Monthly Archives: March 2009
There Will Never Be Another Pistol Pete……Never
With the NCAA Final Four still on the brain after the teams playing were decided this past weekend, I found myself thinking about the players that stood out this year…. Blake Griffin, Tyler Hansbrough, our own Marcus Thornton, and others. However dominant these players were this year, their performances do not even come close to the achievements of Pete Maravich back in the late 60s. And saying it doesn’t come close, makes me feel kind of stupid because it doesn’t even come close to being able to be compared….if that even makes sense.
Just take a gander at Pete’s collegiate stats while at LSU, you will notice that not only did he average a mind-boggling 44.2 points, he did it without the 3-point line!…..but let’s dig a little deeper….. He never scored less than 17. He also only scored less than 30…. four times!!! He scored over 40 points an unbelievable sixty-nine times!!! He played in 101 games (including 18 games on the freshman team) and scored 40 or more points, 68% of the time he stepped foot on the floor. Freshmen were not allowed by the NCAA to play varsity back at that time. He only played 83 games (3 seasons) at the varsity level. And don’t forget, he didn’t have a 3-point line! More after the jump…..
I mean, take a step back and think about that! He also averaged over 6 rebounds and 5 rebounds a game as a varsity player. He was also not afraid to contest shots coming up with a block every now and then, or driving the lane, taking a tough shot and risking getting banged up. He was a true all-around basketball player. He could do it all.
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LSU 19/1 to Win 2010 BCS Championship
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If you havent figured as much out already, I like to gamble. I’ve given up on most of the pit games except for our giant LSUtopia trips to Las Vegas and then all hell breaks loose. I all too easily fall back into old habits, but I wouldnt have it any other way. So naturally, I keep abreast of all the latest lines and try to find any possible edge there might be. Looking over at the 2010 BCS futures at BetUS.com, I found some pretty cool information regarding who might win it all next year.
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LSU Athletics Facilities vs. Mother Nature
Early Thursday morning LSU’s campus was subjected to the severe weather that rolled through the area. High winds and heavy rain slammed Baton Rouge as most slept……I watched from the front porch. There was constant lightning and loud thunder, so I knew the bulk of the storm was close, but didn’t consider the fact that damage might be widespread.
As students walked to class Thursday, limbs were down, some trees uprooted and insulation was strewn about near the Energy Coast and Environment Building. Wait, wait…….insulation strewn about?!? As I was looking for a parking spot Thursday morning after zig zagging my way to campus avoiding tree-blocked streets, I noticed the stuff on the ground and wondered where it came from. More after the jump……
Turns out that powerful wind gusts ripped part of the indoor practice facility’s roof off and blew the insulation all the way across Nicholson, down Nicholson Dr. Extension and throughout the adjacent parking lots.
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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.
Football Recruiting Update
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Recruiting for 2010 seems to be rolling right along. Since our last update, LSU has added two more players to their commitment list for 2010. Only a couple of days after picking up those four guys, LSU added D.J. Welter, a linebacker from Crowley. He’s not currently listed in the Rivals 250, but the list is ever changing and he’s got an entire season to prove what he’s made of. Then on March 19, LSU got the nod from Eric Reid, a Rivals 100 safety from Geismar. Reid is one of only three Louisiana players listed in the top 100, so its good to see Les and company keeping the top players in the state.* Scanning the rest of the top 100, LSU is at least in the running for half of the players listed, so if we can just get a 10% close rate, we’ll be doing just fine. Might not be a top 5 class, but top 15 for sure.
*as we all know, verbal commitments dont mean anything. even if a guy has been a verbal for over a year, he can still back out….after national signing day is over… and sign with the new scumbag coach at tennessee. ya, im talking to you jackson.
Priority Point Reminder
Just a quick reminder from your friends here at LSUtopia that the LSU Priority Point deadline is March 31st. So be sure to hand over your donate your cash in hopes to get bumped up the list. If you don’t know what a priority point is, here’s a wonderful explanation of what it actually is to us regular folk, written by the most handsome, smart and funny man I know – me. If you didn’t like that, here’s the actual TAF breakdown and here’s the Tradition Fund fees with the seating chart. Good luck to everyone clawing their way up the seemly never ending Priority Point ladder.
ESPN Tourney Challenge Update
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Going in to the Sweet Sixteen we have one person sitting atop the leader board in the LSUtopia ESPN Tournament Challenge. So how does it feel to have sold your soul to the Devil, POPATOPJAM? My usual supernatural witchcraft has not worked this year at all and sacrificing chickens (no, it’s not a video of chicken genocide, you weirdo) to the Bracket gods is a dirty business; moving on to goats next year. After Wake Forest butt humped pretty much everyone’s Sweet Sixteen match ups, we are all still looking pretty good with our Elite Eight picks. This hasn’t been too tricky of a year and some people, i.e. yours truly, tried to over think some of the pairings and it bit them in the tush. But we do have a tight race for the top spot between: POPATOPJAM(560), amycomeaux 1(550), lsuetg 1(540) and CMLT for 3(540) and it could still go to any one of them. So congrats, so far, to the front runners. Whoever does finally pull out the win will get a signed copy of my losing bracket with a personal message. Something along the lines of: “you cheating bastard, there’s a special place for you in hell for beating me! All the best, Undefeated” or something really sweet like that.
ESPN Spotlights Chad Jones
With the LSU Men’s basketball team ending their season on Saturday, fans are now turing their focus to the women’s team, who will play Louisville for a spot in the Sweet 16, Tuesday night at 8:30. We are also enjoying LSU baseball and Spring Football.
Recently, ESPN blogger Chris Low posted and piece on our own Chad Jones. Currently, he is taking a break from baseball and working out with the football team. It is said that he will make the transition back to the diamond after the football spring game on April 18. More after the jump……
“We’ve got talent. We had talent last year,” Jones said. “There’s no way a team should put up points on us like they did last year. With this new defensive scheme, we’re going to be rocking this year. It’s going to be LSU defense the way it’s supposed to be — turnovers, three-and-outs and getting the ball back to our offense as quick as possible.”
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