The Tigers are on top of the world and planners are hard at work drawing up Saturday’s national championship parade after LSU wiped Clemson 42-25 in New Orleans last night. It’s the end of a season that some argue is the most impressive in college football history. Coach Ed Orgeron, who was part of national championship teams as an assistant at Miami and USC, says it’s for the media to decide if the Tigers are the best team
Clemson may have had a rough game as a whole, but Jennings native, running back Travis Etienne played well with 114 total yards and a touchdown on five yards a carry. While he was heartbroken to miss out on a chance to get his second championship ring, he was excited to be back playing ball in Louisiana.
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Etienne ended the season with 23 total touchdowns.
LSU fans flooded out of bars and restaurants across southeast Louisiana to join hand in hand in a celebration of the team’s historic success. Here are hundreds of fans reacting as the sidelines emptied out after Joe Burrow and the offense took their final knee…
That’s audio from Capital City sports bar, The Bulldog.
While many throughout the state may be showing love for Coach Ed Orgeron, no one is more excited about his success than those in the area where he grew up. Lafourche Parish Sheriff’s Lt. Brennan Matherne says the area already bleeds purple and gold…
Cut 3 (10) “…that national title.”
The LSU Admin is in damage control mode after a video leaked showing Odell Beckham Jr. handing out money to LSU players after the game. An LSU spokesperson says it was fake money, and not real. Real money would be an NCAA violation.