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If LSU football players could choose walk-up songs

By Rob Landry
Sports Columnist
August 22, 2011

Football media day has to be a drag for the players. They're forced to sit in a chair for more than an hour and answer more or less the same question over and over again. They talk about team expectations,...

Incoming students can request football tickets

By Staff Reports
August 22, 2011

The two-day window to request football ticket packages for incoming students and returning students who failed to meet the 60-priority-point requirement begins today at 8 a.m. and ends Wednesday at 5 p.m.,...

2011 could mark ‘Year of the Running Back’ for the SEC

By Mark Clements
Sports Writer
August 22, 2011

It's tough to argue against the Southeastern Conference as the best in college football. The last five national champions have hailed from the league, and seven of the 12 teams reached the eight-win mark...

Football: Freshman defensive tackle Johnson expects to see significant playing time

By Hunter Paniagua
Sports Writer
August 22, 2011

Anthony Johnson may speak softly for a 300-pound defensive tackle, but that's hardly the most surprising aspect of his voice. When Johnson belted out a verse of "Amazing Grace" during LSU Media Day, he...

Sophomore cornerback Tharold Simon will be an important member of LSU’s secondary this year, helping to replace the loss of Patrick Peterson.

Peterson’s departure leaves void in defensive secondary unit

By Hunter Paniagua
Sports Writer
August 22, 2011

Patrick Peterson is gone, and he isn't coming back. Gone is the 2010 Thorpe and Bednarik Award winner, the first-team All-American, the Southeastern Conference Defensive Player of the year and the top...

Football: Randle, Shepard atop receiving depth chart for first time

By Scott Branson
Sports Contributor
August 21, 2011

For junior wide receivers Rueben Randle and Russell Shepard, living up to the expectations of being a five-star recruit has thus far not gone as planned. With the departure of Terrence Toliver to the NFL,...

Senior QB Jordan Jefferson scrambles against Auburn defense on Oct. 23.

Report: Four alleged victims pursuing charges against Jefferson and other LSU football players

By Staff Reports
August 21, 2011

Four people injured in an altercation involving several LSU football players have spoken with Baton Rouge Police Department investigators about pursuing charges "against those people responsible," Sgt....

Football: Texas A&M will eventually join SEC, could ruin conference

By Rob Landry
Sports Columnist
August 20, 2011

Greed is named as one of the seven deadly sins, and money is considered the root of all evil. If these statements are true, then Mike Slive must be Beelzebub. Slive, commissioner of the Southeastern Conference,...

 

Football: Studrawa making smooth switch to OC

By Mark Clements
Sports Writer
August 20, 2011

LSU coach Les Miles made one of the biggest splashes of the offseason when he brought in former Louisville coach Steve Kragthorpe to repair the struggling Tiger offense that finished 86th in total offense...

Replacing Drake Nevis priority for young defensive line

By Andrew Chapple
Sports Contributor
August 20, 2011

Redshirt sophomore defensive tackle Michael Brockers and junior defensive tackle Josh Downs  are confident they can replace All-American Drake Nevis. The Tigers lost both of last year's starting defensive...

Junior Morris Claiborne steps up to No. 1 defensive back upon Patrick Peterson’s exit

By Alex Cassara
Sports Contributor
August 20, 2011

LSU's Indoor Practice Facility provides refuge from the sweltering August heat. Metal fold-out chairs line the hash marks all the way up the field. Only one of the chairs in the section designated ...

Miles: Senior Ryan Baker stepping up to lead linebackers

By Albert Burford
Sports Contributor
August 20, 2011

When LSU linebacker Kelvin Sheppard was drafted by the Buffalo Bills in the third round of the 2011 NFL draft, it was unclear whether his leadership or his talent would be more difficult for the Tigers'...