After a lackluster effort against a Towson team from Maryland that nobody had ever heard of, things aren't looking very encouraging for the the LSU Tigers football team. Towson was a teat hat Coach Les Miles' Tigers were supposed to easily handle. Towson more than held their own against LSU and the game left many tiger fans thinking g that things could soon get gloomy for the Tigers, especially since they enter SEC play now for the rest of the season. That's right, there are no more weak teams that are scheduled for so called easy wins. the Tigers take a road trip to Gainsville, Florida to play the Florida Gators this coming Saturday. It promises to be a tough contest against a Gators team that is very much improved under their fiery Coach Will Muschamp.
The Tigers passing game is still struggling to get unleashed as the less than impressed announcers on ESPNU kept pointing out that LSU's passing attack ranks out of the top 100 for big time football schools. It's disappointing considering that LSU finally had gotten rid of Jordan Jefferson and figured to be better with the big Zack Mettenberger nowadays the helm. Now there were a couple of bright things like a big downfield TD pass to Odell Beckham who has clearly become the number one WR target for Mettenberger. The jury however, is still definitely out on whether Mettneberger is the answer to help the Tigers break through and win a national championship that just barely eluded the last year. We'll see what happens at Florida to see what these guys are made of and whether they are worthy of their top five ranking.
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Friday, April 29, 2011
Patrick Peterson taken 5th in the NFL Draft by Arizona Cardinals
How will Patrick Peterson look wearing red? We will soon find out as he was taken by the Arizona Cardinals with the 5th pick in the first round of the NFL Draft last night. According to ESPN analysts, the Cardinals did not necessarily have a glaring need in their defensive backfield but to the old "best athlete available" approach in drafting Peterson at number five as he was too good to pass up. ESPN's Gruden's only knock on Peterson was that he did not seeing him using his hands enough to get physical with receivers and bump them at the line of scrimmage. Peterson's athletic skills are off the charts and he graded very high at all the scouting combines. There is no reason to believe that Patrick Peterson will not have a stellar NFL career and may certainly be called on to be a return man some, at least early in his career. It will be inserting to see how things go for Peterson as he looks to establish himself as one of the NFL's best defensive players. Good luck Patrick! I know LSU fans will want to see you do well for yourself.
Saturday, April 23, 2011
Monday, April 11, 2011
Spring Game Recap and a look at the LSU quarterbacks
After watching bits and pieces of the LSU spring game on ESPN I was somewhat bored about the whole thing to be honest. I watched what appeared to me to be more of the same thing we've always seen from Jordan Jefferson. He was about average on his passing skills and an above average runner. It seems like unless Jefferson starts to screw up really badly, then he is the quarterback for this year. Jefferson will be called on to make the occasional throws he needs to and will complete enough of them to manage the game effectively.
Jarret Lee seems to be more of the same to. He was not that impressive and threw and interception as I recall. There's really no reason at this point to think that Lee will split time in a regular basis with Jefferson at quarterback during the season.
Of course, everyone wanted to see the new guy Mettenberger and what he could do. He's stands as a tall impressive figure in the pocket and opened the second half with a nice touchdown pass down field. After watching his performance it looked as that he is at least close to becoming the number two guy behind Jefferson. It appears though that Miles is loyal to his two seniors and for Mettenberger to get serious playing time in key situations appears unlikely at this point. Now, all this could change but based on Coach Miles past history it doesn't seem likely.
Jarret Lee seems to be more of the same to. He was not that impressive and threw and interception as I recall. There's really no reason at this point to think that Lee will split time in a regular basis with Jefferson at quarterback during the season.
Of course, everyone wanted to see the new guy Mettenberger and what he could do. He's stands as a tall impressive figure in the pocket and opened the second half with a nice touchdown pass down field. After watching his performance it looked as that he is at least close to becoming the number two guy behind Jefferson. It appears though that Miles is loyal to his two seniors and for Mettenberger to get serious playing time in key situations appears unlikely at this point. Now, all this could change but based on Coach Miles past history it doesn't seem likely.
