Locked On LSU - Daily Podcast On LSU Tigers Football & Basketball
1,155 episodes - English - Latest episode: 3 days ago - ★★★★★ - 311 ratingsLocked On LSU podcast is the daily podcast that keeps you ahead of the games and the first to know the latest news, analysis, and insider info for the LSU Tigers. Hosted by Caroline Fenton, an LSU grad and co-host of Stillman and Company on ESPN 102.5 The Game in Nashville, the Locked On LSU podcast provides your daily LSU Tigers fix with expert opinions, film reviews, interviews, recaps, local analysis, and coverage of all things Tigers. If you’re talking about it, Caroline is going to be talking about it. From the gridiron battles at iconic Tiger Stadium to courtside at the Pete Maravich Assembly Center, and everywhere in between, the Locked On LSU podcast takes you beyond the headlines for the inside scoops from the biggest stories inside the Tigers’ locker room and the SEC. Locked On LSU podcast is part of the Locked On Podcast Network. Your Team. Every Day.
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LSU football lands MASSIVE commitment from top-10 CB Cai Bates | Is Brian Kelly bringing DBU back to LSU?!?
July 27, 2023 21:10 - 25 minutes - 23.1 MBIs LSU football getting back to it's roots as the best defensive back program in the country?!? The college football recruiting world has long awaited the commitment of Cai Bates, one of the top cornerbacks in the country in the 2024 recruiting class. Bates is a 6-foot-2, 180 pound versatile corner that can play outside, inside, and even free safety. He is ranked as the ninth best player at his position, the 18th best player in the state of Florida, and a top-100 player per 247Sports rankin...
Brian Kelly says LSU football isn't quite yet a title contender – and he should say that
July 25, 2023 10:00 - 24 minutes - 22.8 MBThe over/under win total for LSU football in the 2023 season is set at 9.5 wins. That's a pretty high win total for a coach entering only his second year in the program. But as far as the sportsbooks are concerned, LSU is also getting recognized as a national title contender. There are legitimate discussions about if LSU can crack into the College Football Playoff this year. A lot of people were impressed with what they saw from LSU this past season and are intrigued to see how they can buil...
Does the media expect LSU football to win back-to-back SEC West titles?
July 24, 2023 10:00 - 36 minutes - 33.4 MBSEC Media Days wrapped up last Thursday in downtown Nashville at the the event each media member in attendance is asked to rank their expected order of finish in the SEC East and West. Where did LSU end up? Does the media that covers either one or multiple teams in the league expect LSU to be the kings of the West again? Should they? Locked On LSU host Caroline Fenton joined Chris Gordy of Locked On LSU to discuss the latest on the LSU football roster, fair expectations, and potential trap ...
Jayden Daniels is LSU's starting QB. Will that change with Garrett Nussmeier hungry for the job?
July 21, 2023 22:42 - 22 minutes - 20.9 MBQuarterback is the most important position in all of sports – it can make or break a game, a season, and an entire team. LSU Tigers football heads into the 2023 season with a very interesting quarterback situation. It is not interesting like other rival SEC West schools like Ole Miss or Alabama who will decide their starting quarterback through a battle in camp; LSU head football coach Brian Kelly already decided and announced at the conclusion of last season that Jayden Daniels will be the ...
SEC MEDIA DAYS PREVIEW | What do we want to hear from Brian Kelly, LSU football?
July 17, 2023 03:04 - 27 minutes - 25.2 MBSEC Media Days kicks off on Monday in Nashville, Tennessee and LSU head coach Brian Kelly, quarterback Jayden Daniels, running back Josh Williams, and defensive lineman Mekhi Wingo will make the trek up to Music City to meet with the media ahead of the 2023 season. Coach Kelly and company will address questions about the upcoming season, how Kelly was able to beat Alabama and win the SEC West in his first year on the job, and several other questions about the team and state of the program. B...
Former LSU head coach Ed Orgeron interested in Northwestern head coach opening?!?!?
July 13, 2023 10:00 - 24 minutes - 22.7 MBJust when you think you've heard it all, you hear something even crazier. According to a report on a Northwestern blog, Inside NU, sources say that former LSU head football coach Ed Orgeron, who led Joe Burrow and the 2019 LSU Tigers football team to a national championship, would be interested in the Northwestern Wildcats head football coach opening. Former Northwestern player and head coach Pat Fitzgerald was fired for cause earlier this week after a former Northwestern football player c...
