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bignic26
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re: Trinidad granted another year
Posted by bignic26 on 2/13/26 at 10:27 am to Tiger fan999
Just wait until the big conferences part ways with the NCAA. Players will stay in college their entire careers. They might not even have to attend classes. Just a straight up pro league. It's already crazy but it's going to worse.
College football as we've known it has been gone since 2019. I'm just glad LSU had their historic season before cfb turned into a sick joke.
College football as we've known it has been gone since 2019. I'm just glad LSU had their historic season before cfb turned into a sick joke.
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The team that lucked out vs. Va. Tech when they missed a short a FG last play of the game in a 26-24 game? The team that led Boston College 11-7 with :20 left and needed a pick six in the endzone on the last play to secure vicotry?
Neither one of those games ended like that. Ed Reed did make one of the best plays you'll see to secure victory against BC but it wasn't in the endzone. At least that one is sort of like your dramatic retelling. The Va Tech scenario you described isn't even close.
Most national champions have a bit of luck through a season. Most have close calls including this mighty Indiana team. They had close calls against Penn State, Iowa, Oregon, Ohio State, and Miami. If Carson Beck doesn't go full Carson Beck and throw the ball straight to a defender we're not having this conversation.
re: Fernando Mendoza on 2025 Indiana vs. 2019 LSU
Posted by bignic26 on 2/8/26 at 2:39 am to GFanaticLSU
Both of those guys played that year. Including the championship. They didn't get many carries because Portis and Andre Johnson were busy going buck wild.
It sucks that you can't have a rationale conversation when it comes to debates like this. Two things can't be true at once. It can't be that '19 LSU was a great team and '01 Miami was a great team as well. It has to be my team is the only great team to ever exist and every other team would melt if they stepped on the same field.
I'm not trying to hype up the damn Miami Hurricanes. I don't even like the canes. But I watched those early '00s teams and I hate to break up the party but they were unbelievable. As were the Reggie Bush USC, Tommy Frazier Nebraska, Vince Young Texas teams.
To be clear, '19 LSU is the best to ever do it but there have been teams that could play with them. The point is that this Indiana team is not one of those teams.
It sucks that you can't have a rationale conversation when it comes to debates like this. Two things can't be true at once. It can't be that '19 LSU was a great team and '01 Miami was a great team as well. It has to be my team is the only great team to ever exist and every other team would melt if they stepped on the same field.
I'm not trying to hype up the damn Miami Hurricanes. I don't even like the canes. But I watched those early '00s teams and I hate to break up the party but they were unbelievable. As were the Reggie Bush USC, Tommy Frazier Nebraska, Vince Young Texas teams.
To be clear, '19 LSU is the best to ever do it but there have been teams that could play with them. The point is that this Indiana team is not one of those teams.
re: Fernando Mendoza on 2025 Indiana vs. 2019 LSU
Posted by bignic26 on 2/7/26 at 5:25 am to Burt Reynolds
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Trash offense
Lol that was one of the most loaded offenses the world has ever seen or will ever see. They averaged 43 points a game and the defense gave up double digits in only 4 games all season. Ken Dorsey wasn't the greatest QB but he was good in college winning awards and a ton of games. The rest of the offense is just absurd:
RB - Clinton Portis, Frank Gore, Willis McGahee, Najeh Davenport
TE- Jeremy Shockey
WR - Andre Johnson
OT - Bryant McKinnie
You combine that talent with a defense made up almost exclusively of NFL talent and yeah, you get an all time great team. I think they are one of a handful of teams that could go toe to toe with 2019 LSU. If some random 2019 Auburn defense could keep it close then I'm sure '01 Miami would put up a fight.
Sometimes it's quality over quantity. This year Kiffin was able to achieve quality and quantity. Obviously bringing in 40+ players is insane but then to have the #1 QB, #1 LT, and the #1 Edge? This is unprecedented.
I would've been happy with getting a bunch of solid players or bringing in the top player at the three most important positions in the game. LSU said screw it, we'll do both.
I would've been happy with getting a bunch of solid players or bringing in the top player at the three most important positions in the game. LSU said screw it, we'll do both.
If he doesn't come to LSU it isn't going to be for a lack of trying. I can live with it. It's just good to see that hunger back. Lane has the eye of the tiger and I'm here for it.
I was always jealous when I heard stories about other HCs like Urban Meyer and Saban lurking in bushes and hiding in trees waiting to jump out and recruit a player outside their home. Now we have our own maniac. Seaton probably checks under his bed for Lane.
I was always jealous when I heard stories about other HCs like Urban Meyer and Saban lurking in bushes and hiding in trees waiting to jump out and recruit a player outside their home. Now we have our own maniac. Seaton probably checks under his bed for Lane.
What a weapon for Baker. This is going to be fun to watch. I'm so grateful to have a HC that is going balls to the wall to bring in as much talent as humanly possible. And of course I'm grateful to all of the friends of the program that put up the money to get that talent.
