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True. We need that, and more. A&M will be tough, but the others are manageable.

"LSU’s offense won’t have a dramatic regression in a post-Jayden Daniels world" Maybe a slight regression. Kelly repeatedly said that the competition between Daniels and Nussmeier was tight, and several LSU fans preferred Nussmeier. Then Daniels came alive during the 2023 season, and I doubt that Nussmeier could have had a Heisman season. But he's ready to lead the offense, no doubt.

He may have played a few snaps against LSU, but I'd have to go watch the game again to know for sure. I know the players that did play against Will Campbell didn't do squat.

Impressive, but his receivers were wide open. He might live up to the hype.

I'm old enough to remember watching him play for the Rams. Good QB. RIP.

The defense did a lot better after Nussmeier left the game, for what it's worth.

LSU has been pitiful. Astonishing drop considering their recruiting. The bright side is they have some promising freshmen.

Probably a knee-jerk reaction. A spring game is not an indicator of a freshman QB's future. Occasionally one lives up to the hype.

Agreed. They really need the DTs. Maybe they can do without the extra RB. They have a few months to weed the roster.

LSU is looking for a RB and a couple of DTs.

To be fair, when you have speedy WRs running fly patterns and a QB who can find them, it probably doesn't matter much who is trying to defend them. The offense may take a small step back, but it's going to be dangerous again. I just want to see some improvement on defense.

I think you're probably right. The defensive performance last year had to be mostly poor coaching and poor scheme, because the players couldn't have been that bad. I agree about the WRs, which is why I want to see our CBs against them. Should be interesting.

Good article. I also want to see the CBs against our WRs.

Very thin at DT. Yes, I think more 3-4 fronts can be expected. For the third time under Kelly, LSU will have to hit the portal for defensive players, including possible starters. On offense, a bit thin at RB.

A football article?

"Our goal is to publish the highest quality and most entertaining content for the passionate college football fan." So we get an ACC basketball article.

Way too early to make judgments. We don't know what form it would take, which programs would be in which divisions, what the salary caps would be, and so on. A lot of stuff to iron out.

Here we go. First steps toward the inevitable.

I think it's like the article said. Williams is putting out signs that he doesn't want Chicago, so Chicago is looking to the next best option. Chicago could draft Williams and try to trade him, but they need a QB.

I think the teenagers would grow up in a hurry. The system would be basically the same as the NFL system, and NFL owners would expect them to honor their college contracts. Most of these kids know what's expected of them and behave accordingly.

The sky is falling again. I agree paying the players is the only way to get free agency under control. But free agency is not the end of college football. It just makes coaches earn their salaries.

At least two of those are fictional characters. Never heard of Palpatine.

I don't need no stinking podcast. Are we going to abandon the actual writing of articles now?

They rank 6th to 8th in the three main categories. This is an average SEC team, about as average as they get.

Two SEC opponents, two series lost, two times run-ruled. Not good.

I think you mostly nailed the three permanent opponents. Good job. As an LSU fan, I would like to have Texas A&M and Florida on the schedule every year. But I think the SEC (and ESPN) want to try to match LSU vs. Alabama every year, even with Saban out of the picture. LSU can lose Arkansas, and Alabama can lose Ole Miss. Beyond that, you might have to do some juggling. If you take the simple route and have Arkansas vs. Ole Miss every year, that gives Ole Miss an unfairly easy schedule. You'd have to find a tougher opponent for Ole Miss and an easier opponent for Arkansas. Arkansas needs all the help it can get. Maybe you can find a way to give them Vandy?

With the latest round of realignment, both outside of the ACC and within the ACC, the ACC has been devalued. Considering the current value of the conference, their exit fee is very exorbitant. I think adding the likes of Cal, SMU and Stanford devalues the ACC so much that Clemson and FSU should use that as part of their argument.

Good question. I guess it's because Notre Dame is another cash cow. It's all about money.

That's very vague, but I guess you can't print the whole contract.

You have to make them paid employees. For one thing, they already are employees, according to the NLRB. For another thing, the only way to curb free agency is with contracts.