LSU Picked to be 2nd in the West by Media

LSU was picked to finish 2nd in West behind Auburn. Flordia was picked to win the SEC and East followed by Georgia. The Advocate's Scott Rabalais wrote a great article on the reason why LSU wasn't picked. Read it Here.

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Les getting some heat about Alabama Joke

Coach Miles seems to be getting some serious heat about a joke he said in New Orleans a few weeks ago. The joke was in reference to Alabama's lost to Louisiana-Monroe last year. His exact words were, "not to make too much of that (Alabama) game, as it seems like a lot of teams in Louisiana beat that team."I think it was hilarious. For your entertainment Alabama plays Tulane in Week 2.

BTW: Glenn Dorsey got 22 million in a contract he signed with the Chiefs.

SEC Media Day Notes From Rivals

This past week has been SEC Media Days in Hoover, Alabama. LSU has their press time yesterday. Rivals has some notes from that event. From Miles's comments on Alabama to the much over talked about quaterback situation even Tyson Jackson being mistaken for Ricky-Jean Francois.

http://collegefootball.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=829826

QB Situation Highlighted ... again

No explanation needed.

http://msn.foxsports.com/cfb/story/8374534/High-profile-programs-will-trot-out-new-QBs

Star Studded 16th

LSU received word of its 16th commitment on Tuesday and it is a big one literally . DT Chris Davenport gave word to coaches that he wants to sign a letter of intent in February. The Masfield, LA native is a whopping 6 foot, 4 1/2 inches and 315 pounds and rated a 5 star recruit and #18 overall by Rivals.com. He said that coaches availability was the winning factor for him to come to LSU.

http://www.2theadvocate.com/sports/lsu/25789264.html

Rivals.com Preseason Preview

Rivals.com shows their preseason rankings by giving a preview a day. LSU was revealed as #10. Their preview has coverage and grading of the offense, defense, special teams, and coaching.

http://collegefootball.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=828059

LSU has 3 players to watch for

Chad Jones, Al Woods, and Richard Murphy have all been put on the SEC Blog from ESPN as "Players to Watch."

Chad Jones is a sophomore free saftey who made clutch plays in the Alabama and Kentucky game. He also served as the punt returner in most games.

Al Woods is a junior that plays Defenisive Tackle. He played in 10 of last years games.

Richard Murphy was redshirted two years ago making last year he first eligible season, but with a loaded back field he didn't get much playing time. He did however make contributions on special teams making some tackles. He made a major impression on the college football world in the spring game.

http://myespn.go.com/blogs/sec/0-1-40/Some-major-props-for-Gators--Wright.html

Commitment #15

Offensive Lineman from Alabama verbal commited to LSU on Friday. Josh Williford commited after touring the Vet School on Campus. He is 6 Foot, 7 Inches tall, 335 Pounds.

http://blog.nola.com/prepsports/2008/07/lsu_football_gets_commitment_n.html

14 Players Team to Preseason All-SEC Teams

LSU has 4 players on First Team: Tyson Jackson, Darry Beckwith, Colt David, and Herman Johnson. 5 players placed on Second Team: Richard Dixion, Bret Helms, Ciron Black, Demetrius Byrd, and Ricky Jean-Francois. 5 more players on Third Team: Trindon Holliday, Chad Jones, Kirston Pittman, Brandon LaFell, and Keiland Williams.

Full list: http://www.lsusports.net/ViewArticle.dbml?&ATCLID=1515477&DB_OEM_ID=5200

LSU and Tulane switch up the schedule

The LSU vs. Tulane game will @ Tiger Stadium for the next 2 years. This year's game as well as the 2009 game will be in Baton Rouge. This will also make the 2010 and 2011 game in New Orleans in the Superdome.

http://www.2theadvocate.com/sports/25641934.html

Jarvis Jones Removed from Team

2nd String offensive linemen Jarvis Jones was dismissed from the team on Thursday. The reason for the dismissal was violation of team rules.
http://msn.foxsports.com/cfb/story/8354274/LSU-dismisses-lineman-Jones

Also the Football Team made a softball tourament. They divided into 8 teams and played for team building. At the end they had a home run derby. Senior Safety Curtis Taylor was the winner.
http://www.lsusports.net/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=27815&SPID=2164&ATCLID=1514207&DB_OEM_ID=5200

My post was late today because I was @ LSU all day for the Lady Tiger Football Clinic. I can now say that I have tumbled on the field of Death Valley.

