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Football

‘Canes help develop IM ball hockey

By Philip Misklow
Staff Writer
March 31, 2012

  When most students at N.C. State think of intramural sports, the first sports to pop into mind are the big three: flag football, basketball and softball. But there is an intramural sport that has...

Football Notebook: SEC commissioner honors Tigers’ 2011 title in Spring Game

By Chris Abshire
Sports Writer
March 31, 2012

The National L-Club Spring Game is usually about watching the LSU football team's future. Saturday's version felt a bit different, as decadent pre-game festivities honored the Tigers' recent past. Nearly...

Mic’d Up: Youth shine in Spring Game

By Micah Bedard
Sports Columnist
March 31, 2012

The scoreboard might have read 24-17 in favor of the White squad in Tiger Stadium when the Spring Game finished Saturday, but the real winners were a few underclassmen on the Purple team. Sophomore safety...

Junior quarterback Zac Mettenburger surveys the field in the annual spring game in Tiger Stadium Saturday.

Football: Spring Game: White 24, Purple 17

By Alex Cassara
Sports Contributor
March 30, 2012

Tiger Stadium saw its only football of the spring on Saturday as the LSU squad split up for the annual spring game. The White team, which boasted a majority of the starters, defeated the Purple team, 24-17....

LSU junior quarterback Zach Mettenberger prepares to throw the ball Thursday during practice.

Football: Spring Game provides final peek at Tigers until fall

By Chris Abshire
Sports Writer
March 29, 2012

It's been a relatively quiet spring for the LSU football team. Too quiet. No major contributors suffered a serious injury, there's no quarterback controversy to stir and the Tigers are almost surely a...

Football: 5 looming Spring Game questions

By Micah Bedard
Sports Columnist
March 29, 2012

The LSU football team has been patiently waiting and perfecting its craft the past four weeks at the Charles McClendon Practice Facility. On Saturday, the Tigers will cross the street to Tiger Stadium...

LSU freshman wide receiver Jakhari Gore (3) breaks a tackle April 9, 2011, during the second half of the spring game at Tiger Stadium.

Spring Game focus changes dynamic through the years

By Chris Abshire
Sports Writer
March 28, 2012

In recent years, LSU's National L-Club Spring Football Game has come to be a major barometer of the Tigers as they break from spring's 15 practices. Thousands of fans pack Tiger Stadium's lower bowl to...

LSU offensive guard Josh Dworaczyk (68) huddles with the Tigers’ offensive line Sept. 12, 2009, during the first quarter of the game against Vanderbilt in Tiger Stadium.

Senior offensive lineman Dworaczyk is team’s longest-tenured player

By Chris Abshire
Sports Writer
March 28, 2012

When the spring semester began, LSU senior offensive lineman Josh Dworaczyk was preparing for a potential Pro Day workout and even looking for a job. Instead, Dworaczyk is back with the Tigers at spring...

Philip Rivers: political figure or football hero?

By Juliana Deitch, Staff Writer
March 26, 2012

Philip Rivers, quarterback for the NFL's San Diego Chargers, will be N.C. State's commencement speaker at the spring ceremony May 12. Rivers, who graduated from N.C. State in 2003 and set many athletic...

Tigers prepping for spring game

By Alex Cassara
Sports Contributor
March 26, 2012

Spring football has its pros and cons, giving teams the chance to shake rust and develop early enrollees while lacking the structure and focus of regular-season training. But with the spring game looming...

Mic’d Up: Saints hiring Parcells for one season doesn’t make sense

By Micah Bedard
Sports Columnist
March 26, 2012

Tuna is not a food associated with New Orleans cuisine. Likewise, Bill Parcells would be a fish out of water if the New Orleans Saints do in fact decide to bring him in as head coach for the 2012 season. New...