When LSU President and Chancellor-Elect William Tate was born in 1961, there were no African American athletes at the state’s flagship university where no person of color enrolled as an undergraduate until 1953. Tate was […]
Nick Saban was hired as LSU football coach 21 years ago for the then-astronomical sum of $6 million for five years. It was reported in some places that Saban was becoming the highest paid coach […]
Ten years ago this month, former LSU football star Greg LaFleur was fired as Southern University athletics director after charges of solicitation were levied against him as he was attending the NCAA Final Four in […]
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 […]
On the night of Jan. 13, 2020, LSU football ruled the world as the conquerors departed New Orleans with a 15-0 record that culminated with a 42-25 rout of 14-1 Clemson. The Louisiana Tigers captured […]
Fifty two weeks removed from a 37-10 blowout of No. 5 Georgia to win the 2019 SEC championship, LSU coach Ed Orgeron experienced the indignity of Alabama’s Nick Saban avenging last year’s five-point defeat to […]
When LSU conquered Alabama 46-41 last Nov. 9, a Baton Rouge radio personality boldly proclaimed that it was time for Nick Saban to step aside because “there is a new sheriff in town.” Just over […]
Five Novembers ago, LSU lost its third straight game, falling 38-17 to Ole Miss after losing decisively to Alabama and Arkansas the preceding two weeks. It appeared Les Miles was a goner three weeks removed […]
Times are tough in Fayetteville, Arkansas where Frank Broyles once ruled the college football kingdom. In 1964 when Lyndon Johnson scored a landslide victory in the presidential election and Jim Brown rampaged past Baltimore to […]
He never captured a national championship, but he is arguably the most revered coach in LSU history. Dale Brown did win more games than other basketball coach in LSU history, but he was much more […]
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