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I just want 2 things for the rest of my life. It’s simple.
Princewill Umanmielen
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Jordan Seaton
I don't think that's too much to ask for. I hope you get what you want. I truly do.
re: Micah Parsons speaks the truth
Posted by bignic26 on 1/20/26 at 4:42 am to Jack Crevalle
No offense to Indiana but comparing them to '19 LSU is absurd. Forget about '19 LSU, just look at the schedule from that year and there's three or four teams that would give Indiana problems. Hell if garbage Penn State almost beat them then I'm sure 2019 Clemson, UGA, OU, and bama would be a handful.
2019 was a much stronger year in terms of the top teams and LSU had to beat 6 of the top 13 teams in the final rankings. Indiana had to beat Ohio State and that's about it. They didn't have to run a gauntlet like '19 LSU.
2019 was a much stronger year in terms of the top teams and LSU had to beat 6 of the top 13 teams in the final rankings. Indiana had to beat Ohio State and that's about it. They didn't have to run a gauntlet like '19 LSU.
You don't know what you have until it's gone. As a LSU fan RB was just something I never had to worry about. Not only did they have great RBs, they usually had at least two of them. Then it got to the point where they'd have like 5 dudes on the depth chart like an all star team. Just pick a year in the '00s and the depth chart is going to be absurd.
'03 was a personal favorite:
Justin Vincent
Jo Addai
Alley Broussard
Shyrone Carey
Barrington Edwards
12 was absurd:
Jeremy Hill
Kenny Hillard
Michael Ford
Spencer Ware
Alfred Blue
JC Copeland
'03 was a personal favorite:
Justin Vincent
Jo Addai
Alley Broussard
Shyrone Carey
Barrington Edwards
12 was absurd:
Jeremy Hill
Kenny Hillard
Michael Ford
Spencer Ware
Alfred Blue
JC Copeland
re: Bowers crying about how much LSU is spending
Posted by bignic26 on 1/18/26 at 5:21 am to saint tiger225
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Iowa State's head coach left and basically took the entire team with him and you don't hear the media melting over it or their fans being bleeding vaginas everywhere you look. Lane leaves for a better job and only takes a few players with him and the media has been relentless against him and the Ole Miss fans have been acting like petty psycho bitches everywhere the entire time since he left.
This is such a great point and it really shows how important LSU and Lane Kiffin are to the sports world. The talking heads have been using this drama as rage bait for weeks now and people still can't get enough of it. It's the biggest story in college football in the middle of the playoffs. The championship game is tomorrow night but LSU/Lane have been the story.
Meanwhile a similar situation is playing out up north but nobody even knows about it. A coach nobody knows going to a team that doesn't matter much after leaving a team that doesn't matter at all. That's a story with no juice. That doesn't get views and clicks. LSU becoming the Evil Empire and totally embracing the dark side? That's compelling.
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Lane trying to turn down the temp.
Ole Miss fans are unhinged and need serious help...not just online...I have interacted with them in person. They are beyond butthurt
Yeah this is a generational crash out. I think they were insecure even with Lane. Like they knew they were flying too close to the sun. They knew the other shoe could drop at any moment, and it did.
After five years of relevance they know it's over. Lane is gone and now they have some rando coach. They are trying to convince themselves that Pete Golding is the guy but they know he's not. Could you imagine being forced to tell yourself that Pete Golding is the answer to any question? My god can you even imagine that? You go from the Crown Prince of College Football to Pete Friggin Golden? That's rough. It's just a bad damn deal.
Only thing I can say to console them is that much like bama will always have the Saban years, Ole Miss will always have the Kiffin era. They can look back on this five year run and take pride in their golden age. And hey, they were good in the '60s! Went to a lot of Sugar Bowls and won a natty. That's something at least.
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DeBoer was such a head scratching hire
If you just look at it on paper it made sense. Successful coach who proved he could win at Fresno State and then took Washington to the national championship game in year two. By any other standard in the country he's done well going 20-8 at bama and making the playoffs in year two. But we all know that isn't going to cut it. Not at bama. And not following a legend.
It was always going to be tough to follow Saban. We all knew the dynasty would come crashing down but nobody could've known about NIL and the portal. Those two things have been hardest on bama. Now players can be paid legally and they can buy their own Dodge. They are no longer the it school where all the cool kids go.
re: Go Miami.
Posted by bignic26 on 1/10/26 at 4:59 am to PhilipJFry
Most people are dim and simple minded. The current thing is the greatest thing. Even though 2019 just recently happened, it's not recent enough. The Hoosiers are dominating playoff games so naturally they are the greatest team of all time because of...reasons.
It's all clickbait. Engagement farming. They aren't 2019 LSU. They aren't even 2013 Florida State. Lol they haven't even won it all yet. Nobody is going to be shocked if Miami beats them and Miami has lost two games.
