So did you know LSU had a boxing group/squad/pride/gaggle/litter/whatever you call a boxing team? I didn’t, but now I do and feel smarter for it. And not only did we have a team, we won individual national championships with “Pee Wee” Moss in 1949 and Tad Thrash in 1950(kick ass boxing name). LSU will be honoring Mr. Moss this weekend by having him throw out the first pitch on Saturday against Florida. Go here and read (ya, I stole their picture! Go eat some doo doo) the article on these fellas, they are some cool ass old dudes and I would love to hear their stories. Mainly because they have quotes like this , “My brother used to come up behind me, grab me by the back of the pants and holler ‘Boy, where did your behind go!?’,” said Moss(that’s hot). And just look at those gloves! That would be like getting hit in the head with a brick wrapped in cheesecloth! (yeah, it’s one word. I looked it up ya dummy) I personally would LOVE to have boxing back as a recognized NCAA sport. The NCAA stopped sponsoring boxing in 1960 for some reason. How cool would it be to see Tyson Jackson kick the shit out of Saint Tebow?!? I’ll await your non-comments.
(Handsome and he made $711k this year)
Big Baby has turned up his game. The former LSU Star averaged 21 minutes and 7 points per game in the regular season playing in his second year with the Boton Celtics. However, after losing Kevin Garnett for at least the first round of the playoffs, Big Baby stepped in and averaged a solid 18 points and 41 minutes a game. The Celts moved past the Bulls after a hard fought series that went all 7 games. The Celtics meet the Magic in the second round tonight.
They do it every year around this time. The guys over at collegefootballnews.com come up with their ridiculous ‘Way Too Early Bowl Predictions’. This year is no different. Sure, it’s fun to think about the season ahead of time and try to come up with who you think will win it all and how the season will shake out. But…..
Truth is, no one ever knows. Do you remember the unbelievably wacky 2007 season, when LSU made it to the National Championship game on the last night of the season? Oh and by the way, I’m pretty sure these guys just give USC the automatic bid to the championship game every year and then just insert the hottest team from the year prior. This time around, it’s last year’s champs, Florida. More after the jump……
What does that say about USC?…… They’re good every year? Maybe. They’re a big fish in a crappy conference/pond? Yes. Personally, I think USC might struggle a bit this year. They’ve got Ohio State, Cal, Notre Dame (I know, big deal, right?), Oregon, and Arizona St. all on the road. They’ll have a brand new quarterback, and they just lost an entire NFL team to the NFL. It won’t be just a walk in the park for the Trojans.
So where is LSU in all this? Well, the CFN guys considered them for the BCS Nat’l Championship in the Rose Bowl, but think Florida will be too much to get the spot. They considered the Tigers for the Sugar Bowl, but they think Ole Miss will represent the West in the SEC Championship and lose to Florida, taking the spot in New Orleans Jan 1. When the cards fell, CFN predicted LSU to play Iowa in the Outback Bowl on January 1st at 11am. Let’s hope that’s not the case.
You never know. But that’s what’s fun about college football, right? When the season is all over, and even throughout the season, you get to base the teams’ results on the worthless preseason polls and predictions that people come up with ahead of time. Teams are considered shitty if they don’t live up to preseason polls and considered “amazing, who’d of ever thought, out of nowhere, etc”, if they surpass preseason expectations.
It’s fun to look at? Sure. If you predict it right, you get to brag on how ’smart’ you are…..when smart has nothing to do with it. When you are wrong, you can just say, “well, who the hell knows what can happen”, and then you’re off the hook. Almost like predicting the weather, right?
Anyway, take a look at what CFN came up with here, but don’t let your purple and gold bleeding hearts be troubled that some sports writers have already told us how the 2009-2010 season is going to end and the Tigers are not playing in a BCS Bowl game this year. The Tigers have a shot to be a great team this year. I for one can’t wait to get it started. 124 more days ’til it does, at Washington. One game at a time.
GEAUX TIGERS!!!
-Bury Me on the 50
(A little love for LSU sponsor Russell Athletic)
Austin Ross got the win yesterday and lead the Tigers to the series win after splitting a double header on Saturday. LSU is now 36-13 on the season and 16-8 in the SEC. The Tigers are now in the home stretch of the season and host Florida in a three game series starting Friday.
