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TigerCard
| Favorite team: | LSU  |
| Location: | Cleveland, OH |
| Biography: | native of Pensacola - MA from LSU (grad. asst. with band), former band director at Louisville (still follow UL sports as well), Ph.D. from Illinois - now teach at a small college in Cleveland |
| Interests: | music, reading, sports, politics, skiing, cycling |
| Occupation: | college professor |
| Number of Posts: | 999 |
| Registered on: | 11/29/2009 |
| Online Status: | Not Online |
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I read somewhere that there are still well over 1,000 players in the portal, and many (most?) won't get offers. Actually, it's not totally insane to offer some of them a walk-on spot. Doesn't cost anything, and you might find a diamond among all the trash.
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Sounds like a really good, thoughtful coach. Excited to see what Leavitt can do next year. His first task will be to win the job over two very talented and eager underclassmen. It's gonna be a fun competition to watch.
No matter how we think the teams stack up in terms of talent, there's no doubt that is dominating the playoffs after rolling through the regular season, just like we did. IU certainly has that "team of destiny" vibe, and it's cool that the only team the commentators think of as a comparison is the GOAT team, the 2019 LSU TIGERS!!
re: Can we talk about these 4 OL going to Top 25 SEC teams. I saw these guys as mid-major gets
Posted by TigerCard on 1/7/26 at 2:07 pm to BayouPride
Been following this and other threads about the O-line guys we've lost. Let's stipulate that the majority opinion is correct and that the problem wasn't the players but some combination of coaching and scheme. (I lean that way myself.)
If that's the case, why have so many left, even with the prospect of what most of us think will be better coaching? Is it money? Misplaced loyalty to BD ( who was, after all, a good recruiter)? Did the new staff not want to keep them? Just curious as to what people think...
If that's the case, why have so many left, even with the prospect of what most of us think will be better coaching? Is it money? Misplaced loyalty to BD ( who was, after all, a good recruiter)? Did the new staff not want to keep them? Just curious as to what people think...
re: Good to see LSU bring in kids from the 850 area code.
Posted by TigerCard on 1/7/26 at 9:41 am to Underteaux
Hub was a classmate in mine in jr. high (Clubbs) and at PHS. He's got a great little restaurant. Always enjoy visiting when I'm back in P'cola.
You couldn't be more wrong. So you see him yelling and screaming at players or officials?! He's just intensely focused on his job....just like his team. I love to watch excellence, and that's what we're re seeing today from IU.
re: DC Ron English not returning to Louisville
Posted by TigerCard on 12/30/25 at 10:10 pm to cardswinagain
This is a shock. The D has generally been good for the past few years under his leadership. I read in the C-J that he's taking a year off to watch his son play his senior year at Navy. Perhaps he'll be back after that? :dunno:
Seems like the DL coach has been let go.
Seems like the DL coach has been let go.
NONE...no opt-outs.
OK ...thanks for the clarification.
re: Was that a horse collar?!
Posted by TigerCard on 12/27/25 at 11:31 pm to moock blackjack
OK ..thanks for the clarification.
re: Was that a horse collar?!
Posted by TigerCard on 12/27/25 at 11:26 pm to moock blackjack
Hmmmm...I always thought you had to grab under the pads for it to be a horse collar. Was I wrong?
Was that a horse collar?!
Posted by TigerCard on 12/27/25 at 11:18 pm
Looked to me like he had all jersey.
The secret sauce for Nebraska back in the day was their walk-on program. They'd take those big, hulking farm kids who had been tossing hay bales all their lives, put them in the weight room, and two years later they would come out as massive linemen. I was on the field with Tiger Band watching them warm up on the field before one of our bowl games against them. Compared to their linemen, ours looked like they were in middle school. ??. They just ran over everybody in those days.
Hey Notre Dame....THIS is how you do it.
Posted by TigerCard on 12/8/25 at 9:54 pm
Clark Lea's classy response to Vanderbilt's getting left out of the playoffs.
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"We happened to be on the wrong side of that in this moment, but look, that’s no one’s fault except our own. We had our opportunities and we didn’t do enough. We are not victims in this process. Our ownership is in coming up short," Lea told reporters.
Hey, Notre Dame....THIS is how you do it!
Posted by TigerCard on 12/8/25 at 9:48 pm
Clark Lea's classy response to Vanderbilt getting left out of the playoffs.
