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UGA is obviously one of the four best teams in America. As for FSU, they need to shut up about being dissed. With Jordan Travis they are a top ten team but not a top 5 team. Without him, they are not even a top 25 team. I say that after watching UGA's third string run through FSU. Their fans are delusional if they believe they were one of the four best teams this season. The ACC overall was NOT a good football conference this season.
The SEC West just got a lot harder with this hire.
Turnovers. If LSU can turnover UGA twice in the first half then they have a really good chance.
Whether you are a Razorback fan or not you have to love Sam Pittman. It is easy to see why he was one of the best recruiters in CFB.
Auburn's former AD should just thank God he is out of that dysfunctional situation. Big money boosters always have too much sway with athletics but at Auburn they have taken it to a level of absurdity unlike any other in America. They seemingly live in their own little world there while the rest of the country just watches their train wreck. It is the college athletic version of the Kardashian's, one endless hot mess after another.
Arch isn't even considered the #1 player in Louisiana by many of the state's local experts. Most put him at #3 or #4 in the state. So this really is not a surprise. The surprise all along was he was said to be the consensus #1 in the nation. I trust the folks that have seen him week after week for the past 3 years instead of the national drive by crowd. They only know his last name and his family history.
Very surprised that Elko would take this job but it is great for Duke. His defenses have been very good at every place he has been.
Riley, Aranda and Napier in that order. All would do great at LSU. As for O'Brien, he would be a huge disappointment to the majority of the fanbase. I think Scott Woodward is smart enough to understand that.
Too little, too late. Dan has believed he was the smartest guy in the room. He may be one of the 10 best play callers around, but there is a lot more to running an SEC level football program than just calling plays. His hiring decisions, like Orgeron's, will be his downfall. If he is not gone over the next month he will be gone next season.
Ed who hired Peetz? That is who is responsible for the mess you find yourself mired in. Really, I see no way Ed survives this season. He has shown conclusively he has no idea how to hire competent coordinators. And Woodward is tired of the excuses and the wasted money at this point. Anything less than a 9-3 season was going to be problematic for Ed. At 8-4 his survival was 50/50, 7-5 or worse would lead to dismissal. Rumors abound regarding the collecting going on for the 20 million needed to buyout Ed and staff. The axe could fall as soon as after the Florida game.
Thanks, even a blind hog will find an acorn now and then. And I agree the LSU coaching is letting the talent down.
LSU has enough talent to be 9-3 or better but their performance has not equaled the talent level yet. The O-line is too soft to make them a contender in the SEC West and I do not see how they overcome that. One thing for certain they need to ditch the check with me's and use the up tempo offense to mask the O-line deficiency. I see them as a 7-5 or 8-4 team at best. Which should make Scott Woodward a very concerned AD.
He is the best thing to happen to UT in a long time.
His dad was AD at Notre Dame and Duke so he knows how to run a program. Now all he has to do is hire a FB coach that wants to start from scratch with a huge rebuild under NCAA sanctions.
Anyone that thinks LSU will not be much better is fooling themselves. The offense will be really good. The defense would have been better last year if a circus monkey had been the DC rather than Pelini. So next year it is a cinch the defense will improve on their 127th ranking and 492yds per game average.
Who is the UT chancellor? Stalin, Beria? Show me the man and I will show you the crime. Right now UT is facing a generation from having been relevant in SEC football. With an administration like this they may be facing multiple generations from relevancy. No quality coach is about to subject himself to dishonorable people like those in Knoxville. Recently Auburn did the proper thing when seeking a different path. Hey Knoxville you should have been taking notes.
Wow, Vandy is looking like they will be the preeminent football school in the state for awhile. Who would have thunk it? Oh how the once mighty have fallen. Money and facilities alone do not make a football program. Coaching and culture are mighty important and this is where UT has swung and missed time after time.
Per Bill Parcells: "you are what your record says you are". If you want to see your future just look at your last 10 years. Unless lightening strikes UT is facing bad to mediocre football for 5 more years. That means you are one full generation from being relevant in the SEC. The trend is not your friend if you are sitting in Knoxville right now.
Well now there is plenty of depth on the o-line. Next year is sizing up to be a good one for LSU.
Pruitt may not be able to coach anywhere other than high school if he gets a show cause from the NCAA. But Nielsen is a solid hire for LSU and he should do really well. Ed got very lucky to get a guy he knows he can trust and who is an excellent recruiter to boot.
First a top flight AD then let him sort out the HC best suited to turn this mess around.
There is no way to sugar coat what is the state of UT's football program. They are looking at a long slow rebuild. The new AD better be ready to roll up his sleeves and know this is a 5 year reclamation project and he needs to get someone willing to start from scratch. There are no short cuts to what faces the new AD and coach.
UT is a dumpster fire that has been smoldering for 10+ years. They need to hire the best AD available and hope he can put the fire out. Then hope for the best with the new AD's judgement on a new FB coaching hire. It would appear UT will be toast for at least the next 5 years. I doubt anyone with prior NCAA issues has a snowball's chance in Knoxville right now.
If nothing more than the needed depth on both lines. Things are lining up for a really good team in 2021. Lots of competition at most key spots. And god knows they have tons of talent, so now it is on the staff to put them together.
Got my stats from TeamRankings.com They show 492yds per game and 127/130. And as you say it was bad defense regardless of ranking. The next DC is setup for being a hero comparing to last season. I do think LSU can have a great year with just a little tweak on the offensive side of the ball. The defense will be much better regardless. I am confident of that.
Every position should be open competition after last season. Defense will be better but that does not say much given last season's performance. Ryan Nielsen would be a great addition, he did a wonderful job at NCSU when he was there. With some tweaking and better line play they could be a top 20 ranked offense. LSU has the talent to be really good offensively.
No, actually total team defense, LSU came in at 127 out of 130 with 492 yds per game allowed.
QB competition at LSU is off the charts. I would not just hand it to Brennan based on seniority let all 3 fight for it. Besides at this point who is to say Brennan's injury will heal properly. Defensively the new DC will have the chance to make the biggest improvement ranking wise in NCAA history. LSU ranked 127th in total defense, so you could say there is some room for improvement.
Tennessee has been writing the book on how to destroy a football program for over 10 years now. If they did everything right for a change, and that is not likely, it will take them 5 years to get back to being a competitive program in the SEC East. As Bill Parcells said "you are who your record says you are" and right now the UT program continues to regress to the bottom of the SEC. I do not think UT has hit their bottom yet.