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Football

Tigers host many recruits as Signing Day approaches

By Ian Fontenot
Sports Contributor
January 24, 2012

With the Feb. 1 National Signing Day rapidly approaching, LSU hosted 15 recruits last weekend in an effort to solidify the 2012 recruiting class. LSU had a rollercoaster week in the days leading up to...

New York Giants Eli Manning lifts the George Halas Trophy in the locker room after the Giants won in overtime at the NFC Championship NFL football game Sunday, Jan. 22, 2012, in San Francisco. The Giants won 20-17 to advance to Super Bowl XLVI.

Mic’d Up: Eli’s Giants amid dream year yet again

By Micah Bedard
Sports Columnist
January 23, 2012

It's Déjà Blue all over again for the New York Giants. The G-Men are heading back to the Super Bowl in the exact same fashion they did in 2007 — a Lawrence Tynes field goal on the road...

In this file photo taken Oct. 22, 2011, Penn State coach Joe Paterno walks off the field after warmups before Penn State's NCAA college football game against Northwestern in Evanston, Ill. Paterno, the longtime Penn State coach who won more games than anyone else in major college football but was fired amid a child sex abuse scandal that scarred his reputation for winning with integrity, died Sunday, Jan. 22, 2012. He was 85.

Mic’d Up: Joe Pa’s legacy unjustly tarnished

By Micah Bedard
Sports columnist
January 22, 2012

On Jan. 21, the greatest man to ever coach the game of college football passed away. His name was Joe Paterno. But he will never get the credit he deserves because of Jerry Sandusky and the recent child...

Recruitment: Kiel enrolls at Notre Dame, spurns LSU

By Hunter Paniagua
Sports Writer
January 18, 2012

Two weeks ago, LSU landed its quarterback of the future. Then Gunner Kiel changed his mind. Kiel, a five-star recruit and consensus No. 1 quarterback, spurned LSU and enrolled at Notre Dame on Tuesday,...

Miles: We gave Lee ‘great thought’

By Alex Cassara
Sports Contributor
January 18, 2012

LSU coach Les Miles addressed his decision to keep senior quarterback Jarrett Lee on the bench during the BCS National Championship against Alabama and other recent issues plaguing the program during a...

Football: Experts tentatively buy LSU as future elite after wild season, BCS fallout

By Chris Abshire
Sports Writer
January 18, 2012

The LSU football team stood at the pinnacle of college football when it took the Superdome turf last Monday night to take on an arch-nemesis on the heels of a charmed 13-0 regular season. Nine days later,...

Miles speaks at length for first time since title game

By Alex Cassara
Sports Contributor
January 17, 2012

LSU coach Les Miles squashed speculation of internal bickering before the BCS National Championship loss to Alabama in an address to the media Tuesday.   Miles, speaking at length for the first time...

Recruiting: Reports surface about QB Gunner Kiel decommitting from LSU

By Staff Reports
January 16, 2012

No. 1 quarterback prospect Gunner Kiel may have withdrawn his commitment, to LSU according to rumors on Twitter. Kiel, who was ranked No. 1 by Rivals.com, did not show up to an early enrollees meeting...

Looking ahead

By Hunter Paniagua
Sports Writer
January 16, 2012

LSU players had their heads hung low after their disappointing defeat in the BCS National Championship, but it didn't take them long to turn their attention to 2012. Most players expressed high hopes for...

MIC’D UP: Alabama gets its second chance while Jarrett Lee doesn’t

By Micah Bedard
Sports Columnist
January 16, 2012

Alabama offensive tackle Barrett Jones said in the weeks leading up to the BCS National Championship that the Crimson Tide had been given a second chance at "restoring the order" in college football. It's...

Claiborne, Brockers declare for NFL Draft

By Hunter Paniagua and Luke Johnson
January 12, 2012

  Junior cornerback Morris Claiborne and sophomore defensive tackle Michael Brockers will enter the NFL Draft, they announced Thursday during a joint press conference with LSU coach Les Miles. Neither...

Obama calls Saban to congratulate him on national title

By Staff Reports
January 12, 2012

President Barack Obama dialed Alabama coach Nick Saban today, congratulating the former LSU coach and three-time BCS national champion on Monday's 21-0 defeat of the Tigers.  Obama watched the entire...