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LSU has the number 1 overall pick in the upcoming draft as well as the one following that and maybe 3 in a row I'd Paxton Kling can prove he's as good as what you'd expect from the highest rated player to go to college rather than the pros right out of high school. Jay Johnson had the 6th overall pick leave last year in switch hitting slugger Jacob Berry. Dylan Crews is as close to a 5-tool stud, Tommy White broke records including the freshman hone run mark by blasting 27 as a freshman, and with Tre Morgan and Paul Skenes on the list, Skenes is maybe the most interesting player in college baseball and on most other teams he would be hitting too. It's easy to let him be a true pitcher when you look at the two freshman catchers that have already been making an impact in Brady Neal and Jared Jones starting at the dish and DH most of the opening weekend. The future looks like something that I haven't seen in Baton Rouge since we had a coach they called "Skip." I guess after one weekend of baseball it's easy to see that it only takes 2 seasons to build a monster if you have a program like LSU has and what happened to Tennessee? Anyone know how Vitello and bunch started the season? Just was curious lol

My pick for the player with the most impact is that game goes to one who is familiar with both teams, Eli Ricks. Thank Goodness Saban took him from the portal and actually started him, left him in for significant snaps. Maybe it was just me but everytime LSU threw his way and I saw his #7 jersey I just felt like LSU had the advantage there. In the battles, those one on one's out there with every player and position I felt like the depth and talent at WR LSU has vs the suspect secondary, especially a kid who was a day 1 starter at LSU and an All-American and a ball hawk in Baton Rouge then a preseason first team all conference pick that didn't start until a couple of weeks ago would give the Tigers an advantage whether it was Boutte, Nabors, Jenkins, Brian Thomas, Jack Bech, Kyren Lacy, or even Mason Taylor. Everytime the receiver Ricks was covering got targeted good things happened! So now, finally I can officially tell Eli Ricks, "Thank You for your time at LSU but I really appreciate you quitting on your team last November to have that minor shoulder surgery to get healthy for this year knowing it wouldn't be at LSU. You may have made a very costly mistake but it's too late to look back, those 'pick six Ricks' chants haven't been heard in a long time, I'd be surprised if you get another pick six in your fairly young career but if you are a starter next year when we come to Tuscaloosa play like you did Saturday night! Keep that up and I'll still remember you as one of the legendary DBU products just for helping us beyond your time in purple and gold. Thank you Mr. Ricks!" Otherwise a great game, no one at LSU expected a victory over Bama in year 1 of Brian Kelly as HC but we got it and he's only going to keep building a monster, I'd predict something like what Kirby Smart has accomplished in his fairly short time at Georgia, an upward trajectory and great recruiting, developing players, coaching, and the best GameDay experience known to man, as well as the best fans in the country! Geaux Tigers!

I see everyone is trying to be cute in the comments here so I won't waste much of my time. *Before Major Burns "won" the starting job at safety it was pretty much already known who was the actual starting safety on side of Jay Ward. With Ward now playing closer to the line and action, we Get Foucha back. Foucha was always projected to start at safety alongside whoever else won the other job. He's probably an upgrade in many ways from Major Burns. Not a knock on Major, he's shown a lot of maturity and elevated himself in the off-season, he filled in for Foucha for those first 4 games very nicely! He can almost take his time recovering from his neck injury. With Foucha and longtime teammate Greg Brookes (another bright spot in the secondary, a big hitter who's always in the right place to make a play. He's been a very pleasant surprise but I expect Foucha to be fine. He's playing his natural position and with JBC moving back to cornerback alongside Richardson, Gardner, and Sevyn Banks we should have good depth at corner and enough depth at both nickel and safety. *How's that "trade" looking for Arkansas right now? I recently heard they're near the bottom in most categories related to pass coverage/secondary play. Still too early to tell but I like what LSU's doing in their secondary and am ready to see Joe Foucha get some reps with this talented, deep, and experienced secondary we'll trot out in JHS Sat. Night! *like I said, I'd keep it short lol

I wonder if we'll get to play against BOTH of our 2019 Quarterback recruits this year. I'd love to see T.J. Finley this week and Max Johnson towards the end of the season. I'm still not sold on a 6.5 to 7.5 point favorite this weekend at Auburn. This is one team that always plays us extremely hard and anyone can win this one regardless of who's rebuilding or struggling. It should be closer than 6.5 points and almost a coin flip for who comes out the victor. After Auburn escaped Missouri last week I'd say whoever limits turnovers and costly penalties and mental mistakes wins.

