Tinker:
Washington DC has been invaded by the criminal lawless bad guys that we all thought were living under grown. Not so! Barack Obama seems like a very unsavory person to me these days. If I see him walking towards me on the sidewalk, I'm crossing over to the other side.
Washington DC has been invaded by the criminal lawless bad guys that we all thought were living under grown. Not so! Barack Obama seems like a very unsavory person to me these days. If I see him walking towards me on the sidewalk, I'm crossing over to the other side.
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WH Official: 'Very Little Doubt' Assad Regime Behind Chemical Attack...
Syria Agrees to UN Inspection...
HAGEL: US PREPARED FOR 'ALL CONTIGENCIES'...
Russia Warns Not to Repeat Past Mistakes...
REPORT: NSA BUGGED UN HEADQUARTERS
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NSA having flashbacks to Watergate era...
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Sen. Corker: Congress Doesn't Know Extent of NSA Surveillance...
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Employees Eavesdropped on Love Interests, Significant Others...
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Editor’s note: This story contains extremely graphic content that may be offensive to some readers.
New video posted on YouTube purports to show the graphic murder – execution style – of three Syrian truck drivers who did nothing more than belong to a minority faith the local Al Qaeda affiliate does not like.
In the video, a small band of Islamist radicals with the Al Qaeda-linked ISIS (Islamic State in Iraq and Syria) group is seen waving the tractor trailers off the side of an Iraqi road and then proceeds to interrogate the unsuspecting drivers about their prayer habits, trying to discover if they are Sunnis or members of the Alawite minority in Syria.
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WH Official: 'Very Little Doubt' Assad Regime Behind Chemical Attack...
Syria Agrees to UN Inspection...
HAGEL: US PREPARED FOR 'ALL CONTIGENCIES'...
Russia Warns Not to Repeat Past Mistakes...
REPORT: NSA BUGGED UN HEADQUARTERS
NSA having flashbacks to Watergate era...
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Pat Buchanan: 'Whites Are the Only Group That You Can Discriminate Against Legally in America Now'
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Editor’s note: This story contains extremely graphic content that may be offensive to some readers.
New video posted on YouTube purports to show the graphic murder – execution style – of three Syrian truck drivers who did nothing more than belong to a minority faith the local Al Qaeda affiliate does not like.
In the video, a small band of Islamist radicals with the Al Qaeda-linked ISIS (Islamic State in Iraq and Syria) group is seen waving the tractor trailers off the side of an Iraqi road and then proceeds to interrogate the unsuspecting drivers about their prayer habits, trying to discover if they are Sunnis or members of the Alawite minority in Syria.
See video and read more...http://www.theblaze.
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“I think that it will be seen as a questionable judgment on the part of the judicial system down there, but I don’t know if it will have staying power,” Powell said on CBS’ Face the Nation.
“These cases come along, and they blaze across the midnight sky and then after a period of time, they’re forgotten,” he added.
Watch Powell’s comments below, courtesy of Mediaite:
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Colin Powell: George Zimmerman Acquittal Will Be Seen as a ‘Questionable Judgement’
Collin Powell, former Secretary of State and a retired four star general, said on Sunday morning that the George Zimmerman not-guilty verdict will be seen as a “questionable judgement.”“I think that it will be seen as a questionable judgment on the part of the judicial system down there, but I don’t know if it will have staying power,” Powell said on CBS’ Face the Nation.
“These cases come along, and they blaze across the midnight sky and then after a period of time, they’re forgotten,” he added.
Watch Powell’s comments below, courtesy of Mediaite:
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Tinker:
There
is something very special about the original songs that we heard
throughout our life. No matter what we are doing at the time when I hear
the original I simply thank god for the pleasure to have been there
when the magic first happened.
And of course the enjoyment of listening to the same song that
keeps holding up over the test of time. Classic songs are very special
like that to me.
Lex Baxter original Unchained Melody (78 rpm) straight from 1955...http://www.youtube.com/
and
My favorite:
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The Doo Wop music was also a great deal of fun also;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?
The Doo Wop music was also a great deal of fun also;
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Rabalais: Play here, player there could have been difference for LSU
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Rabalais: Play here, player there could have been difference for LSU
I may not be able to tell you how LSU’s 2013 season will unfold, but I can tell you something about the Tigers’ 2012 campaign:
Looking back, it isn’t as bad as many people first imagined. In fact, getting to 10-3 and being within one stop or one score of winning all three of those games is downright remarkable.
