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We've more than likely focused more on Sara Okeke, than this young lady. Besides, Okeke worked her over in the FIBA tournament

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Okeke would be the top prized big in the 2026 class. Great feet and hands. Can go to either side. She would handle any center in the country.

Imagine pairing her with Knox, Koval, and Zakiyah/Lampley or another big from the portal.

Did LSU women even recruit her?

Signed with South Carolina from the French pro team, and she's a 6-7 monster who dunks. She starts with SC next semester.

Was LSU after her?

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Why was woody so loyal to Davis tho?

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One rumor was that Brad Davis was popular in a portion of the Baton Rouge community and therefore provided a political asset and good optics for future political aspirations that Woodward, a Democrat, might have had.

Another rumor was that Davis was a good mole.

One possibility why BK might have initially wanted to keep Davis was that Davis was good at landing 5-star linemen, and Kelly realized his own weakness as a recruiter- and finding and hiring good recruiters- against SEC recruiting competition.

Rumor was that even before he arrived at LSU Kelly didn't like to recruit and was therefore more dependent on good recruiters being on his staff. He probably initially underestimated the fierce competition in recruiting against other SEC schools, especially for Louisiana prospects. Therefore, he valued that recruiting aspect of Davis over Davis's coaching deficiencies and thought he could get by. Or maybe it was Woodward who felt this way and sided with Davis. Just speculation.

I’m sure there’s a job for him in Spain.

Perhaps they should do one on "runts" including the Trev Alberts spiel in the ESPN studio after LSU beat Ole Miss in 2003 when Eli tripped.

If an assistant coach is caught negative recruiting against his current employer, isn't that considered "cause" for firing?

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So none of what you ‘re sharing is relatable

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Saban left for the NFL so there was no hurry to leave. His bowl game was one week after he announced he was leaving. There wasn’t the need to make a choice. There were reports of player-staff dissension the week prior to the bowl game, and after Saban tried to shame Ronnie Prude postgame in the dressing room, Prude stood up and shouted him down. “Shut up (or something stronger), you’re not our #### coach! To which Saban stormed out of the dressing room. The point is that it wasn’t good to hang around.

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Believe only focus is Lampley, Vukosa and Jerzy

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Thanks for the info.

Do we have a realistic shot at Vukosa with Koval already on the roster? It does seem like UCONN's front court depth chart is loaded more than LSU's for the coming years.

Also, would LSU be playing Lampley at the 4 position? It would seem that depth is needed there after Amiya Joiner graduates. What would be the holdup or chief competition with Jerzy?

I'm thinking that Fleary and Spaight looked at LSU's depth at PG (Fulwiley, Richard, Bourrage) for the next few years and backed off.

Other than returns I didn't notice him on the field. Did he get much action at WR or any targets? Normally they use him in the running game as well.

Also, why so few targets for Barion Brown? He would be a better option than Chris Hilton on the deep ball at this point.

Can't argue with the number of passes to Green and Parker, though. Glad they were featured.

I was there. McClendon had this thing where he always alternated tailbacks each series regardless of how well a particular back was running. Brad Davis was gouging Alabama in the first half. On his coach's show later Bear Bryant show on LSU-Bama '73, Bear Bryant repeatedly called Davis a "great back" and that he'd recruited him out of Hammond. "If I'd known how great he actually was, I would have recruited him harder."

Cholly Mac alternated Steve Rogers with Davis, and Rogers was good but not as good as Davis, but then with the game scoreless and the ball on LSU's own 20, McClendon puts in the green freshman, Terry Robiskie, who was highly touted but not ready for the big stage. On the first play Miley pitched out to Robiskie, who took his eye off the ball and fumbled, giving Bama the ball on the 15. Bama QB Rutledge took it in on the next play, and Bama had momentum for the rest of the game.

Actually, LSU drove up and down the field on Bama, running 77 plays to 53 for Bama, but Bama scored on two long passing plays while LSU got down to the Bama 15 twice, but Miley threw two bad interceptions. I think Robiskie lost another fumble in the game.

Davis's 48-yard TD run was spectacular, though, and Bryant raved about it.

Regarding Tulane Stadium, I believe the last game there was the 1974 Sugar Bowl national title game when Notre Dame beat Alabama. I was there for that also.

A former LSU player who was on the sideline for the Orange Bowl vs. Penn State told me that when Cholly Mac substituted a far inferior Billy Broussard for Miley at QB in the second half, Miley threw his helmet down on the sideline and said he'd never play for LSU again. True enough, he went pro baseball the next year.

Whatever he's swinging seems recently to have developed a very large hole.