I think Bech is one of my favorite players to watch, he fights for every inch after a catch, much like Brian Thomas. He just brings an edge to the position and thrives when he gets involved, it really doesn't matter how, when, or where he is when he does get involved and catches the ball he isn't the fastest or biggest player but he has as much or more heart than anyone on this team! What I am seeing isn't just a problem for one guy like Jack Bech, look at all of the receiver's numbers after 3 games. No one not even Nabors has hadan abundance of targets thus far. I believe our quarterback is the biggest culprit along with an offensive line that was no good at pass protection in the first game but last weekend vs. MSU the moves made that put two true freshman bookends and sophomore guards were giving Daniels time. He had a few pressures where we missed a block on some blitzes or stunts but overall this group looked much better than previously with giving our QB time to look down field. For whatever reason JD5 doesn't look comfortable at all! He reminds me of a much less experienced guy out there who misses receivers running wide open regularly especially if you watch the film. One play in particular he had over 8 seconds back there, Brian Thomas was 3 steps in front on the DB on a crossing route, the ball didn't come out, he tried to run for it late but took the sack. Another play was especially ugly when he attempted to force one in to Boutte. Nabors was where the ball needed to go, on a critical 3rd and goal play and you have a sure handed (let's focus on catching passes not fielding punts) Nabors crossing along the backline of the endzone with his DB trailing and not even in frame yet! He had no one within 8+ yards of him, even tried to put up his hand but the ball wasn't delivered to his open guy. We say the frustration with JD and Boutte in game 1 as Daniels had already rushed more times himself than attempted passes. It's a double edged sword to be honest. I don't mind our mobile, very athletic and fast QB making something out of nothing after he goes through his progressions and there's no one open. Sure, take off running and get something out of it. If this offensive line continues to be the same 5 each week and are capable of giving our quarterback the time he had vs MSU he has to keep his eyes downfield if he's going to get Bech or anyone involved! I'd love to see Mason Taylor get the ball more, especially in the open field because the kid can run for a tight end! He's a physically gifted player who can be a difference maker for us. When Daniels does throw it he is either overthrowing his guy, throwing to the wrong read when there are better options. When he runs or scrambles into a running play he doesn't keep his eyes downfield long enough, he should still be going through his progressions or atleast looking for someone to get open before he crosses the line of scrimmage. He's not doing that and it's taking a lot of opportunities away from all of our deep, talented group of pass catchers. How often have we seen a dual threat QB start to run from the pocket and often provoking the DBs to release from their assignments of coverage to come up to make a play. If you can draw them in but haven't crossed the LOS yet you will find occasions where guys are left all alone but if he is afraid to look downfield after multiple years starting in college, was a top 50 recruit, and hasn't developed some of the basics. I don't expect him to be Joe Burrow and get though all of his progressions on every single play, I do expect him to hang in there and atleast go through 2 or 3 reads before tucking it and running. I don't know if there's a lack of confidence in himself to throw the ball or in his linemen to protect him, that's something that can be tweaked by keeping more than 5 blockers, use a single tight end and a RB with 3 wide receivers and if 7 blockers can't give you 5 seconds to make a good decision and deliver an accurate ball on time then our problem doesn't lie within Bech or any of the receivers! I almost forgot to mention Jayden Daniel's timing, he's more likely to be late than on time with his throws. The accuracy is a problem. He missed some easy, short throws the other night as well as got bailed out by Jaray Jenkins on the TD throw. Jenkins having to basically stop and reach behind himself to make that catch then with that minor delay to secure the catch rather than hit him in stride and he walks in, he had to out muscle 2 or 3 would be tacklers to make it in on an otherwise easy pitch and catch. Our biggest problem on offense is our quarterback play and it ain't even that close! It's easy to see if you know what to look for. I am not trying to pile on the QB because Nuss didn't impress me in any of his 4 games a year ago and definitely has to learn to throw it into the seats on some plays, especially when the line can't figure out how to even get in the way of the pass rush. I'm not at all saying Garrett Nussmier is our best option but if he cleaned up his gunslinger mentality or just learned when to get the ball out and away from the field altogether as well as when to put it in his pocket and take the sack! I'd rather him take the sack over that little desperate attempt against Southern that went like 90 yards the other way! That and his other pick was just ugly, very bad decisions. If you could "tame" his decision making a little bit I'll be the first one to say it, he's our best passer, our best chance to get our speedy, playmakers the ball on time, accurately. He will make an absolute dime of a throw one play then make a head scratching decision the next. Clean that up and watch what he can do, as a mobile quarterback not nearly as elusive as Daniels, Nuss won't be looking to run everytime he drops back. He might get hit, maybe gets knocked around a bit but atleast it's a byproduct of his eyes being where they should be and learning to feel the rush not look at it like we've seen this year from our QB. It's all going to be directly related to how well our offensive line can block. We haven't exactly figured out the who run blocking thing yet, none of the games were particularly blocked well but atleast last weekend we did one thing much better and that's protect the passer! There's really no excuse for these receivers, with all of this talent all over the field (reminds me of 2019 in a way) to be starving for the ball! If, I hope I'm wrong but IF we don't figure out how to throw the football this season we are going to lose some of our best receivers to the transfer portal. *I don't think Kyren Lacey left a place where he was WR1 to come to LSU for what, 2 catches for 14 yards on 3 targets in 3 games. That's my 2 cents for free! Enjoy. If this was written too long then don't read it, I know many hate long opinions on message boards or social media but it's a serious problem and in my personal film studies we have the players, the talent but our talent is heavy in the wide receiver room. We won't score 35 again this year with our QB as our leading rusher and our WR's targets dropping from a season with Max Johnson behind one of the worst pass protection I've seen at LSU to a year later with atleast 20 additional scholarship players who are healthy and ready to go compared to last season when we showed up to our bowl game with 39 out of a possible 85 scholarship players and of the 39 it seems like 38 were hurt at some point during the season. Lol jk.

