Breh Oregon and Texas A&M out here prospering on the trail like them nikkas getting who they want :Damnnnnnnnn:
The OFFICIAL 2018 College football RANDOM THOUGHTS thread
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Easily... We are gonna win the SEC this year. Bama & UGA have to travel to Death Valley. Coach O is gonna have them boys ready
PortCityProphet
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Either you still drunk from last night or you started drinking way too early. Which is it?
Easily... We are gonna win the SEC this year. Bama & UGA have to travel to Death Valley. Coach O is gonna have them boys ready
TUA TAGOVAILOA
Superstar
Obviously that # is inflated as well since they count assists as a full tackle. He was like 25th in solo tackles in the sec which is really bad. White is good but Mack is faster and better in coverage he’s basically a safety. And he can still hit as hard as anyone and take on OL in the run game with ease. He’s the most talented ILB we’ve had
PortCityProphet
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this dude is a clown
O.iatlhawksfan
Devoted Joel Embiid hater
The trait that separated Devin White from every linebacker in the nation in 2017
BATON ROUGE, La. — Devin White is having himself a sophomore season to remember — one against which any other LSU linebacker season can be compared.
With a bowl game remaining, the Tigers linebacker has tallied 127 tackles this season. That mark is good for the sixth-best single season in LSU history. With just 4 tackles in the bowl game, White will pass Kevin Minter for fourth on the list. With 17 tackles — which would be a career high for White — he could climb as high as third.
LSU history aside, White is blowing past his peers in 2017. Just this week, White became the first player to be named SEC Defensive Player of the Week four times in the same season. White amassed 55 tackles in those four games. Other than White, LSU has only two defenders who have made 55 total tackles this season.
It probably goes without saying, but White leads the SEC in tackles. His total of 127 is a full 12 tackles ahead of Arkansas’ De’Jon Harris. If you expand the criteria to the entire FBS, White’s 127 tackles rank fifth, behind only San Jose State’s Frank Ginda, Buffalo’s Khalil Hodge, Kansas’ Joe Dineen Jr. and Virginia’s Micah Kiser.
But there’s one facet of White’s game that separates him from every other linebacker in the country. A dirty secret about White’s season that reflects as much on LSU defensive coordinator Dave Aranda as it does on White. A fact rooted not in White’s ability as a playmaker, but in his ability as a collaborator.
Solos vs. assists
The NCAA keeps stats on two types of tackles: solo tackles and assisted tackles. Solo tackles are takedowns made by one defender. Assisted tackles come when two or more defenders collaborate to bring down a ball carrier.
By solo tackles, White’s season hasn’t been spectacular. He finished tied for 33rd in the SEC with 33 solo stops. That mark didn’t even lead LSU defenders; safety John Battle held that distinction with 36 solos.
But when it comes to assists, no one is White’s equal. White led all FBS defenders with 94 assisted tackles in 2017. Buffalo’s Hodge was the next with 88. Virginia’s Kiser was the only Power 5 defender within 10 assisted tackles of White.
When looking at assisted tackles, it’s easy to assume players are just jumping on piles. One defender makes the “real play” by standing up a ball carrier and another comes in and knocks him down. They both get credit for the tackle, but one person did far less work than the other.
While that’s a convenient assumption to make, it’s actually not true. Especially not when you’re looking at what LSU’s defense does under Aranda.
NCAA Team Leaders in Assisted Tackles (Power 5 conferences)
Team Assisted Tackles
Rutgers 546
LSU 522
Virginia 476
Penn State 476
Mississippi State 474
Only two Power 5 schools logged at least 500 assisted tackles in 2017. One was Rutgers, a team that dealt with the unfortunate distinction of playing Washington, Ohio State, Penn State, Michigan and Michigan State on the way to a 4-7 season. The other was LSU, whose 522 assisted tackles led the SEC by almost 50.
LSU’s defense is built around the swarm. Players flow to the ball and everyone collaborates to make tackles. When cornerbacks are almost exclusively locked in man coverage and safeties are covering deep swaths of field, the six or seven defenders left in the box have to work as one to bring down ball carriers. That’s how someone like Christian LaCouture, who ranks second on LSU with 63 tackles, can average more than 5 tackles per game but only have 9 solo tackles for the season.
Let’s be clear: This isn’t a fluke. LSU recorded 516 assisted tackles in 2016. Kendell Beckwith led the team with an average of 9.1 tackles per game but, just like White, finished with 33 solo tackles for the season.
White is filling the exact role Aranda is calling for from his inside linebacker position. There’s virtue in sizing up a player and bringing him down one-on-one. But whether it takes one man to bring down a running back or 11, it all still counts as one tackle.
There’s a skill to being around the ball and helping your teammates bring down opponents. And no one in the country has done this better this season than Devin White.
https://www.seccountry.com/lsu/devin-white-special-lsu-defense-2017
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invincible1914
G.O.M.A.B.
even better than Reuben Foster? 
Rolando McClain? CJ Mosely?
How does a player that talented get overlooked? Was he injured in the games I watched?
Come on with the hyperbole.... you’re a Bama fan... you don’t need fake off season victories. Devin White is the best player on our team and is a consensus All-American and projected to be the first inside linebacker to go in the draft by almost every expert. It’s ok that one of our players is rated higher than one of your players. Y’all still gonna have a great season.
This shyt man
This guy is so goofy no wonder he's struggling in living rooms. With that said FNL looked like a mild success for you guys. Looking good for Summerall and Zipperer
Rigby.
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A&M finally gonna get they clap backs vs Bama and LSU
Homie want that paper
ReturnOfJudah
Veteran
Lets wait & see what the team looks like on the field. Star ratings don't mean shyt if you can develop a good team and gameplan/strategy.
O.iatlhawksfan
Devoted Joel Embiid hater
Speaking of GOAT ILB to come from a school who is it for y'all school ?
While playing at LSU I give it to Kevin Minter, as a pro Deion Jones
I think D white can pass both of them if he puts it all together
While playing at LSU I give it to Kevin Minter, as a pro Deion Jones
I think D white can pass both of them if he puts it all together
