Category - The Sports Troll

LSU coach Ed Orgeron said being a 21.5-point underdog “means nothing.” Alabama coach Nick Saban called LSU’s loss against Troy the “worst thing that happened to the SEC,” because it awoke a sleeping giant. Las Vegas...

5 things LSU must do to slay Goliath Alabama   OK, so it’s one thing to say LSU can beat Alabama. But it’s a whole another thing entirely to put all the pieces together and explain how it can happen while still...

LSU to battle Auburn in Tiger Stadium When LSU plays Auburn, crazy things tend to happen. Today’s installment will have a new wrinkle – the Louisiana Tigers are a decisive underdog, despite being at home. LSU will take...

I miss the days when LSU actually had a game-changing home field advantage. The days when fans overflowed Tiger Stadium as soon as the gates open. They came early and stayed late – committing themselves to making life...

I don’t know how long Ed Orgeron will be LSU’s head football coach. But I do know that Saturday’s football game at Florida will go an awfully long way in determining how long the new coach is able to stick around. The...

LSU won last week, but made a lot of mistakes while doing it. With another non-conference tune-up this week, the goal is simple: play a clean game and get a stress-free win. The Tigers will host Troy on Saturday night...

The coldest I’ve ever been in my life was on Nov. 15, 2008 while standing alone in the student section in Tiger Stadium. The weather was warm that day. But at night, the temperatures plummeted to about 45 degrees and a...

‘Ya think LSU’s defense has been good so far this year? Now they’re about to get their best player back from an injury, which, of course, should make them even better. The big news around LSU’s camp this week is the...

Image: Chris Parent / LSU Athletics The LSU defense suffocated BYU last Saturday, choking out the Cougars to the tune of fewer than 100 yards allowed and zero drives getting past the 50-yard-line. And now, LSU is...

Wasn’t Saturday’s game a little weird? Under Les Miles, LSU football games were like a stress test or a cardiac exam. By the time the four hours of the game were through, you’d experienced highs, lows, anxiety, stress...

It’s game week, LSU fans! After an entire offseason of waiting, the LSU football team will open its 2017 season on Saturday night at 8:30 p.m. against BYU – a decorated program from the Southwest. The Tigers are a two...

Ed Orgeron has failed in the SEC before. He doesn’t plan to do that again anytime soon. The Tigers’ first-year coach announced yesterday that Danny Etling will be the team’s starting quarterback for the season opener...

I love writing this blog because I’m a journalist by trade and honestly, the whole “fair and balanced” thing gets old after a while, so having a space to show some personality and express how I feel about certain topics...

As we’ve talked about before in this blog, LSU practices are closed to the media this summer. So, quite frankly, no one really has much of a definitive idea of what’s going on at camp – except for what’s told to us by...

Will Wade hasn’t yet coached a basketball game as LSU’s men’s basketball coach. But it doesn’t much matter at this point. The dude is already a grand-slam home-run hire. Wade is absolutely killing it on the recruiting...

LSU football coach Ed Orgeron announced on Friday that preseason camp will be completely closed to media. The move isn’t entirely surprising. LSU has a new offensive coordinator and a ton of new players at new positions...

I apologize to the awesome, loyal readers this blog has picked up over the past several weeks. With summer in high gear, the sports season at LSU has sort of dimmed down and, quite frankly, there’s not much to talk...

By now, every diehard LSU fan has heard about it, so I guess I’ll offer my two cents on it, as well. Earlier this week, LSU football coach Ed Orgeron was jogging the LSU Lakes – a common occurrence for a coach who has...

I know people who know LSU coach Ed Orgeron. I’m from Cut Off. I still live there today. He grew up in Larose. The two towns are about a pitch and a putt away from one another – connected by the same road everyone...

Losing Eric Walker for the 2018 season stinks. More important than that, it’s a huge blow to the LSU baseball team’s future. Walker, a freshman sensation on last year’s club, was diagnosed with ligament damage last week...

Happy 4th of July, my friends! I hope everyone had a wonderful and blessed Independence Day. For me, the day was spent in paradise – on my couch. I slept late, then proceeded to watch WWE Network all day long. Now...

I’m a little delayed in getting this message out. The College World Series, my 30th birthday, a tropical storm and many, many other things had me occupied. Yes, I’m 30 and no, I don’t walk to talk about it. It’s a bit...

Sometimes in the game of Blackjack, your two cards are a Queen and a King. Of course, that gives you 20, which is a dominant hand in a game where it’s a chase to get to 21 without going over. Having 20 means you win way...

LSU had virtually no margin for error on Monday night against Florida. The Tigers had to have about 10 things go exactly right, while also hoping for extraordinary performances from a supporting cast of pitchers who...