Does LSU football head coach Brian Kelly have the right approach to recruiting via transfer portal?
July 13, 2023 01:04 - 26 minutes - 24.2 MBLSU football head coach Brian Kelly sat down with Blake Toppmeyer of USA Today to discuss his first season in Baton Rouge, how he plans to build a championship program, and what the timeline is to do so. So what is the key to building success year over year from Coach Kelly's perspective? "It’ll be depth. We’re still not there yet," Kelly told Toppmeyer. "You can’t take 13 guys from the transfer portal on defense and not have a red flag. This program is still not at the level of depth neces...
How LSU QB Jayden Daniels can win the Heisman Trophy this season
July 12, 2023 23:50 - 24 minutes - 22.8 MBLSU quarterback Jayden Daniels now has the second best odds to win the Heisman Trophy at +1000, according to FanDuel. The only player with better odds than the Tigers' signal caller is the reigning Heisman Trophy winner Caleb Williams from USC. So why is Las Vegas so high on Daniels and what exactly does he need to do in order to make this preseason conversation a mid-season reality? There are several general criteria that the Heisman voters have shown that make up a quarterbacks "Heisman r...
LSU baseball makes HISTORY | Paul Skenes and Dylan Crews taken first and second overall in MLB Draft
July 10, 2023 23:29 - 23 minutes - 21.9 MBLSU baseball made history Sunday night during the MLB Draft becoming the first school to produce the first and second overall picks in the same MLB Draft. Pitcher Paul Skenes was taken first overall to the Pittsburgh Pirates while teammate Dylan Crews was drafted by the Washington Nationals with the second overall pick. Pitcher Ty Floyd joined in on the fun later in the draft taken by the Cincinnati Reds with the 38th overall pick in the competitive balance round and pitcher Grant Taylor goi...
When does Brian Kelly think LSU Football can be national title contenders?
July 05, 2023 21:03 - 25 minutes - 23.1 MBLSU Tigers head football coach Brian Kelly sat down with Blake Toppmeyer of USA Today to discuss the state of the LSU football program, what they have accomplished under just one year of Brian Kelly and what the plans are moving forward, both long term and short term. Kelly's first year went as good as any Tiger fan would hope: a win against SEC West foe Alabama, a trip to Atlanta to compete in the SEC Championship game, and a ten win season to top it all off. While year one has been conside...
The BIGGEST weekend of LSU football recruiting | Which 5-star is high on the Tigers?
June 30, 2023 12:44 - 19 minutes - 17.4 MBThe LSU Tigers had their biggest weekend of recruiting this past weekend as Brian Kelly took a different approach to recruiting this offseason. This past weekend Kelly and the recruiting staff hosted only out of state prospects, reserving a weekend during the football season for the in-state prospects. While that's not a common approach, the Tigers still had a successful weekend hosting six of the top prospects around the southeast. Brian Smith, Locked On's official recruiting insider, join...
LSU BASEBALL: NATIONAL CHAMPIONS!!!!!
June 27, 2023 22:10 - 33 minutesYOUR LSU TIGERS ARE NATIONAL CHAMPIONS!!!!! The LSU Tigers secured its seventh baseball national championship in program history after taking down the Florida Gators 18-4 in the third game of the College World Series Final. Going into this season LSU was the unanimous number one team in the country touting the number one recruiting class in the country, the number one transfer portal class in the country, with the best pitcher and best player in the country, and after all of those accolades a...
LSU BASEBALL: NATIONAL CHAMPIONS!!!!!
June 27, 2023 22:10 - 30 minutes - 27.6 MBYOUR LSU TIGERS ARE NATIONAL CHAMPIONS!!!!! The LSU Tigers secured its seventh baseball national championship in program history after taking down the Florida Gators 18-4 in the third game of the College World Series Final. Going into this season LSU was the unanimous number one team in the country touting the number one recruiting class in the country, the number one transfer portal class in the country, with the best pitcher and best player in the country, and after all of those accolades...
