LSU Football
ENGSTER: Will West Point Trump the SEC?
There was a time when the head football coaching post at West Point was more coveted than any other plum in the college game. From 1941-58, Earl “Red” Blaik lost a total of 33 games […]
Articles by Jim Engster | President, Tiger Rag
LSU Football
ENGSTER: LSU Quarterback is no ordinary Joe
Joe Burrow’s assault on the LSU record book is relentless. After four games, Burrow has surpassed last year’s total for touchdown passes with 17 and has 1,520 yards in the air. In a 14-game season […]
LSU Football
ENGSTER: LSU to breeze past SEC also ran
Twenty years ago, LSU was stumbling through its eighth losing season in eleven years. From 1989-99, the Tigers won 33 SEC games and lost 51. In the 21st Century, LSU is 105-47 in the SEC. […]
LSU Football
ENGSTER: Joe Burrow enters a short honor roll of quarterbacks
On a night when LSU’s last first-team All-American quarterback turned 68, 22-year-old Joe Burrow zipped his way into LSU lore with one of the best performances by a Tiger passer on enemy turf. Burrow riddled […]
LSU Football
ENGSTER: Observations from Opening Night at Tiger Stadium
The first week of play on the college gridiron is a time when hope springs eternal. In Baton Rouge, fans swelter through the summer with conviction that this is The Year. Every year brings hope […]
LSU Football
ENGSTER: LSU preps for the Elephant on the schedule
Editor’s Note: This column appears in our 2019 Football Preview issue, which is now out on newsstands around Baton Rouge. Click here to find a newsstand location near your or here to order your own […]
LSU athletics
ENGSTER: The ghost of an LSU icon lurks on the right and wrong side of history
When Coach Edward Jim Orgeron Jr. was born on the bayou at Larose in 1961, the LSU football team was embarking on a 10-1 season and No. 4 national ranking in Paul Dietzel’s final year […]
LSU Basketball
ENGSTER: Will Wade should take lessons from a veteran boxer
On the day of birth for LSU Basketball Coach Will Wade, a legendary heavyweight bout was held in Houston, 779 miles from Wade’s earthly arrival in Nashville. On the night of November 26, 1982, Larry […]
LSU athletics
ENGSTER: Parallels and differences between LSU grads who became AD
Scott Woodward’s ascension to the athletic directorship of LSU is the most well received hire for that position since another LSU graduate snagged the post 32 years ago. Joe Dean fought political winds at the […]
LSU athletics
ENGSTER: The more things change…
Forty-one years ago as Tiger Rag was hatched for its inaugural issue of Sept. 1, 1978, there was a new sheriff in TigerTown. He was a familiar face to many insiders who had yearned for […]