Spring football gets underway today for the LSU Tigers. LSU heads into the spring, thin at linebacker, especially if the Tigers decide to play a three-four front. Tiger Rag Associate editor James Moran says incoming freshman, Michael Divinity, who has already enrolled in school, has a chance to earn himself playing time with a good spring…
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On offense, LSU needs to find two new starting tackles as last year’s starters, Jerald Hawkins and Vadal Alexander are getting ready for the NFL draft.

Also, it’s been reported that LSU offensive coordinator Cam Cameron has agreed to a three-year contract. Cameron will be entering his fourth season as LSU’s play caller.

The college football playoff has announced that this year’s semifinal games will be played again on New Year’s eve, despite concerns about low TV viewership. The game times have been moved up to two-pm and six pm central time. The Peach Bowl and the Fiesta Bowl are the sites for this year’s semifinal games. The Sugar Bowl will be played on Monday, January second.

It’s conference tournament week in college basketball…LSU plays Friday afternoon in the quarterfinals of the SEC tourney. Louisiana Tech plays Thursday afternoon as they are in the quarterfinals of the Conference USA Tournament as a four-seed. In the Sun Belt…UL Lafayette is the four seed, while ULM is a two-seed and will not play until Saturday in the semifinals of the Sun Belt Tourney.

The LSU baseball team went 4-0 last week and remain ranked in the top 10 in the major college baseball polls. The Tigers next game is tomorrow night at home against Louisiana Tech.

The Bulldogs are 8-3 on the season after rallying back to defeat Valparaiso 7-5 yesterday.