bignic26

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.

I think the idea is that if he's been this successful at Ole Miss then just think of what he could do at LSU with more talent and resources. NIL has leveled the playing field though and the jump from Ole Miss to LSU isn't as dramatic as it once was. He has proven he can recruit in the SEC.

The main thing is that he knows how to move the ball and score points in the modern game. For that fact alone I wouldn't mind trying it out.

Obviously the contract is absurd now but that's what it took to get him. The pickings were pretty slim. To pull BK away from Notre Dame was quite the accomplishment. It hasn't worked out but if you swing big you're going to have big misses. Overall Woodward has had a lot of success but for most people football is the only thing that matters.

Maybe BK can pull this thing out of the ditch. Maybe he can draw on his decades of experience and figure out a way to run the football. The O line isn't very good but it wasn't great shakes last year either with NFL talent. I hate the way LSU runs out of the gun. Other teams do it and they make it look so easy. They use misdirection and window dressing, move the ball down the field, and then hit you with play action. LSU's offense looks like a kid playing a video game choosing plays at random.

I see where you're coming from and usually I would agree but this criticism is concern if not outright panic. What I saw Saturday is troubling. I can't remember the last time I saw a LSU O lineman in the backfield that much. Every snap he was being driven back. And this was against Tech. What the hell is going to happen when he faces off against some of these SEC freaks of nature? How does an offense operate with a Center posted up in the backfield moments after the snap?

I hope you're right and he'll be fine but I've seen nothing to indicate that would be the case. I'm not going to try to cope and pump sunshine on this one. This is bad.

This is like the DBU debate. LSU makes something popular and then other teams try to get some shine off of it. I'm just happy to be a fan of a team that other programs want to imitate. Illinois fans probably don't have many of these inane debates.

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This from a senior, three year(?) starter is just awful.

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It's pretty bad. I'm not going to trash the guy because I'm sure he gave it his all but damn. It's just hard to believe that that was the best LSU could do. I guess I've been spoiled by decades of elite Secondary play.

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Claim 1908 officially first

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Serious question, why on god's green earth hasn't this been done already? Why does LSU leave a perfectly good natty just out there? It's recognized and everything. All these other programs claim a championship if some random dude named Bob said they were the best back in 1902.

It was helmet to helmet. I've seen flags thrown for much less. If you're a Texas fan then it was a good call. For just about everyone else, ASU got jobbed. But such is life. All sports want their biggest brands on the biggest stage. Texas staying in the playoffs does more for ratings than ASU.

Let's keep it real, would you rather have ASU vs Ohio State to watch or Texas vs Ohio State? The powers that be have to be elated right now. Texas, Ohio State, Penn State, and either Georgia or Notre Dame will be the final four. No matter what they will have four big brands with rich history and all that stuff that used to make college football so special.

I'm not expecting to see many Cinderella stories in this format.

This is great news! Now for the love of god, rush the QB. That is all. If it happens to be a run then try to blow it up in the backfield. Backside pursuit. Knock down passes at or behind the line of scrimmage. Let the young man live behind the LOS. That's all. No coverage. No reads. Just get in the backfield by any means necessary.

Move him around. If offenses try to run right at him then move him. Bring him from the A gap. Use him like the Cowboys used to use Micah Parsons. Or even better, use him like you used him that one time that he was All SEC.

The jump from 4 to 12 was just too much. Most years college football somehow managed to have the two best teams playing each other for the championship. Obviously it was never perfect and you would have an odd year here and there like in 2004 where an undefeated SEC champion Auburn was left out in the cold in favor of #2 OU and #1 USC. But they went to a 4 team playoff so a team like Auburn would have an opportunity.

I really liked the four team playoff because typically there are only a few legitimate championship caliber teams. The regular season was massive because 1 loss could make of break your playoff chances. Most years it was clear who the top 4 teams in the country were and they were able to settle it on the field.

In all my years of watching cfb I have never seen a year where there were 12 legitimate championship caliber teams. Even 8 was a stretch but an 8 team playoff made sense. It would eliminate the controversary that popped up here and there. An undefeated Auburn or FSU team makes it in. Now they have overcorrected to absurd 12 teams and instead of eliminating controversary it has created more. They could make it a 16 team playoff and there would still be controversary. There will always be the first team out who felt like they deserved to be in.