When McGlothern hit the portal and LSU's depth chart consisted on one 3* from a couple of seasons ago it felt like it would be nearly impossible to find immediate help or even mediocre depth there. Then came some experienced transfers, a tew here and there but losing Dwight to Arkansas felt like we lost both future NFL corners no to mention Stingley. Fast forward to August and I'm reading 6 or maybe more guys who look like SEC corners with experience and after initially hearing who we had and what they did previously we expected Converse and Garner to lock down the boundaries with Greg Brooks Jr. playing the nickel. That already sounded much better than only one, Raydarious Jones. Now, it's emerging that the kid, "Colby Richardson" from nowhere is elevating the position. With a late addition of former Ohio state starter, Sevyn Banks (actually joined before Richardson) wasn't 100% from last year's injury but had the ability to compete for starting duties. After a few more guys really surprised by stepping up bigtime in practice, yes it's only practice but after reading a few things about Mcglothern at Arkansas struggling to Crack the two deep much less be the star we saw late last season and expected to have a breakout season this year, maybe he gets it going but in retrospect that along with Mr Pick Six Ricks *opting to quit on a struggling Tiger team midway through the season to have what he treated as almost an elective surgery on his shoulder from years ago I knew he even as talented and coveted he was if he can't finish the season then have his shoulder done then now he and Stingley both were watching a talented team along with 30 other "injured players" we seem to be in much much better shape than having had both of those players stick around. Ricks was recently voted as a preseason all-sec corner but according to Saban he's probably going to start the season where he left off last year in purple and gold (this time not by choice) on the bench stuck behind guys who have been in the Alabama system, who haven't been arrested during the off-season, haven't missed a rep in the spring or fall, and are equally if not more talented than Ricks. Suddenly Ricks seems to be their 4th or 5th option at corner on an always loaded secondary in Tuscaloosa. Two guys we at LSU had extremely high expectations for and a big reason to be excited jumped ship rather than stick it out through the coaching changes and a few weeks before kickoff 2022 both playmakers from the past have become afterthoughts and probably wouldn't be starting for LSU this season either! The world can be a crazy place and time can change anything but to say that's just karma would sound malicious and I actually am pulling for both Dwight and Eli to be the best versions of themselves they can be and I wish both nothing but success (except when we play them ofcourse lol) but it just goes to show the power of the portal! What LSU has done to create a cornerback room, the excitement of hearing only good things about these 5 to 6 guys that should improve our passing defense while both of our best DBs from last season who would have already been penciled in to start unless someone just flat out beat them out in camp are now kinda on the outside looking in. Who'd have thought? Well, me! I wasn't that high on Dwight or Eli, neither showed me much and the day Ricks left for the Tide I felt it was going to be a mistake, coming back from surgery, off-season trouble, and learning a new defense would be undoubtedly difficult circumstances for a kid to be in while competing for a starting job with so much talent to compete against. I hope he didn't think he'd walk in and be anointed the next Patrick Surtain Jr. because he made a few lucky guesses and interceptions in the past. I could probably type another 10 minute read on why Ricks will not be an impact player for the tide and why he probably made a huge mistake if he wanted to go to the NFL after this season. That's not going to happen! He was a projected first rounder who isn't good enough to start on his college team. He chose his own path and he will be who reaps what he sowed. Not only is he already costing himself draft stock but a whole season in the NFL it appears. That's a lot of scratch! He will be drafted in a couple of seasons but only after he sinks or swims on the best year in and year out college football team on the planet. My guess is by him leaving a very good place to guarantee him playing time, national exposure, and a strong finish to his career, he not only won't go to the draft this season after his stock falls like a cement balloon but also isn't guaranteed anything in Tuscaloosa and may not be that lock for the first round coming out after next season, his 4th year of college ball. I don't understand his thinking but he might know something I don't know. But is it better to get a Championship ring as a special teams player and backup or get to ball out on a thin, rebuilding team where he had every chance at the spotlight especially with Stingley moving on after a stellar freshman season, only two years later... DBU needs guys like Patrick Peterson, Jamaal Adams, The Honey Badger, etc. Guys who "want" to be here! The 5 or so who we have may not have the pedigree of Eli Ricks or even Dwight Mcglothern but they all chose LSU this year and want to be here and will cement their legacy at LSU. I wrote a lot on this one but that's because I've been monitoring both of these guys in the off-season as well as our secondary and I admit I feel much better now than when they and many others bailed on this program. I wonder if either realizes that they both made a mistake to leave, maybe but I doubt it. Who would have thought that there's a good chance a 0-star Colby Richardson would get more playing time this season than both former Tiger corners? Who would have expected to hear both kids weren't likely to start on their new teams? The world can be a crazy place and time can change anything.

