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JIM ENGSTER: LSU Loses Weak Leader in Tate
When William Fleming Tate IV was hired as LSU President, it was predicted in this space he would adapt street fighting skills honed as a lad on the streets of south Chicago to shake things […]
Articles by Jim Engster | President, Tiger Rag
LSU Basketball
JIM ENGSTER: It is GQ Time for BK
The Advocate reporter Jan Risher noted recently that LSU’s glamorous guru Kim Mulkey is accompanied on road trips by her hair and makeup artist Morgan LeBlanc. Risher says the look Mulkey presents at courtside takes […]
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JIM ENGSTER: Should BK Break the Bank?
The pivotal year four has arrived for BK. LSU football czar Brian Keith Kelly has promised a national title and it’s time to deliver. It was in their fourth seasons that Paul Dietzel, Nick Saban […]
LSU athletics
JIM ENGSTER: Time for Mulkey and McMahon to Swap Chairs
They are located just yards apart, but LSU basketball has historically taken a back seat to the celebrated football program. The behemoth from Death Valley produces more than a $50-million annual surplus and has won […]
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JIM ENGSTER: Freeman Stock Soars and Kelly Fate is Uncertain
The Ritz-Carlton lobby in Atlanta prior to Notre Dame’s 23-14 defeat to Ohio State in this year’s national championship game was adorned with a banner listing the eleven years the Irish won the title: 1924, […]
LSU Football
How Good Does Brian Kelly Need to Be?
When Scott Woodward hired Brian Kelly three years ago, an ebullient LSU Athletic Director punctuated the most expensive hire in Louisiana state employee history by adding, “All he does is win.” Kelly took the sentiment […]
LSU Football
JIM ENGSTER: A Year of Legendary Departures
The year closes with the passing of some luminaries associated with LSU athletics who transcended their athletic endeavors. The Year of 2024 saw the loss of some remarkable characters who left the Earth from Louisiana. […]
LSU Basketball
JIM ENGSTER: Mulkey Reigns the Queen of the LSU Coaching Carousel
The 2024-25 basketball season tips off for LSU with expectations at the ultimate level for the Lady Tigers of Kim Mulkey and vast improvement anticipated from Matt McMahon’s team. McMahon is a solid, earnest leader, […]
LSU athletics
JIM ENGSTER: Gov. Landry and President Tate at Odds
LSU President William Tate IV has not brandished much of a backbone in his first three years at TigerTown. Tate is usually in favor of something until a governor tells him to change course as […]
LSU Football
JIM ENGSTER: The Great Paul Dietzel is 100
As LSU starts its 101st season of playing football games at Tiger Stadium, it is worth saluting the most charismatic coach in LSU football history who was also born in 1924. Paul Franklin Dietzel started […]