Category Archives: Recruiting
Scout.com Releases Top 100 Prospects for 2010
I’ve talked a good bit about Rivals list of prospects for 2010, but Scout.com also has a damn good recruiting site and just released their Top 100 Prospects for the 2010 football season. Much like the Rivals list, the Scout list is short on Louisiana talent. Only two guys from the Bayou State made the cut with Trovon Reed ranked the highest at 19th. Scout lists 25, five-star guys as opposed to Rivals 10 five-star guys….so yes, Trovon is a five-star. Reed is steady collecting offers from every major school in the country, but hopefully the Tigers can keep this superstar in state. Man, the thought of Reed and Randle on the field at the same time is just awesome. As you scan the list, you’ll see LSU is at least listed as having a chance with about 20 of the guys according to Scout.
LSU verbal Mike Davis is listed as the number 52 player in the country.
I Tip My Hat to LSU!!!!!!
Granted, I haven’t posted in awhile due to school and being out of town, but I have a little bit to say about today’s game. Come last summer if you would have told me that this years LSU team would have made the NIT tournament I would have went outside and done a back flip!! With the same team coming back, I had my doubts, but this year’s team exceeded mine and everyone else’s expectations and some. If you go to tigerrant and look at the message board about half of the posts are full of kids posting how awful we are, fire Trent Johnson, and we suck……that’s what makes this website different, I think we get a more mature/realistic LSU fan base. I am “damn proud” of this basketball team and wish nothing but the best for Marcus Thorton, Temple, Johnson, Martin, and Q. Thorton. A couple of these will play again (NBA or over seas) and I will always appreciate what they did to make this season special. UNC did win, but it was fun for 35 minutes!!!! We had a chance to shock the world and we didn’t take advantage of it. UNC is a very good team and I’m sure we earned their respect!! We didn’t quit and that’s why I’m proud to be a Tiger!! On paper, our team next year looks questionable, but that’s what I said last year. I trust Coach Johnson and can’t wait till next season!!! GEAUX TIGERS!!!
Just When You Thought You Were Safe From LSU Football Recruiting….
That’s right! Rivals.com #1 rated player and top running back, Bryce Brown from Wichita, KS is visiting LSU this weekend. Previously committed to Miami, he backed out and did not sign with the Hurricanes on Feb 4. His visit to LSU has been talked about for about a week now, but I was skeptical he would actually make the trip. As of this morning the plan was for him to arrive to campus today with his parents. His father is from Bogalusa, LA which is only about 75 miles from Baton Rouge, as the crow flies. He still has family living there.
He will get a first hand look at all that LSU has to offer to make him a star in college football. The facilities here are second to none. Just ask Charles Scott, Keiland Williams, or any of the other RB’s on the roster.
Picking up Brown would be hugemongous for this class. The already signed Michael Ford, is a highly rated running back out of Leesville, LA. The two together would be a dominant force in the backfield in years to come. As of now, with Ford as the only high profile RB in this year’s signing class, Les Miles would definitely have to make signing another RB in next year’s class a priority. However, if Brown were to sign with the Tigers, LSU recruiters could spend their efforts at other positions. More after the jump…..
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I Need to Vent
Ok, yes our baseball team swept an opponent this past weekend in Baton Rouge, which was probably Villanova’s first time to step outside. Yes, we are ranked extremely high in the baseball polls. And yes, we did open up a new baseball stadium. I”m a former LSU baseball player and so by no means is this article biased. But COME ON!!!!!! Our basketball team did sweep their SEC games this past week. People say the SEC is down, but shit, it’s still extremely tough to win 11 straight SEC games!!!! By the way, we cracked the top 20 this week with being ranked 18 in both polls. We are winning these games with the same players from last year’s team. Every LSU forum I go to is saturated with LSU baseball threads. The freakin season just started, our basketball team is kicking ass and taking names this entire month of February!!!! Everyone is selling their house so they can afford to sneak in an LSU baseball game when the PMAC is not even close to being full. Did I mention we haven’t lost a game in over a month? I think this LSU basketball team is gonna do something special in the tournament and you baseball wanna be fans are gonna miss it. Where were these baseball fans two years ago when we sucked? This is the week I’ve been waiting for in terms of quality opponents in basketball. We play a tough Florida at home Tuesday and a tough Kentucky team at Kentucky this weekend. I’m salivating for the game tomorrow night and all I can read on LSU forums is how can I get LSU/Southern tickets for Wednesday night or how can I get LSU/Central Florida tickets this weekend. Get your lazy, bandwagon ass to the PMAC Tuesday night and represent LSU on ESPN in true Tiger fashion!! That is all.
Great Comeback Win For the Tigers!!!
After coming off an incredible double overtime away game victory at Mississippi State on Wednesday night the Tigers had somewhat of a hangover during their SEC home showdown against the Rebels of Ole Piss. LSU played it close early in the first half then struggled most of the second half and showed some major testicular fortitude the last 3 minutes of the game. LSU (21-4, 9-1) won their 9th straight SEC game by a final score of 73-66 against a hard-fought Ole Piss team. The Tigers are now in the drivers seat of the SEC West and also control the entire SEC. Come Monday, if LSU is not in the top 25, I’ll personally step in the octagon with the “Ice Man.”