LSU is well below that number lol, they're hovering around low 60's I believe. Unless losing another to the portal yesterday put the wounded Tigers into the 50's again. What's odd is currently the program has a 77 scholarship limit, self imposed penalty as a result of a or some recruiting violations by a former assistant coach, he was immediately fired upon knowing of his violation but the LSU Tigers will not see 85 or even 77 scholarship players for a few years, atleast 3 or 4 unless the rules for what happens when a player leaves and goes into the transfer portal because currently the team loses the player plus that spot, can't even use the scholarship on a replacement! If you claim a player it counts against your 25 per cycle but if one leaves you can't get one added to the next year's cycle. It's a really bad rule that common sense would or should reveal. If there's no common sense within the NCAA maybe look at the amount of players sit, waiting unclaimed in the portal right now. The only reason that number is in the thousands is because teams only, on average hold 3 to 5 scholarships after signing a class out of high school for players to claim from the transfer portal to fill a much needed spot or to get a JUCO prospect. Each time you add any talent worth a scholarship you drop one from your 25 man limit. Yet anytime a player is leaving he leaves a void for one, you lose his services but in addition you aren't granted a scholarship for his departure to keep your roster numbers up. They'll fall, it's not easy in the SEC when LSU currently has 47 former players on NFL rosters. They only have 52 on their rosters but the SEC is basically an extension of the SEC making up realistically I'd guess... probably 40% of players in the NFL maybe more, I don't know. But when you play a "cupcake" or team lacking a single 4 star player but has 23 "super seniors" who are often going to play for 6 total years with last season not counting against eligibility. So when the big boys get upset by the typical middle of the pack teams those 24 year old 2 stars will usually beat up on 18 or 19 year old 5 stars literally still growing! It's been a problem since they introduced the transfer portal and until kids have to sit out a season again the problem is just another thing to complicate matters.

