LSU is all about football through good times and bad. But what will fans watch when Death Valley is empty? Many LSU fans such as political science junior Michael Tymchak will tune their televisions to the undefeated New Orleans Saints during winter break. “The Saints, man, they’re doing it big right now,” Tymchak said.Saints fever is spreading throughout southern Louisiana, and sports management junior Logan Lea said it only gets better from here on out.”After Thanksgiving, the NFL gets a little more amped up,” Lea said.After a dreadful start and a coaching change, not too many fans seem anxious to watch the New Orleans Hornets. But Alex Baynham, psychology sophomore, said he’ll flip on a game despite being a more avid Cleveland Cavaliers fan.”Even though Chris Paul’s out, they’ve been doing all right, I guess,” Baynham said. “I mainly watch come playoff time.”Tymchak and mechanical engineering junior Jacob Koch said they’ll watch the LSU men’s basketball team but not the Hornets.”I’m an LSU fan, but I like Duke,” Koch said. “If [LSU] is playing like a top-10 matchup, I might go.”  Louisiana lacks a professional hockey team, yet Tymchak, a member of the LSU ice hockey club team, plans to embrace the icy sport during the winter break. But LSU fans need something to watch when they return in January. To the typical fan, spring sports are all about baseball and basketball. Only Tymchak could name another spring sport that isn’t a club sport. “I went to a track meet last year,” Tymchak said. “That was all right.”Baynham ventured a guess at soccer being a spring sport, but that ended in November.Wes Ramos, engineering junior, said he used to get e-mails about volleyball priority point games. Volleyball also ends before students return next semester.But there should be sufficient support for the defending national champion LSU baseball team and the LSU men’s basketball team.”I pull for the basketball team, but I don’t start watching them until like March Madness,” Lea said. “Baseball, on the other hand, is a big deal to me. I love the baseball team. Last year, I had season tickets with my dad, so we made most of the games.”Baynham also said he’s most looking forward to watching the baseball team in the spring, but he’ll try to make it to some basketball games.For others, baseball takes a back burner to basketball regardless of recent success.”I went to a couple baseball games last year, and I just find them very boring,” Tymchak said. “I watched games on TV when they went to the [College] World Series, but I like basketball better.”Tymchak said he’ll watch the basketball team more once Southeastern Conference foes enter the PMAC.”Basketball season should be fun,” Tymchak said. “Hopefully, we’ll be better than we have been the past couple years.”Ramos, who played high school basketball, said he’s looking forward to the men’s basketball season but is somewhat pessimistic about the team’s chances.”I haven’t been yet,” Ramos said. “I heard they’re not very good this year.”Despite the criticism, Ramos plans to attend games when he returns from the break. Other spring sports fans can follow after the break include women’s basketball, golf, tennis, gymnastics, swimming and softball.—–Contact Rowan Kavner at [email protected]