Looking ahead to Das Boot As much as we want to bask in the euphoria of Saturday’s OT win over Ole Miss, the season has to move forward and LSU has a tricky game at Arkansas on the horizon. That’s the challenge for Brian Kelly’s No. 8 ranked Tigers face and as always he had his weekly presser with Baton Rouge media on Monday. “Certainly a great night celebrating 100 years of … [Read more...] about Brunch with Brian: Arkansas
Garrett Nussmeier, Bradyn Swinson, and Whit Weeks All Named SEC Players of the Week
Photo by Jonathan Bachman/Getty Images Who else? When you beat a top-10 opponent in an overtime thriller people tend to notice and three of LSU’s best players were recognized by the SEC for their efforts against Ole Miss. Garrett Nussmeier was named the SEC’s Offensive Player of the week while Whit Weeks was named the Defensive Player of the Week; Bradyn Swinson, once … [Read more...] about Garrett Nussmeier, Bradyn Swinson, and Whit Weeks All Named SEC Players of the Week
Behind the Boxscore: Ole Miss
Photo by Derick E. Hingle/Getty Images Or, how to win a game in which you never led until the final play of the game 18: Number of Whit Weeks tackles I suppose we’ll never know one way or the other, but I’m confident that LSU does not win Saturday night if the targeting call on Weeks is upheld and he gets ejected from the game. Weeks was a tackling machine Saturday … [Read more...] about Behind the Boxscore: Ole Miss
Jacob Bradford Flips to LSU!
Photo by Derick E. Hingle/Getty Images Tigers keep a Baton Rouge area prospect home Saturday was of course an awesome day for LSU as the Tigers beat Ole Miss 29-26 in overtime, but the program got some good news hours before kickoff ever happened. Four-star safety Jacob Bradford announced he would be committing to LSU. Bradford is a high three-star/low four-star … [Read more...] about Jacob Bradford Flips to LSU!
LSU Climbs to No. 8 in Week 8 AP Poll
Photo by Derick E. Hingle/Getty Images Maintain Thanks to an overtime upset win over Ole Miss, LSU (5-1, 2-0) has vaulted into the AP Top 10 for the first time this season and land at #8 in this week’s poll. Texas, who I fear has the juice this year, holds on to the No. 1 ranking after the Longhorns vaporized the Sooners at Red River, 34-3. Oregon moved up to #2 after … [Read more...] about LSU Climbs to No. 8 in Week 8 AP Poll