It's all clickbait. Engagement farming. They aren't 2019 LSU. They aren't even 2013 Florida State. Lol they haven't even won it all yet. Nobody is going to be shocked if Miami beats them and Miami has lost two games.
re: They put SEC teams against each other in early brackets to prevent an All SEC Final.
Posted by bignic26 on 12/21/25 at 4:30 am to Superfluous Tiger
Yeah it's pretty absurd that it went from the top two teams playing each other for the championship to 12 teams. Most years two teams worked. Then most years four teams worked. But to jump to 12 because every once in awhile some team gets left out, straight money grab.
I mean, how many years have we had 12 teams that were legitimately strong enough to win it all? Even 8 is a stretch but I wouldn't even have a problem with it if they simply picked the 12 best teams. We could've had Ole Miss vs Notre Dame and Oregon vs BYU. Don't get me wrong I enjoy the playoffs but if they went with the 12 best team regardless of conference, that would probably be the coolest thing I've seen in sports.
I mean, how many years have we had 12 teams that were legitimately strong enough to win it all? Even 8 is a stretch but I wouldn't even have a problem with it if they simply picked the 12 best teams. We could've had Ole Miss vs Notre Dame and Oregon vs BYU. Don't get me wrong I enjoy the playoffs but if they went with the 12 best team regardless of conference, that would probably be the coolest thing I've seen in sports.
re: Current player who benefits most from CLK in 2026?
Posted by bignic26 on 12/16/25 at 9:36 am to HoustonTigerNKaty
The ball carriers. All of them.
The most educated student athlete of all time. Surely he has a PhD by now.
It's a very real thing. It's not just homer bias. A big part of it is how LSU is woven into the identities of current and former players. Hard to articulate but it's a swagger that you don't see or notice as much with other schools now.
In terms of modern history there is no doubt that LSU is a big deal. They can't boast as many random championships from the 20s and 30s but for the past few generations of sports fans, LSU is up there with anybody. Nattys across sports, Heisman winners, award winners across sports, crossover pop culture phenoms, big personality coaches, and media personalities.
If it means more in the SEC then it means even more at LSU.
In terms of modern history there is no doubt that LSU is a big deal. They can't boast as many random championships from the 20s and 30s but for the past few generations of sports fans, LSU is up there with anybody. Nattys across sports, Heisman winners, award winners across sports, crossover pop culture phenoms, big personality coaches, and media personalities.
If it means more in the SEC then it means even more at LSU.
re: Recruiting in the state of TX…
Posted by bignic26 on 12/4/25 at 9:05 am to TigerDTT97
It's going to be a heavy lift to pull Texas players from here on. So many schools are over there throwing around desperate money. It's going to be a bloodbath. LSU will be able to bring in Texas players if they really want to but it's going to be costly.
Instead of getting into yearly bidding wars with Texas, OU, A&M, Texas Tech, etc., it might make more sense to buy proven players in the portal and focus on HS recruits in the old SEC footprint.
Hopefully the new GM is all he's cracked up to be because roster management is critical. The SEC is going to cannibalize itself while Ohio State bullies the Big 10.
Instead of getting into yearly bidding wars with Texas, OU, A&M, Texas Tech, etc., it might make more sense to buy proven players in the portal and focus on HS recruits in the old SEC footprint.
Hopefully the new GM is all he's cracked up to be because roster management is critical. The SEC is going to cannibalize itself while Ohio State bullies the Big 10.
This thing really got out of hand in a hurry. Started the season with playoffs hopes. Cut to Head coach and AD gone by Halloween with the governor of the state inexplicably dismantling the program.
This is surreal.
This is surreal.
In this new NIL age we find ourselves in the jump from Ole Miss to LSU isn't what it once was. The field has been leveled and most of the things that made college football great have been cast aside for money. Tradition, history, and prestige still play a role but only to the extent that LSU can match an offer.
Having said that, LSU is still LSU and Ole Miss is still Ole Miss. The two are not the same. All things being equal it's still a better job than Penn State, Florida, and certainly Ole Miss. LSU still has fertile recruiting grounds with the ability to go national as needed. Saturday night in Death Valley is still one of the brightest stages in sports.
So while it might not be the job it was before NIL, it's still one of the best jobs in the country. The job will pay well but there will be pressure. Not just pressure to win. Pressure to win the whole damn thing. The next HC has to be hungry and fearless.
Having said that, LSU is still LSU and Ole Miss is still Ole Miss. The two are not the same. All things being equal it's still a better job than Penn State, Florida, and certainly Ole Miss. LSU still has fertile recruiting grounds with the ability to go national as needed. Saturday night in Death Valley is still one of the brightest stages in sports.
So while it might not be the job it was before NIL, it's still one of the best jobs in the country. The job will pay well but there will be pressure. Not just pressure to win. Pressure to win the whole damn thing. The next HC has to be hungry and fearless.
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