LSU VS Barn, October 1st, 6pm, ESPN

[LSUDad]

Auburn will close out its season-opening five-game homestand under the lights.

Auburn will host LSU at 6 p.m. on Oct. 1, with the game airing on ESPN, the SEC announced Monday morning. It will be Auburn’s third evening kickoff in its first five games this season, all of which have been at Jordan-Hare Stadium.

 

[Herb]

Well, 6:00 PM is better than 5:00 PM, I guess.  Can they give us a normal 7:30 PM game?

[cadillacattack]

I wouldn’t worry too much, LSU will handle Auburn easily …. Hate to say it 

[COTiger]

I'm surprised LSU is a 9.5 point favorite.

[Herb]

3 hours ago, cadillacattack said:

I wouldn’t worry too much, LSU will handle Auburn easily …. Hate to say it 

I don't like playing any team where their coach's back is against the wall. I hope you're right, though.

[Herb]

2 hours ago, COTiger said:

I'm surprised LSU is a 9.5 point favorite.

Me too. Hope we more than cover it.

[LSUDad]

15 hours ago, COTiger said:

I'm surprised LSU is a 9.5 point favorite.

I know, is this a sucker bet? One thing for sure, we have been improving week to week. 
 

Auburn was held, if you want to call it that, to 217, 135 passing and 82 rushing. Our defense has improved ever game, what Coach House has done with the defense is a little short of unreal. Perkins was the highest rated player in last years class, you are starting to see the reason. 
 

Denbrock has called good games, putting players in position to make plays.  YAC, is one to watch, receivers are in space, many times, lots of green grass, downfield blocking has seemed to return at LSU. Denbrock has used multiple formations and personnel. At times in a formation, using 1, 2 and 3 TE’s, that’s what he and Kelly like to do, they will run or pass out of these groupings. 
 

The Special Teams have also taken that step forward. Bech returning punts, even with the call back, fun to see him take it down the field. He’s just a little bigger version of his uncle Brett. I was with Brett’s Father-in-Law, my last trip to BTR. Jack Bech is getting back to healthy. As for Jack, Standout wide receiver at St. Thomas More High School in Lafayette, Louisiana … Won a combined five Louisiana Division II State Championships during his prep career … Member of St. Thomas More basketball team that won three straight titles from 2019-21 … Won state titles in football as both a junior and senior. So, he knows how to win. 
 

This staff was left with less than 40 scholarship players, this was a major undertaking. Never has a new football coach at LSU walked into a cluster like this one. Not even close. My friends in coaching, see what Kelly and his staff has done, they too are amazed at how quick he’s moved this team. They will win some and lose some, but it’s better now. I’m enjoying what they have done, it can only get better, once he gets his players in. Enjoy the ride folks, I am. 
 

 

[cadillacattack]

Lay the 9.5 and bet the hacienda on LSU ….. I’m serious …. It’s a cold steel lock. 
 

LSU by 24 ….. you can thank me later by donating a small portion of your copious winnings to St. Jude’s for Children

[COTiger]

There's a reason the lights burn 365 nights a year in Vegas.  

No way in Hell am I going to give AU 9 1/2 points in their place.

[Hatchertiger]

Caddy as you are aware LSU has not had great success at Jordan Hare.  Imma keep my money. AU won 3 games in 2012, we beat y'all by 2 points at JH. But the eternal optimist in me never believes LSU will lose.

[houtiger]

2 hours ago, COTiger said:

There's a reason the lights burn 365 nights a year in Vegas.  

No way in Hell am I going to give AU 9 1/2 points in their place.

I agree!

[LSUDad]

Dellinger, a former four-star recruit from Michigan who can play anywhere on the offensive line, is dealing with a broken hand.
 

Dellinger looks to be out for the game. 

[LSUDad]

It’s been a long time coming for LSU safety Joe Foucha. The Louisiana native always had a dream of playing in Death Valley, but wanting to experience a new challenge led the New Orleans product to take his talent to Arkansas to begin his college career. 

But Foucha hasn’t been alone on his journey. He’s been accompanied by his partner in crime Greg Brooks. The two New Orleans natives saw their friendship grow closer after becoming Razorbacks and haven’t looked back ever since.

Now? The two look to line up side-by-side in the purple and gold this Saturday against Auburn.

[LSUDad]

22 hours ago, cadillacattack said:

Lay the 9.5 and bet the hacienda on LSU ….. I’m serious …. It’s a cold steel lock. 
 

LSU by 24 ….. you can thank me later by donating a small portion of your copious winnings to St. Jude’s for Children

The one I like, MooU is -3.5 against aTm. That line opened at -2.5, now at -3.5

 

[cadillacattack]

I’m telling’ ya’ …. it’s a stone lock…. if I still had a bookie I’d even consider betting against my own team …. and y’all have NEVER seen me do that before … the cost of good scotch has gone way up ….  (inflation makes a man do strange things)

[cadillacattack]

20 hours ago, Hatchertiger said:

Caddy as you are aware LSU has not had great success at Jordan Hare.  Imma keep my money. AU won 3 games in 2012, we beat y'all by 2 points at JH. But the eternal optimist in me never believes LSU will lose.

Hatch, …. believe it or not, our current OL is actually much worse than the 2012 crew. At least the 2012 crew was young and came together the following 2 seasons …… no hope of that occurring in this instance 

[LSUDad]

1 hour ago, cadillacattack said:

I’m telling’ ya’ …. it’s a stone lock…. if I still had a bookie I’d even consider betting against my own team …. and y’all have NEVER seen me do that before … the cost of good scotch has gone way up ….  (inflation makes a man do strange things)

I’ll be at the casino Friday, I’ll bet with the Tigers! 

