The Past Is the Past: What Jarrett Lee’s Start Means For the Tigers
Published on: 13th November, 2009
Though not totally unexpected, today's revelation from ESPN that quarterback Jarrett Lee will start against Louisiana Tech Saturday is actually good news for the Tigers. Lee is, of course, the quarterback pressed into service last year after the dismissal of Ryan Perrilloux. Lee's performance was at times promising (Auburn second half) ...Speaking from the Hot Seat: Les Miles Put Through U.N-Style Translation (Humor)
Published on: 21st October, 2009
The chorus of Les Miles critics has done nothing but turn up the volume during LSU's off week, leading some to speculate that Les is on the hot seat. LSU fans must be hearing the muted snickers of their fellow SEC fans, who routinely mock LSU's coach yet wonder how he ...LSU-Florida: No Losers Here
Published on: 8th October, 2009
The biggest game of the college football season will originate from the 225 around 7 p.m. on Saturday night when the Gators and Tigers clash in a battle of the last three national champions and the only two teams to hold two BCS titles.But regardless of the final score, there ...LSU-Florida Should be Quite the SEC Show Since Both Have So Much to Prove
Published on: 5th October, 2009
The Georgia win went part of the way toward validating LSU's high ranking this season. Beating a ranked SEC opponent on the road is an impressive feat, akin to sitting through an entire Qaddafi U.N. speech.But this week the Tigers will host consensus No. 1 Florida in the biggest showdown of ...A Sport Gone Mad: LSU Is Fourth, and That’s Where They Should Be
Published on: 27th September, 2009
After muddling through the bog in Starkville, the LSU Tigers find themselves ranked fourth in the country by a trio of national polls. This fact just serves to underscore the insanity that now rules the college football season. And it's not as if this is just this year—it's every year now. Does ...LSU Recap: A Thank-You Letter Les Should Pen, Is Jefferson a New Marcus Randall?
Published on: 20th September, 2009
LSU football coach Les Miles would do well to send a thank-you note up to Seattle early this week. Washington's late win over Pac-10 rival and highly-regarded USC helps Steve Sarkisian in his quest to rebuild the once proud Husky program. It also helps the Tigers. The strength-of-schedule component has been removed from ...Stepping Up: Toliver, Shepard among Good Signs for LSU
Published on: 17th September, 2009
For all of the doom and gloom talk—some of it mine, full disclosure—coming out of LSU's first two games, there have been a couple of very good things to see. The first major pleasant surprise was middle linebacker Jacob Cutrera's play. In the past, Cutrera was most often seen in pass situations ...Second Test: What LSU’s Defense Must Do Against Vanderbilt
Published on: 12th September, 2009
Tiger fans have spent much of the last week wondering what problems led to LSU's struggles against Washington, which hadn't won a game since 2007. The issues were especially acute on defense, a unit expected to be much improved after last year's chaotic system saw the Tigers give up half-centuries more ...Escaping Seattle: LSU Tigers Wobble, Don’t Fall Against UW
Published on: 7th September, 2009
As I wrote late last week, LSU should be pleased with a modest win against Washington on Saturday night. Mission accomplished. The Tigers traveled into a very loud Husky Stadium and faced down a fierce crowd and a team fired-up by a new and winning attitude. If the Huskies win fewer than four ...Walls of Separation: How the SEC Hurts Itself
Published on: 30th August, 2009
Relationships between sports teams and the media are at one time both symbiotic and parasitic. Players, coaches, and teams benefit greatly from media coverage of their teams, games, and so on. For instance, there is no doubt that the intense fan scrutiny, though the lens of media, is what enables coaches to ...Featured Sponsors
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