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JIM ENGSTER: LSU’s Greatest Athlete
The Ole War Skule has produced a candidate for best athlete of the first quarter of the Twenty-First Century. Armand Duplantis has reigned as the top pole vaulter of all time for five years and […]
Articles by Jim Engster | President, Tiger Rag
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JIM ENGSTER: LSU Arena Plan Lacks Sunshine
LSU officials are embracing the prospect of a $400 million arena to replace the PMAC. Athletic Director Scott Woodward says the facility will open in 2029 despite ample concerns about the selection process. It has […]
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JIM ENGSTER: Kelly has Appointment with Destiny
The legend of Brian Keith Kelly will take shape in the next 120 days. LSU’s football czar, who is the oldest head coach in LSU history, is in the pivotal year of his ten-year contract. […]
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JIM ENGSTER: Jay Johnson is Best Coach on Campus
The first-hand experience of this observer of LSU sports began in my freshman year of 1977. LSU football was still king despite a six-year drought against Bear Bryant and Alabama. The most exciting back since […]
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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 […]
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 News
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 […]