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National Signing Day: What does it all mean??
WARNING: You need to get ready for it. That ridiculous co-worker of yours is going to tell you this morning about how awesome LSU is going to be next year because we had a good recruiting class. He’ll tell you how we signed all these massive recruits and regurgitate a bunch of stats to you that he memorized in the last 24 hours…half of which are completely wrong. This phenomina happens each and every year after signing day and lasts about a week. The fact is, 80% of these guys wont see the field at all in 2009, and 95% of them wont make any kind of impact. I’m happy as a pig in shit we nailed damn near all the guys that we went after, but let’s have these guys get through prom before we annoint them BCS champions!
Looking back at yesterday, Kenny Bell’s defection to Bama isnt that big of a deal and Auburn can have DeAngelo Benton because someone told me that he’s legally retarded (but dont tell him I told you cuz I’m pretty sure he’s bigger than me). Trent Richardson was just pulling everyone’s chain and the rest of the guys who went elsewhere today were longshots at best. However, I would like to add that Nick Saban is Satan…he clubs baby seals and I have a friend who had a friend who said they he knows that Nick is meanie head pecker face.
As for the good stuff, on paper…this class is a brick shithouse. I mean, studs at every position. Randle, Shepard, Davenport, Montgomery, Mingo, Downs, Loston…the list goes on and on. Randle and Shepard will probably find the field next year in the receiving corps and make a difference. Downs, Davenport, Loston, and Montgomery will probably start to work into the lineup starting next year. And Mingo….a friggin 6′ 5″ LB that runs a 4.6. Sweeeeeet.
As for Janzen Jackson, I guess we’ll see. Obviously we’d love to have him, but if he takes off too…it wont be the end of the world. Anyway, the full class is after the jump.
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You Win Some, You Lose Some.
This past weekend was an up and down one for LSU sports. On the down side, the men lost to Xavier 80-70. The Tigers went about 9 minutes in the 2nd half without scoring and allowed a first half lead to slip away. The lead at the end of the first half was only one point, 37-36, but anyway……. Speaking of the first half, it was a great one to watch. There were a bunch of ties and lead changes. It was just back and forth for 20 minutes. Then the Tigers went colder than our fellow LSUtopian is in Oklahoma City, OK today (wind chill at noon was 8 there).
LSU played well enough on defense to win it, they just simply couldn’t score when they needed to. On the up-side, Marcus Thornton blessed us with yet another 30 point game gaining him SEC player of the week, averaging 30.5 points in the last two games. In those games against Miss. St. and Xavier he shot almost as well from the 3-point line (53%) as his did anywhere else (55%). Congrats to him. More after the jump.
The Tigers’ (15-4, 3-1) next game will be Wednesday night in Knoxville against the Tennessee Volunteers (12-6, 3-1). The Volunteers are a pretty average team and they haven’t beaten anyone as of late by any significant amount, except for beating Vandy in Nashville by 13. They also lost a close one by 2, to #24 Memphis over the weekend. If the Tigers play their game, they should leave with the win.
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LaFell is coming back!
Brandon LaFell took advantage of the rule that states underclassmen have 72 hours after the early entry deadline to withdraw their NFL draft declaration. He had 929 yards on 63 receptions this year and lead the SEC with 8 recieving TDs. And so far he’s scored 18 TDs with 1,725 yards in his LSU career.
This is great news for next season. LaFell leaving would have left the Tigers reletively inexperienced and thin at WR. However, it would have also made it even more inviting for top WR recruit Rueben Randle to join the Tigers, who by the way, made a weekend visit to Alabama this weekend. We still don’t know where Bastrop High sensation Randle will end up, but one thing for sure is that LaFell coming back to LSU is great news. Thanks, #1! See you in September.
-Bury Me on the 50
LSU Tiger Football Expected to not Suck in 2009
So I went searchin on the interweb for some stuff on the 2009 version of the LSU Tiger football team and was pretty surprised at what I found. First, there’s Chris Low, the excellent SEC blogger for ESPN who said the following in his list of 5 things to look for in 2009:
LSU fights back: After underachieving for much of this season on defense, the Tigers will get back to their attacking style in 2009 under new coordinator John Chavis. They were missing that edge this season, but the fiery Chavis will see to it that they get it back on the Bayou.
Then, I went over to Rivals.com and saw their look ahead at the top 25 for 2009 . Much to my surprise, they have the Tigers at number 5! Their top 4….Florida, Texas, USC, and Oklahoma.
I stumbled on over to SI.com and Stewart Mandel, their top college football writer, had just put out his top 10 for 2009. Like Rivals…he’s got Florida, Texas, USC, and Oklahoma as his top 4. When I got to his #5, I actually “WTF’d” out loud. BAMA? Are you shitting me? If Bama finishes in the top 10 next year, I’ll get a full on Brazilian wax and post the video on this site. I actually see Bama finishing 3rd in the SEC West behind us and Ole Miss. No way. He’s got LSU at 9, which I think is about right.
I honestly think, WITH STEADY QB PLAY, the Tigers are a top 10 team. We have all of our playmakers returning from last year and have added at least two, in Russell Shepard and Craig Loston, who can contribute next year as well. <Fingers crossed> Add in a Rueben Randle and hot damn! We might have an offense that causes teams some real problems. Of course, you can score 35 points per game and still lose if your defense sucks. But I think we’ve addressed that little problem and we’ll see a huge difference next year. Here’s to a top 10 finish in ’09!
Under Armour Game not kind – LSU to focus on Rueben Randle
The Under Armour High School All-America Game did not exactly turn out the way that LSU fans had hoped. First off, Russell Shepard was very hit and miss. His arm strength was certainly the weakest of all the quarterbacks thatt played in the game and his accuracy was suspect. His legs were awesome and after being coached-up, he should end up ok. Several highly touted recruits made their declarations as to which college they would attend in 2009. None of those, however, chose LSU. Coming off the good news on Friday that Craig Loston would attend LSU, the Tigers got kicked in the nuts by all the guys that had them on the short list. First, John Martinez from Utah chose to go play football in sunny LA for USC. Cant blame the dude. He’s from fuckin Utah and has a chance to go live like a rockstar in Los Angeles. More power to ya homie. Dyron Dye and Ray Ray Armstrong both chose that they’d rather be future criminals than win championships and will head down to Miami. And Andre Dubose, a five star guy that everyone thought was a lean to LSU, unfortunately chose a team that we play every year in Florida. This is only a day after another five star guy, DT William Campbell chose Michigan over LSU at the US Army All-Star Game.
The good news: the Tigers still have a top 3 recruiting class. According to Rivals, there are only 31 five star players in the nation and we have signed 4 of them…with a chance to sign one or two more. The most important of these being Rueben Randle , who is the number one ranked player by Rivals. Perhaps the Tigers can get back in the hunt for a couple other big prospects as well. Even if LSU doesnt sign another guy all year, the class is solid and will produce a few superstars. Plus, there’s always the hope that DeAngelo Benton from last year’s class can get his grades in order and add his talent to the wideout group.
