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re: Media buzz after practice about the OL...
Posted on 8/24/25 at 8:27 am to lsufan0582
Posted on 8/24/25 at 8:27 am to lsufan0582
I really wanted Curne to win on that right side
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Posted on 8/24/25 at 8:35 am to Tigeralltheway
Curne was held out of practice yesterday.. maybe banged up, maybe resting. I’m not sold that Davis is locked up RT so we may see Curne come in there
Posted on 8/24/25 at 8:35 am to chadr07
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what you are saying about Mubenga really tells you just how other worldly shitty Chester is to lose his spot to Mubenga.
I look at it this way, last year our oline was adequate and it had Chester starting. This year a presumably better Chester isn’t starting. So I think the oline will be fine.
Posted on 8/24/25 at 8:36 am to tigerfoot
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That’s my point.
But it’s a dumb point. Clearly, the guys statement is that he is not good enough to be a QUALITY SEC starter. That’s a pretty big difference vs calling someone an SEC starting caliber player because they simply started games in the SEC. Mississippi State had 22 guys who were SEC starters that went 2-10 last season. Would you like to have those guys on the team?
Posted on 8/24/25 at 8:44 am to lsufan0582
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Seems like Paul Mubenga has won out. I've seen a lot of people saying Chester fell all the way to 3rd behind Echols.
After that possibility first came up last week, the Bengal Tiger podcast guys (On3) said they asked around and Chester is now filling a role similar to Adams had last year. He will be a 1st or 2nd guy off the bench at multiple positions. We already knew about Center, but they said he is now cross-training some at Tackle because of the lack of depth.
Take it for what’s its worth, but I’m pretty sure that came directly from someone on the staff.
Posted on 8/24/25 at 8:47 am to Wrucker16
He "proved" that he is at least Big 12 Caliber (if the last bowl games collective rosters were not a shell of eaach team).
Posted on 8/24/25 at 8:49 am to Wrucker16
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Mubenga is not SEC caliber
He was very raw as a recruit, but he’s more athletic than anyone we played last year outside of maybe Campbell and he likely has a higher ceiling than Chester. It’s just a matter of how close he is to that ceiling he is now and whether THAT is SEC level. We really don’t know that today.
Echols is a strong lineman. He was getting push as a true freshman vs Baylor with limited experience , so if Mubenga held him off (which I didn’t expect to happen), it’s either the staff valuing his experience or he beat him straight up. If Echols ends up out there next Saturday after some issues, we’ll have our answer.
Posted on 8/24/25 at 8:51 am to cajuntiger1010
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Seems like Echols will play
Interesting. I hope that battle shakes out quickly on the field.
I guess only having one position question mark at this point with a completely new OL isn’t the end of the world.
Posted on 8/24/25 at 8:52 am to lsufan0582
I don’t know sh*t.
I would have Curne at LG before any of Chester, Mubenga or Echols!
Freshman would be prone to a couple of screw-ups, but with Moore at C screw-ups would be at a minimum. I believe his physicality and athleticism would make him very solid! JMO
I would have Curne at LG before any of Chester, Mubenga or Echols!
Freshman would be prone to a couple of screw-ups, but with Moore at C screw-ups would be at a minimum. I believe his physicality and athleticism would make him very solid! JMO
Posted on 8/24/25 at 8:57 am to Morpheus
Hope so-Mubenga was run over by those FL/Bama Dlinemen last year
Posted on 8/24/25 at 9:00 am to Tigerfan14
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It’s always possible people develop and get a lot better, but he was so bad at everything, it’s hard to see that happening in one offseason. We are in peak offseason for people in this thread to suddenly start taking themselves into thinking he was starting to play well as the year went on
They’re playing him at LG instead of Carius Curne, who is an absolute stud by most people’s accounts.
So either Mubenga is very much improved or the coaches are not very smart or creative for keeping Curne on the bench rather than finding a spot in the starting lineup for him.
Posted on 8/24/25 at 9:01 am to JohnnyBgood
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What happened to Bo Bordelon? 2nd string guard I’m assuming?