Saturday, April 9, 2011
Monday, April 4, 2011
Breakdown on Recent Scrimmage
BATON ROUGE -- LSU quarterbacks Jordan Jefferson and Jarrett Lee combined to toss five touchdown passes and the Tiger defense put up an impressive goal-line stand to highlight LSU's third scrimmage of the spring on Saturday in Tiger Stadium.
The 120-play workout saw the first and second teams split repetitions evenly, and it was the LSU defense who shined early before the offense got going through the air. The Tigers also got extensive work in on kickoffs, punting and field goals.
"All in all, we got a lot accomplished," said LSU head coach Les Miles. "The defense started very sharp, and we had a difficult time moving the ball early. The offense made some mistakes on short yardage and motion penalties that allowed the defense to throttle them early. The offense gathered their momentum and fought back to play really well throughout the rest of the scrimmage."
Jordan Jefferson continued his exceptional spring with four touchdown passes and Jarrett Lee added another. Rueben Randle hauled in three touchdown catches, including two acrobatic grabs over defenders in the corner of the endzone. Deangelo Peterson caught two touchdown passes from Jefferson. All of the scores came on situations that saw the Tigers working inside the 35-yard line.
"He (Jefferson) continues to get better," said Miles. "The offense is becoming much more describable and he is making much better decisions. He has clearly improved. He can describe what he sees, how he sees the play and his description. (Offensive coordinator) Steve (Kragthorpe) has done a great job."
Jakhari Gore added a touchdown on the ground when he raced 30 yards for a score. Gore, Spencer Ware and Michael Ford each made tough runs in redzone situations.
Defensively, LSU forced two takeaways and mounted a goal-line stand when Michael Brockers joined a host of Tigers on a fourth-and-one situation.
"I thought they (defensive line) played pretty well," said Miles. "I enjoyed seeing Anthony Johnson in there a lot. I felt the line had a nice fourth down and less than a foot stop on the goal line that was a big play. Michael Brockers made some significant contributions on that play."
LSU will practice on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday before concluding spring workouts with the National L Club Spring Game next Saturday, April 9 at 3 p.m. CT in Tiger Stadium. Admission to the game is free. There will be a chance for fans to win prizes and get autographs from over 25 former LSU football All-Americans.
For more information, visit www.LSUsports.net/springgame.
The 120-play workout saw the first and second teams split repetitions evenly, and it was the LSU defense who shined early before the offense got going through the air. The Tigers also got extensive work in on kickoffs, punting and field goals.
"All in all, we got a lot accomplished," said LSU head coach Les Miles. "The defense started very sharp, and we had a difficult time moving the ball early. The offense made some mistakes on short yardage and motion penalties that allowed the defense to throttle them early. The offense gathered their momentum and fought back to play really well throughout the rest of the scrimmage."
Jordan Jefferson continued his exceptional spring with four touchdown passes and Jarrett Lee added another. Rueben Randle hauled in three touchdown catches, including two acrobatic grabs over defenders in the corner of the endzone. Deangelo Peterson caught two touchdown passes from Jefferson. All of the scores came on situations that saw the Tigers working inside the 35-yard line.
"He (Jefferson) continues to get better," said Miles. "The offense is becoming much more describable and he is making much better decisions. He has clearly improved. He can describe what he sees, how he sees the play and his description. (Offensive coordinator) Steve (Kragthorpe) has done a great job."
Jakhari Gore added a touchdown on the ground when he raced 30 yards for a score. Gore, Spencer Ware and Michael Ford each made tough runs in redzone situations.
Defensively, LSU forced two takeaways and mounted a goal-line stand when Michael Brockers joined a host of Tigers on a fourth-and-one situation.
"I thought they (defensive line) played pretty well," said Miles. "I enjoyed seeing Anthony Johnson in there a lot. I felt the line had a nice fourth down and less than a foot stop on the goal line that was a big play. Michael Brockers made some significant contributions on that play."
LSU will practice on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday before concluding spring workouts with the National L Club Spring Game next Saturday, April 9 at 3 p.m. CT in Tiger Stadium. Admission to the game is free. There will be a chance for fans to win prizes and get autographs from over 25 former LSU football All-Americans.