CHAMPIONSHIP MONDAY | How LSU Tigers can beat Florida Gators tonight and etch the team in college baseball history
June 26, 2023 22:20 - 28 minutes - 26.4 MBThe LSU Tigers baseball team is one win away from being College World Series champions. Let that sink in... LSU punched their ticket to the College World Series final after defeating number one overall seed Wake Forest in two consecutive games, featuring one instant classic which featured the two best pitchers in college baseball and a walk-off two run bomb from Tommy White in extras. In Game 1 against the Gators, LSU pitcher Ty Floyd recorded the most strikeouts ever in a College World Ser...
PATH TO THE BOOT | HUGE recruiting weekend for LSU football
June 23, 2023 21:39 - 22 minutes - 20.8 MBLSU head football coach Brian Kelly is taking an interesting and unique approach to recruiting for the Tigers this offseason: hosting all of the out of state recruits one weekend and the in-state recruits another. This weekend is the out of state weekend and it just might be one of the biggest weekends, if not THE biggest weekend, for LSU football this offseason. Four and five star talent from across the country are in Baton Rouge this weekend with hopes to find their home for the next four...
NCAA hands down ruling on LSU football, men's basketball + LSU-Wake Forest CWS preview
June 22, 2023 22:44 - 26 minutes - 24.1 MBThe NCAA Independent Resolution Panel has finally announced their ruling for the LSU men's basketball and football programs after an investigation into the athletic department revealed several NCAA violations including recruiting violations, allocation of impermissible funds, and lack of institutional control including violations from former men's basketball coach Will Wade and former football coach Ed Orgeron. The ruling seems to be fairly favorable toward LSU: three year backdated probatio...
COLLEGE WORLD SERIES | LSU Tigers fall to Wake Forest. Can a shaky bullpen take down Tennessee Vols?
June 20, 2023 21:31 - 20 minutes - 19.2 MBThe LSU Tigers started off their trip to Omaha with a win over the Tennessee Volunteers but the luck ran out in Game 2 as the Tigers fall to the number one overall seed Wake Forest Demon Deacons 3-2 Monday night. Ty Floyd was on the mound for LSU against Wake Forest and had a dominant first five innings striking out ten and giving up zero runs. Hits from Tommy White and Tre Morgan in the third inning gave LSU the lead, but Floyd couldn't hold on through the sixth inning when he walked three...
LSU Tigers defeat Tennessee Vols in College World Series, advance to take on Wake Forest
June 19, 2023 22:11 - 24 minutes - 22.9 MBPaul Skenes and the LSU Tigers took down the Tennessee Volunteers in Game 1 in Omaha to advance to take down #1 overall seed Wake Forest Demon Deacons in the men's College World Series. Skenes was spectacular, as usual, against Tennessee striking out 12 Volunteers and throwing 123 pitches in 7 and two thirds innings. Ty Floyd will take the mound for the Tigers Monday evening against Wake Forest. What did we see from LSU against the Vols that gives encouragement for LSU to make a run to the...
LSU 2024 Schedule Reveal, Will LSU Football Play Texas Longhorns or Oklahoma Sooners?
June 15, 2023 00:25 - 36 minutes - 33.4 MBThe SEC Football Opponents Schedule has been revealed. Will the Alabama Crimson Tide, Georgia Bulldogs, Auburn Tigers, Tennessee, Ole Miss, LSU, Florida Gators, Arkansas Razorbacks, Texas A&M Aggies, and South Carolina Gamecocks play the Texas Longhorns or Oklahoma Sooners in the 2024 College Football season? Caroline Fenton joins the other hosts of the Locked On Podcast Network to discuss the 2024 SEC Football Opponents' schedule. Follow & Subscribe on all Podcast platforms… 🎧 https://l...
RECRUITING ROUNDUP | 4-star TE Tayvion Galloway decommits from LSU. Bad sign for the Tigers?
June 15, 2023 00:14 - 22 minutes - 20.8 MBLSU football head coach Brian Kelly is known for identifying, recruiting, and developing talent at the tight end position. LSU football is not traditionally known for pumped TE talent into the NFL, but in Kelly's short time in Baton Rouge it looks like he's trying to change that trend, both with the usage of tight ends in the offense in the 2022 season and the recruitment of tight ends of the future. One of those future stars being Tayvion Galloway, a four-star TE from Ohio in the 2024 class...
LSU BASEBALL IS HEADED TO OMAHA | Tigers take down Kentucky to advance to College World Series
June 12, 2023 22:20 - 27 minutes - 25.1 MBEAUXMAHA, BABY!!!! LSU baseball sweeps the Kentucky Wildcats in the Baton Rouge Super Regional and will advance to the men's College World Series for the 19th time in program history, the most of any team in the Southeastern Conference. Tigers ace Paul Skenes got the action started on Saturday night with yet another elite performance on the mound going just over seven innings, giving up zero runs, and striking out nine Wildcats. The LSU offense was as advertised that night with two home run...
SEC ON CAPITOL HILL | Brian Kelly, Greg Sankey head to Washington DC for NIL change
June 10, 2023 01:24 - 30 minutes - 27.8 MBSEC commissioner Greg Sankey, LSU head coach Brian Kelly, LSU athletic director Scott Woodward, and several other leaders in the SEC including Alabama Crimson Tide head coach Nick Saban, are in Washington DC this week meeting with the nation's leaders in order to fight for reform in NIL. At the SEC Spring Meetings Brian Kelly sat down with SEC Network's Paul Finebaum and said that they needed to somehow find a way to "put the genie back in the bottle," alluding to the drastic and rapid ways ...
LSU FOOTBALL RECRUITING | QB Colin Hurley's commitment to LSU in question?!?
June 08, 2023 20:26 - 25 minutes - 23.3 MBJacksonville quarterback prospect Colin Hurley re-classified from the 2025 class to the 2024 class because, per Locked On recruiting insider Brian Smith, he is just that good. Hurley could have had his pick of nearly any and every college football program but decided in November to follow Brian Kelly and committed to play for the LSU Tigers in the 2024 recruiting class. But recent reports and rumors reveal that Hurley may still be taking visits around the country, including the Miami Hurrica...
LSU BASEBALL DEFEATS OREGON STATE TO WIN BATON ROUGE REGIONAL, ADVANCES TO SUPER REGIONALS
June 06, 2023 02:33 - 25 minutes - 23.6 MBThe LSU Tigers are headed to Super Regionals! After taking down the Tulane Green Wave on Friday night with a phenomenal complete game by ace Paul Skenes, LSU took down Oregon State in back-to-back matchups on Sunday night and Monday afternoon. The Tigers' bats were phenomenal and the pitching was solid enough to keep them out of the losers bracket and advance to the next round of postseason play. In the Tigers first matchup with Oregon State and the second game of the weekend, LSU wasn't g...
NO MORE REBS?! | SEC to play 8 conference games in 2024, LSU not guaranteed Ole Miss, Alabama
June 01, 2023 23:02 - 34 minutesIt was announced Thursday evening that the SEC will adopt an eight game conference schedule in 2024 once the Texas Longhorns and Oklahoma Sooners join the conference. Commissioner Greg Sankey and the rest of the SEC were deciding between two potential models: one that would maintain three rivalries and one that would only maintain one. In the eight game schedule, only one permanent rival remains every year on each SEC team's schedule. For LSU, that one permanent opponent will be the Texas A&M...
NO MORE REBS?! | SEC to play 8 conference games in 2024, LSU not guaranteed Ole Miss, Alabama
June 01, 2023 23:02 - 30 minutes - 28.1 MBIt was announced Thursday evening that the SEC will adopt an eight game conference schedule in 2024 once the Texas Longhorns and Oklahoma Sooners join the conference. Commissioner Greg Sankey and the rest of the SEC were deciding between two potential models: one that would maintain three rivalries and one that would only maintain one. In the eight game schedule, only one permanent rival remains every year on each SEC team's schedule. For LSU, that one permanent opponent will be the Texas A...
SEC SPRING MEETINGS REPORT | Greg Sankey only cares about money, not tradition or rivalries
May 31, 2023 13:53 - 23 minutes - 21.8 MBSEC coaches, athletic directors, and leaders are gathered in Destin, Florida this week for the annual SEC Spring Meetings to discuss pressing conference business. One of the biggest discussions on the docket: how should the SEC organize schedules once the Texas Longhorns and Oklahoma Sooners join the conference? There were two potential models that emerged once Texas and Oklahoma announced they would join the SEC one year ahead of schedule: the nine game 3-6 model and the eight game 1-7 mod...
MAILBAG MONDAY | How important is a WIN vs Florida State for LSU football?
May 29, 2023 16:11 - 22 minutes - 20.9 MBHappy Memorial Day! You all asked the questions so today Locked On LSU host Caroline Fenton delivers the questions on a Mailbag Memorial Day Monday. How important is it for the LSU Tigers to leave Orlando with a dub over the Florida State Seminoles in the first week of the season? Could the Tigers hopes at the College Football Playoff be doomed after just one game? Is Florida State going to be one of the top teams in the country as many college football insiders predict? Support Us By Supp...
LSU FOOTBALL RECRUITING UPDATE | Top defensive prospect planning to visit LSU
May 26, 2023 16:43 - 25 minutes - 23.3 MBLSU football has one of the top recruiting classes for the 2024 class but head coach Brian Kelly and the rest of his recruiting staff aren't even close to being done quite yet. Some of the nations top prospects in next years class have yet to commit but have Baton Rouge on their mind. Which position group can add top talent in the 2024 class? Has Coach Kelly identified his elite quarterback prospect in the 2025 class? The Locked On Network's recruiting insider Brian Smith joins Locked on LSU...
Will LSU football have the best defensive line unit in college football?
May 26, 2023 16:35 - 23 minutes - 21.9 MBMaason Smith was prepped and ready to take the college football world by storm in 2022 until an ACL injury sidelined him for nearly the entirety of last season. Now that he has been medically cleared and he will now be paired with Mekhi Wingo in his third year in college football, Harold Perkins in his sophomore season, surrounded by the veteran pieces that Brian Kelly and the recruiting staff landed in the transfer portal, will LSU have one of the top if not the top defensive line and pass ...
LSU baseball has far too much talent to not win the College World Series
May 24, 2023 00:17 - 26 minutes - 24.3 MBLSU baseball stars Paul Skenes and Dylan Crews earned SEC honors as the Tigers' Friday night ace was awarded SEC Player of the Year and Crews was crowned SEC Player of the Year. Skenes leads the country in strikeouts and Crews has one of the best batting averages and on base percentages across college baseball. Crews and Skenes are projected to be the first two picks in the MLB Draft this summer. With that caliber of talent, in addition to the other incredibly well-decorated players on the r...
LSU football's Maason Smith fully cleared and coming back with a vengeance
May 23, 2023 00:33 - 28 minutes - 25.9 MBLSU interior defensive lineman Maason Smith was slated to have a breakout year this past season. He proved himself in his freshman season in 2021 recording five tackles for loss and four sacks in nine games. After a full year of conditioning, nobody though Maason Smith would be stopped this past season until he tore his ACL celebrating a defensive stop in the very first game of the year against Florida State. But he has been medically cleared and he is ready to come back and prove to the wor...
HEISMAN, NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP, NFL DRAFT | Jayden Daniels sets the bar high for year 2 at LSU
May 19, 2023 18:39 - 27 minutes - 25.2 MBQuarterback Jayden Daniels had a standout freshman season at Arizona State followed by two years of roster turnover, program turmoil, and decreased production. He decided to transfer to LSU, a program that didn't have much stability itself those two years, but believed in what Brian Kelly was going to build in Baton Rouge. In year one, Daniels, Kelly, and the rest of the LSU football team exceeded expectations by winning the SEC West and nine games in the regular season. So what does year tw...
TRANSFER PORTAL UPDATE | LSU football adds versatility, depth to the RB room with Notre Dame transfer
May 17, 2023 20:48 - 29 minutesLSU football adds even more depth and versatility to the running back room with the transfer portal addition of Logan Diggs from Notre Dame. Diggs is also from the New Orleans area and played football in high school at Archbishop Rummel, a very familiar place to the LSU football recruiting staff and fans alike. Diggs ran for over 800 yards last year and added over 200 yards in the air, flashing his ability to move the ball downfield both on the ground and in the air. Plus, he comes to Baton R...
