Next month is the 35th anniversary of a memorable Sports Illustrated feature on LSU athletics. The headline on the cover of the Nov. 18, 1985 issue read “Crazy Days at LSU” coupled with a photograph […]
For the first time since 1994, LSU football stands at 1-2 after three games. That season 26 years ago marked the end of the Tiger trail for Coach Hudson Hallman. As horrid as that ordeal […]
A decorated LSU alum died last week in Los Angeles. Not another rich guy who threw a few coins at his alma mater. Nobody loved his university or valued people of all kinds more than […]
Only two SEC coaches have produced undefeated national championship seasons with Heisman Trophy winning quarterbacks. Gene Chizik of Auburn savored the Triple Crown in 2010 as the War Eagles raced through a 14-0 season directed […]
Eight months removed from its historic national championship season, the herculean force that is LSU football is fighting through a pandemic, defections and unrest as the Tigers brace for their Sept. 26 opener against Mississippi […]
Conventional wisdom dictates that 20/20 hindsight is keenly accurate when analyzing football games that are part of the historical record. Looking ahead is much murkier, and crystal balls are elusive for football this fall. Anyone […]
Charles McClendon directed LSU teams to post-season victories over undefeated teams vying for national honors three times in six years in the 1960s. His Tigers whipped unbeaten Texas 13-0 in the 1963 Cotton Bowl, snapped […]
Joe Burrow and the national champion LSU team will be saluted for generations as the last great college team before the COVID-19 age. The Tigers of 2019 are celebrated every night in an empty, but […]
The Golden Age of LSU football shimmers through every hamlet and crevice of Louisiana as the 21st season of the 21st century seeks to survive Covid-19. In two decades of the new millennium, LSU has […]
Come November, Nick Saban is scheduled to return to Tiger Stadium for the eighth time (once with the Miami Dolphins and seven times at Alabama) since his abrupt departure from LSU 15 years ago. The […]
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