cajunfury87

It's so hard to tell who is just happy being a tiger and attending LSU vs. who wants more.

Looking at the depth chart, obviously, Nuss is possible. I hope we don't lose a guy like Bech, Guillory, Sage, or Hilton... all guys with Louisiana roots, but also guys who might think they can shine somewhere else.

I wonder if a guy like Raydar Jones gets recruited over again and leaves. Dumervil might want to look too-- don't want to be lacking more than a two-deep at OL with injuries popping up. Both would be disappointing.

I feel like there's sure to be one surprise.

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explain how this has anything to do with public policy

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Lol I’m not talking about public policy! I’m talking about stupid, sensitive conservatives to make the rest of us look stupid. I expect liberals to be loud and stupid… so when they are, it’s all aligned.

I’d like to think that conservatives should be above being loud and stupid. We should be too good for that. And we used to be. Used to laugh at liberals who were so triggered and soft. And now the most vocal conservatives are just as triggered and soft. God help you if you’re triggered by other people wearing a mask as if you’ve been wronged.

Damn, you’re so persecuted. Sorry that you’ve had to live through this hard time.

Can’t you just not wear your mask and shut the frick up? If they want to do it, let em. How mentally fragile do you have to be to get so upended by the decisions of others that you come waste our time? Sensitive conservatives are just the same as sensitive “libs”.

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You guys are obsessed with skin color. I mean damn.

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This. Cam has a history of being an absolute freak athlete. In his first 3 games last year he was 62/91 (68%) for 714 yards, ran 35 times for 149 with 4 rushing touchdowns AND had ZERO weapons. The pats were 2-1 and everybody was saying how stupid it was that they got him so cheaply. He got Covid and didn't look great after.

If people think he that the 10-year vet with an MVP trophy should start it MUST be because he's black? Give me a break... some of you guys talk so much crap about how sensitive people of color are then turn around and are JUST as sensitive. And the worst part is you're soft just for the sake of being soft. Even if I don't agree with some of BLM I can at least understand where they're coming from. But this thread is full of people who are so desperate to try to show how culture is oppressing white people. It's just crying "look at me, I'm oppressed too!!!!" Get real... Or at least take it to the OT so I can ignore it.

The above opinions that state that technically lump sum is better are correct (except it can be hard on the psyche).

If the market generally goes up 7% per year then every day you should go up 7%/365. So by dollar cost averaging you give up time in the market (the old saying “time in the market is more important than timing the market”).

Just to use easy numbers $1000x1.07^30 = $7612 whereas 29 years is $7114.

The people who say DCA are correct if there is a pullback, but DCA is a form of timing by the market/predicting. If you’re right, great, if you’re wrong, ok. If you buy today and it goes down 10%, it’ll come back up in 2-3 months very likely.

The biggest thing is to come up with a plan and hold to it. If you DCA you’re leaving a little on the table, but the only way you truly lose is if you let your $1000 stay $1000 instead of becoming $7000+.

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What do you know about Jace Laviolette? LSU baseball commit.

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Jace is a really good kid. When you see him in person he’s HUGE, and I haven’t seen him since March. At that point I’d guess he was like 6-2, 230? He joked that he was squatting 450 as a freshman... but he wasn’t joking. He’s pretty smart and very charming— a great kid. I’ll be interest to see how he continues to physically develop.

As for his talent the LSU offer speaks for itself. I haven’t seen him play, but I can imagine he’s got light tower power.

It’s important to realize how the defense is supposed to defend each play and their responsibility. I’m a former Texas HS coach who ran a 4-3, so heres what I see from a base 4-3 from these gifs:

1) you’re correct— 11 gets driven, 18 overpursues to try to cover him. Hell of a play by 97 to run flat down the line in his gap and make a play. Stingley loaf.

2) not 8’s fault at all. He gets a down block, gets hands on and squeezes the down block with his eyes up and shoulders square, perfect technique. He’s responsible for the dive, LBs have to flow. 19 gets murdered. Based on the alignment we can see there should be a safety running downhill which appears to be 31 at the very end of the play. Where was that guy? He’s the “alley” player.

3) I think this is actually a solid defensive play against a really tough scheme. 8 has to fight down the line with the puller in front of him. He’s in charge of the dive player usually, so he seems to be correct. 18 sees the read and stays outside despite the read from the double pullers, even fighting off a blocker to do it. Again the safeties are a bit slow.


4) this is bad by a lot of guys against simple outside zone. First thing to notice is the blitzing safety on the back side. At least the DL on his side should be stunting toward the run. 8 has him point blank and doesn’t make the play. 19 has no excuse. He’s watching the motion instead of his keys and takes a false step which kills him. With a blitzing safety over there this is inexcusable. Even then, make the freaking play. 92 runs up field creating vertical seems in the defense. Again, where is the safety 31?

5) double pullers where nobody attacks the pullers. It depends on how it’s coached with the slot back as to who should (if he's considered a TE). 19 is very timid. Biggest issue for me is 18 has double pullers and just sits there. Backside Lb has to go when you see that! You can’t defend a pulling scheme without following the pullers because they’re creating new gaps and he’s sitting in gaps that don’t exist anymore. And he doesn’t attack the block. Bad.

6) clearly a stunt in here sending 3 upfield exchanging inside responsibility to 19. 19 is out of control— if he hits the puller the play is dead. But the worst is 18. He gets double puller away from him and still follows the sweep. Between 11 and 7 that’s covered. He knows he’s wrong too— look at his reaction.

7) part of how you play zone is that you disrupt the timing of the offense. 18 sees him coming the whole way and just gets beat. 19 is usually playing what’s called a wall technique where your job is to bang the receiver to slow him down. It got on 18 too quick, although if he was faster he could have covered it.

8) 18 has to trigger! Double pullers (turns out the second puller is the new ball carrier) means you have to go, especially when 19 bumps him last second. To me this is on 8. He runs straight up field, doesn’t get hands on the down block which would have led him to the puller and killed the play.

I’ll leave 9 and 10. I remember watching the game it seemed over and over that the effort was just bad away from the play and sometimes where the play was happening. Defense is about effort which covers mistakes. From a scheme POV the DE’s have to attack pullers, and the LB have to flow with the pullers to their new gaps.

The kid's not coming to LSU. 247 predicts OU, if I had to guess it's Bama. He isn't an angel by any means, but considering how some of these kids are I don't think he's a big character risk. It'll be good for him to be around people of like ability day in and day out at IMG and eventually in college.

Tompkins also has Jalen Milroe who is currently committed to Texas. With all the uncertainty over there certainly good to keep the line of contact open.

current payout scheme with 7 players (looking for 8 or 10).
1st-105, 2nd-75, 3rd-60, 4th-50, 5th-35, 6th-25, last-0

I tried to create a bigger gap between 1st and 2nd to reward the winner, and a bigger gap between 6th and last to keep the bottom player trying. I hate nothing more than when in a big game the guy you need to lose fades somebody who doesn’t care enough to set a roster.