3. Tiger Stadium
Death Valley on a Saturday night has probably the best gameday atmosphere of any college venue in the country. The fans are widely considered the loudest and most passionate, probably due to the fact that they have been drinking and partying all day. And if you ask most college football coaches, this is one of the last places that they would ever want to play a road game.
Built in 1924, the stadium has expanded to an impressive 92,400 seating capacity. In terms of population, that makes Tiger Stadium the sixth largest city in Louisiana on gamedays.
An interesting fact: In a game against Auburn in 1988, when quarterback Tommy Hodson completed a game winning touchdown pass, the subsequent crowd roar registered as an actual earth quake on the LSU seismographs.
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Posted March 3rd, 2008 by Brian
Filed under: Football, Recruiting
Orangebloods.com is reporting that five-star athlete/QB Russell Shepard has committed to [tag]LSU[/tag]. The young man out of Houston Cypress Ridge was thought to be a Texas lock for the last year or so, but after the Longhorns secured a commit from top quarterback Garrett Gilbert the Texas coaching staff pursued Shepard only as an athlete. Shepard wanted the promise that he’d at least get his shot to be a college quarterback. He’ll apparently get that at LSU.
Good luck to Russell, I hope he has a great career for the Tigers(as long as they’re not up against the Horns of course.) I also hope he keeps the door cracked just a tiny bit in case the situation changes around here.
Our good friend Ryan Perrilloux may be in big time trouble and I can’t say I’m surprised. The former Texas quarterback commit and current LSU benchwarmer is apparently under federal investigation about his involvement in a counterfeiting ring:
LSU quarterback Ryan Perrilloux is involved in a federal criminal investigation, and Baton Rouge lawyer Nathan Fisher has been hired to represent the reserve quarterback.
A New Orleans radio station is reporting that federal authorities in New Orleans are investigating Perrilloux. Fisher said he is Perrilloux’s attorney and that he could not comment about the nature of the investigation, but could only confirm that the investigation is taking place.
Perrilloux has not been booked on any charges, Fisher said. Fisher also said he is unaware of any pending hearings or other court actions scheduled to take place in connection with the investigation.
Rumors of this surfaced on LSU message boards earlier this week but more details and are coming out now and the mainstream press has gotten wind of it and is asking questions. The New Orleans Times-Picayune got quotes on the situation from Perrilloux’s mom and high school coach. Sounds like the kid could be in real trouble (whether he was directly involved or not) and the people close to him are doing everything they can to make sure the kid is never held accountable for his actions.
Posted March 25th, 2006 by Brian
Filed under: Basketball
LSU is the complete opposite of the West Virginia team Texas faced Friday night. [tag]LSU[/tag] isn’t a great three-point shooting team and the Mountaineers made their first two with less than ten seconds to go Friday. The Tigers win with their big men inside on offense and outstanding defense. Texas can’t let their shot blockers intimidate them and needs to feed inside early and often to get Glen Davis and Tyrus Thomas into foul trouble.
First Half
- Why isn’t the game in HD? They just announced that it had a sponsor for high def yet the picture clearly isn’t. Is it the local CBS affilliate’s fault?
- Okay now it’s fixed. Woohoo!
- Turnover by LSU leads to LaMarcus Aldridge nailing a jumper. Big guy starting out smooth again today.
LSU 0, Texas 3
- Another LSU turnover leads to easy layup for Kenton Paulino.
- Daniel Gibson misses two wide open threes but Brad Buckman nailed one of his own.
- Crap. PJ Tucker is hurt. Looks like it’s his left thumb. Mad scramble for the ball after a Texas turnover, then they steal it back while Tucker gets tangled up, and then Aldridge turns it over again. Wild play that ends up with Tucker holding his thumb sitting on the bench.
LSU 4, Texas 9
- Five minutes into the game and Gibson passes up an open shot. I know he’s not feeling it right now but he’s not off by much and needs to keep firing.
- LSU in a little bit of foul trouble. They seem to be a little out of control early, Texas needs to get up a littl e before they settle in.
- Texas offense is clunking them right now and looks awful on offense. LSU is on a ten point run.
LSU 12, Texas 9
- AJ Abrams nails the 3. He’s definitely been Texas’ most consistent the last few games.
- More terrible officiating. Tyrus Thomas first comes flying in over several guys backs trying to get the rebound. Then after Buckman grabs the board, Thomas literally winds up and hammers Buckman on the head right in the middle of open court while the ref is staring right at them. On what planet is that not a foul? The poor officiating this weekend has been almost as big of a story as the games.
LSU 14, Texas 15
- Aldridge is a little off, need to get him some easy shots and get him going again.
- Nice easy three from Gibson. I’m telling you, he hasn’t been hitting them but he’s been just barely off and seems ready to explode at any moment. Hopefully that shot gets him heated up.
LSU 19, Texas 22
- Four minutes left in the first half and Aldridge misses another. He’s been excellent of defense and the glass though.
LSU 19, Texas 22
- Dear POWERade. Please stop comparing your low-calorie water drink (POWERade Option) to Gatorade’s regular stuff. They have Propel Fitness Water and it has just ten calories as well. That’s like Diet Coke trying to show that they had fewer calories than regular Pepsi. Morons.
- Tie game with 78 seconds left in the half.
- I think they need to watch Thomas’ goal tending. Sure looked like he grabbed one of Buckman shots early earlier in the game and just now the ball appeared to still be sitting on the rim when he pulled down the rebound.
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