Category Archives: Sharks on the Joey Freshwater

Voodoo, Child

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Chaser:

Between Kiffin’s allegations and Orgeron’s history, I hope that they are investing some of those NIL funds into a healthy Title IX department in Baton Rouge.

I’m guessing the best thing to watch this season at LSU won’t be the product on the field, but the off-field nonsense these two can drum up together. Since Lane is putting together the Title IX version of Saban’s Alabama, a repository for the Land of Lost Toys, let’s up the ante:

But, sure, keep those driving reports coming out of Athens. Nothing to see here, mon ami.

But what about the basketball program…there’s hope there, right? RIGHT? Cough.

Wade is building a program made of international pros and grown men, where the team’s average age is older than the San Antonio Spurs. Does he worry about NCAA intervention?

Neaux, he doesn’t.

Message Board Geniuses: This Aggression Will Not Stand, Man

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Look, Sark has some reason to be bitter towards Ole Miss, particularly Pete Golding, his former counterpart during their times together with Saban’s Alabama.

According to Wickersham, as Manning’s recruitment came down to the wire, Pete Golding, then Alabama’s defensive coordinator (who now holds the same job at Ole Miss), invoked Sarkisian’s struggles with alcoholism in an attempt to sway him away from the Longhorns while on a call with Manning and his circle of trust. Wickersham explained the moment while speaking with Pablo Torre.

“Pete, who is friends with Sark, says on this call, ‘I love Sark, he’s my best friend.’ And then he’s like oh my god, do I go there? And he did. He goes, ‘I hope he can stay sober,’” Wickersham explained.

After the call, Manning’s high school coach Nelson Stewart called Golding directly, saying “Pete, that’s f—ed up!”

Don Saban, with two henchman at his side, circa 2019.

Unlike the former OC he took over for, Sark made his recovery and didn’t turn it into a narcissistic showcasing of his new namaste philosophies on life. Just went back to work and got right. Good for him.

And I ask…what’s the matter with basket weaving?

Especially the underwater course? I declare!

Justifying Joey Freshwater

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Lane Kiffin just can’t stand being out of the spotlight for fifteen minutes. Now, he’s decided to create a new story about why he left Ole Miss for LSU, and, no, it wasn’t all about the money. At least, that’s Lane’s story this week, and he’ll stick to it.

It’s a slow time of season, so, naturally, this blew up on the socials and people were quick to point out why LSU landed on the Tigers as a mascot:

NEW ORLEANS — You may have seen a petition circulating on social media aimed at getting LSU to change their mascot.

The Change.org headline reads “Change the racist mascot of LSU,” and goes on to say “these powerful white males choose the Tiger as a symbol to honor a confederate regiment called Louisiana’s Tigers. They were known for their propensity for violence on and off the battle field. They were just as violent to the black slaves they owned, and later even more violent once those slaves were set free.”

Is there any truth to that statement? We started our search for answers at LSU.

Media Relations Director Ernie Ballard told us that the university is aware of the “largely anonymous petition suggesting the university change the mascot.”

“The tiger mascot was adopted in the 1890’s by the football team and was selected based on lore about the battlefield ferociousness of a Louisiana regiment operating in Northern Virginia,” Ballard confirmed.

But as for the alleged “propensity for violence off the battlefield” or their alleged ownership or treatment of slaves before or after the war? Ballard says “there is no information about soldiers’ conduct outside of the battlefield accounts.”

LSU heads to Oxford on September 19th this year.

If Kiffin thought going back to Tennessee was bad, he may need consider calling in sick when he returns to The Grove.

Did Chip Towers Move to Oxford?

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By God, there’s another team getting some press about driving related incidents. And it’s not even anywhere near the ACCPD!

Some are pointing to it and saying it’s a blatant lack of discipline resulting from Golding’s hire and his culture.

You mean there’s a coach out there that’s less disciplined than Lane Kiffin? Seriously?

Meanwhile, down on the Bayou…

I tells ya, there’s some great books waiting to be written once some SEC coaches are retired.

He’ll Be Back

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Jesus.

Well, great. And we have to travel to Oxford. The one thing I can say we have going for us is revenge, and Gunner seems to be a guy who is hell bent on earning it. And Kirby is his head coach.

