It still don't understand. Lloyd is a second string back in a second rate conference when he could have stayed and been the starting RB in the best football conference...
Marshawn Lloyd
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$$ talks. Wasn't about playing time.
Perhaps he thought of it more like trading teams, and not trading conferences?
What a gamer…..i start on a good team. I will transfer to a good team and be 3rd string. Watched 75% of the So Cal game and haven’t seen him yet. I doubt the NIL money is really big for third string running backs. They have run some two back sets and he aint one of the two.
In the third quarter and he has more carries than any of their backs. He looks their #2, and it's a darned good team.
I hope he does well. Seemed like a good you man. I feel he got bad advice from people he should be weary of trusting. I remember being his age and still seeking advice. Fortunately I had people with my best interest at heart. Only later in life did I learn the people you should actually trust in life is an exclusive club. Hope he overcomes some bad advice.
Well he must have gotten them all in Q3. I watched 4 straight series in Q1and Q2 and he wasn’t in fo one snap.
He left a starting RB job in the SEC to be in a RB by committee in a Lincoln Riley offense that features a QB that’s going to get 20% of the carries as well. Even if he got a better bag, it’s a terrible move if he’s moving on to the NFL next year.
Is it? Setting aside the conference, he changed teams to a team with much higher exposure. A team that is a "title contender".
We will probably miss his production a lot, but I'm not sold that he made a mistake.
Interesting how some posters want to tell kids how to run their lives. College selection is best left to the player and his family. Funny how there are no posts demeaning the kids who transferred to us. If they underperform for us compared to their previous program will some posters mock them, doubt it.
I don’t think exposure matters much here. It’s not like he wouldn’t have been noticed. If he stayed healthy he could have been one of the top rushers in the best conference in the country. I think that’s better than being part timer on a title contender. Could be the difference in 1st or 2nd round, which is big money. Just my opinion.
I don't strongly disagree, I just keep noticing you use the word conference instead of team. He wasn't playing for sec here, imo, he was playing for the gamecocks.
I laugh every time a poster picks on Lloyd or claims Southern Cal is not that good. It's like we have a bunch of jilted little girls on this Board. Southern Cal is #6 and Lloyd would start for us.
The worst part is the way Lloyd handled it. After the Clemson game the team had some time off and Lloyd was going back to MD for a few day. Lloyd and Beamer spoke in his office. He assured Beamer everything was fine and he was happy with his role on the team and everything else.
As Beamer was in the DC area recruiting Harbor and others, he reached out to Lloyd. Beamer said he called Lloyd 13 times and he never answered or returned a call. Luke Doty was his roommate. Lloyd came home with Luke several times to MB, I've seen them. Luke also called Lloyd with no response either.
If Lloyd had handled it a more mature way I don't think the fanbase would be so sour on him. He turned his back on the people who were the closest to him.
As Beamer was in the DC area recruiting Harbor and others, he reached out to Lloyd. Beamer said he called Lloyd 13 times and he never answered or returned a call. Luke Doty was his roommate. Lloyd came home with Luke several times to MB, I've seen them. Luke also called Lloyd with no response either.
If Lloyd had handled it a more mature way I don't think the fanbase would be so sour on him. He turned his back on the people who were the closest to him.
I’m truly gonna miss all three of his drives for us in 2024.
It was an alright game for Marshawn. Middle of the road. About what could be expected. Riley doesn’t emphasize the run and I think that was critical in Marshawn’s decision. It’s obvious he wanted to go somewhere with more offensive weapons and he would not have to be a feature back or be a critical component of the offense. It’s overall a low pressure situation for him.
The irony is that we have a guy who isn’t a running back but is chomping at the bit for it.
The irony is that we have a guy who isn’t a running back but is chomping at the bit for it.
lol, right? I’m not gonna miss Marshawn, mostly bc he was rarely healthy when he was here. That’s not necessarily his fault, but it’s not like we lost a workhorse.
I guess that’s Marshawn’s mentality. He’d rather be rhe #2 guy on a pretty good team (though their performance last night leaves a lot of questions). He didn’t seem mentally equipped to handle the pressure of being a lead back in the SEC.
They always start the season with a legacy-boosted ranking. Regardless, I'm still hoping one day to see us in a post-season game versus them.
When I talk about the SEC I'm talking about the unanimous #1 conference. If you start for any of the teams in the conference an put up good numbers, you will get a shot in the NFL. The SEC has respect based on the number of players in the NFL from the conference. I think he would have a better chance starting for an SEC school than being 2nd or 3rd string on USC West.
I was never impressed with his running skills - not very elusive in the open fleld- seemed to be brought down by one tackler
If you have the talent, the NFL will find you. The talent makes the SEC, not the other way around. Let's not fool ourselves. If Lloyd is NFL material, he will make it regardless of the conference.
Agreed. But if you have talent and want to play touch in college, the NFL will find you in the ACC.
Did you handle everything perfectly when you were 20 or 21?
This begs the question, if he's good enough to start on an SEC team, why is he not starting at USC west?
I think that starting at Vanderbilt does not equate to starting at Bama. Meaning the the team has more impact than the conference. Jmho
No doubt. But being a standout in the SEC vs a platoon player gives you a better chance at 1st round money. That was my only point.
Was he a standout in the sec?
But I don't think this line of thought works. A standout in the SEC being relegated to a platoon player elsewhere says the other place has more talent.
Higher exposure doesn’t mean squat to a scout. He didn’t increase his NFL prospect by exposure. It’s a head scratcher for sure. But it’s his call… not mine.
I started this post and it wasn’t bashing. It was a why? You leave us to not start there? And only reason socal may make the playoffs is the same as the taters….easy *** Conference. They lose 5 games in the SEC
No kidding….I saw no good team last night, but as always, their conference will allow them to stay ranked due to lack of toughness….ala taters
Nailed it….love our so called fans acting like Lloyd boosted his draft stock by moving to the west coast…..wonder why the 49ers draft the hell out of Gamecock players?
O get it now. We never put players into the NFL.
I never said anything g even resembling that. Did you mean to respond to a different post?
Because mine was about the fact that he played for the Gamecocks, not the SEC as a whole.
Starting and excelling are different. You excel at Vandy > bench at SoCal. Sorry to burst your bubble, but Their relevance has been on par with Miami and FSU the past 10 years. Reggie Bush left along time ago.
If you excel at SC in the SEC….your draft stock will be higher than playing 25% of the time at SoCal. If you’re saying he simply left to have a shot at a title then that’s believable. But he likely should have picked another team cause that one has as much chance of winning it as we do.