He’s a backup Tackle. He just played Guard because of need in the bowl game last year. He did a fair job, but we have less depth at Tackle, so he’s there.
This post was edited on 8/24/25 at 9:12 am
Posted on 8/24/25 at 9:03 am to Hope Seternal
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Calm down. Too early to melt.
There are some here having a legit discussion and just have a more negative viewpoint. He’s a fricking troll. All he does is melt 24/7/365.
Posted on 8/24/25 at 9:05 am to mdomingue
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O-line is a unit. Tackles, because of the nature of where they play, can still shine on a mediocre or bad O-line. Guards have to be exceptional for that to happen. Good or even very good guards can look mediocre or even bad on a unit that does not function well together. That often goes back to the center.
This is an excellent point. Dellinger was a very solid Guard and was drafted because of it. We all saw how quickly the OL fell off as soon as he went down. Yet he rarely stood out as being a key player when he was healthy.
If only the staff had paid for a guy like Moore last year…
Posted on 8/24/25 at 9:06 am to BornAndRaised_LA
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Hilton, Nick Anderson, and Aaron Anderson, with Trey’Dez at TE should be a nightmare. That’s a lot of length, speed, and skill
How’s barion brown doing?
Posted on 8/24/25 at 9:07 am to JimTiger72
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Curne was held out of practice yesterday.. maybe banged up, maybe resting. I’m not sold that Davis is locked up RT so we may see Curne come in there
If you trust your Center, it’s easier to rotate some at Guard than it is at Tackle. Unless Davis gets injured or his arse handed to him, I don’t expect we’ll see Curne until week 2. But how the staff handles that will be interesting to watch.
This post was edited on 8/24/25 at 9:12 am
Posted on 8/24/25 at 9:10 am to Unchained
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I would have Curne at LG before any of Chester, Mubenga or Echols!
We don’t have as much good depth at Tackle as we do at Guard. Also, he’s a true freshman and Tackle is a more technically demanding position than Guard. That may have something to do with the staff keeping him focused there, especially if they think he could end up as the starter at RT.
Posted on 8/24/25 at 9:28 am to lsufan0582
Might be prudent to keep Chester in reserve to spell Moore if needed. Center is such a critical position (fight me, last year there were too many false starts) that I wish we had another option
Posted on 8/24/25 at 9:34 am to NorthstarinLA
quote:LSU allowed the 6th least sacks last season when you remove the academy schools who just run the ball. This is while throwing for more passes per game than any team above them on that list. If you sit aside the 7 sack game LSU had vs Florida (when a starter was out), they gave up 8 sacks in the other 11 games. That is BEYOND elite.
Just like YR 3 is what you grade me on…unranked 9-4. Said it 50x plus B Davis can recruit but can coach them up… its prove it or move on
I also remember 2023 when Jayden didn't run for his life and had time to launch hombs all over the field.
I realized quickly that the running problem is three fold.
1. LSU does not run enough nor do they call enough variety in their run game
2. Nuss's inability to even threaten the defense with his legs put the run game at a disadvantage.
3. We had no major problem running (from the RB position), under Denbrock. Jayden Daniels helped immensely, but LSU's RBs were no slouches. In 2023 Diggs averaged 5.5 ypc and 7 TDs on 119 carries. Williams averaged 5.16 ypc on 55 carries. Cain averaged 4.9 and Jackson 5.3. In 2022, Emery averaged 4.9 and every other RB averaged from 5.4 to 5.9 ypc with at least 45 carries. However the run game struggled in the bowl game vs Wisconsin (aka, Nuss changing the dynamic of the offense).
Brad Davis has had ZERO problems with development. The problem lies in multiple other factors. That's why i say looking at PFF is only half the truth of anything.
Posted on 8/24/25 at 9:37 am to Wrucker16
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Mubenga is not SEC caliber
So what time is your coaches show? Let me know so you can educate me with your vast OL knowledge as to Mubenga's skills.
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