LSU is the easy target after going 500 last year. Even with 54 scholarship players beat Florida. These crybabies are still hurting from 2019 and will be picking up jaw from floor this season when we get back to a 10 win season. I don't want to hear squat from anyone representing Georgia lol, arguably the most talented roster but lost 3, 4 straight to LSU and atleast 2 consecutive where they were demolished. 2 in a row lost by Florida as well, Auburn fired their coach and gave us their best running back prospect! Imagine Tank and Armoni as your thunder and lightning! Saban isn't as young as he used to be, once retires those nuts wingers go back in hiding. Just football guys it's just a game lol

*** 2006 final answer. Auburn given gift of victory 7-3 after pi flag thrown with 3 minutes remaining, ref picked it up. No one noticed player removed helmet in celebration. The 10-9 lossin 2004 was when ANOTHER gift to Auburn, kicker missed PAT with score tied 9-9 and late late flag on PAT was called a personal foul on #9 burnout one wearing #9 was on the field lol. Got another chance and barely made it. The FG that was counted clearly went wide right but ref was SEC official, nuff said.

*The play I tried to compare was on 09/18/2004 that Auburn won at Jordan Hare Stadium by the score of 10-9 back when Tubberville was the HC of Auburn and Saban was fresh off of his first national championship in his career. Back, way back when defense won championships! *I hope those sorry officials flag LSU for impersonating a power 5 football team next game! Whenever that is... Fastest team to go from penthouse to outhouse in my life! Flag em

OzHog, actually while the ball is fumbled and not clearly recovered yet you can hold. It's not viewed as a normal holding call and more like a free frawl where almost anything goes. As long as it's not a personal foul the Auburn player was actually being either very smart or just lucky by holding the jersey of an Arkansas player from recovering the fumbled ball. The best comparison is when a pass is tipped at the line of scrimmage (or wherever, just more commonly seen when a DL gets a paw on the ball) and just from the ball barely being grazed, not even altering the trajectory or the spinning motion, if it's tipped the DBs can literally tackle the wide receivers without penalty *as long as it was tipped prior to the defender interfering with a receiver. Often you can't tell a ball was tipped until you see the slow motion replay, it's often that close but still is within the framework of the rules. I think it was around 2003 or 2004 when LSU was at Auburn and driving at the end of the game, low scoring game when an Auburn DL barely got a finger on a ball almost exactly when another Auburn DB mugged the LSU receiver, during real time it looked like blatant passing interference and I'd have bet anything that we got robbed. The DB really got lucky because he was going to be early and commit interference but just a split second before he hit the LSU WR the ball was barely tipped, didn't even affect the spiral or trajectory. I want to say Auburn got the W by a 10-9 final score. I was irate and couldn't believe what I was seeing, no way would that flag actually get picked up and ref called it right. Because it was tipped and allowed the DB to get there early and not get penalized. Surely though you must have seen a fumble that a player of either side was about to fall on and recover only to get his jersey nearly ripped off of him by the opposition and no foul called? Or have you ever seen a holding foul called in the middle of a scrum or during a live fumble? No, because as wrong as it may seem it's actually legal to grab or hold or do whatever (as long as you don't touch the quarterback anywhere below the belt or above the waist!) Just kidding, we ALL probably can agree this was a bad call that resulted in the Razorbacks losing a game that they deserved and really needed, wanted, but the refs in the SEC are by far, not even a competition, the worst in college football period! These are the refs that officiated last years CFP semis when Clemson beat Ohio State after multiple bad calls, questionable calls, and just plain ole sorry A$$ SEC officiating. Did this crew also referee the 2018 NFC Championship game that saw the worst officiating choke in competitive football? *and this call wasn't even that hard really! The problem is they have wayyy too much power over these games and influence. When ANY GAME is decided by a referee making a horrible call it's very disappointing, never should the officials decide the outcome of any football game yet they do far too often. #REFORMsecOFFICIALS #defundSECstripes #RazorbacksAREclearlyBETTERthanMYlsuTIGERS2020 #JoseFORpresident

***If he is a slight threat to throw it... *I'd put him in the wildcat too! (Accidentally left that out and don't know how or if I can edit a comment. Oh well. Either Waddle or Stingley! Now that Ja'Marr Chase opted out maybe Stingley gets in on offense too ‍♂️

