The 2011 LSU football team has more than a few trash talkers on the field. They stand over opponents after every play and jaw back and forth with rivals prior to each snap on Saturdays.
When the players step off the field, the talk doesn’t stop. It carries on in the form of video game competitions.
From “NCAA Football 12” to “Madden 12” to “Gears of War 3,” the LSU football team stays competitive from the field to the television screen.
“In the locker room, everybody talks about ‘NCAA,’ competing about it,” said sophomore running back Michael Ford. “That’s all they that.”
The competition carries over to non-sports games as well.
Senior offensive guard Will Blackwell said he and fellow senior offensive guards T-Bob Hebert and Josh Dworaczyk are “hardcore into” third-person shooter “Gears of War 3,” but will play first-person shooter “Battlefield 3” when it hits stores.
Blackwell admitted it’s not easy to find time to play video games.
“Of course there’s not much off-time for us with school and football,” he said. “But when we do have some off-time, that’s usually what we’re shooters.”
Those who don’t spend their precious free time playing video games aren’t able to avoid the criticism.
“I don’t really play