Just win, baby.
Former Oakland Raiders owner Al Davis coined this term as a motto for the team during his tenure. That’s what he wanted out of his teams — victories.
And in the end, that’s all that fans want out of their respective teams.
Amid the most recent LSU football off-the-field incident, the program’s sinking image has become popular water-cooler chatter.
Three Tiger starters — sophomore cornerbacks Tyrann Mathieu and Tharold Simon and junior running back Spencer Ware — were suspended for Saturday’s game against Auburn for a reported failed drug test. The length of the suspensions is still unknown.
Throw this on top of the August bar fight outside of Shady’s that got senior quarterback Jordan Jefferson and sophomore linebacker Josh Johns suspended for the first four games of the season and Russell Shepard’s suspension for talking to a teammate about an ongoing NCAA investigation, and this incident has capped the trifecta of suspensions.
But it’s completely irrelevant if LSU keeps winning. Winning is the key to erasing all problems.
To steal a line from legendary former Green Bay Packers coach Vince Lombardi, “Winning isn’t everything. It’s the only
Body Shots: Winning takes precedent over image
By Rob Landry
Columnist
Columnist
October 18, 2011