Something tells me that lessons will be learned that day. It’ll be Georgia’s third chance against this guy, it took four quarters in the first match, and we seemed to have him in the first two in the rematch. Now it’s time to have him in the first quarter.

If lessons are being learned, let’s hope they are learned in Georgia’s favor.

I Want the 2024 Georgia Football Season 30 for 30, And I Want it Now

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There’s all sorts of speculation around the 2024 season, and the turbulence that developed starting with the Carson Beck “decision” at season’s end. From there, it just got worse. Between key injuries, arrests, and the ongoing saga that was Carson Beck and his magical Snapchat stories, there’s much to be suspected about what really happened behind the scenes in Athens and why Beck seemed genuinely apathetic and why the team gained a spark when Gunner entered the game in the 2024 SEC Championship.

Did teammates hate Beck? Did he hate his teammates?

How did the coaches feel? Well, there’s this.

Yes, that’s Kirby pictured with Carson’s ex. It’s the Cavinder twins, and I can’t tell the difference between the two. I think that’s the point. Cough, cough.

Aside from pulling my mind out of the gutter, I have to then wonder why Kirby would be pictured with them and more importantly, why they’re pictured with Kirby. He seems to be on a vacation, of sorts, as Lane Kiffin let the world know earlier this week.

Lane also took some time to play basketball with the twins, which he posted on his socials and is getting Epstein-esque responses for it. And, to boot, Kiffin took a shot at Beck.

Yeesh. Mary Beth, go get your man and pull him out of this before it gets too weird.

If it hasn’t already.

Ole Missed the Combine

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The courtroom drama that Is Chambliss v NCAA continues to unfold. Not long after Chancery Judge Robert Whitwell, and Ole Miss alum, ruled that Chambliss could play an additional year followed by promptly getting his autograph, the NCAA is appealing the decision to the Mississippi Supreme Court.

I can’t imagine what would’ve been authored in a 658 page filing, which is equivalent to the length of Frank Herbert’s Dune. That’s a lot of creative writing by the NCAA’s counsel.

Now, here’s a fun scenario:

  • Chambliss risks it all on the chance that he can get another year of a sweet NIL deal through the injunction, playing at Ole Miss and continuing to develop.
  • The NCAA is successful in its appeal and the Supreme Court overturns the injunction ruling.
  • Chambliss has missed the Combine, and will be lucky to get drafted late in the Draft if he can’t get a workout with a team.
  • Chambliss then sues the NCAA for potentially lost revenue by not getting to participate in the full Combine Process.
  • The Falcons sign him to a multi-zillion dollar deal, anyway. I kid. Kind of.

Something tells me this saga is far from over, especially if the NCAA is successful.

I hope Pete Golding is hanging on to that win over Georgia, it might the lone bright spot right now for him as he deals with the remnants of Kiffin’s mess in Oxford.

Your March 3rd Reminder that Auburn Sucks

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Man, am I glad we don’t find ourselves on this list.

Fun fact, Auburn appears here three times and, combined with the colossal failure that was Bayou Brian Kelly, make up over a third of the total buyouts on the graphic.

Must be something about a Tiger never changing its stripes, or something like that. I can only imagine what this will look like once Kiffin and Golesh are run out of dodge, especially Kiffin, which could happen within the next calendar year given Lane’s reputation and extra-curricular activities.

The Conference Champion Nobody Knew About

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If you thought Duke winning the ACC was a surprise, imagine being one of their dozens and dozens of football fans.

The team with the lowest average attendance (granted, Wallace Wade is not a big venue, seating 40,000 people) that could barely fill Paulson Stadium in Statesboro wins the conference, unbeknownst to Duke fans. Then the best quarterback you’ve never heard of bolts for Miami for Carson Beck-esque dollars.

Not much to come back for in 2026, I guess.

Kind of reminds me of Ole Miss, except the quarterback was compelled to stay by a local judge.

It just means more litigation, amirite?

Trinidad and To Bye/Go

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That title’s a bit of a reach. But let’s be real, we all saw this one coming, didn’t we?

The NCAA attorneys weren’t real happy about it, opting to leave the courtroom before the Judge’s decision had been reached, to which the Judge had a nice response: