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This Weekend in LSU Sports and a Holiday Update
Well, LSU’s campus will be pretty quiet this weekend. Not only is it still Spring Break, but the only game in town is Men’s Tennis who take on Ole Miss today and Miss. State on Sunday. Baseball is in Tuscaloosa, AL this weekend, Softball is in Fayetteville, AR, Track and Field is in Tempe, AZ, and Women’s Tennis is in Starkville.
You can catch Saturday’s and Sundays’ Baseball games on Cox Sports TV if you are in the area. If not, find them on the LSU Sports Network on your audio boxes or log into the Geaux Zone at lsusports.net.
We here at LSUtopia want to wish all of our readers and even the ones that haven’t found us yet, a safe and happy Easter or Passover weekend….which ever fits you the best. Spend time with the family, throw a football/baseball, watch the golf, lay around on the beach, eat well, etc. We don’t care what you do, but whatever it is, enjoy it. Soak up the Spring season as it only happens once a year….and don’t forget….
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Jam-Packed Weekend for LSU Sports Begins Today
It all starts this afternoon as the LSU Men’s Tennis team takes on Auburn at 2pm in “Dub” Robinson Stadium. The Tennis team hasn’t gotten much pub this year, but they are ranked #14 in the country as SEC gears up to start today. The team is led by Senior Michael Venus, who is ranked #9 in the country’s top singles players. Along with freshman, Neal Skupski from Liverpool, they are the #13 doubles team. Auburn comes equipped with the #11 doubles team and should prove for a tough match for the LSU duo. Senior James Clusky from Ireland has also been playing well. The Tigers will also host #20 Alabama on Sunday at 1pm. If you’re in town and not busy, head over there today or after the baseball game Sunday, which I’ll get to in a minute.
Later tonight, the LSU Baseball Tigers will begin a three-game series with the Big Ten’s Illinois at 7pm at Alex Box. LSU is red hot to start the season outscoring opponents 109-25 in nine games so far. Also, all of LSU’ starting position players are hitting over .300. The Tigers are undefeated and are the #1 team in all the land in 3 different polls this week (Baseball America, Collegiate Baseball, and USA Today/ESPN). The Tigers will play on Saturday at 2pm and again on Sunday at 11am…have a bloody mary and go experience the Tigers win again in the new “Box”. More after the jump……
The women’s basketball will be playing Miss. St. in the second round of the SEC tournament tonight at 9pm. The ladies are 17-9, 10-4 this season having won 8 of their last 10. Much like the men, the women are overachieving this year as well. If they win, they will play the winner of Georgia-Vanderbilt on Saturday at 8pm. If they win that, they will play for the championship to be held at 6:30 on Sunday. all games are being played at Little Rock, AR’s Alltel Arena.
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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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LaFell is coming back!
Brandon LaFell took advantage of the rule that states underclassmen have 72 hours after the early entry deadline to withdraw their NFL draft declaration. He had 929 yards on 63 receptions this year and lead the SEC with 8 recieving TDs. And so far he’s scored 18 TDs with 1,725 yards in his LSU career.
This is great news for next season. LaFell leaving would have left the Tigers reletively inexperienced and thin at WR. However, it would have also made it even more inviting for top WR recruit Rueben Randle to join the Tigers, who by the way, made a weekend visit to Alabama this weekend. We still don’t know where Bastrop High sensation Randle will end up, but one thing for sure is that LaFell coming back to LSU is great news. Thanks, #1! See you in September.
-Bury Me on the 50
Look Out! There’re Snakes in the Grass!
Damn, and my morning started off really well. Then I read things like this from DandyDon. Sounds a little fishy too, with daddy “interviewing” for a job at Tenn and all. Just think how hard it would be to be an 18 year old kid trying to make a decision on your future with all these adults around you pumping smoke up your ass and also having your father involved. And hey, I know all’s fair in football and war, but lay off our players or I’ll cut you.
“In other recruiting news, Nick Saban of Alabama and new head coach Lane Kiffin and defensive line coach Ed Orgeron of Tennessee are trying to convince LSU commitment Janzen Jackson to decommit from LSU and sign with Alabama or Tennessee. more after jump…
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LSU Dominates Last Cupcake Game
Ok, so they still have Utah left on Tuesday before SEC starts a week from Sunday, but I’m pretty much counting that as a tough game because it’s on the road at a good opponent. Utah is coming off a big win against a top 25 Gonzaga and this game will be a really good test before Alabama on the 11th. LSU dominated the second half out scoring Southeastern 51-30 on their way to a 90-61 victory. This was LSU’s 74th win in a row against a Louisiana school at the PMAC improving their current record to 12-1. Marcus Thornton led LSU with 33 points hitting 4 of 7 from three point land. Tazmin Mitchell scored 24 and sophomore sensation Bo Spencer had 17.
The biggest disappointment of the season so far, and who probably has the most talent of any Tiger on the team, Chris Johnson only had 2 points. He was 0-4 from the floor and 2-4 from the stripe. In my opinion he is gonna be the key to the season. If he can get it going, which I think he will, the Tigers will do some definite damage in the SEC this year. The tigers need to pick it up from the free throw line if their gonna be competitive in the conference. Tonight they were 21 for 34 for a miserable 62%. To win SEC games they need to drastically improve!! The bench also needs to pick it up. Freshmen Storm Warren, Bass, and Grahm have had 13 games to get their feet wet and need to really pick it up. Quinton Thorton seems to be the only reliable Tiger off the bench. Tonight he scored 6 points but LED the Tigers in rebounds with 8 and is very physical down underneath. Overall, good effort tonight by the Tigers and really think this team is close to clicking, if not, then baseball season is right around the corner!!
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Great Read
Article Written by Wright Thompson of ESPN the Magazine.
In another life, I was the LSU beat writer for the New Orleans Times Picayune. Sports writers will tell you that covering a beat is the biggest grind in the business, an endless cycle of being stonewalled by coaches and making 32 phone calls just to find out if some 18-year-old sprained his ankle. But there was a moment that made it all worth it: walking into Tiger Stadium. It was electric. When Death Valley is rocking, it seems as if it might actually take flight.
On Saturday, I went back to Baton Rouge to see Alabama barely beat LSU, and was, once again, reminded that Tiger Stadium is the best place in the world to watch a sporting event. Since we love lists, here are 10 reasons why:
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