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"We happened to be on the wrong side of that in this moment, but look, that’s no one’s fault except our own. We had our opportunities and we didn’t do enough. We are not victims in this process. Our ownership is in coming up short," Lea told reporters.
re: When We Had a Real Tiger Mascot
Posted by TigerCard on 12/4/25 at 12:10 pm to Missouri Waltz
Why don't you climb into Mike's enclosure when he's hungry and see how much of a "pussycat" he is.
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Everyone is bitching about the calendar, but its set at the behest of the COACHES, not just arbitrarily by the NCAA.
The coaches pushed for an early signing day. . . .
The coaches pushed to end the spring transfer portal window. . . .
And easy fix would be to simply move NDS back to February...or at least late January. The transfer portal is more difficult because teh coaches want their new transfers enrolled and participating in winter/spring activities. Generally, the deadline to enroll in classes for the spring semester is early February. If a guy isn't enrolled in school, he can't participate in spring football activities.
Everything you say here is correct. The early signing day and early portal window are designed to give coaches certainty before spring football and to allow players to be in class at the beginning of the Spring semester. As long as that is the case, the calendar isn't really fixable.
BUT........What if there was no Spring football?! What if it was replaced by early summer football, a two-week camp that occurred immediately after the Spring semester ends (late May-early June)? Players would not be in class and could spend two weeks (or however many days are allowed now for Spring practice) totally devoted to football. Then they would have the rest of the summer for voluntary or individual work before fall camp. (They would spend the Spring semester doing individual workouts, training, etc.)
This would solve all the problems with the present calendar. New coaches could be hired from mid-January through early Feb. (after the conclusion of their season) and be in place before signing day, which would move back to its former early February date. The portal could open in the late Spring (April?), allowing players to complete the last few weeks of Spring semester at their present school and then move to their new school for early summer camp. Coaches would have their complete team in place for that camp. Other than "tradition," I can't think of a reason that moving spring football to early summer wouldn't work. Is there something I'm overlooking?
This CFN writer gets it about Kiffin's decision
Posted by TigerCard on 12/2/25 at 1:18 pm
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I’m going to lose my mind.
This isn’t about Lane Kiffin. It’s not about Ole Miss, or LSU, or any school looking for a head coach. It’s not even about players or logos, winning or losing.
It’s about a sport that schedules, arguably, its two most important “staffing” events - Early Signing Day (Dec. 3) and the Transfer Portal window (Jan. 2-16) - before its playoff.
I recognize this shiny product (playoff) is new, but this is basic professional calendar management. And looking deeper, it’s about too many cooks.
FIX ... the COLLEGE FOOTBALL ... CALENDAR.
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First, the facts. Coaches are employees - CEOs if you want, but still employees - working inside a billion-dollar industry. And, like any employee in any industry, it’s in their best interest to secure their next job before their current one is technically over.
Even more so when missing key windows that determine their future success can set them back a full year - like the portal or signing day
So no, this isn't some morality play about loyalty. It’s a business. It always has been, it’s just now there’s more money/attention.
I don’t understand what you want from this employee. You want him to hide his intent to take a job he considers better and surreptitiously coach out his current job’s playoff run?
That means lying to the 17-year-old recruits and their families this Wednesday - you’re morally good with that?
You want him to tell everyone his intentions, but ask to coach the team? He did that. How’d that work?
It appears you want him to simply NOT take a job that he’s decided is better for his and his family’s future - maybe much better/secure - because you don’t think it is? Or, you think another one might come up in the future? Awfully mighty of you.
re: TD suddenly "blocked by policy" on chrome, but works on my phone and on Firefox
Posted by TigerCard on 12/1/25 at 4:48 pm to pussywillows
Just did that, and it solved the problem. Thanks for the tip
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And, Chicken, since I know you'll take a look at this, thanks for all you do to maintain the best fan message board in the business.
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And, Chicken, since I know you'll take a look at this, thanks for all you do to maintain the best fan message board in the business.
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Hi Chicken. Nope....I'm here in Yankeeland (i.e. Ohio) and not using a VPN. This just happened all of a sudden a couple of days ago. I've been using chrome as my browser for years with no problem. Strange....
TD suddenly "blocked by policy" on chrome, but works on my phone and on Firefox
Posted by TigerCard on 12/1/25 at 2:20 pm
Any idea why this happened suddenly a couple of days ago? Any way to correct it?
Thanks!
Thanks!
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