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Football: Team assesses injuries from Saturday’s battle with Alabama

By Mark Clements
Sports Contributor
November 8, 2010

For the second year in a row, the LSU football team walked away from the Alabama game torn, tattered and trampled.   Little less than a year after the 2009 Alabama contest left the Tigers riddled...

Football: Peterson, Jasper nab critical fourth-down conversions in 24-21 win

By Rowan Kavner
Sports Writer
November 6, 2010

Down 14-13 on Saturday, LSU football coach Les Miles called a timeout on fourth-and-1 with 9:51 remaining at Alabama's 26-yard line. What happened next sent 92,969 fans into a frenzy. Instead of lining...

Football: Defending national champion Alabama returns to Baton Rouge for pivotal SEC West game

By Rowan Kavner
Sports Writer
November 3, 2010

The storylines continue to mount. From LSU junior cornerback Patrick Peterson's near-interception last season to former defensive end Ricky Jean-Francois' blocked kick at the end of regulation in 2008,...

Football: Miles happy with passing in practice

By Sean Isabella
Sports Contributor
November 3, 2010

Maybe a bye week was exactly what the doctor ordered for the LSU football team's passing attack. Entering the open date, LSU quarterbacks (minus a trick play) had thrown for a total of 192 passing yards...

Cool Hand Luke: LSU, Alabama help acclimate outsiders to football in South

By Luke Johnson
Sports Contributor
November 3, 2010

Before the 2008 season, I had a very basic knowledge of LSU football. I knew they had won two BCS National Championships, and I knew they were located in the place from that Garth Brooks song. I had been...

Row’s Flows: Late Jasper field goal will reverse Tigers’ fate of ’08

By Rowan Kavner
Sports Writer
November 3, 2010

Pumpkins weren't the only things getting carved in October. Auburn junior quarterback Cam Newton maneuvered his way through the LSU defense en route to 217 yards rushing. The Tigers had to sit on that...

Football: Alabama WR Jones, LSU CB Peterson square off for third time in careers

By Rachel Whittaker
Chief Sports Writer
November 3, 2010

LSU junior cornerback Patrick Peterson used one word to describe his impending matchup against Alabama junior wide receiver Julio Jones this weekend — "phenomenal." The two superstars will face each...

Body Shots: Time to expose the legends and myths of Alabama football

By Rob Landry
Sports Contributor
November 3, 2010

Alabama will be in the national title game again. It's set in stone, a fait accompli. The Tide will run the table, win the Southeastern Conference Championship Game and book their flights for Glendale,...

Schwhemming Around: Dear Verne and Gary: a breakup letter to CBS commentators

By Andy Schwehm
Sports Columnist
November 3, 2010

Dear Verne Lundquist and Gary Danielson, I'm writing to y'all together because I feel as though you are two peas in a pod. For the past five years you have been together in the booth, and I feel as though...

Bro’in with Owen:Week 10

By Senior wide receiver Owen Spencer
November 3, 2010

The first thing that went through my head when Ponder fumbled to seal our victory over FSU was, ‘That didn't happen. I know that what I wanted to happen really just didn't happen.' I was praying...

Season-ending stretch begins in ‘Death Valley’

By Cory Smith, Staff Writer
November 2, 2010

To win the ACC, the Wolfpack will have to get it done on the road. Three of its final four games, starting with this weekend's noon showdown with the Tigers, will take place outside the friendly confines...

LSU sophomore wide receiver Russell Shepard, who only has 25 receptions this season, is looking to find his niche in the LSU offense Saturday against No. 6 Alabama.

Football: Russell Shepard isn’t meeting own goals in his second season

By Michael Lambert
Sports Contributor
November 2, 2010

Not all sophomore college football players are created equal. Rushing for nearly 300 yards as a freshman and finding the end zone three times through the first eight games of a sophomore campaign may be...