Speed kills, Waddle has plenty. After his punt return TD last year against my Tigers, I was as impressed with his recovery from an abundantly obvious facemask MISSED-call (go figure, the worst officiating in the NCAA is in the SEC, not even close) only to spin around, losing 5 yards then he hit the jets and WOW! He seems to be so dynamic and shifty, fast but extremely slippery and elusive. If he gets more involved, not really "if" but when he gets more touches he is going to do things not seen in football since maybe Reggie Bush. I'd line him up all over the field. Put him out wide, slot, in the backfield, and if he is a slight threat to throw it this guy will be a stat sheet stuffer! To do what he did with 3 other first rounders or future first rounders at WR just wait! It's hard to imagine the speed Alabama had on the field last season lined up wide. Ruggs, Jeudy, Smith (Louisiana native ) and Jalen Waddle! Those 4 receivers combined are probably better as far as speed, talent, and grit as most NFL teams have. I don't follow the NFL much anymore but can't think of a team with 4 that good. Before it's all said and done it looks like all 4 are first rounders. *I'm still trying to understand how that facemask foul wasn't called lol, it must have ticked him off because it sure didn't help get him down. WOW, I just gave props to an Alabama player or players! This corona has an obvious affect on my LSU Fanhood. Clearly

Isn't something when an elite player is from a state with two powerhouse programs, one that's arguably the best dynasty in the history of the game being coached by the best to ever coach college football! Yet LSU still finds itself in the mix with the two Iron Bowl squads and LSU is probably as likely to land the 5* as any of the 3 mentioned. If it "did/does" soon get narrowed down to only two teams just expect LSU/Alabama to be those two. Auburn, nothing against Auburn but they've played 2nd fiddle to Bama in that state forever really. The only championship Auburn has produced to my knowledge was the year of Cam Newton (still a controversial discussion, most admit something was paid/given to him or family, no one talks about it.) In the meantime just from the last 20 years I know LSU won 3 of 4 Championships, Auburn won 1 of 1, Alabama won what, 5 of 6 maybe 7 in that span. Just from the who's who, the SEC is the cream of the crop and Alabama still is the king of the mountain when talking "sustained winning culture" and LSU is sort of known to be somewhere in between Auburn and Alabama when talking about who's the closest to Alabama with Auburn maybe there like Florida is when comparing the east and Georgia is still the best in the east with only Florida to challenge. Auburn and aTm are a much closer example of which programs are consistently sending kids to the NFL, winning the conference or winning a national championship. It's already down to two, as long as this post is it's already eliminated Auburn from this kids top 3 and now back to the real heavy hitters, Alabama and LSU is the honest, best answer to where he lands but Auburn has probably under a 10% with Alabama around 50% and LSU holding strong at 40% in my own assessment. DBU or LBU or NFLSU or whatever, nicknames aside. This one isn't going to play for a cupcake, that's why it's Bama/LSU and no one else here!

Are you sure you aren't mad? If my team got flat out taken behind the ole woodshed twice in two years I'd actually be happy to not see them on the schedule again! Ok, I see why you aren't mad now, can't imagine a 3rd beat down like the SEC Championship, basically a home game. Similar to if we let Clemson come in to New Orleans and stomp a mud hole in our faces, ouch that would have hurt. Hurt similarly to 2018 when that puppydawg squad rolled in to Death Valley with the confidence of a top 5 team facing an overachieving, last minute quarterback transfer in a new offense. We had zero chance to win but still steamrolled Jake Fromme State Farm and company. Lol I'm just having fun, don't think I'm serious and "George Pickens" me! Lol

That's amazing stuff. Even a LSU hard hat went further than Alabama this year. But I expect the Tigers to give the dynasty a consistent close game battle for years to come. Not to mention the conference as a whole getting better and better each day. Those cakewalk seasons to the CFP are over, I hope the Tide fans enjoyed those historic teams and always taking the feild with far superior talent and coaching. Talent is getting more widespread and competition is heating up. I don't ever remember so many solid and great head coaches in this league ever. Just waiting on Lane Kiffin to break the "Saban disciple" losing streak. That will be the day that Tide fans really see the end of a great run finally coming to an end. Can't wait to see next seasons league games! It should be an exciting 2020 football season in the SEC with plenty of drama and great storylines. Geaux Tigers!

Was it premature to think Odell Beckham Jr. was getting a new gig?

