OK to talk about the 2020 season now....

[houtiger]

Based on the pre-season all SEC team, InbredGumps is the favorite in the west, and to win the SEC.  No surprise, everyone knows we lost a ton.  We still have a chance to upset them in Tiger Stadium.

[LSUDad]

LSU Football Offensive Tackle Dare Rosenthal Developing On the Field and Off Ahead of Sophomore Season

 

Glen West

4 hours ago

It took a little convincing but Dare Rosenthal eventually saw what coach Ed Orgeron and the LSU staff were preaching. Rosenthal came to LSU as a 6-foot-7, 320-pound defensive tackle recruit in 2018 hoping to be the successor to the likes of Rashard Lawrence and Breiden Fehoko.

After much back and forth, Rosenthal agreed to give the offensive line a shot and the move has been extremely beneficial to all parties involved. Appearing in five games including three starts as a redshirt freshman at left tackle in 2019, Rosenthal flashed immense potential as a future full time starter for the purple and gold. 

"Dare has made tremendous strides, he wanted to play defense first so it took a little while to move him over to offense," Orgeron said Tuesday.

 

The opportunity for Rosenthal to start came early in the season last year when starting left tackle Saahdiq Charles was serving most of his six-game suspension against non-conference opponents. Rosenthal picked up starts in eventual wins over Northwestern State, Utah State and Mississippi State. In the three games Rosenthal started, the Tigers outscored their opponents 143-33.

But it wasn't until LSU started preparing for its semi final bowl game against Oklahoma that Orgeron started noticing some considerable development in Rosenthal's game. 

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"Dare made his biggest improvement when we were practicing for the bowl games last year, especially when we were going to the semi final in Atlanta. I really thought he showed out in the practices, that's where the young kids get more practice," Orgeron said.

Since his breakout performances during those bowl practices, the questions that have come up with Rosenthal have had nothing to do with his obvious talent. It's had to do with how he carries himself off the field. 

Back in March, Orgeron announced that Rosenthal would be leaving the team for "personal reasons" and that he'd be back with the program in the summer. 

Upon the team's return to the practice facility on June 8, Orgeron has mentioned multiple times about how great Rosenthal has been with the team not only on the field but off it as well. He's taken a leadership role with the team that Orgeron hopes will carry over into the 2020 season. 

“I think Dare's going to be an excellent left tackle,” Orgeron said at the time. “He's going to play in the NFL. But he's not going to be with us this spring.”

With an inexperienced unit all around it's important that Rosenthal be that vocal leader for the group. LSU will be relying on Rosenthal, Ed Ingram, Liam Shanahan, Chasen Hines and Austin Deculus almost exclusively with not a whole ton of depth behind the starting unit. 

Shanahan said in interviews last week how impressed he's been with not only Rosenthal but Hines as well.

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"Dare's really kind of a freak athletically and I think I'm really excited to see him play on Saturdays. He's got a great work ethic and really impressive to watch so far," Shanahan said. "Same goes with Chasen, I think we have a lot of talent in the offensive line room. What we've been doing is really trying to get in a rhythm and groove together."

Any issues Rosenthal had in the past seem to be behind him as he sets his focus to establishing himself as one of the SEC's elite tackles. Orgeron believes that he has the potential to one day be an NFL caliber player and it's up to Rosenthal to prove him right.

"He's become a leader, he's behaving himself, he's gotten in no trouble and he's done a tremendous job for us," Orgeron said. "Obviously he's still got a ways to go but I think Dare's gonna have a chance to be an NFL player and be a high draft pick."

[Herb]

When I woke up and took Otis out to pee this morning it was 55 degrees. Football weather!

Unfortunately, I have to wait 1 more week.

But it's here...I smell it in the air.

[LSUDad]

Well, if you get into a game, you can get one of these. 
 

 

 

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[houtiger]

17 minutes ago, LSUDad said:

Well, if you get into a game, you can get one of these. 
 

