PP7 for heisman

Totally off topic but wanted to respond to your comment from the rant that is now locked re: in what setting did skip tell me this.

In an effort to not dox myself, I was in a setting with he, Auggie Gariddo, smoke, two other former baseball staffers, and a few of his former players. That’s when he told me the story. He could’ve been puffing his chest out for Auggie for all I know but he didn’t strike me as that kind of guy.

To be clear, I did not have a close relationship with him. I just happened to be in a room with a handful of people who had EXTREMELY close relationships with him.

He specially mentioned the part about the Alabama boosters getting Saban off the record money, too :lol:

I know you may not believe me, but that’s what happened in my situation. It may not even be true, but I choose to believe him.

Also, thank you for the compliment on “my” blocking of the Chad jones punt return. All effort :lol:

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Love his instincts and speed. He's faster that Whit, maybe just not as polished in some other areas but I see no drop offs when he's in the game

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This is shockingly inaccurate.

I like Keys. He is absolutely not faster than Whit. He is a more polished linebacker who does not have near the speed/agility/hip mobility/coverage ability that Whit has.

If Keys misses an assignment, he has not shown he has the athletic ability to make up for the mistake. Whit has. Whit fricks up assignments all the time but he can make it up with his athleticism.

I think there's a handful of guys that could be Taysom Hill type players if both they and the org bought into it.

Say you wanted that to be Milroe. The issue is you have zero film of him at TE, H Back, RB/WR, or any specialist position. That's problem number 1. You're just hoping this will work with zero evidence suggesting it will.

Next, teams are now willing to risk more to try and turn that type of player (big, strong, and fast athlete) into quarterbacks. There's a bunch of FO guys who think "why can't X be Josh Allen? I have a great eye for talent!" People still wanted Lamar to play WR like 2 years into his career.

I thought a guy like Harold Perkins or Devin White would be incredible in those roles, but teams value them more at one position than they would in a swiss army knife role. The players probably also just don't want to do that.

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Better listen to PP7, he would know…

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:lol: :lol: :bow:

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You’re right. He sucks.

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I didn't say he sucks (though I do think he sucks, relatively speaking).

I just didn't agree with the assertion that he's "done very well with the expectations."

He's never won anything. His team is currently undefeated in spite of him. Texas missed the playoffs last year.

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I’m sure everyone here would have ended up the starting QB for a major college program if only they had been born with the last name Manning.

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If his last name wasn't Manning, he would not be starting for a major college program. I don't know why that's so hard to grasp.

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Arik Gilbert

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You mean the guy who played for half a season under Ed Orgeron and left the program 18 months before Kelly took over?

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How did he get that job? Seems like someone else more qualified would of have been a better option

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He gives Landry handjobs under the table at their weekly dinners.

He's a politically connected lapdog.

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Corey's unwillingness to dabble in the portal will cost us.

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3 of the 4 starting defensive backs last year were transfers. The other was the #1 HS CB in America.

2 of the 4 starting defensive backs this year were transfers. The other 2 have been here 2 and 3 years and were cemented as starters. The starting STAR was a 3 year player.

Waiting in the wings are highly rated recruits in Thomas and Anding, then transfers Delane and Jackson.

Please tell me what transfers we missed out on and, if they were difference makers, why they would have come to LSU to be reserves.

Johnny - He didn't know the playbook, Kevin Sumlim was running the program, we had two elite elite elite defensive ends, and NFL talent all over the field.

Johnny was never comfortable in the pocket. He wanted to get off schedule and throw the ball up to Mike Evans. We had monsters in the defensive backfield who could stop that.

Lamar - We had NFL talent on the interior and crazy speed at LB and safety with White and Adams. The rest of his team was overmatched.

Outside of one blown assignment, Trinidad did not beat us with his legs. He had one of the most accurate passing performances I remember from an opposing quarterback.

Also, offenses are just better now. They're more wide open. Coaches are smarter. If Johnny knew the playbook, he could have torched us. He didn't. He didn't take advantage of the quick passing game/air raid system that a more cerebral quarterback (like Trinidad) could.

The running quarterbacks that have given us trouble under Baker have been guys that could really really burn (Milroe/Reed) and had good teams around them AND LSU was not that talented/had key injuries/was less talented. Pavia is really the only example and that was against an injured LSU team.

Sellers didn't do anything. Lagway (more mobile than stats indicate) didn't do anything. Taylen Green averaged 3.8 YPC against a very mediocre and injured LSU team, and 55 of the 68 came on one carry. Weigman played an even worse LSU team and was not that effective with his legs. Clubnik did nothing.

This idea that Blake Baker defenses can't defend mobile quarterbacks is extremely misguided.

I think the best defense on the field is keeping Benefield where he is, moving Cooley into the star role, and Thomas at FS.

That worked exceptionally well in the second half. Benefield might be better than Cooley there, and Cooley might be better than Thomas at FS, but I think you lose more than you gain by taking Benefield off of a true safety position in base sets.

idk though. I'm sure we're going to run looks with Benefield down closer to the LOS now. It really just blows because Spears was perfect for that role. Only guys in recent memory that could play it better are probably Jamal Adams and Tyrann. Maybe Haulcey/Reid too, but the list is short.

I have said that the scheme allowed them to get to the 20. You seem pretty knowledgeable about my posting history, so you should know that.

The touchdown, like I said, was due to player error. The drive before that also resulted in a touchdown due to player error.

I hate the soft coverage, but the scheme (if executed properly) should have resulted in the last two TD of the first half being FG - objectively.