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Then why didn't you specifically narrow the thread to this premise when you started?

This is the real head-scratcher. Clark is 6'0; Mikaylah is 6'0. HVL is 5'7. Clark should never have been her defensive assignment in the first place. How much of HVL's offense that assignment cost us we'll never know.

And HVL went into the game sick, and we have no idea for how much of the playoffs she was sick. If you have to take an IV feed right before the game, which she did, it isn't going to kick in right away. Maybe they is why Kim benched her early.

And if she was that sick it might explain why she was slow on defense and her shots weren't falling. But she showed heart and gave the game everything she had. If kim had thought she had a better option, I'm sure she would have gone to it.

I wonder how many of HVL's problems stem from her having to toggle between playing point and shooting guard, positions with different priorities. Points are expected to feed the ball to others so they can shoot; shooters expect to be fed the ball so they can shoot. Can it be that having to focus on point has somewhat taken her out of her comfort zone as a shooter and she is just "off"?

According to this site LINK the current women's roster has one center, four forwards, and seven guards. Out of seven guards we cannot find one natural point guard so HVL does not have to be moved over to a position with which she is not familiar?

For the name alone, Gawain DiBetta.

Because I taught him freshman composition in 1971, Steve Rogers.

At the very least, this is an embarrassment for LSU in that it looks so bush league; if breach of contract with JaxState kicks in it could be much worse.

I have multiple graduate degrees from LSU and after the last one I immediately went to work at JSU and still am here. JSU may be an FCS school, but its Marching Southerners are not only an FBS-quality band but a top-tier Power Five conference FBS quality band with a glowing international reputation. Aside from Joe Alleva's bottom line, who benefits from denying them the field at half-time?

Band boosters in Tiger Stadium will not get to see the Southerners perform live, which is an experience not to be missed.

The Southerners will miss the Death Valley experience.

For JSU right now, $120,000 is a big deal; and the only benefit for JSU is the good PR the Southerners halftime performance will bring, along with the possibility of recruiting a few high school bandsmen out of Louisiana -- which also may benefit the bandsmen if they cannot make TGBFTL. No halftime performance = no incentive to bring the band.

As has been pointed out, if the Southerners do not make the trip to Tiger Stadium much of the JSU fan base might not either, thereby diminishing the support for the football team, which would have to affect their play on the field. Given JSU's record against SEC teams some ESPN or other talking head
might spin this into LSU does not have enough confidence in its football program to take on an FCS team at full strength; an LSU victory would be "tainted." Far-fetched as this sounds, it could happen.

And the "safety" justification simply will not pass the smell test.

Just, bring on the bands.

Well, yeah; considering that an 11/24 dateline was posted to the Rant on 11/25, and considering that in all the threads on QB I had not seen Crowton's statement about JL being recruited because of his similarities to Flynn, it is news.

Actually, to me Miles' offense is starting to look like Cholly Mac's offense; not a lot of imagination showing there. I'm sure 1/09/12 had its impact on him, but we now seem to have a changeling Les Miles. The gambler is gone and what we have now seems content on playing not to lose.

I think you are confusing two U.S. presidents. Zachary Taylor did own slaves, but he died so soon after becoming president he hardly had opportunity to address slavery or anything else. Andrew Jackson is the president who threatened South Carolina with
a drubbing in the 1830s -- over secession due to the tariff.

Wow! Prather. I saw him play when I was in the band
at Shreveport Woodlawn. That school's first five quarterbacks:

1. Billy Laird
2. Trey Prather
3. Terry Bradshaw
4. Joe Ferguson
5. John Booty

Not to be contentious here, but as long as Lee is able to make the plays and complete the passes, how much difference does it make what he does with his feet? Isn't this like having a mechanical flaw that one devises a workaround to compensate for? Like a weak-armed outfielder who tries to position himself to be running forward when he makes the throw?