Monthly Archives: October 2011

By Rob Landry Sports Columnist The fact leaked this week that the actual turnstile attendance for the Tulane-Texas El Paso game on Oct 15 was 973 people. No, you don’t need to go get your eyes checked, 973 people walked … Continue reading →

By Rob Landry Sports Columnist In this week’s Sports Illustrated you will find an article on arguably the most talented quarterback to ever play in Tiger Stadium. No, I’m not talking about Ben Roethlisberger’s game in Baton Rouge as quarterback … Continue reading →

After weeks of schedule-circling, student-section chanting and trash-talking tweets, we finally have a hype video. The production is textbook — a deep-voiced narrator spewing dramatic prose over a collage of the biggest plays and hardest hits of both teams’ seasons. … Continue reading →

Chris Branch Associate Managing Editor Well, it appears there is some clarity as to whether No. 1 LSU’s trio of suspended players will be available for the Tigers’ upcoming armageddon match against No. 2 Alabama. Junior wideout Russell Shepard tweeted … Continue reading →

Rob Landry Sports Columnist I didn’t realize it was that time of the year already. It seemed a little early. But sure enough Oklahoma pulled its annual choke job Saturday night against Texas Tech. As LSU and Alabama steamrolled the … Continue reading →

By Rob Landry Sports Columnist All students and Tiger Athletic Foundation members received an email Tuesday from LSU athletic director Joe Alleva mapping out why LSU will have no home conference night games for the first time since 1935. Alleva … Continue reading →

By Alex Cassara Sports Contributor Fall break means you got to go home and visit (get nagged by) the parents for a weekend, but due thanks to journalistic obligations in Baton Rouge, I got to stay put. It wasn’t a … Continue reading →

By Chris Branch Associate Managing Editor Former LSU star and current Orlando Magic forward Brandon Bass has found a hobby while David Stern keeps the NBA doors chained. Bass, who played at LSU from 2003-05, resorts to spitting bars during … Continue reading →

by Rob Landry, Sports Columnist Last September, LSU defeated Tennessee in the most bizarre ending to a football game I’ve ever witnessed. The Tigers were bearing down on the Volunteer goal line as time was ticking down. They had no … Continue reading →

Rob Landry, Sports Columnist The first round of the baseball playoffs don’t usually lend itself to many great series. There tend to be a lot of sweeps or four game sets. But this season is different. Three of 2011’s four divisions … Continue reading →