Vanity Fair has a big profile piece on LSU football coach Lane Kiffin. One of the quotes that’s grabbing everyone’s attention is what he said about Oxford, Mississippi. Kiffin said when at Ole Miss recruits would tell him that their grandparents would not allow them to attend Ole Miss, because of the school’s connections to the Confederate flag and the Colonel Rebels.
Kiffin says he does not have that problem at LSU. He says parents of recruits looking at LSU say the campus diversity is great and there are no signs of segregation.
The rookies have joined the veterans as the Saints offseason training program is underway. One of the new additions is sixth round pick and former LSU receiver Barion Brown…
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Coach Kellen Moore says they plan to use Brown’s speed as many ways as possible.
Unless LSU baseball does something miraculous in next week’s SEC Tournament, like winning it, the Tigers will miss the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2011. LSU suffered its 18th SEC loss yesterday, a 12-to-1 defeat to 5th ranked Georgia. The 18 losses tie a program high that dates back to 1978.
For the first time in school history, Southeastern Louisiana baseball and softball teams won the Southland regular season championship. The baseball team will host the Hammond bracket of the Southland Conference Tournament starting on Thursday and the softball team is headed to the Tuscaloosa Regional in the NCAA Tournament.
Despite winning the Sun Belt regular season title, the ULM softball team is not in the NCAA Tournament. The Warhawks thought their resume was strong enough. It included three wins versuses Top 50 RPI teams and winning seven conference series in a row, including three sweeps.