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NFLSU Wild Card Weekend Recap

The first weekend of the NFL Playoffs featured four absolutely wild games, and two blowouts by teams that were littered with LSU alumni. You’re gonna wanna read this breakdown. Rams 34 at Panthers 31 Omar Speights had two tackles and Damien Lewis blocked valiantly. NFLSU Score: 3/10 Packers 27 at Bears 31 No Tigers were […]

27 days ago | 3 reads

Tale of the Tape: Collegiate Quad

It’s time y’all got some deep education. Welcome to the first Tale of the Tape, a new series in which I review one or two routines from each event of LSU’s most recent meet to explain this sport in a more detailed way than usual. After three years of ridiculously long recaps that were late, […]

28 days ago | 5 reads

Caden Durham Returning to LSU

We’re getting the band back together. Rising junior running back Caden Durham announced today that he is withdrawing his name from the transfer portal and returning to LSU. Durham initially put his name into the portal the day after it opened, and since then LSU has added two running backs from the portal: Raycine Guillory, […]

28 days ago | 3 reads

Reports: Sam Leavitt Expected to Sign with LSU

Last night LSU got a guy. Roughly 12 hours later, LSU got the guy. Highly sought after quarterback Sam Leavitt is expected to sign with LSU per numerous outlets. While he has yet to put pen to paper, those who would know (Pete Thamel, Ross Dellegner etc.,) have all reported the same thing: Leavitt is […]

28 days ago | 5 reads

Landen Clark Commits to LSU

Our long national nightmare is over: LSU has added a quarterback. Sunday evening it was reported by On3 that former Elon quarterback Landen Clark would be transferring to LSU. Clark then confirmed the news by tweeting out the ole “Geaux Tigers.” Clark picked LSU over Kentucky, Michigan, and James Madison. Clark comes to LSU as […]

29 days ago | 2 reads

Tigers in the Majors: Alex Bregman Gets PAID

Former LSU great Alex Bregman is now a very, very rich man. The former Tiger is trading in his Red Sox for Cubbie Blue as Bregman signed a five-year $175 million deal with the Chicago Cubs Saturday night. A three-time All-Star, Bregman opted out of a $40 million player option with Boston to hit free […]

29 days ago | 5 reads

Horns Down! #12 LSU Beats #2 Texas 70-65

What a difference a week can make. After dropping to 0-2 in SEC play, the LSU women’s basketball team (16-2, 2-2) have bounced back in a massive way with a potential season-altering win over #2 Texas (18-1, 3-1) Sunday afternoon in the PMAC. It is by far and away LSU’s best win of the season […]

29 days ago | 3 reads

LSU Ties Atop Collegiate Quad Podium

That’s a fantastic way to start. The back-to-back SEC champion LSU gymnastics team kicked off their 2026 season with a very good result. They tied atop the standings of the session of the Sprouts Farmers Market Collegiate Quad with a 197.500 alongside Oklahoma, though OU got the trophy on a sixth-score tiebreaker. LSU beat UCLA […]

30 days ago | 4 reads

Transfer Portal Update: January 10

Another day in the transfer window has come and gone and Lane Kiffin’s first LSU roster took another step toward being fleshed out. Kiffin flew up to Knoxville Friday night to try and get back in the good graces of quarterback Sam Leavitt, and while Kiffin was up in Tennessee, he ended up snagging a […]

about 1 month ago | 2 reads

NFLSU: Chase, Stingley, and Hunter Named All-Pros

The NFL season is drawing to a close, and now that we’re into the Wildcard Round of the NFL Playoffs, regular season accolades are rolling out and some familiar faces are being honored. Ja’Marr Chase and Derek Stingley earned First-Team All-Pro honors, while Danielle Hunter landed on the Second-Team. Chase and Stingley have both earned […]

NFL

about 1 month ago | 2 reads

LSU Drops to 0-3 in SEC Play

Looks like we fell for it again. Between the activity happening in the portal and the rough go of things, I’ve been waiting to say something—anything—positive about the LSU basketball team since conference play started. Unfortunately I don’t think we can keep ignoring it any longer. The Tigers (12-4) lost again to #11 Vanderbilt 84-73 […]

about 1 month ago | 0 reads

LSU at 2026 Sprouts Collegiate Quad Preview

LSU’s season begins with a very tough challenge atop the podium. The back-to-back SEC champion #2 LSU gymnastics team is back and ready to take on the 2026 season in a meet that actually counts. For the third straight year, the Tigers are at the Sprouts Collegiate Quad alongside #1 Oklahoma, #4 UCLA and #5 […]

about 1 month ago | 2 reads

Another Transfer Portal Update

LSU’s been busy in the transfer portal, and it’s been hard for me to keep up with all the additions. Since we last talked, the Tigers have added eight more players to their portal haul, and they’re not done yet. Let’s do a quick rundown of who Lane Kiffin and company have gotten into the […]

about 1 month ago | 2 reads

CFP Semifinal Openthread

Today kicks off the best five-day span of football of the calendar year: the CFP Semifinals and NFL’s Super Wildcard Weekend. Starting tonight and running through Monday at 7:15 P.M, we’ll have eight playoff games and this here will be our hub. Tonight’s Game VRBO Fiesta Bowl: #6 Ole Miss vs. #10 Miami, 6:30 P.M., […]

about 1 month ago | 0 reads

LSU Up to 11 Total Portal Additions

The transfer portal has been working overtime the past few days, and LSU has added—at the time of this writing at least—six more players since Tuesday, and some of them have been pretty impactful additions. If we’re working in chronological order, the first addition that LSU made dating back to Tuesday was Boise State safety […]

about 1 month ago | 3 reads

Tigers Add Three Skill Position Players Out of the Portal

Monday was a very busy but fruitful day for Lane Kiffin and staff as the Tigers added a trio of skill position players out of the transfer portal. Let’s go in chronological order. First up, LSU added running back Raycine Guillory who spent this past season with the Utah Utes. Depending on what recruiting service […]

about 1 month ago | 5 reads

2026 Open Mike Night Recap

Man, it’s good to be back in the swing of things. LSU gymnastics opened their season to the public Friday night with their annual Open Mike Night intrasquad meet. A record crowd of 4,472 piled into the PMAC for an exhibition, a number which would’ve been good enough for 15th if averaged over the entire […]

about 1 month ago | 0 reads

NFLSU Week 18 Recap

The NFL regular season has come to a wrap. With a lot of playoff positions secured, many of the league’s stars sat out Week 18, but lucky for us, plenty of Tigers were still in action. We’ll break it all down here. Please note that a final NFLSU Season Recap will be published following the […]

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about 1 month ago | 0 reads

Jackson Harris Transferring to LSU

Everyone say aloha (aleauxha?) to LSU’s first portal addition: Jackson Harris. Harris, a wide receiver from Hawaii, is the first ever incoming transfer for The Portal King himself, Lane Kiffin. Jackson spent his first two collegiate seasons with Stanford before heading ever farther west to play for Hawaii in 2025. This season with the Rainbow […]

about 1 month ago | 1 read

Michael Van Buren Entering Transfer Portal

Michael Van Buren’s time with LSU has seemingly come to an end as the sophomore quarterback has announced he intends to put his name into the transfer portal. Van Buren’s career began at Mississippi State and he was thrust into action after original starting quarterback Blake Shapen was lost for the season. Van Buren ended […]

about 1 month ago | 2 reads

Caden Durham Entering Transfer Portal

The transfer portal is officially open, as Lane Kiffin has made us all aware, and sophomore running back Caden Durham has officially put his name in. Durham is the latest notable Tiger skill position player to put his name into the portal, following Kyle Parker who announced his intention on Friday. Durham had a great […]

about 1 month ago | 0 reads

2026 Open Mike Night Preview

2025 was all about Protecting the Crown. Now, it’s time to Clear the Path for 2026. The back-to-back SEC champion LSU gymnastics team has been working the entire offseason to get ready for the 2026 season, and now they’ll showcase it at Open Mike Night, the new name for the preview intrasquad previously known as […]

about 1 month ago | 0 reads

James Cregg Re-Hired by LSU

We don’t normally post about LSU hiring non-on the field assistant coaches, but yesterday the program got some news that likely made you go “oh!” Former LSU offensive line coach James Cregg has been hired by LSU in some type of role that has yet to be announced. It’s likely that Cregg is coming to […]

about 1 month ago | 3 reads

2026 NCAA Gymnastics Offseason Debrief

The 2026 NCAA women’s gymnastics season is finally here. Tomorrow, LSU will hold their preview meet at 6:30, but the regular season begins at 8:00 when Iowa and Minnesota square off at Utah on ESPN+. This season will be the first since 2018 in which no teams were added or dropped in the prior offseason, […]

about 1 month ago | 0 reads