The LSU Rugby team absolutely dismantled teams this year and gone pretty much unnoticed around here. They recently returned from Berkely, CA where they went 1-1 trying to win the national championship. They beat the crap out of Utah 47-5 and lost a close one to San Diego St. 44-30. The week before, they beat Air Force 51-18. Earlier in the year, they beat Sam Houston 68-13 , Rice 81-0, Texas 58-3, Texas A&M 33-14, and 120-0 over Texas Tech!
I’ll be honest, I know little about the game and the rules, but I do know one thing……these guys know how to drink! Back in the day they hung out at Brightside Bar and Grill and I had a couple with them once and sang some songs. It was great!
The season is over and the guys will start training for 7’s this summer and the coach is excited about next year. Here is a message from the coach. Great season guys! Bulawayo!
GEAUX TIGERS!!!
-Bury Me on the 50
Yep. It is a real contest. Name of the Year is a group that was founded in 1983 and every year they pick the best name. I guess once you’ve been in the contest, you can’t be again….. who knows.
Anyway, Barkevious Mingo the new LSU Tiger linebacker has won it. We knew the name was awesome when we first started hearing about him in the recruiting season. He will join the team this summer I believe. In this contest, he was up against names like Chew Kok…..really?!?, Atilla Bucko, Taco Vandervelde, Crystal Metheny, and Nutritious Love. I know, I can’t believe those are names either.
The names are arranged in a 64 name name-off like college basketball. Once it was down to two, Mingo was up against Iris Macadangdang. LOL! Over 10,000 people voted.
Here is the rest of the story from the LSU Reveille.
GEAUX TIGERS!!!
-Bury Me on the 50
Collegefootballnews.com has voted LSU as tied for the 10th best WR school in college football. Here is the story.
Everyone remembers where they were when Michael Clayton tipped the ball to Jack Hunt Devery Henderson in Lexington, KY November 9, 2002. And man, I can remember being in Tuscaloosa the day that Josh Reed and Rohan Davy went off and torched the Tide 35-21, setting team records in the process. Reed caught 19 passes for 293 yards and a TD. Davey had 528 yards passing. LSU’s wide receivers have always been solid as long as Jarrett Lee wasn’t throwing to them. More after the jump.
The WR’s listed are Josh Reed, Wendell Davis, Michael Clayton, Eric Martin, and Andy Hamilton. Hamilton is the only guy out of my age range, but apparently was pretty good, averaging 19.9 yards per catch.
I actually got to meet Wendell Davis once as he is from Shreveport and at one time was a client of my uncle. Super nice guy, fantastic wide receiver, and had a decent NFL career until injuring both knees on Philadelphia’s shitty astroturf at the time. He was the LSU leader in yards before Clayton took that.
Reed was a stud on the field. He caught everything. In my opinion, the best WR to ever play at LSU. He won the Biletnikoff in 2001 and had over 3,000 yards in his college career. He makes a Sportscenter highlight for the Buffalo Bills every now and then. He is still a solid, but not flashy WR that just makes catches.
And let’s not forget about the guys that have played recently….. Dwayne Bowe, Early Doucet, Craig ‘Buster’ Davis, Demetrius Byrd to name a few. I still don’t know how he made that catch against Auburn……I get chills everytime I see it. And in case you didn’t know, Byrd can sing too. Here he is with RB Charles Scott……. Hilarious!
If you look at the teams at the top of the list, I honestly did not expect LSU to be on it. There are some really great WR schools up there. But sure enough, you scroll down and there are the best Tigers to ever catch a football.
GEAUX TIGERS!!!
-Bury Me on the 50
Ok, look. I’ll be honest with you. BMOT50 made me drink on a week night last night and I feel like crap so I can’t really think of any clever/witty things to write for you today. I can actually feel my pulse in my forehead and I think I wet the bed last night so things aren’t too great in UDR land right now. So anyhoo, I found a little article stating that the BCS is like communism and my dynamite commentary on the subject is……yep. It seems that the majority of people agree with me so take that individualism. You can read the article after the jump.
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