Last season I took a red marker and made a note in LSU’s media guide every time the Tigers lost a player for the year or for a significant amount of time.
By season’s end, I needed a new marker. And that media guide was running red like a “ghost shark” had chomped on it (more on that later).
In all, 22 players listed on LSU’s preseason roster were either injured for most of or the entire season, were academically suspended, dismissed or transferred.
And yet, this LSU team finished 10-3 with losses to teams that finished in the final USA Today coaches’ poll top 10: No. 1 Alabama (21-17), No. 9 Clemson (25-24) and No. 10 Florida (14-6).
One stop or one score might have made the difference in any of those games.
Or one player.
The Tigers led 17-14 going into the final moments against Bama until the Crimson Tide mounted a game-winning drive, with AJ McCarron throwing a 28-yard screen pass touchdown to T.J. Yeldon with 51 seconds left.
Cornerback Jalen Mills turned in a fine freshman All-American season last year, but he admittedly misplayed the coverage on that play. He was playing in place of Tyrann Mathieu, who had long since been banished from the team.
Certainly Mathieu might have botched the coverage as well — being an every-down cornerback has never been the Honey Badger’s strength. But making big plays is, and maybe he would have stripped Yeldon or sacked McCarron or done something else to halt that last drive.
One score. One player. One moment. All else being equal, if LSU wins that game it’s playing Georgia in the Southeastern Conference Championship Game for the right to move on and squish Notre Dame like an overripe orange in the BCS title game down in Miami.
LSU lost its starting tackles for most of the season, Chris Faulk and Alex Hurst. Starting tailback Alfred Blue went down in Week 3. The linebacker corps was beset by multiple injuries and illness, including All-American middle linebacker Kevin Minter having to twice leave the Florida game because he was cramping with dehydration. Just so happens Florida scored its touchdowns both times Minter went to the locker room for IVs.
Look, attrition in football is part of the cost of doing business. But before knocking Les Miles and Greg Studrawa for what, at times, was a critically ineffective offense, it’s worth remembering the hand they were dealt.
What does all this mean for this season? Well, the Tigers have already suffered some brusing blows.
Starting left guard Josh Williford, first severely concussed in the Florida game in October, is out again after suffering another concussion earlier this month that has been described as career-threatening. Miles, who’s M.O. is to dish out injury information with an eye dropper, admitted Friday that Williford may not return. One can take that to mean he is unlikely to return, at least in 2013.
The offensive line depth chart is now as thin as the paper it’s written on. Wide receiver is still a deep position, but Avery Peterson (broken ankle) and Armand Williams (broken leg) will also miss at least most of the season.
If anything, though, LSU fans should have hope that Miles and his staff will be able to deal with adversity thrown their way. They did in 2012, perhaps better than any of us realized at the time.
He chews sideline grass. He climbs down the side of skyscrapers. And Friday, he revealed he was all set to play the bit part of a small-town coastal mayor in the Syfy cable channel’s film “Ghost Shark.”
The production got pushed back last year by Hurricane Issac and Miles had a football team to coach, so the part went to someone else.
But that isn’t the point. The point, yet again, is how delightfully quirky Miles is. And whether it’s chewing grass or doing a commercial or angling for a movie role or deciding the best way to discipline Jeremy Hill, he is a man completely comfortable in his own skin and not worried about the slings and arrows of the world.
Is Miles’ world just all erratic happenstance or actually carefully crafted self image? Like most things it’s probably a measure of both.
Some would say Miles marches to the beat of his own drummer. Some would say he doesn’t have a drummer. I say he keeps the rhythm of his life in his head, and it’s for the rest of the world to keep time.
Comments
Looking back, it isn’t as bad as many people first imagined. In fact, getting to 10-3 and being within one stop or one score of winning all three of those games is downright remarkable.
Last season I took a red marker and made a note in LSU’s media guide every time the Tigers lost a player for the year or for a significant amount of time.
By season’s end, I needed a new marker. And that media guide was running red like a “ghost shark” had chomped on it (more on that later).
In all, 22 players listed on LSU’s preseason roster were either injured for most of or the entire season, were academically suspended, dismissed or transferred.
And yet, this LSU team finished 10-3 with losses to teams that finished in the final USA Today coaches’ poll top 10: No. 1 Alabama (21-17), No. 9 Clemson (25-24) and No. 10 Florida (14-6).
One stop or one score might have made the difference in any of those games.
Or one player.
The Tigers led 17-14 going into the final moments against Bama until the Crimson Tide mounted a game-winning drive, with AJ McCarron throwing a 28-yard screen pass touchdown to T.J. Yeldon with 51 seconds left.
