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LSUsupaFan · Aug 1, 2007

So is he picking L.S.U. to win the S.E.C.? What an idiot. He must get paid by the character.

Luv4LSU · Aug 1, 2007

red55 said: ↑

They were stoic about the failure of Dubose and Curry and the treachery of Francionne.
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Good post red, but I still had to look that word up.

I'm sure we will see a lot more articles and examples of what Red was saying until November.

:geauxtige

TerryP · Aug 1, 2007

<<<-- waiting for the spell police to come out.

Deceks7 · Aug 1, 2007

khounba said: ↑

Exactly.

Miles and Co. didn't need an adjustment period. but, but, but, but. Expect to hear that a lot from the gumps this season.
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Miles had Katrina in his adjustment period....and still Miles did better with the talent on hand than the prior coach did the year before......that is all........

Atreus21 · Aug 1, 2007

red55 said: ↑

I've been reading threads on the Bama boards and they seem convinced that Nick alone will change everything and that Les is a worse coach than Curley Hallman. In fact if LSU wins the championship this year, many will count it as another Saban victory. I don't think they are delusional, but they certainly seem to be single-minded this year.

Some pontificate loudly that LSU will lose to Bama because Les can't hold Nick's straw hat. Actually though, most are realistic about their teams problems, but they all seem convinced that Les cannot coach the game of football. They don't have much to back it up, but they are obssessed with Les. And, of course, if Les wins the game, it will be because of the 18 or so players still on the team that Nick recruited. Nick will have beaten himself.

You wouldn't believe how they are pumping up and spinning Miles' comments and trying to make it into locker room material. I'm amazed that they don't seem to talk much about the LSU team, but have thread after thread about Les Miles and his "big hat" or his "blasting Bama" or his "fear of Nick" or his "lack of class".

Several have predicted that Les will be fired if he doesn't beat Nick, as if any coach with an 85% winning record has ever been fired. Others say that Les must win a national championship this year or LSU fans will turn on him.

They blame all of their problems on Shula, which they have now cured with the hire of Saint Nick. It's kind of sad, actually . . . and it reminds me of LSU during the Curley Hallman years--Bama has lost it's swagger and they are upset that LSU and Les seem to have it.

Like Agbarn, they are more concerned about the "class" of the LSU coaches or the fans and don't seem to realize that it is the very good LSU team that is coming to Tuscaloosa that they should be concerned about. These ain't the confident, "stay above the fray", self-assured Bama fans that we have been used to for several decades.

I miss those old Bama fans. They had style. They were stoic about the failure of Dubose and Curry and the treachery of Francionne. They had an admirable sense of humor about the moral demise of Price. But something fundamental changed under Shula. God help the new Bama nation if Nick doesn't turn things around. They may be tearing their crimson guts out.
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Honestly, tho, I wouldn't be too quick to judge. We don't seem to be willing to let go of the split championship in '03, so we also have some measure of delusion.

What I find laughable about the article is that they can find some way to make 4 losses in two years as indicative that the coach is worthless.

Still tho, I'm worried that Miles seems to take pleasure in dramatic shows of bravado when on the subject of Bama. I don't remember the quote exactly, but didn't he publicly say, "We will ****ing beat their asses" or something in a press conference? A buddy of mine from Bengal Brass was at this event. That just seemed to be childish to me.

Deceks7 · Aug 1, 2007

TerryP said: ↑

<<<-- waiting for the spell police to come out.
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Stoicism precludes us from being obssessed with spelling.

TerryP · Aug 1, 2007

Deceks7 said: ↑

Stoicism precludes us from being obssessed with spelling.
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:lol: :lol: :lol:

They did teach you what an Alabamian was in your undergrad studies, didn't they? :wink:

SabanFan · Aug 1, 2007

TerryP said: ↑

:lol: :lol: :lol:

They did teach you what an Alabamian was in your undergrad studies, didn't they? :wink:
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I should have just used the universally accepted "Gumps".

TerryP · Aug 1, 2007

SabanFan said: ↑

I should have just used the universally accepted "Gumps".
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If colloquialisms favored by those in the Bayou are universally accepted, should all football forums be renamed "foozball?" :thumb:

Sourdoughman · Aug 1, 2007

red55 said: ↑

I've been reading threads on the Bama boards and they seem convinced that Nick alone will change everything and that Les is a worse coach than Curley Hallman. In fact if LSU wins the championship this year, many will count it as another Saban victory. I don't think they are delusional, but they certainly seem to be single-minded this year.

Some pontificate loudly that LSU will lose to Bama because Les can't hold Nick's straw hat. Actually though, most are realistic about their teams problems, but they all seem convinced that Les cannot coach the game of football. They don't have much to back it up, but they are obssessed with Les. And, of course, if Les wins the game, it will be because of the 18 or so players still on the team that Nick recruited. Nick will have beaten himself.

You wouldn't believe how they are pumping up and spinning Miles' comments and trying to make it into locker room material. I'm amazed that they don't seem to talk much about the LSU team, but have thread after thread about Les Miles and his "big hat" or his "blasting Bama" or his "fear of Nick" or his "lack of class".

Several have predicted that Les will be fired if he doesn't beat Nick, as if any coach with an 85% winning record has ever been fired. Others say that Les must win a national championship this year or LSU fans will turn on him.

They blame all of their problems on Shula, which they have now cured with the hire of Saint Nick. It's kind of sad, actually . . . and it reminds me of LSU during the Curley Hallman years--Bama has lost it's swagger and they are upset that LSU and Les seem to have it.

Like Agbarn, they are more concerned about the "class" of the LSU coaches or the fans and don't seem to realize that it is the very good LSU team that is coming to Tuscaloosa that they should be concerned about. These ain't the confident, "stay above the fray", self-assured Bama fans that we have been used to for several decades.

I miss those old Bama fans. They had style. They were stoic about the failure of Dubose and Curry and the treachery of Francionne. They had an admirable sense of humor about the moral demise of Price. But something fundamental changed under Shula. God help the new Bama nation if Nick doesn't turn things around. They may be tearing their crimson guts out.
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This is the funniest thing I have ever heard!:lol:
Only a gump could have this kind of logic.:lol:
Let me get this straight!:grin:

So if LSU beats Bama this year Nick beats himself because of recruits but if Bama wins then Saban is responsible alone and Mike Shula's recruits had nothing to do with it?:grin: :lol:

I just can't get over the part of Nick beating himself!
I wonder if he will be upset at himself.:yelwink2: :lol: