For the LSU fans who adore punter Brad Wing and his unconventional yet exceptional punting ability, he may never dawn a Tiger uniform again. For the second time this season, the Aussie will not be on the team roster after a failed drug test. This means Wing will not be traveling to the Chick-Fil-A Bowl when LSU faces the Clemson Tigers come December 31st. Freshman Jaime Keehn, an Australian native, will assume kicking duties. Wing has been in head...
In the wake of LSU’s soccer sensation Mo Isom failing to make the cut to kick for the Tigers, Virginia Tech’s Lauren Luttrell also fell short in her quest. Yesterday, the Hokies held kicking tryouts in which Luttrell was one of 10 kickers trying to make the team. The former high school star athlete, made seven of eight field goal attempts and advanced to the second round beating out three male counterparts. Unfortunately, at the end of the day,...
LSU women’s soccer sensation Mo Isom made headlines when news broke she was trying out for the Tigers football team as a kickoff specialist. Unfortunately, her dream of becoming a D1 football player has come to an end. On Tuesday, coach Les Miles announced that Isom did not make the cut stating, “we kind of felt like there’s four guys on the team right now that would be ahead of anybody that tried out the other day.” Miles did...
NCAA president Mark Emmert spoke at a Tallahassee civic organization luncheon yesterday reiterating his support for a two-round, four-team BCS championship playoff system. After Alabama blanketed LSU 21-0 in the BCS championship game, it only added more fuel to the playoff fire. Under Emmert’s final four scenario, LSU would have matched up against Stanford and Alabama would have played Oklahoma State. The winners would have advanced to the BCS championship game. Emmert did say he would not support a...
Boston College linebacker Luke Kuechly had an unprecedented 2011 campaign sweeping the trophy ranks going 4-4 in which he was named a finalist. The 6’3, 237 pound junior took home four of the nation’s top accolades for his superb individual efforts on-and-off the field. Last night, he completed the trophy sweep when he was honored with the Bronko Nagurski Trophy awarded to the nation’s top college defensive player. Kuechly beat out Penn State’s Devon Still, LSU’s Morris Claiborne, Alabama’s...
With all the hype surrounding this weekend’s LSU vs. Alabama match-up, the state government of Louisiana thought it’s a perfect time to ride the coattails of Les Miles’ success and most notably his fame. Most fans were unaware of Miles’ habit of chewing on grass before each game but after he was captured doing this during last season’s LSU-Alabama game, it soon became a media blitz. So with all eyes on Miles and the LSU Tigers this Saturday, the...
College football elicits emotion unlike any other sport. The passion and devotion of the fans are most apparent during rivalry weekends, in which their teams face off with their most hated annual opponent, competing for regional and/or historical bragging rights. In many cases, these intraconference and intrastate clashes have been instrumental in determining conference and national champions, especially those including teams such as Alabama, Auburn, Michigan, and Ohio State. The following dramatic rivalry game moments double as college football’s...
According to the Charleston Daily Mail, after LSU stomped an overrated and outclassed West Virginia team 47-21, Mountaineer fans decided to take out their frustration on random LSU fans. A 22-week pregnant female was driving her vehicle out of the purple lot in bumper-to-bumper traffic right outside Milan Puskar Stadium when an unknown individual threw a rock into her car, which landed on her lap. Her husband, Marcus Mason, who was sitting in the front passenger seat was irate...