Cornerback Jalen Mills turned in a fine freshman All-American season last year, but he admittedly misplayed the coverage on that play. He was playing in place of Tyrann Mathieu, who had long since been banished from the team.
Certainly Mathieu might have botched the coverage as well — being an every-down cornerback has never been the Honey Badger’s strength. But making big plays is, and maybe he would have stripped Yeldon or sacked McCarron or done something else to halt that last drive.
One score. One player. One moment. All else being equal, if LSU wins that game it’s playing Georgia in the Southeastern Conference Championship Game for the right to move on and squish Notre Dame like an overripe orange in the BCS title game down in Miami.
LSU lost its starting tackles for most of the season, Chris Faulk and Alex Hurst. Starting tailback Alfred Blue went down in Week 3. The linebacker corps was beset by multiple injuries and illness, including All-American middle linebacker Kevin Minter having to twice leave the Florida game because he was cramping with dehydration. Just so happens Florida scored its touchdowns both times Minter went to the locker room for IVs.
Look, attrition in football is part of the cost of doing business. But before knocking Les Miles and Greg Studrawa for what, at times, was a critically ineffective offense, it’s worth remembering the hand they were dealt.
What does all this mean for this season? Well, the Tigers have already suffered some brusing blows.
Starting left guard Josh Williford, first severely concussed in the Florida game in October, is out again after suffering another concussion earlier this month that has been described as career-threatening. Miles, who’s M.O. is to dish out injury information with an eye dropper, admitted Friday that Williford may not return. One can take that to mean he is unlikely to return, at least in 2013.
The offensive line depth chart is now as thin as the paper it’s written on. Wide receiver is still a deep position, but Avery Peterson (broken ankle) and Armand Williams (broken leg) will also miss at least most of the season.
If anything, though, LSU fans should have hope that Miles and his staff will be able to deal with adversity thrown their way. They did in 2012, perhaps better than any of us realized at the time.
And the Oscar goes to …
Miles may have a penchant for predictable offenses, but the man himself is anything but.He chews sideline grass. He climbs down the side of skyscrapers. And Friday, he revealed he was all set to play the bit part of a small-town coastal mayor in the Syfy cable channel’s film “Ghost Shark.”
The production got pushed back last year by Hurricane Issac and Miles had a football team to coach, so the part went to someone else.
But that isn’t the point. The point, yet again, is how delightfully quirky Miles is. And whether it’s chewing grass or doing a commercial or angling for a movie role or deciding the best way to discipline Jeremy Hill, he is a man completely comfortable in his own skin and not worried about the slings and arrows of the world.
Is Miles’ world just all erratic happenstance or actually carefully crafted self image? Like most things it’s probably a measure of both.
Some would say Miles marches to the beat of his own drummer. Some would say he doesn’t have a drummer. I say he keeps the rhythm of his life in his head, and it’s for the rest of the world to keep time.
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- Thomas Williams · Im not telling u
Are you kidding me guys this LSU 2013 college football team is going to be a lot more advance then the 2012 tiger football team 10-3, 6-2 (SEC)
The 2013 LSU interior defensive linemen are going to be very aggressive with a better past rush and stonewall running defense. LSU 2013 offense is going to show the offensive balance that the tiger fans have been clamoring for over the past 5 years
If Alabama is to lose this college football season it will be because of your 2013 LSU football team playing Bama socks off, in Bryant Denny stadium, 11/09/2013 network TV. 
Gayle Parke · Southwest Jr. College
We lost to a very good Alabama team Clemson and Florida our offense stayed in the locker room. Agree with Rodney it was not as bad as it may be this year. Just really depends on our Defense and Chief is known for having good defensive teams. I at this point will say 8-4 is likeable and a good year considering the schedule. Next week we open with #20 ranked TCU however I believe the first poll should be out the 3rd week. Most of your high profile teams play rent a wins the first couple of weeks
Rodney Waites Lsudude · Pearl High School
Last year wasn't as bad as it seemed. I've watched all the games again and without the stress of a live game, I was able to see that against Bama and Clemson we really played well. I believe it's going to be a lot better than most people are predicting this year.
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'Throws like Flacco': Cameron compares Mettenberger to Super Bowl QB
Aug. 24, 2013
written by:
BATON ROUGE — Zach Mettenberger is not considered to be among the premier quarterbacks in the Southeastern Conference.
