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Hofer will not pitch until January: Softball

By Robert Stewart
Sports Writer
October 7, 2008

LSU senior pitcher Dani Hofer's recovery from offseason wrist surgery is going slower than expected — so slow that Hofer won't pitch at full speed until 2009.LSU started fall practice Sept. 29, and...

Auburn junior running back Ben Tate carries the ball during LSU’s Sept. 20 game against Auburn. Auburn fired its offensive coordinator Wednesday.

Auburn fires offensive coordinator after slow start

By Casey Gisclair
Sports Writer
October 7, 2008

Apparently Auburn coach Tommy Tuberville had a change of heart.Two days after giving a vote of confidence to Auburn's spread offense, which ranks No. 104 of 119 Bowl Subdivision teams, the Associated Press...

Twenty years later ‘Earthquake Game’ still echoes

By David Helman
Sports Contributor
October 7, 2008

In the storied history of LSU football, it's the one event that was truly earth shaking. Exactly 20 years ago today, LSU quarterback Tommy Hodson connected with tailback Eddie Fuller in the back of Tiger...

Miles downplays lineman’s comments

By Amy Brittain
Chief Sports Writer
October 7, 2008

To see a video from Les Miles' press conference, click here. It is the comment that will not go away — likely stapled on countless bulletin boards in Gainesville, Fla., in anticipation of Saturday's...

Rest, treatment crucial in 8-game run

By David Harvey
Sports Contributor
October 7, 2008

In 2005, Hurricane Katrina forced LSU to play 10 regular season games in little more than eight weeks.The Tigers lost 20-17 to Tennessee in the first contest of that 10-game streak but didn't drop another...

Something special about SEC returners

By Jay St. Pierre
Sports Columnist
October 6, 2008

I've spent the last six weeks trying to figure out what these Southeastern Conference punt returners have been eating or drinking their entire lives that makes them so good.Maybe it's the water. It's gotta...

Pack prepared for season opener

By Lindsey Hall
Staff Writer
October 6, 2008

The men's swimming and diving team will face its first opponents of the season Saturday, as the Wolfpack hosts UMBC and Miami at 1 p.m at home. UMBC will face the Pack in both swimming and diving, while...

Tigers prepare for 8-game stretch

By Amy Brittain
Sports Writer
October 6, 2008

To see a video on Les Miles' press conference, click here. "The big hump" is what junior wide receiver Brandon LaFell calls the Tigers' trio of upcoming games.The three-game punch of Florida, Alabama and...

 

There’s a flag on the play…

By Casey Gisclair
Sports Writer
October 6, 2008

That infamous saying followed 117 of the 1,969 snaps LSU played in the 2007 season and made LSU the No. 23 most penalized team of the 119 Bowl Subdivision teams.But the Tigers have cleaned up their act...

LSU tackle: We aim to take Tebow “out of the game”

By Staff Reports
October 6, 2008

Florida junior quarterback Tim Tebow can consider himself warned.The LSU defensive line's opening shot at the 2007 Heisman winner could resemble "a car wreck without a seat belt," LSU junior defensive...

Out-of-state students establish official sports club

By Robert Stewart
Sports Writer
October 4, 2008

Lacrosse is a rare sport in the South. Few schools in the region have well-established lacrosse programs."It's very, very new in the southern region of the United States," said Hillary Swallen, accounting...

Football: Tigers drop a spot in both polls

By The Associated Press
October 4, 2008

NEW YORK — LSU's bye week cost them a spot in both the Associated Press and USA Today Coaches' college football polls this week.The Tigers dropped a spot to No. 3 and No. 4 in the Coaches' and AP...