someone from the South necessarily, but certainly someone who understands the commitment it would take to win in the cutthroat SEC, someone who understands the modern college football landscape, and can relate to young men today. You're right that anyone can say all the right things in an interview, so I'd certainly want to have evidence of how well a coach motivates and teaches the players on his current team (whether he is a head coach or an assistant) and whether they display both toughness and skill.
"Get the right fit, not the biggest name."
Posted by TigerCard on 10/28/25 at 5:35 pm
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The author points out that none of the three active coaches who have won national titles had head coaching experience before they got their present job, and only 6 of the current top 25 teams are coached by someone who was a head coach at another power conference school before getting his current job.
The author points out that none of the three active coaches who have won national titles had head coaching experience before they got their present job, and only 6 of the current top 25 teams are coached by someone who was a head coach at another power conference school before getting his current job.
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LSU needs to get the right fit. So does Penn State, Florida, Arkansas and everyone else in this and future cycles. These schools need to study the candidates hard, look them in the eye, and then go with their gut, not their ego. Never mind the reaction. Plan for the results. Who will be the next Elko, Lanning, Cignetti or Freeman? (And take the money you save and spend it on NIL.)
And if you can get Kiffin or a proven big name, make sure you’re doing this because it is the right guy, not the one who will make the biggest splash.
Kelly was a big name. And when Notre Dame hired him, he was the right guy for that time. But he was never the right fit at LSU, a lesson the school should heed as it goes looking again.
Other schools should, too.
Todd McShay believes LSU will contact Saban
Posted by TigerCard on 10/28/25 at 5:25 pm
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"And he’s even said publicly, and I’ve talked to him in meetings, one of his, I don’t want to put words in his mouth but, regrets in his coaching history was leaving LSU.”
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"He’s got money, he’s got rings, he’s got everything that you could ever imagine a coach when you set out to be a college coach could have, right? But this might be the only place that he might say, well, let’s, let’s sit down and talk."
re: In defense of Garrett Nussmeier
Posted by TigerCard on 10/27/25 at 11:19 pm to NeilArmstrong1969
Just look at Drake Maye. His college stats were just so-so, and considering his pedigree and expectations, he didn't have a successful college career. Of course, the teams he was on at North Carolina were mediocre at best. It's obvious that the pro scouts took all the problems with the N.C. program into consideration, and he was picked third overall by the Pats. After a predictably rocky rookie season, he has really come on this year.
re: Why no Kevin Mawae as OL coach?
Posted by TigerCard on 10/27/25 at 10:04 pm to TigerFanatic99
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Just because you were a great player doesn't mean you're going to be a great coach.
I don't care bad how amazing you were if you aren't able to teach technique. Some of the best athletes in the world have no idea how to actually teach what the do because it's just natural for them. Don't k ow if that applies to Mawae or not, but it's the likely reason.
This is absolutely true. That's why many of the most successful coaches and managers in MLB are guys who never made it to the show or were there only a short time. Because they didn't have the natural talent that mot superstars possess, they tried every trick in the book to maximize their skills and can pass all those tricks on to other players. That's not to say that all superstars rely only on natural talent, of course. Many of them are also real students of the game and are known for how much they study opposing pitchers or batters. Same applies to many other sports.
We could easily say the same thing about the Ole Miss game.
I agree 100% with that. we need a new OC and probably a new O-line coach as well.
Uh ...I'm pretty happy with Baker as DC. The problem is on the offensive side.
re: SEC "Football Final" commentators nailed it
Posted by TigerCard on 10/19/25 at 12:00 am to FireawayLSU
I would partially agree with you. We have some amazing talent at some skill positions (and I think that's what they were referring to) but not on the offensive line in particular, which hurts everything else we want to do: the offense can't get untracked, and the defense has to be on he field too long because of it.
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