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Considering the hype upon his arrival at LSU two years ago, last season was a disappointment as he finished 13th in the SEC and 67th nationally in passing efficiency (128.3 rating). Erratic through the first half of last season, he averaged 200.7 passing yards per game.
New offensive coordinator Cam Cameron, who tends not to be prone to exaggeration, sees virtually everything he would want in the strong-armed, fifth-year senior from Watkinsville, Ga., however.
“He can throw a football. There is no throw that this kid can’t make,” Cameron said. “None. I don’t like to make comparisons, but he throws a football a lot like Joe Flacco.”
Flacco, known for having one of the strongest arms in the NFL, was also known for being erratic — until last season. Flacco finished in the middle of the pack in passing yards per game (238.6) for the Baltimore Ravens, but he turned it on in the playoffs. He was 73 of 126 (57.9 percent) for 1,140 yards and 11 touchdowns against no interceptions in the 2012-13 postseason, tying Joe Montana and Kurt Warner for most TDs in a postseason. He also tied Montana for most touchdowns without an interception in a postseason.
Flacco completed 22 of 33 passes for 287 yards and three touchdowns in the Ravens’ Super Bowl XLVII win over San Francisco and took home the MVP award.
“I’m not saying he’s Joe Flacco,” Cameron cautioned. “I’m not saying he’s anybody. I’m just saying. And he knows there’s more to it than just having an arm.”
Mettenberger frequently overthrew receivers on deep routes last season. He overthrew open receiver Jarvis Landry on a quick out on a third-and-two play at midfield with under two minutes to play in the Chick-fil-A Bowl last season. LSU punted, and Clemson drove 60 yards in 10 plays for the game-winning field goal as time expired.
“There were a lot of chances last year that we missed, and you can trust me when I say that it’s something that’s been one of our main priorities to get better at,” Mettenberger said.
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Video: 'The Freak'
August, 25, 2013T
By ESPN.com staff | ESPN.com
South Carolina defensive end Jadeveon Clowney is described as a "freak" by opposing players, who say facing him is a nightmare.
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A man of myriad talents, LSU DT Anthony Johnson is ready to lead in 2013
Algiers native Anthony Johnson has tormented quarterbacks
like Texas A&M's Johnny Manziel when he's been on the field the last
two years. Now Johnson gets his chance as a full-time starter for LSU.
(NOLA.com | Times-Picayune)
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Now, after two often frustrating years of biding his time, the former O. Perry Walker star is perched on the precipice of college football stardom.
"I feel like this is my time and my turn," Johnson said. "It's time for me to shine."
Not uttered boastfully. Just delivered matter-of-fact style from one of the highest-profile recruits to ever throw a Tigers jersey on his back.
To understand why Johnson is so confident that he is poised for a breakout season this fall, it helps to scratch below the surface of one of the most unique members of LSU's team.
Figuring out how to be patient on the football field after being so dominant there for so long is just the latest accomplishment for Johnson.
But coming from where he did, and involuntarily having to put football on hold as much as he did before he climbed into the limelight, those experiences helped the Algiers native and New Orleans prep football legend find the intestinal fortitude he needed to get where he is now.
Where is he, exactly? Climbing a mountain he fully expects to scale before he's finished.
"I think I can be the next great defensive tackle here; I've always thought that," Johnson said. "I'm just getting started."
As the 2013 season arrives, Johnson shoulders the role of full-time starter at defensive tackle for the first time in his college career. His first two seasons have been an apprenticeship of sorts, playing behind Michael Brockers, Bennie Logan and Josh Downs.
That didn't seem remotely possible when Johnson was terrorizing opposing quarterbacks in a three-year career at O. Perry Walker High, racking up 79 sacks on the way to the unprecedented honor of becoming the first defensive lineman to ever earn the Gatorade Player of the Year award in his home state.
LSU junior Anthony Johnson has been known as 'The Freak' on the field since his junior year of high school at O. Perry Walker.NOLA.com | Times-Picayune Going from those lofty heights and ballyhooed expectations before he arrived to a freshman reserve was a tough transition, something Johnson doesn't try to deny.
"Being on the backburner like that, I took it to heart," said Johnson, who has been tabbed on every pre-season All-SEC team imaginable this summer despite starting only three games last season. "It didn't do anything but make me a better player and a better person off the field.
"It taught me a lot about self-respect, how to stay focused and how to keep my composure in tough times, to be a great teammate even when not playing."
It also gave him a crash course in football patience.
Like Johnson, junior Ego Ferguson was a highly credentialed recruit when he got to LSU. Also like Johnson, he has had to wait his turn.
Those two leaned on each other and made sure when the time came, they'd be ready. That time is at hand.
Ego FergusonLSUSports.net "We both feel like we're the best defensive tackles in the country, so we push each other to the limit. Emotionally, it wasn't easy to have to wait. We went through some ups and downs and stayed together."
There have been plenty of ups and downs for Johnson before he ever stepped on campus, and that has created a unique and versatile path to where he is today.
"He wasn't like an average child," his mother Nakisha Johnson said with a chuckle. "Not in football or anything else."
When he was 4 and after years of hearing music from his mom, grandmother, and great grandparents, Johnson started singing. Eventually he earned a solo performance at church where he wowed the crowd with his 6-year-old rendition of 'I Believe I can Fly.'
The inspiration to sing continued to blossom as Johnson grew into a child almost always larger than anybody his age. Besides the church choir, he also sought different outlets when his family moved back to New Orleans in 2006 after relocating due to Hurricane Katrina.
"Music has always been a big influence in my life," Johnson said. "It helps me keep calm. I think of music as my niche.
Anthony JohnsonChris Granger, NOLA.com | Times-Picayune Poetry soon followed. Now before he goes to sleep at night, Johnson tries to scrawl out a verse or two that he hopes to put to music someday.
When Twitter was born several years ago, Johnson found the new social media as a means to share a gift he says he had no choice but to embrace because of the influences in his home.
"If I can touch somebody through Twitter, then I want to be a positive guy," he said. "I try to give everybody hope. ... When you look deep down, there are a lot of negative things going on the world.
It's good to show people that there is good, too."
Doesn't hurt to feed them well, either. And that happens to be another area where Johnson -- as much Renaissance man as football player -- has learned to excel.
In his last two years of high school, Johnson learned how to cook, and that's an understatement. He is certified as a chef through the Louisiana Technical Institute and isn't hesitant to boast that he "could get a job in any restaurant in Louisiana."
"In high school my mama told me 'If you don't have a woman who can cook, you better learn to do it yourself because you don't want to eat TV dinners all the time,' " Johnson said with a chuckle.
So he approached his education in that realm like he has everything else and mastered his skills in the kitchen.
If I can touch somebody through Twitter, then I want to be a positive guy. I try to give everybody hope."
"You've got to be different. If you are, you're being true to yourself."
Not long ago, Johnson convinced his mother, whom he insists makes the best red beans in the country, to let him cook for her a while back.
Nakisha Johnson lauded the final result, but wasn't as complimentary of the process.
"He's a decent cook," she said. "He learned some good things in culinary arts class. He said he wanted to make us a chicken salad, so we let him. He burned my pots, but the meal came out pretty good. I'm proud of him for learning how to cook and take care of himself."
Whenever he signed up to play organized football, his age was always disputed because he was so much bigger than his peers. He often weighed too much to compete with players his own age.
When the family relocated to Mobile during Hurricane Katrina, Johnson went out for the team at his middle school and had to convince the coach he was only 12.
"There were a lot of times when he couldn't play because he was just so big, and that bothered him because he loved the game so much," Nakisha Johnson said.
Eventually, though, football became Johnson's showplace.
It was between his sophomore and junior seasons that Johnson -- already a big-time recruit -- was tagged with the nickname that has stuck: Freak.
Anthony
Johnson made a big enough splash as a freshman to earn Freshman All-SEC
and Freshman All-American recognition, but he is ready to do much more
now as a leader on the Tigers' defense.NOLA.com | Times-Picayune Johnson's exploits the next two seasons on the field fed the legend. The big man-child with a beautiful singing voice and flair for making a tasty meal was, as he describes, "a whole other man on the field."
"I'm just trying to be me and being as good as I can be," Johnson said. "On the field, I want to be 'the Freak,' be that guy everybody is intimidated by and that my teammates look up to and rally around. Off the field, I just want to be a laid-back guy.
"I'm like a silver back gorilla. They'll hardly attack anyone unless they're messed with."
When Frank Wilson, the assistant coach who had recruited Johnson for both Ole Miss and Tennessee, landed at LSU, Johnson opted to stay close to home.
So began a career that, while it's been slow to take off, has reached a promising junction this fall.
With eight starters to replace after last season, defensive coordinator John Chavis needed leaders and Johnson was one of the first players he turned to. All four full-time starters were gone up front, and Johnson was ready to step in and finally chase the stardom that so many had ascribed to him since he started playing at the high school level.
Chavis recognized that Johnson was ready to blossom with the right combination of talent, will and work ethic as the building blocks.
"He's obviously got a lot of the physical tools he needs, and Anthony wants to be considered the best there's ever been here," Chavis said.
"For us, he just needs to play up to his potential. He doesn't need to put on a cape or anything. All we need is his best effort and for him to be a leader. When tough situations occur - and they're bound to - he's a guy who teammates will look to."
Not to mention pay close attention to in practice.
Maybe because of the caged-up mentality that comes with being so good and having to wait for two years, Johnson is a practice demon. Full speed all the time.
In scrimmages when the Tigers' first-team defense knocks heads with the first-team offense, Johnson always makes sure his presence is felt.
"He's very big and physical, very strong, and if he shoots that gap and nobody gets a hand on him, your body's reaction is to try and get away from him," senior running back Alfred Blue said. "You've got to get around him because if he hits you head-on it's like a freight train coming at you."
Guard Trai Turner gets his fill of Johnson in those scrimmages as well.
The two were middle-school teammates at St. Augustine, but long-standing friendship gets put aside when two talented combatants walk between the white lines.
Worse yet for LSU foes, he's a force who isn't shy about saying he "has something to prove."
"I'm ready to show everybody - to show the world - what they've been waiting for. I want to show that I can be great. I go out there and play hard on every snap of practice just like in a game because I'm finally getting that opportunity."
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Bengal Bytes
August 24, 2013 - © 2013 Tiger Rag
Who is the best player on the LSU defense?
STAFF REPORT
The biggest topic of discussion,
and the cause of most off-season angst, has been the LSU defense. After
watching camp, and in our cases rewatching the 2012 game films, there is
a near consensus on who is the best player on the LSU defense, in other
words three out of the four of us picked the same guy for today’s
question.
Here is today’s question: Who is the best player on the LSU defense?
Hunt Palmer, Senior Writer, BBI
Lamin Barrow is the best
player on the defense. He’s such a good tackler now, and he won’t be
lost in Minter’s shadow. Pencil Barrow in for 100 tackles.
Luke Johnson, Assistant Editor, Tiger Rag
It’s hard to get a real
glimpse of what some of the defensive players have to offer in the
limited portions of practice open to the media because the drills are
all fundamental and you don’t get a good idea of how a player moves in
space. That being said, I think Lamin Barrow could have the type of
season Kevin Minter had last year. He came into his own last season, and
all early reports are that he’s even better this year. That’s great
news for LSU, as its young pup linebacker corps will get a chance to see
how it’s really done.
Cody Worsham, Editor, Tiger Rag
A good season will put Anthony Johnson in the NFL next year. A great season will make him a first round draft pick. Johnson has all the ability in the world — they call him “Freak” for a reason. For him to be a star at this level, however, he’s got to get better at the dirty work, which may mean sacrificing big plays and gaudy stats for more consistent completion of assignments. Physically, it’s all there for Johnson. He just needs to set his mind to being a complete player at the collegiate level.
Derek Ponamsky, Publisher, BBI
Early in his career Lamin Barrow had issues with coverage, see the North Carolina game, and played his way through some growing pains. Certainly there are more talented players on the LSU defense, but none enter the 2013 a better player. He is as complete a player as ther is on the entire LSU roster. Sure there may be a different answer to this at some part of the season. But today it is the guy who had over 100 tackles last year and was given the #18 jersey.
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Responses to “Bengal Bytes”Chief Peace Pipe Pickle Head on Your comment August 25th, 2013 12:23 pm
Anthony Johnson is going to eat LSU opponents alive as we see a lot of yellow flags flying all over the place for unnecessary roughness. That if he does stay healthy from such reckless abandon hard tackling fun, that he will indeed become a NFL first round draft choice in the next NFL pro draft.
Anthony Johnson is going to be a great leader on a very stout LSU interior line that will have us tiger fans cheering all season long. So just ease on back and watch the show that is coming soon on HDTV Dallas Cowboy Stadium, Arlington Texas, against TCU under the giant stadium TV screen, if you can't be there in person.
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- Report: Ohio State made NFL scouts swap shirts
- Bans revealed for Texas A&M's Everett, Raven
- Arkansas' Hocker to handle all kicking duties
- Fisher names Winston FSU's top QB
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- Florida RB Jones, OL Halapio to sit opener
- Sophomore Rudock made Iowa starting QB
- Sooners name Knight QB over Bell
- SEC coaches drop Manziel to second team
- Haney: Will USC make a BCS bowl game?
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