TRANSFER PORTAL UPDATE | LSU football adds versatility, depth to the RB room with Notre Dame transfer
May 17, 2023 20:48 - 25 minutes - 23.6 MBLSU football adds even more depth and versatility to the running back room with the transfer portal addition of Logan Diggs from Notre Dame. Diggs is also from the New Orleans area and played football in high school at Archbishop Rummel, a very familiar place to the LSU football recruiting staff and fans alike. Diggs ran for over 800 yards last year and added over 200 yards in the air, flashing his ability to move the ball downfield both on the ground and in the air. Plus, he comes to Baton...
"He lives and breathes football" | Did LSU land the most ELITE QB prospect in college football?
May 16, 2023 21:39 - 26 minutes - 24 MBBrian Kelly's goal is to land a quarterback in every single recruiting class. In the 2023 class, he and his team landed four star hometown kid Rickie Collins. In 2024, did he and his team land the best quarterback in the country? Colin Hurley, the 2024 quarterback from Jacksonville, Florida, could have gone to any school of his choosing. He had offers from Alabama, Florida, Florida State, Georgia, Miami, Ohio State and the list goes on and on and on from there; but he chose LSU. Why was LSU...
BOYS FROM THE BOOT | LSU lands 4-star CB from Lafayette
May 16, 2023 02:17 - 25 minutes - 23.3 MBJuJuan Johnson, 4-star cornerback from Lafayette, LA announced his commitment to LSU football Monday afternoon after originally committing to play for Deion Sanders and the Colorado Buffalo but de-committed shortly after the Colorado spring game. Johnson adds much needed depth, speed, and versatility to the secondary in the 2024 class. LSU now holds the fifth ranked recruiting class in 2024 and four of the top ten ranked recruits in the state of Louisiana have committed to play for Brian Kel...
SEC FOOTBALL WIN TOTALS BEST BETS | Could one of LSU football's opponents be worse than expected?
May 12, 2023 17:07 - 22 minutes - 20.5 MBVegas LOVES LSU football this year. In fact, Vegas has set Brian Kelly's squads over/under win total at 9.5, the third best in the conference only behind the Georgia Bulldogs and Alabama Crimson Tide and tied with the Tennessee Volunteers. Several betting insiders and college football experts urge fans to take the over for LSU. But which team on LSU's schedule might actually be worse than the sports books anticipate? Plus, #2 LSU baseball hosts unranked Mississippi State for the second to l...
TRANSFER PORTAL UPDATE | LSU offers Rhode Island DB, misses out on in-state talent
May 12, 2023 00:36 - 24 minutes - 22.5 MBLSU football is dealing with injuries at the safety position and had to reload the cornerback room throughout the offseason, so when head coach Brian Kelly said they were looking to add defensive depth through the spring transfer portal it was clear the defensive back room was part of the conversation. LSU extended an offer to University of Rhode Island cornerback Antonio Carter II. The Orlando native played in all 22 games over the last two seasons and started 21 of them. He is a hot commo...
SEC FOOTBALL WIN TOTALS: What does Vegas think about LSU football this season?
May 11, 2023 10:00 - 25 minutes - 23.5 MBThe sports books' decisions are in and Las Vegas' official over/under win totals are in for SEC football. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
BUY OR SELL: LSU football needs to add running back depth via transfer portal
May 11, 2023 02:37 - 23 minutes - 21.6 MBDo the LSU Tigers need additional depth at running back? It is a more difficult question to ask than you might think. On one hand, you might say of course they do. Senior Noah Cain and true freshman Trey Holly were the only available running backs for the spring game in April and you cannot survive an SEC football schedule with just one RB with college experience. On the other hand, however, one might argue that there could potentially be three experienced and proven running backs coming ba...
LSU baseball loses first series of the season vs Auburn Tigers, drops from #1 ranking
May 10, 2023 01:18 - 24 minutes - 22.7 MBLSU baseball was ranked as the #1 team in the country for the first time this season in the preseason polls and they held that spot through seven weeks of conference play. Head coach Jay Johnson's Tigers did not drop a single series the entire season; that is, until this past weekend on the road at Auburn when the other Tigers handed LSU its first series loss of the single and knocking them from the top ranked spot in the country. The series started off on a high note for Johnson's squad wh...
UPDATED TOP 25 | How do the LSU Tigers stack up against Florida State, Alabama, and other 2023 foes?