For more information, visit www.LSUsports.net/springgame.
Friday, June 25, 2010
Tuesday, June 22, 2010
TIgers take on North Carolina in Atlanta
I got my e-mail from LSU that I was approved for my ticket request to see the Tigers take on the Tar Heels to start the upcoming football season. I am looking forward to this and I am planning on making this a good trip with some old buddies from high school and their wives. My pal Mike is a UNC graduate and he is probably going to get some of his UNC pals to come to the game too. It promises to be a good trip and even better after the Tigers take care of business on the field.
Thursday, June 3, 2010
Coaches like it, but fear calendar changes
* By SCOTT HOTARD
* Advocate sportswriter
* Published: Jun 3, 2010
DESTIN, Fla. — Southeastern Conference football coaches such as LSU’s Les Miles would like to see an early signing period in place.
But they fear changes to college football’s recruiting calendar.
And that’s the snag.
When they discussed a mid-December signing date Wednesday at the SEC spring meetings, Miles and other league coaches decided they weren’t ready to push for the change if it meant taking focus from their teams.
“We can’t have a situation where you’re hurting the team you’re coaching on your campus,” Miles said. “We’re for an early signing period, but it’s not an easy thing to hash out. We felt like the signing date in mid-December would change the (recruiting) calendar and disadvantage quality of life, as well as the teams that you have on your campus and the ability to deal with that effectively.”
Basketball, baseball and other sports have fall signing dates. Football programs can’t sign a recruit until early February.
An early signing period in football would save schools time and money spent courting players who have already committed.
But if adopted, it would likely move contact dates into the spring or summer while increasing the number of official visits by prospects during the season.
“I wouldn’t mind if it’s done right, but I don’t think it’s going to happen,” Ole Miss coach Houston Nutt said. “We’ve knocked around a December date. It’s still really just a lot of talk about different things that need to be worked out.”
No tournament shuffle
One of the hot items on the week’s agenda never even made it upstairs.
During their meeting Wednesday morning, the league’s 12 basketball coaches voted against proposing any changes to the SEC tournament’s seeding system, squashing the idea before their afternoon meeting with athletic directors.
“There was a lot of discussion about it, but in the end, we decided it doesn’t need to be changed right now,” Mississippi State coach Rick Stansbury said of a new seeding structure. “There was no reason to change. Nothing’s broke. If you’re going to seed 1-12, you can’t really do it unless everybody plays each other the same number of times. That doesn’t happen.”
At the SEC tournament, teams are seeded based on where they finished in their division.
Buzz about seeding teams 1-12 came on the heels of a 2010 season in which the East Division dominated its West rivals. Tennessee and Florida had to play on the first day of the tournament despite having stronger résumés than State and Ole Miss, which received first-round byes as the West’s top seeds.
Scheduling dilemma
A quirk in the SEC football schedule has Alabama playing six of its eight league games against opponents that will have a bye the preceding week. Athletic Director Mal Moore is looking for the kind of help that would make the Crimson Tide’s SEC slate more manageable.
“It’s still being discussed,” Moore said. “Hopefully, a decision will come soon. There’s no question, we’re still hopeful something will happen. The commissioner is working on a couple of possibilities.”
LSU is among the teams that, if Alabama’s schedule holds, will have two weeks to prepare for the defending BCS champions.
LSU travels to Auburn on Oct. 23. Alabama comes to Tiger Stadium on Nov. 6 before facing the University of Louisiana at Monroe the following week.
SEC Executive Associate Commissioner Mark Womack said the league will continue looking at the issue if it can’t find a resolution this week.
“It’s a long process,” Womack said. “The sooner the better, but we don’t necessarily want a drop-dead date. We want to make sure we’re doing all the things we can to find solutions for that issue.”
McWhorter winners
Tennessee track and field athlete Phoebe Wright and Auburn swimmer Jordan Anderson, the 2009-10 H. Boyd McWhorter Scholar-Athlete of the Year winners, will be honored at an awards banquet today.