[Herb]

2 hours ago, cadillacattack said:

Hatch, …. believe it or not, our current OL is actually much worse than the 2012 crew. At least the 2012 crew was young and came together the following 2 seasons …… no hope of that occurring in this instance 

So what are your feelings towards Harsin? Not trying to bring up a sore subject, but I don't get the hate aimed his way given his short tenure.

[LSUDad]

1 hour ago, Herb said:

So what are your feelings towards Harsin? Not trying to bring up a sore subject, but I don't get the hate aimed his way given his short tenure.

“Paul Finebaum believes the curtains have all but closed on Auburn head coach Bryan Harsin.

A wild final play on Saturday allowed the Tigers to escape Jordan-Hare with a W (and Harsin with his job) but the ESPN personality doesn't see that lasting much longer.”

[Hatchertiger]

Interesting. By all accounts he is on the hot but I doubt he's been told he's already gone.  There is a ton of football left to play. A team playing for its coaches job is a dangerous team.

 

 

[cadillacattack]

21 hours ago, Herb said:

So what are your feelings towards Harsin? Not trying to bring up a sore subject, but I don't get the hate aimed his way given his short tenure.

I like him personally , he’s a very focused individual, …. I like his coaching philosophy, … and truthfully he inherited much of the problems he has been saddled with. At the end of the day though, the SEC is about recruiting, and specifically about recruiting the LOS. ( Jimmies and Joes) 

Harsin hasn’t done that. We had 29 departures in the portal, and it is difficult for me to believe that some of that could not have been prevented, ….. and recruiting for NEED could have been emphasized …. but the results tell a different story, and someone needs to be accountable. The AD has already been removed.

No hate here, just a horribly bad fit for the role. Better than average coach, below average recruiter.

[Herb]

Caddy, thanks for the analysis. Really appreciate it.

When Harsin came into the SEC I initially looked at it as another Mike Leach type hire for the SEC and I assumed the traditional ground game Auburn is known for would be "modernized" and "opened up" to more of a run and gun offense that Boise was known for.

What is interesting is how Leach has been successful in a short span and Harsin has bombed.

Ultimately, best case scenario for Auburn might be for a team like Nebraska or Arizona State to become enamored with Harsin and hire him away.  He's a mountain west guy. Colorado might be his ultimate home (I don't think Dorrell will last many more weeks either). 

From a cynical LSU standpoint, I hope y'all keep him around a few more years just to prove you gave him every benefit of the doubt. 

The more interesting betting lines might be more on coaching firings than these games.

[houtiger]

22 hours ago, LSUDad said:

“Paul Finebaum believes the curtains have all but closed on Auburn head coach Bryan Harsin.

A wild final play on Saturday allowed the Tigers to escape Jordan-Hare with a W (and Harsin with his job) but the ESPN personality doesn't see that lasting much longer.”

I looked into this a little bit, what I read said at the end of this season, it is $15 million to buy him out.

LSU gave Ed $17 million to leave, but only because Woodward unwisely gave him a raise and extension after 2019.  The raise was fine, I would have waited on the extension.

[LSUDad]

59 minutes ago, Herb said:

Caddy, thanks for the analysis. Really appreciate it.

When Harsin came into the SEC I initially looked at it as another Mike Leach type hire for the SEC and I assumed the traditional ground game Auburn is known for would be "modernized" and "opened up" to more of a run and gun offense that Boise was known for.

What is interesting is how Leach has been successful in a short span and Harsin has bombed.

Ultimately, best case scenario for Auburn might be for a team like Nebraska or Arizona State to become enamored with Harsin and hire him away.  He's a mountain west guy. Colorado might be his ultimate home (I don't think Dorrell will last many more weeks either). 

From a cynical LSU standpoint, I hope y'all keep him around a few more years just to prove you gave him every benefit of the doubt. 

The more interesting betting lines might be more on coaching firings than these games.

He’s one of the top names at Zona St. 

[LSUDad]

When LSU hits the road for the first time this season to take on Auburn in Jordan-Hare Stadium on Saturday, the Tigers from the plains will have a bit more to play for than extending their winning streak in the rivalry to three games.

 

Coach Bryan Harsin is only in his second season, but his 9-8 record leaves a lot to be desired. He was nearly fired this past offseason, and his seat seems to be engulfed in flames as things currently stand. Last week’s win over Missouri bought him another week, but a poor showing on Saturday could prove to be the final straw.

ESPN listed the LSU-Auburn contest as a hot-seat game to watch in October as a result of what a loss would do to Harsin’s already tenuous standing.

If Harsin is going to make a job-saving run, it must begin against LSU. A loss could seal his fate as Auburn’s coach, especially an ugly one. Auburn also must show tangible progress on offense. After LSU, Auburn faces three consecutive ranked opponents, beginning with No. 1 Georgia on Oct. 8 in Athens.

In the same piece, Adam Rittenberg elaborates on Harsin’s situation.

If Auburn had lost to Missouri, a game it led 14-0 after 12 minutes, Harsin might not have survived the weekend with his job. Thanks to Missouri’s overtime goal-line fumble, he gets at least another week on the Plains, but needs a strong showing Saturday against LSU. Industry sources continue to say interim athletic director Rich McGlynn is a strong candidate to land the permanent job, and could handle the Harsin firing and the initial part of a coaching search. Auburn’s defense played much better against Missouri than the week before against Penn State, but Harsin’s offense has scored more than 24 points just once in four games.

The results in this game over the last two seasons almost certainly helped expedite the end of the Ed Orgeron era in Baton Rouge. Now, it seems the script is flipped heading into Week 5 as coach Brian Kelly looks to start SEC play 2-0.