Clyde was one player on my beloved Tigers team that was an unexpected, very pleasant surprise. He didn't start the season averaging 100 yards per game by any stretch. He was a kid who has shown a flash of brilliance in previous seasons with limited action. But BOY DID HE COME ON STRONG at the right time! This kid elevated his game in SEC action and made himself into a scary weapon as almost a safety net or check down. He seems to get his pads low, even for a 5'7" 208lb.RB and it almost seems like he uses that height or lack of, to his advantage. Defensive players are looking for him behind those huge linemen when suddenly, a burst through a crease and powerfully hitting the hole makes tackling Clyde at the point of attack or even the 2nd level into a very "TALL" order. Then to see his ability to catch the ball, he almost never gets tackled by the first guy, shows so much grit to fight for extra yardage and sure turned me into a believer! Such an exciting player to watch and absolutely an every down back in the NFL. He is a Darren Sproles type that may only be 5'7" but he certainly carries 208lbs with authority and the heart he showed, the character, the kind of young man he is really makes him a very good prospect and I really am hoping to see his name called as that 2nd RB especially when you consider his low mileage and compared to others with 2-4 years of a heavy work load, Clyde is as fresh and healthy as any ball carrier in this draft. *Anything he gets he earned by working his tail off, he and two other former Tigers (Burrow,Jefferson) weren't even in the discussion a year ago to be projected as potential 1st rounders. Proud Tiger fan!

If they start investigating each and every program that's done things wrong then the whole NCAA basketball world will crash down. So many fans of other schools are very quick to name Wade but maybe when each and every one that has violated a NCAA rule gets held accountable they will have to virtually clean house. More like the steroid era in baseball. Do you REALLY want to know how deep the scandals go? Be sure that you're prepared to see the more names, coaches, kids, former college players, etc. It's all a matter of how deep should the investigations go. But once pandoras box is open it's going to be a very long lasting and surprising time in this sport. There's so much more that likely occurred than most really want to know about.

Hmmm, funny that fans from other schools are very quick to throw shade at Will Wade and LSU hoops. I did see several other programs get notified of NCAA investigations and/or sanctions but the only thing to actually occur in the wake of last year's "knee jerk reaction" to suspend Wade before any facts were out was the AD and school president both moving on. Until Wade is formerly investigated or something happens then he is not guilty of anything but being an easy target ever since several blue bloods got tarred and feathered by the media. All this news does in my opinion is show proof that Wade can recruit at a very high level and under a microscope without being in violation of any school or NCAA rules. So go point your fingers at one of the several programs who are currently going through the process or have been proven to violate something. People like this guy are just afraid of what Wade will build at LSU and are sour grapes. Geaux Tigers!

Can anyone find Joe Burrow's weakness? Nope, 15 teams sure looked hard though with many great oppositions and D-coordinators. Tua, can anyone find a weakness? Well at only 6'1" and being injury prone maybe not. Once he doesn't have 4 of the best WR's in all of football, find a better WR group in the NFL and I'll wait... Tua has proven to be a great college QB when healthy and with 4.3 speed everywhere. Not much taller than Baker Mayfield either but I'm probably trolling here and a homer. Geaux Tigers!

In a perfect world, shorts and t-shirt I'll put the blazing fast wideout clocking a best time in the 40 of 4.31 after making multiple sonic booms, just after that 40 yards I'd expect Ruggs to break the sound barrier! I always thought Waddle was the fastest of the 4 great receivers. Waddle and Ruggs were both amazingly fast, Juedy with more upside should do a 4.40 at worst and when Louisiana's steal does get to the combine he should also run a sub 4.4 40. That's 4 guys on a team loaded with talent and Tua tossing it around to 4 kids capable of 4.40 or less! The speed Alabama had on the field probably won't be seen again for years. All great players but none over 200lbs or over 6'1" so each will make $ as a teams deep threat and be that guy who takes the top off of the defense. I can't wait to see the reaction from the NFL's elite corners. I'd love to see Richard Sherman on an island with Ruggs just once!

From an a/m fan lol. If my memory serves me the last time LSU went to the "quietest home of the 12th man" Jimbo's nephew physically assaulted an elderly staff member from LSU and Kevin Faulk had to clean his clock. (In a similar manner as the team did on senior night in Baton Rouge, what was it, 56-7 or so?) I think I just chuckled a little... :)

Ok now isn't his buddy also a "verbal commitment" currently and not yet signed a LOI? Huntley is also a highly recruited player and maybe both flip together to play for the defending champions and help replace a ton of defensive players while playing in a traditional 4-3 defense and Pelini. * In addition to that his other buddy, Jackson Muschamp recently announced his intention to go to Colorado State rather than SC and anyone who has followed Burch and his recruitment know that he was also looking forward to playing with his high school quarterback, I don't expect he flips to Colorado State though. And if this is nothing more than media buzz then why is it even newsworthy to mention when he will sign? If he was solid at SC he wouldn't have made a 2nd visit to Baton Rouge and on his own dime! It wouldn't matter when he physically signs if it was 100% for South Carolina.