While I was Gone...

Sorry that I was out so long. I have been really busy this past week, but I have a lot of stuff for you.

On the ESPN SEC Blog, LSU had 2 defensive players in the top ten list. Ricky Jean-Francois was ranked #1 on the defensive list with LB Darry Beckwith at #8. On the top 10 underrated list, Demetrius Byrd was listed at #1, OT Ciron Black #5, and C Bret Helms #9.
http://myespn.go.com/blogs/sec

Tiger Stadium was ranked #1 on the list of Hardest Stadium to Play In by ESPN Video Games.
http://sports.espn.go.com/videogames/index

Former Tiger Early Doucet signed a 3 year deal with the Cardinals. The WR was their third round pick.
http://www.2theadvocate.com/sports/25499884.html

Finally, LSU picked up its 14th recruit for the 2009 class. Stavion Lowe an offensive lineman from Brownwood, Texas is the latest commit. He makes the 9th recruit of 14 that is from out of state.
http://blog.nola.com/prepsports/2008/07/lsu_picks_up_14th_football_com.html

ESPN's complete LSU Preview

ESPN posted a complete preview of the 2008 Tigers. It breaks down every position and coaches. It is very long, but I read the whole thing. It is a very nice preview that catches you up on all your players. BTW: It was posted in June, but I didn't find it until now.

http://insider.espn.go.com/ncf/insider/news/story?id=3467569&action=login&appRedirect=http%3a%2f%2finsider.espn.go.com%2fncf%2finsider%2fnews%2fstory%3fid%3d3467569

LSU picked to win the West

Espn's Chris Low had some LSU material on his blog today. He picked LSU to win the SEC West with Auburn in second. He also thinks that the Tigers will beat Auburn in Jordan-Hare Stadium for the first time since 1998. He touched the QB situation as well saying that it will most likely be Jarrett Lee (who is my favorite for the job) starting on Aug. 30.

http://myespn.go.com/blogs/sec

On the other hand Nola.com has a writer who picked Alabama to win the West with LSU in third. There is a link where you can email him some rants so put one in for me.

http://blog.nola.com/sportswrapup/2008/07/college_football_poll_who_will.html

5 Tigers are being "Watched"

DE Tyson Jackson, LB Darry Beckwith, and DT Ricky Jean-Francois were named the Bednarik Award Watch list. WR Demetrius Byrd and RB Keiland Williams are on the Maxwell Watch List. DT Glenn Dorsey was a finalist for the Bednarik Award last year.

http://www.lsusports.net/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=27815&SPID=2164&ATCLID=1504814&DB_OEM_ID=5200

For your entertainment: Georgia had its 7th player arrested and then suspended.

I am going to the River for the 4th and I won't be back until Sunday so I hope everyone has a good weekend.

2009 Recruiting Class Rankings

LSU is ranked #5 for the 2009 recruiting class according to Rivals.com. Of course it is early for recruiting, but hey! I don't mind the earliness. The highlight of the recruiting class is the verbal commit from Houston, Russell Shepard. He is a QB who can run the ball as well as a running back and can throw the ball well too.

For the whole article click the link below.
http://lsu.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=823591

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LSU vs. Auburn Named a Defining Game

Si.com's Stewart Mandel created his top ten defining games of 2008 and LSU @ Auburn was #6. Of course there is a bunch of SEC games on there, but Number 1 will be a big one!
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/writers/stewart_mandel/06/30/ten.defining.games/index.html?eref=T1


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