Ole Miss was lead in scoring by David Huertas with15 points and in my opinion is one of the better players in the SEC. Marcus Thorton led all Tigers in scoring with 22 points with a hurt knee. Tasmin Mitchell was one rebound short of a double double with 9 rebounds and 20 points. With the absence of Bo Spencer, Terry Martin, the main bench scorer, was forced into the starting the rotation. With that said, LSU’s bench was awful in offensive production. Alex Farrer scored 2 points, for the only 2 points off the bench. Farrer was 2 for 5 in free throws for his lone 2 points with LSU shooting a miserable 59.3% (16-27) from the stripe. Chris Johnson was my player of the game with his stellar defense. CJ had 6 KEY blocks and 12 points for the Tigers. LSU returns to action Wednesday at Arkansas, who is looking for a much needed SEC win.
LSU Recruiting: A Look Back at 2002
Its no secret that a good recruiting class can lead to success on the playing field. We got another great class this year, however, as we’ve found out here at LSU, some of the “big gets” arent always the ones who make the most impact down in Baton Rouge. Let’s rewind six seasons and take a look at the recruiting class of 2002 and see how everyone turned out. Some guys played, some didnt. Some were as good as advertised, and some never lived up to the hype.
Looking back at 2002, the class consisted of six two-star guys, nine three-star guys, ten four-star guys, and one five-star guy in Justin Vincent who actually didnt academically qualify and had to go play a season at Hargrave Academy in Virginia. Where the guys came from geographically was, as always heavy on the Louisiana boys, but did land several guys from across the country. There were 18 guys from Louisiana, four guys from Florida, one guy from Texas, one guy from Pennsylvania, one guy from California, and one guy from Canada.
Full Class According to Rivals.com:
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National Signing Day: What does it all mean??
WARNING: You need to get ready for it. That ridiculous co-worker of yours is going to tell you this morning about how awesome LSU is going to be next year because we had a good recruiting class. He’ll tell you how we signed all these massive recruits and regurgitate a bunch of stats to you that he memorized in the last 24 hours…half of which are completely wrong. This phenomina happens each and every year after signing day and lasts about a week. The fact is, 80% of these guys wont see the field at all in 2009, and 95% of them wont make any kind of impact. I’m happy as a pig in shit we nailed damn near all the guys that we went after, but let’s have these guys get through prom before we annoint them BCS champions!
Looking back at yesterday, Kenny Bell’s defection to Bama isnt that big of a deal and Auburn can have DeAngelo Benton because someone told me that he’s legally retarded (but dont tell him I told you cuz I’m pretty sure he’s bigger than me). Trent Richardson was just pulling everyone’s chain and the rest of the guys who went elsewhere today were longshots at best. However, I would like to add that Nick Saban is Satan…he clubs baby seals and I have a friend who had a friend who said they he knows that Nick is meanie head pecker face.
As for the good stuff, on paper…this class is a brick shithouse. I mean, studs at every position. Randle, Shepard, Davenport, Montgomery, Mingo, Downs, Loston…the list goes on and on. Randle and Shepard will probably find the field next year in the receiving corps and make a difference. Downs, Davenport, Loston, and Montgomery will probably start to work into the lineup starting next year. And Mingo….a friggin 6′ 5″ LB that runs a 4.6. Sweeeeeet.
As for Janzen Jackson, I guess we’ll see. Obviously we’d love to have him, but if he takes off too…it wont be the end of the world. Anyway, the full class is after the jump.
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LSU Tigers Take Care of Business on the Court at UGA
The LSU Tigers took their 17-4 record into Athens, GA tonight to take on the Georgia Bulldogs (9-12). LSU was looking to extend it’s 5-game SEC winning streak after the recent road win over Tennessee, who after losing to the Tigers, dominated the Florida Gators in their next game. LSU also was also coming off a hard fought home win over Arkansas last Saturday. LSU played another good game tonight, however, the scoring for the Tigers was a bit lopsided. Marcus Thornton dropped in 30 on 11-18 shooting, 3-5 from the arc, and 5-5 on freebies. Tasmin Mitchell added 27 on 12-16 shooting. The next highest scorer for the Tigers was Chris Johnson at 7.
The Tigers won the assists battle, 17-8 as well as the rebounding, 36-32. The Tigers shot 50% from the field overall and only had 10 turnovers. They played a Georgia team that is struggling this year and they did exactly what they were supposed to do tonight. Coach Johnson had this team focused once again on the road, winning the game 80-62. More after the jump.
LSU took over in the 2nd half after only leading by 4 at the break, 35-31. The Tigers were up as much as 23 with 7 minutes left. The starters eventually took their seats and LSU cruised to the win. Storm Warren made the last layup that gave the Tigers the magic number of 80 points.
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