Football
Yo Arik, see ya Oct. 16 in Tiger Stadium
Arik Gilbert made it official Sunday night that he’s not returning to LSU. Instead, he decided to transfer to an SEC team that LSU beat this past season on the road with just 54 available […]
Month: January 2021
Football
Tigers gain ninth Class of 2022 commitment from son of former LSU All-SEC offensive tackle
The recruiting class for 2022 being assembled by LSU head football coach Ed Orgeron has a familiar ring to it. That’s because for the second time in the nine-member class, LSU received a pledge from […]
Basketball
No Fargas, but Tigers rally for an overtime win over Ole Miss
Adversity hit LSU’s women’s basketball team in waves. It learned Saturday night it would face Ole Miss in Sunday afternoon’s SEC matchup without head coach Nikki Fargas, who was sidelined because of COVID-19 contact tracing. […]
Football
Nation’s No. 6 rated offensive tackle in Class of 2022 commits to LSU
LSU football coach Ed Orgeron is doing his best to stockpile offensive linemen. Knowing the Tigers’ 2020 starting offensive line is returning for just one more season, he has a commitment to sign another offensive […]
LSU athletics
LSU women hope to maintain momentum vs. Ole Miss in the PMAC on Sunday
The sight of the LSU women’s basketball team watching leading scorer Khayla Pointer struggle through a subpar game offensively is usually a recipe for disaster. When Pointer returned to her native Georgia on Thursday and […]
Basketball
LSU collapses in Texas Tech’s game-ending hailstorm of points
Tenth-ranked Texas Tech saved its absolute best for last Saturday afternoon. With the Red Raiders trailing 71-64, LSU melted as Tech closed the game with a 12-0 run and handed the Tigers a crushing 76-71 […]
Football
Andre Carter hired as LSU’s D-line coach to complete the 2021 staff
The 2021 Ed Orgeron Job Fair is now closed for business. On Friday, the Tigers’ head coach hired Andre Carter, a former NFL first round draft pick who spent 13 years playing defensive line the […]
Basketball
Saturday’s LSU-Texas Tech game in the PMAC could be a shootout
There are times this basketball season when LSU is magic in everything it does and looks like a team that with advantageous matchups could advance to the NCAA tournament’s Sweet 16. Beautiful ball-movement, sure offensive […]
Baseball
Jim Engster: Time to salute Mainieri’s greatness
Paul Demi Mainieri could be described as the Rodney Dangerfield of LSU coaches. Like the famed comic, who lamented that he never got any respect, the Tigers’ underappreciated coach has been unfairly compared to a […]
Football
Ron Higgins: Change is good. . .when it works
“Change is good,” LSU football coach Ed Orgeron says. Hiring Matt Canada as offensive coordinator and his Harlem Globetrotter weave man in motion scheme in 2017? Not a good change. Hiring passing game coordinator Joe […]