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CFN’s ‘Way Too Early Bowl Predictions’ for 2009-2010
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.
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LSU Rugby Kicks Ass!
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!
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Barkevious Mingo wins ‘Name of the Year’
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.
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LSU is 10th Best WR School
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.
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Nicholls St. Colonels’ Pitchers Shut Down the Tigers
As mentioned in a previous post, a good friend of ours is the pitching coach for the Colonels of Nicholls St. I’ve known him since little league and we played pretty much every sport you can think of together. Baseball though, has been his true love and passion since we were kids. And you could see it all over his face last night as the Colonels took down the Tigers 3-1.
His last trip to Baton Rouge was for a game against Southern University. Nicholls got somewhere around 17 hits in the game, but it wasn’t enough to beat the Jaguars. So, of course going into it, we thought they wouldn’t have enough to beat our precious #1 LSU Tigers while on the road again. It was Nicholls St’s first win over the Tigers since 1994 (3-2 in Thibodaux), their first win in Baton Rouge since 1989, and their second time to beat a #1 Tigers team. They last did it in 1986.
The Nicholls St pitchers came into the new Alex Box with all the confidence in the world and limited LSU to only one run on only 4 hits, also recording 15 ground outs. They started a freshman and played 7 other pitchers, but it was a good strategy as the Tigers had no answer. LSU went to the dugout with countless 3 up, 3 downs and Nicholls on the other hand did just enough to get their 3 runs on 5 hits, and the win.
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LSU Tigers Prepare for Saturday’s Spring Game
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After today’s practice, the LSU Tigers are 3 days away from the culmination of spring practice, the annual Spring Game. It will be held in Tiger Stadium on Saturday at 5pm. The Purple will take on the White and we are all excited as hell about it. Here is a behind the scenes video of some spring practice action brought to you by lsusports.net. There’s more after the jump…..
The main draw might be the quarterback situation with Jordan Jefferson, Jarrett Lee, freshman lightning bolt Russell Shepard, and Chris Garrett all competing for the spot. We all know how last season went with Jarrett Lee at the helm. It’s been reported that he is having a pretty good spring. I hope we haven’t forgotten that we heard the same bull shit last spring about Lee. I’ve got to think, it’s much easier to throw a ball in the spring than it is against an SEC opponent in front of 90,000 plus in the fall. You agree, huh? Let’s all hope that if he sees the field this year, he’s made major strides in his anti-interception abilities. Jefferson was the man in the end, earning bowl MVP honors after the 38-3 crushing of Georgia Tech in the Chik-fil-a Bowl on New Year’s Eve 2008.
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Tigers Give Up Four Runs in the 9th, Hold On
Top ranked LSU was cruising against UNO Tuesday night. The Tigers had an 8-2 lead going into the 9th inning, when the Privateers scored 4 runs to give LSU a scare before the eventual third out. LSU wins 8-6.
Blake Dean hit another home run, making that one home run in each of three games in a row. Where I’m from, that’s called a streak. Dean has also now driven in 13 runs in the last four games.
Speaking of streaks, Mikie Mahtook extended his hitting streak to 13 games by picking up 3 more hits tonight. The freshman from Lafayette continues to play well and contribute significantly for the Tigers. He is leading the team in batting average on the season with a .390 average.
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LSU Baseball Back at #1
The Tigers are back on top of the college baseball world as voted by Baseball America, Collegiate Baseball, and the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association. All 3 polls have LSU as the #1 team in the country after winning 2 of 3 at Alabama last weekend. The USA Today/ESPN Coaches poll has the Tigers at #3
LSU began the season at #1 in some polls, but lost the ranking on March 2nd. It feels good to be back at the top. However, LSU (26-9, 10-5) trails Arkansas by 1/2 game in the SEC West and Georgia (still USA Today/ ESPN’s #1) by a full game in the overall SEC standings. This weekend, LSU will play host to Tennessee and will try to gain some ground on UGA and Arkansas.
In other news, Blake Dean was honored with the SEC Player of the Week. Dean went 6 for 12 with one double, two homers, 10 RBI’s, and 2 runs scored in the weekend series with Bama. Over the week, he hit .412. Dean became the sixth LSU Tiger to earn either SEC Player or Pitcher of the week this season. Congratulations!!
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