All of this about Will and the poor job at South Carolina, imagine if his bigtime 5-star recruit Jordan Burch flips at the last minute! He's a major piece to this years cycle and reportedly committed to SC to play on the team that isn't only local but his high school teammate/quarterback was going to. With new buzz out there that Burch visited LSU (unofficially, already took an official in the fall) many predict he will flip on Muschamp and that wouldn't be good for him. But 18+ million dollar buyout! WOW that's a very large number. I just hope we at LSU steal Jordan Burch to help make up ground after losing 2 or 3 bluechippers during the early period.

Nah he thinks he's Joe Burrow and one thing about Joe Burrow after 2 exciting seasons and the most amazing season for an LSU fan is our guy knows exactly who he is. He is comfortable in his own skin and completely confident in his ability and in his team and coaches in any game against any team. He will show up in his spongebob pajama pants in a team meeting, Babe Ruth would not be caught dead in some hideous pajama pants. If he doesn't prove accurate in his statement I'd expect him to be carted off or be laying near motionless on the feild after leaving it all, everything on the field of the Mercedes Benz Superdome come Monday night! Just an average Joe. Geaux Tigers!

Would love to see Divinity at the outside linebacker spot. In limited time and snaps he posted some impressive stats, he was solid last year and never really was healthy this season before the suspension. A healthy Divinity at his natural position could make for two elite pass rushers with Chaisson lining up on the other side. With a quarterback as good as Trevor Lawrence and in the biggest game Coach Orgeron has coached I hope he is smart here and really does an honest assessment of his available players and puts the best 11 on the field in the game. I'm happy for Michael Divinity to be able to suit up and be cleared for this one. His final game as a Tiger and hopefully his most memorable. He could potentially be an impact player and a shot at redemption might be exactly the kind of motivation he needs.

So how about you just compare common opponents and not go in a circle from the who's who? Didn't both LSU and Klemson play one team, a common opponent for comparisons sake? I thought both Tigers played Texas A&M during the regular season, if we are going to go into it like that look at the results of each teams win vs A&M then do your mathematical equation and try again. See if you do that then you'll come to see it's why it's not a perfect measurement to show who did what to which team who played this game vs that blah blah. It's why January 13th they actually will get to decide it on the feild. Let's hope for a clean game and SEC officials stay as far away from it as possible! May the best team win. Geaux "The Real" Tigers who play in the Real Death Valley!

Nothing but respect to Jalen Hurts, I have watched him from his freshman year beating LSU and he always seemed to dismantle our defense or LSU's maybe not quite like Burrow and company did in the first half to Oklahoma's defense but Hurts never seemed to rub it in or showboat or act like it was all about him! I respect talented kids who work hard, play hard, and demonstrate class and sportsmanship while he has done exactly that and persevere through a very humbling experience when Tua arrived in Alabama and eventually took the starting job. It's not like Jalen lost his job to some run of the mill kid because he was not performing! He lost it to a generational talent, a kid who was expected to be the #1 overall pick in the upcoming draft as a junior until Burrow emerged and his devastating injury. But I hope Hurts gets his chance to play on Sunday and believe he has tons of raw talent and upside. He will need to polish some things and improve as a passer but that is something he can do with the right system and coaching staff and commitment to work hard. Definitely a kid I'll pull for going forward and for doing it the right way during his great career in college.

When I watched during the coin flip and heard the game was to be officiating by the SEC I knew one of these two teams would end up really angry about certain calls or missed calls. Then as it unfolded there were multiple very close ones that made the worst officials in the NCAA have to make decisions that would eventually have a major impact on the outcome of this game. They got put on the spot and exactly like in most league games they were exposed as bottom of the NCAA! My fingers are crossed they aren't anywhere near New Orleans on January 13th! I'd rather use footlocker employees for that National Championship than SEC officials.