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If the price tag for a potential star quarterback has crossed the $10-million mark, then maybe it’s just as well LSU folded its cards in the bidding war for Bryce Underwood. Oh, for the good old times, huh? Back in the day you could get a very serviceable quarterback for a new Corvette, maybe a […]

So here it is, the post-Thanksgiving football feast, and all across the thankful landscape you find equal parts electricity and anxiety in the fall air. Yes, it’s time to strap on some good old-fashioned hatred, embrace bitterness and let pettiness run wild. It is, of course, “Rivalry Week,” when fear and loathing runs amuck and […]

BATON ROUGE — Say what you will about Brian Kelly. He said some curious things himself Saturday. Perhaps he was getting a little too excited about beating an Oklahoma team that, although a big-name brand, won only two Southeastern Conference games in its first season in the league. Email newsletter signup Sign up for […]

LSU will announce its 2025 recruiting class Wednesday, with head coach Brian Kelly excited that 17 or so of them will enroll early and be available for spring practice. Go ahead, decipher the list, study it once all the flipping and committing, the decommitting and ballcap-switching, is done. It’s a long-standing, if silly and useless, […]

LSU won’t have to travel far for its bowl game and the Tigers will find a familiar face when they get to Houston. LSU was placed in the Kinder’s Texas Bowl for the New Year’s Eve game at NRG Stadium against Baylor. It will kick off at 2:30 p.m. on ESPN. Email newsletter signup […]

Not to go all I told you so here but … And this comes just when I was getting surprisingly comfortable with 12 teams in the College Football Playoff. Remember, for years I hollered at all of them to get off my lawn about this football crisis. Email newsletter signup Sign up for our daily […]

Give Brian Kelly credit. True, if you see him coming these days it’s almost like seeing that distant cousin, the newly minted life insurance salesman, coming around the corner. Avoid eye contact. Sneak into a side store. Email newsletter signup Sign up for our daily email newsletter He’s hawking something to get into your wallet, […]

LSU’s last trip to the Texas Bowl is looking better and better. The Tigers lost 42-20 to Kansas State that night of Jan. 4, 2022. But at least they played the game. Email newsletter signup Sign up for our daily email newsletter In reality, it wasn’t really even 42-20 close. But at least the Tigers […]

LSU coach Brian Kelly is making good on his pledge to be more aggressive in the transfer portal to fill out next season’s roster. The Tigers have recently added three more newcomers out of the portal, giving them nine total. The list includes, three wide receivers, two defensive ends, two cornerbacks, a tight end and […]

OK, College Football Playoff, the CFP, whatever you want to be called, but you’re on the clock, starting Friday night. All 12 of you, an even dozen. Bigger is supposed to be better, you’ve told us this for years. Yeah, I know, you haven’t even played a game yet in this new format, and already […]