BATON ROUGE, La. — When Ed Orgeron was introduced as LSU’s coach, he stressed that he always would recruit Louisiana athletes first. That means he will be dealing with the state’s high school coaches more than ever. To gauge the reaction of Orgeron’s hire among high school coaches in Louisiana, we polled coaches covering all classifications […]
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BATON ROUGE, La. — I remember it well because I was on air as it unfolded. The 2014 Under Armour All-America Game was supposed to be a record recruiting haul with five of the top players in the country expected to commit to LSU. One by one, though, the disappointment built in Baton Rouge. Speedy […]
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BATON ROUGE, La. — With every spin of the coaching carousel, it becomes more evident that LSU will not land Lane Kiffin as its offensive coordinator. When Ed Orgeron said he had plans to hire “the best coordinator in football,” he could not have envisioned how robust the coaching market would be for his friend. […]
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The first step in solving any problem is admitting a problem exists. It is time SEC administrators stop polishing their trophies from their run of seven consecutive national titles from 2006-12 and admit the harsh reality that they no longer are college football’s kingpin. That honor currently belongs to the Big Ten. And before you […]
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BATON ROUGE, La. — Once Lane Kiffin, long rumored to be LSU’s top offensive coordinator target, took the coaching job at Florida Atlantic, Ed Orgeron quickly turned his attention to Pittsburgh offensive coordinator Matt Canada. In 2016, his first season guiding the Panthers’ offense, Canada, 44, has overseen an attack that averages 42.3 points per […]
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BATON ROUGE, La. — When new LSU offensive coordinator Matt Canada was introduced Wednesday, his energy was undeniable. His voice boomed, popping the microphone several times, speaking fast if not always definitively. One thing that was certain is that the chance to have autonomy over the offense was part of what cinched this move for […]
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BATON ROUGE, La. – Stand up and take a bow, Brandon Harris. Harris, the LSU quarterback who lost his starting job two games into the 2016 season, is proving to be an endangered species among major college quarterbacks: He’s staying at his original school. In a series of tweets answering fan questions Monday, Harris seemingly […]
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BATON ROUGE, La. – For more than a decade, Les Miles built the LSU offense around a stable of running backs and used a runner-by-committee approach. Now, the stable is thinning, making running back a major emphasis of the Tigers’ 2017 recruiting class. Leonard Fournette is off to the NFL Draft. Derrius Guice is likely […]
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BATON ROUGE, La. – So everyone outside of Seattle is picking Alabama to roll Washington in the Peach Bowl, right? Not exactly. In fact, Joe Lisi, a national radio host and publisher of GoForThe2.com, is bucking that trend in a big way. “I look for Washington to dominate this matchup,” Lisi said Friday on my […]
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BATON ROUGE, La. – So, how badly does Les Miles want to coach again? That answer should be evident in whether he pursues the vacant Minnesota job. It may be Miles’ last shot to lead a program again, a glimmer of light through a rapidly closing window. Miles was fired in September – four games […]
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BATON ROUGE, La. – Wacky, improbable finishes became a hallmark of the Les Miles era at LSU. Why should his first spin on the coaching carousel be any different? After being fired four games into the 2016 season, 17 other FBS coaching jobs came open and were filled by people other than Miles. There appeared […]
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BATON ROUGE, La. — New Houston coach Major Applewhite was close to a homecoming in November. The Baton Rouge native acknowledged he “knew the possibility was out there” and that he and Tom Herman discussed the possibility of going to LSU. “You talk about all kind of things that are coming down the pipe career-wise,” Applewhite […]
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BATON ROUGE, La. — Ed Orgeron wrapped up the biggest recruiting weekend at LSU in his young tenure as Tigers coach and one of the busiest in Baton Rouge in recent memory. As it turns out, it could lead to LSU landing one of the nation’s top prospects. On 104.5 ESPN in Baton Rouge on […]
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BATON ROUGE, La. — When five-star outside linebacker Dylan Moses flipped from LSU to Alabama, there were a lot of hurt feelings around Baton Rouge. Considering that he’s a native of the city and decided to go to a hated rival instead, the feeling was understandable. That might be where the damage ends, though. Speaking […]
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When the Georgia Dome’s lights go out for the final time Sunday following the NFC Championship Game, it will bring darkness upon a building that witnessed some of the brightest moments in LSU football history. Beginning with a 10-7 victory over Clemson in 1996 Peach Bowl, LSU played in 11 games in the Georgia Dome, […]
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BATON ROUGE, La. — With LSU in need of linebackers for its 2017 recruiting class, this past weekend was supposed to provide a degree of clarity with three top targets at the position taking visits. Based on what one recruiting analyst has to say about it all, it did. Speaking on 104.5 ESPN’s “After Further Review” […]
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BATON ROUGE, La. — With less than one week before National Signing Day, LSU took a big step toward solidifying the program’s biggest need in the 2017 class Thursday by flipping the nation’s No. 1 inside linebacker Jacob Phillips from Oklahoma. The move did not come easy, though, as Sooners coach Bob Stoops fought to […]
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BATON ROUGE, La. – Broadcasting legend Brent Musburger surprised the sports world when he announced his retirement this week. The decision to call it quits at the end of this month caught many off-guard – including members of his broadcast team. ESPN sideline reporter Kaylee Hartung, who has worked with Musburger on both football and […]
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BATON ROUGE, La. — If there are two sides to every story, why should recruiting be any different? Shortly after he committed to Alabama over LSU on Tuesday, four-star defensive tackle Phidarian Mathis — from Monroe (La.) Neville — explained part of his reasoning. “First off, you know they got coach Pete Jenkins over there, […]
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Considering Ed Orgeron and his staff did not start aggressively recruiting the 2017 class until he landed the full-time job, finishing with the consensus No. 7 class is nothing short of remarkable. In desperate need of linebackers, LSU had only one committed just six days in advance of signing day – but finished with four […]
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