The annual award recognizes one male and one female from the conference whose work in athletics and in the classroom stands out.
Wright is a three-time NCAA distance medley champion who carries a 3.96 grade-point average.
Anderson was named an All-American as part of Auburn’s 400 medley relay squad and has a 3.92 grade-point average.
Volleyball player Lauren DeGirolamo and football player Lyle Hitt were LSU’s nominees.
* Advocate sportswriter
* Published: Jun 3, 2010
DESTIN, Fla. — Southeastern Conference football coaches such as LSU’s Les Miles would like to see an early signing period in place.
But they fear changes to college football’s recruiting calendar.
And that’s the snag.
When they discussed a mid-December signing date Wednesday at the SEC spring meetings, Miles and other league coaches decided they weren’t ready to push for the change if it meant taking focus from their teams.
“We can’t have a situation where you’re hurting the team you’re coaching on your campus,” Miles said. “We’re for an early signing period, but it’s not an easy thing to hash out. We felt like the signing date in mid-December would change the (recruiting) calendar and disadvantage quality of life, as well as the teams that you have on your campus and the ability to deal with that effectively.”
Basketball, baseball and other sports have fall signing dates. Football programs can’t sign a recruit until early February.
An early signing period in football would save schools time and money spent courting players who have already committed.
But if adopted, it would likely move contact dates into the spring or summer while increasing the number of official visits by prospects during the season.
“I wouldn’t mind if it’s done right, but I don’t think it’s going to happen,” Ole Miss coach Houston Nutt said. “We’ve knocked around a December date. It’s still really just a lot of talk about different things that need to be worked out.”
No tournament shuffle
One of the hot items on the week’s agenda never even made it upstairs.
During their meeting Wednesday morning, the league’s 12 basketball coaches voted against proposing any changes to the SEC tournament’s seeding system, squashing the idea before their afternoon meeting with athletic directors.
“There was a lot of discussion about it, but in the end, we decided it doesn’t need to be changed right now,” Mississippi State coach Rick Stansbury said of a new seeding structure. “There was no reason to change. Nothing’s broke. If you’re going to seed 1-12, you can’t really do it unless everybody plays each other the same number of times. That doesn’t happen.”
At the SEC tournament, teams are seeded based on where they finished in their division.
Buzz about seeding teams 1-12 came on the heels of a 2010 season in which the East Division dominated its West rivals. Tennessee and Florida had to play on the first day of the tournament despite having stronger résumés than State and Ole Miss, which received first-round byes as the West’s top seeds.
Scheduling dilemma
A quirk in the SEC football schedule has Alabama playing six of its eight league games against opponents that will have a bye the preceding week. Athletic Director Mal Moore is looking for the kind of help that would make the Crimson Tide’s SEC slate more manageable.
“It’s still being discussed,” Moore said. “Hopefully, a decision will come soon. There’s no question, we’re still hopeful something will happen. The commissioner is working on a couple of possibilities.”
LSU is among the teams that, if Alabama’s schedule holds, will have two weeks to prepare for the defending BCS champions.
LSU travels to Auburn on Oct. 23. Alabama comes to Tiger Stadium on Nov. 6 before facing the University of Louisiana at Monroe the following week.
SEC Executive Associate Commissioner Mark Womack said the league will continue looking at the issue if it can’t find a resolution this week.
“It’s a long process,” Womack said. “The sooner the better, but we don’t necessarily want a drop-dead date. We want to make sure we’re doing all the things we can to find solutions for that issue.”
McWhorter winners
Tennessee track and field athlete Phoebe Wright and Auburn swimmer Jordan Anderson, the 2009-10 H. Boyd McWhorter Scholar-Athlete of the Year winners, will be honored at an awards banquet today.
The annual award recognizes one male and one female from the conference whose work in athletics and in the classroom stands out.
Wright is a three-time NCAA distance medley champion who carries a 3.96 grade-point average.
Anderson was named an All-American as part of Auburn’s 400 medley relay squad and has a 3.92 grade-point average.
Volleyball player Lauren DeGirolamo and football player Lyle Hitt were LSU’s nominees.
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