May 04, 2023 23:00 - 31 minutes - 28.9 MBLSU Football exceeded expectations in Brian Kelly's first season by winning nine regular season games, taking down rivals Alabama Crimson Tide, and winning the SEC West for a chance to compete in the SEC Championship. But that was last season, and now it is up to Kelly and the entire LSU Tigers team to not just live up to, but exceed the standard they set for themselves in the 2022 season. ESPN released its post-spring top 25 college football power rankings. The rankings are fairly kind to ...
Could LSU football's secondary security have been in Louisiana all along?
May 04, 2023 21:38 - 26 minutes - 24.7 MBBrian Kelly and the rest of the coaching and recruiting staff needed to nearly rebuild the secondary from the ground up in their first season at LSU. They had a lot of success that season even with pieces coming form across the country. In year two, they are faced with a similar dilemma. Injuries have plagued the secondary, more specifically the safeties, this spring. Major Burns dealt with an injury that kept him out of spring practice and Greg Brooks had a nagging ankle injury that left hi...
LSU football's Brian Polian leaves the program to be AD at John Carroll University
May 02, 2023 23:56 - 25 minutes - 23.3 MBFormer LSU football special teams coordinator and current general manager and director of recruiting, Brian Polian, announced Tuesday afternoon that he will be leaving the LSU football program to become the Athletic Director at his alma mater, John Carroll University. Polian was the lone member of Brian Kelly's staff at Notre Dame that was retained at LSU when Kelly got the job in Baton Rouge. Polian served as the special teams coordinator and it was wildly unsuccessful; Polian led the 125t...
ZERO LSU football players enter transfer portal, QB Garrett Nussmeier to stay
May 01, 2023 22:01 - 31 minutesCollege football has two windows in which players can enter the transfer portal: two weeks in December and two weeks in April. The final day to enter the transfer portal was April 30th and not a single LSU Tiger on scholarship entered their name into the transfer portal, including backup QB Garrett Nussmeier. Why is that so important? What message does that convey about Brian Kelly and the state of the program? How will this impact not just this team and the roster this season, but the roster...
ZERO LSU football players enter transfer portal, QB Garrett Nussmeier to stay
May 01, 2023 22:01 - 27 minutes - 25.4 MBCollege football has two windows in which players can enter the transfer portal: two weeks in December and two weeks in April. The final day to enter the transfer portal was April 30th and not a single LSU Tiger on scholarship entered their name into the transfer portal, including backup QB Garrett Nussmeier. Why is that so important? What message does that convey about Brian Kelly and the state of the program? How will this impact not just this team and the roster this season, but the roste...
LSU football expected to replace Jamar Cain with South Carolina Gamecocks defensive line coach
May 01, 2023 03:14 - 27 minutes - 24.8 MBPer a report from FootballScoop, LSU football is expected to hire South Carolina Gamecocks defensive line coach Jimmy Lindsey to fill the same role. Lindsey has spent the last two years under Shane Beamer as the DL coach after stints as the defensive ends coach at Illinois and Western Kentucky. South Carolina had the tenth ranked defense in the SEC this past season and ranked 89th in all of college football. Brian Kelly said earlier this offseason that he is looking for someone who can recr...
#1 LSU BASEBALL HOSTS ALABAMA | How much will injury bug effect LSU baseball throughout SEC play?
April 28, 2023 21:39 - 22 minutes - 20.4 MBLSU baseball has been the number one team in the country throughout the entirety of the college baseball season but they face another test this weekend as they host the unranked Alabama Crimson Tide at Alex Box Stadium for a three-game series. The Tigers ace Paul Skenes is on the mound facing Alabama's righty Luke Holman who owns the best ERA on his team. Skenes has been incredible for LSU all season long with a 1.97 ERA and 115 strikeouts, the most among all pitchers in college baseball. W...
RECRUITING UPDATE | LSU football lands MASSIVE commitment from Louisiana 5-star TE
April 27, 2023 22:21 - 29 minutesLSU football and head coach Brian Kelly landed a huge commitment from 2024 5-star TE Trey'Dez Green from East Feliciana. Green is the second ranked player in the state, the third best TE prospect in the class, and the 56th ranked player in the country. Brian Kelly's top priority when he took over as the head coach at LSU was to keep the top in-state talent in state and Green's commitment to the Tigers is the next bit of proof that Kelly's priority is coming to fruition. Plus, the TE room is s...