So you don't speak Cajun yet? This term you are using, "ingratiate," I like it. It denotes, reconciliation, universal acceptance, a spirit of brethren-hood even. I have always felt that my mandate in Tigerland is to bring these two college powers together in a singular culture. To blur the color barrier regardless of the score, a win here or there, trophies handed out, the incredible jewelry, some of which has some unusual scribe on it, a coach that flew the coup, where was I? Having this gift of ambiguity, it tends to blur that line of differential even further. What was your question again?
The guy makes weird comments all the time. Acid casualty perhaps. I care a lot more about Terry's thoughts than Tusk's, who never makes much sense. Indeed.
Fortunately, no need to choose. Plenty of Crimson for everyone to nash their teeth at. Kinda nice, everyone see's things a little different. SC has that sociability and humor thing firing on all cylinders. red is interesting enough, but you always know what side of the isle he sits on. I'm with lsutiga on the same cloth thing. Independent enough not to be overwhelmed by the misconceptions of the majority, but humble enough to accept fact from fiction. Plus I'm guessing his survival skills are off the chart. Please tell me you got an airboat?
It means you like the food but probably wouldnt want to see how its actually prepared. Metaphorically, it applies. We dont really want to know how many good kids get slaughtered as part of the scholarship process. College football is a like a nice big juicy burger. Slap it on the table and we're going to consume it regardless how it got there.
Tiga, I wouldn't even begin to admit something on behalf of all women. I don't even really LIKE women (in general). Why else would I spend so much time on a sports message board?
Why..you little... Your in-laws come over a lot?? Dang, you done went and got all capital on us? You and Okie bust up?
Over-signing wasn't the issue the way I read it, perhaps wrongly. I thought he was trying to make a link between attrition and backroom shenanigans. And, with kids getting put on medicals, leaving for more playing time, etc., I don't see any type of shenanigans in those moves.
I started thinking about Dinardo's time with LSU and one thing that stuck out to me when Saban was hired was the question of him closing the borders. How much of a difference might have been made if he had managed to hang on to a few of the players that got out of state? The biggest one that I noticed was probably Leonard Scott and a lot of that had to do with him ending up at Tennessee. Marshall Faulk was one of those players, Travis Minor another one. Wasn't Major Applewhite from the state as well? I know Peyton Manning was one. Another Vol, Raynoch Thompson. These are just a few of the names that cross my mind sitting here thinking about it more. Warrick Dunn? Arnez...can't think of his last name...went to Notre Dame I believe? I want to say Battle, but that's me mixing a coach's name in that can't be right.
Nick lost his share of Louisiana players. Some players just want to leave home, like Billy Cannon, Jr. A few just didn't like Nick's style. Mostly Nick built a wall between New Orleans and the state of Florida. For years LSU had trouble recruiting the black high schools in New Orleans, whose players always seemed to end up at Florida, FSU or Miami. Nick made good inroads in New Orleans and started signing top athletes there. But the rest of the state has pretty much always been LSU country and we usually got whoever we went after. Peyton Manning grew up in Louisiana, but Archie was never really going to let his sons grow up LSU fans. Peyton showed some early interest in LSU and no interest in Ole Miss, but he and Josh Booty privately agreed that they would not sign at the same school, so when Booty signed with LSU, that was that. Eli was never going anywhere else but Ole Miss.
