QB Brandon Harris in the LSU spotlight
BATON ROUGE, La. – You hear the word spring and immediately your mind drifts to renewal. Fresh starts. Optimism. Sunny skies. Trees and flowers in bloom. That is also often the case with spring...
View ArticleRecruiting coordinator a natural fit for Ed Orgeron
BATON ROUGE, La. – A little more than a year ago, when Les Miles made it official and introduced Ed Orgeron as LSU’s new defensive line coach, a major underlying theme was “coming home.” Orgeron is a...
View ArticleLSU o-line coach has some work to do this spring
“If I’m going to be asked to cook the meal, I’d like to be able to pick the groceries.” — Former NFL coach Bill Parcells BATON ROUGE, La. – Coaching rarely is a profession where you get to walk in on a...
View ArticleAnthony Jennings another LSU QB who didn’t reach potential
A mystery, and perhaps a not-to-secret one, was solved Thursday when LSU officially announced that quarterback Anthony Jennings has been granted a release. The rumblings have been there for a while and...
View ArticleLSU’s defense undergoing some changes this spring
BATON ROUGE, La. – Depending on who you are and what your situation is, change is almost always good. It can be scary, but that doesn’t mean it doesn’t help in some way. It might be fresh ideas, might...
View ArticleStrong pro day continues LSU LB Deion Jones’ ascension
BATON ROUGE, La. – Sounds in sports are sometimes underrated. Like the noise you hear when you run so fast that even teammates who have known you for years are amazed. That was sweet music to LSU...
View ArticleSome notes, quotes from LSU’s Thursday scrimmage
BATON ROUGE, La. – With 10 days of work in the books, LSU will step away from spring drills for 12 days to give players time off for spring break. In advance of the respite, Les Miles sent his team...
View ArticleTwo key spring position battles for LSU
With a large and experienced core group of veterans back on both sides of the ball, battles for starting jobs during LSU spring practice aren’t as prominent as jockeying for position – especially on...
View ArticleOn the rise: Two emerging stars for LSU
There isn’t a lot of elbow room for emerging stars at LSU, at least if the returning veterans fulfill the potential and expectations in 2016. Still, there always seems to be a player or two who finds...
View ArticleAll of a sudden, LSU’s QB recruiting is hard to ignore
BATN ROUGE, La. – Let’s be honest here: LSU never will be confused for a quarterback factory and the idea of that changing soon or ever is not worth a second thought. As true as that is, the past two...
View ArticleLSU – the school and the team – will miss Luke Boyd
BATON ROUGE, La. – For three years, Luke Boyd operated behind the scenes on the LSU football team. Don’t for a minute think that he didn’t make an impact, though. In fact, there might not have been a...
View ArticleSay what you want about Les Miles the coach; Les Miles the man is impressive
BATON ROUGE, La. – Somewhere in the contract of every college football coach, especially the 14 men who guide SEC programs, you have to figure there is some sort of acknowledgment that the role of...
View ArticleDepth, talent should ease concerns about LSU defensive injuries
BATON ROUGE, La. – Understandably, the proverbial panic button has gotten a thorough workout among LSU fans the past few days. It’s likely that there also has been a spike in the use of whatever form...
View ArticleTyron Johnson becomes latest LSU WR to transfer
BATON ROUGE, La. – Sometimes the number of stars in front of a recruit’s name equates to a nice career. And sometimes circumstances change and a player with loads of promise takes a different path....
View ArticleLSU’s Fan Day cancelled amid heavy rains, flooding
BATON ROUGE, La. – College football season is on the immediate horizon in Louisiana like everywhere else, but real-life drama is dominating center stage right now. LSU’s annual Fan Day, which was...
View ArticleLSU senior TE Colin Jeter finishing up a family-oriented journey
BATON ROUGE, La. –It’s August, which means questions about LSU’s tight ends are inevitable. Will that group be a bigger part of the offense in 2016? Will the ball get thrown in the general direction of...
View ArticleLeonard Fournette in a walking boot but it’s not a ‘terrible’ injury
BATON ROUGE, La. – Injury news and preseason camp go together regularly at this time of year. For LSU, there has been plenty of unsettling news bubble to the surface since practice began, but Tuesday...
View ArticleYou can be sure Louisianans will show their resolve after epic flooding
BATON ROUGE, La. – Who you are and who you become gets shaped by a lot of different things, foremost among them being where you live and how you fit into the community. And how that community comes to...
View ArticleWhat if Fournette misses time? Derrius Guice a nice fallback plan
BATON ROUGE, La. – You can’t take a top Heisman candidate out of the offense and expect the offense to be exactly the same. Fair enough. But if LSU finds itself in position to play a series or a half...
View ArticleLSU WR D.J. Chark could play significant role in Tigers’ offense
BATON ROUGE, La. – A two-headed monster could be scary enough for defenses facing LSU if, in fact, there is some life breathed into the passing attack in 2016. Slip a third talented noggin into the...
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