 

 

they should have also put "LSU 50 - Texas A&M 7" on there!

[LSUDad]

10 things you should know about LSU QB Myles Brennan

Les East | 9 hours ago

 

Myles Brennan is going to be one of the most closely scrutinized players in college football this season.

He is succeeding Joe Burrow as the LSU quarterback a year after Burrow had a season for the ages in leading the Tigers to the national championship.

Brennan has been at LSU for 3 years. He has played sparingly each year, receiving a redshirt after his second season.

He was well regarded when he arrived. He has been patient. He has studied. He has prepared. Now he’s the man.

Here are 10 things you should know about Myles Brennan:

1. Along came Burrow

Brennan was considered a slight favorite to win the starting job 2 years ago in a competition with Justin McMillan and Lowell Narcisse.

Then Burrow showed up as a graduate transfer from Ohio State and everything changed. Burrow won the job, McMillan transferred to Tulane and Narcisse transferred to UTSA.

Brennan stuck around, bided his time, learned from Burrow and now he has 2 seasons in which to make his mark.

2. How soon we forget

The expectation for anyone would be that they would fall short of the uncommonly high bar that Burrow set.

But the expectations for Brennan were pretty high when he arrived at LSU.

He was a consensus 4-star prospect and holds the Mississippi high school career records for total offense, passing yards and passing touchdowns.

3. Shakes, anyone?

Brennan arrived weighing a mere 175 pounds on his 6-4 frame.

One of his primary goals during the past 3 years has been to put on weight and now he’s around 220 pounds.

At one point he was eating 6 meals a day and the weight-training staff would routinely keep an eye on him to make sure he downed his daily protein shakes before he began his 6 a.m. weight training.

4. Playing keep away

Brennan’s decision-making and ability to avoid costly turnovers will be key to his success.

He has a pretty good track record. As a senior in high school, he didn’t throw an interception until the state playoffs.

He has 2 career TDs and 3 INTs at LSU.

5. Don’t sleep on his running

Brennan is described as a pocket passer and the Tigers don’t figure to have a whole bunch of designed runs for him.

But he can make productive plays running with the football when the opportunity presents itself – just as Burrow did.

Brennan led his high-school team with 445 rushing yards and 9 rushing touchdowns as a junior.

6. Inexperienced, but not young

Brennan is green in terms of college playing experience – 17 games, 0 starts, 70 passes, 42 completions, 600 yards, 2 touchdowns, 3 interceptions.

But he’s more mature than those statistics might suggest. He’s 21 years old and has 3 seasons in the LSU program, 2 as Burrow’s understudy.

Burrow didn’t have a ton of game experience when he arrived at LSU, either. He had thrown just 39 career passes at Ohio State, with 2 TDs and 0 INTs.

7. Breaking with tradition

Both of Brennan’s parents were student-athletes at Tulane, which was one of LSU’s biggest rivals when the elder Brennans were in school.

Megan Brennan played volleyball and basketball and was the first female scholarship athlete in Green Wave history. Owen Brennan was a Tulane linebacker.

8. All aboard!

Brennan, his 2 older brothers and his parents were living on the Gulf Coast in Bay St. Louis, Miss., when Hurricane Katrina devastated the region in August 2005.

They moved on to a 70-foot yacht docked in Destin, Fla., and lived there for the next 3 years.

9. Following another Heisman winner

Burrow isn’t the only Heisman Trophy winner whose footsteps Brennan has followed.

Army fullback/linebacker Doc Blanchard, who won the Heisman in 1945, and Brennan both attended St. Stanislaus boarding school in Bay St. Louis.

10. Bon appetite

Brennan is a member of one of the most iconic families of restaurateurs in New Orleans.

He is the great-great-grandson of Owen Patrick Brennan, who was one of several family members who founded the original Brennan’s in the French Quarter in 1946.

[LSUDad]