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2009 CFN LSU Preview, Part 2
by Richard Pittman
on Jul 2, 2009 6:37 AM CDT
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Yesterday, we discussed CFN's preview of LSU and how it pertained to the new defensive coaching staff, Jordan Jefferson, and a few incoming freshmen. Today, we look at a few more topics.
The 10 Best Players on the Team:
Ten Best Tiger Players
1. WR Brandon LaFell, Sr.
2. RB Charles Scott, Sr.
3. OT Ciron Black, Sr.
4. LB Perry Riley, Sr.
5. DE Rahim Alem, Sr.
6. TE Richard Dickson, Sr.
7. QB Jordan Jefferson, Soph.
8. DT Drake Nevis, Jr.
9. LB/S Harry Coleman, Sr.
10. CB Patrick Peterson, So.
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2theadvocate.com | Ochinko signs contract with Jays
Not a big surprise. Good luck to you, Sean.
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Top running back Storm Johnson chooses LSU - NOLA.com
This is the one we jumped the gun on earlier. I am a big fan of Storm Johnson, out of Loganville, Georgia. If you look at his film side-by-side with the film of 5-star running back Marcus Lattimore, you would have a hard time figuring out which one is the 5-star and which is not. He is perhaps a little raw and you would like to see him be more of a pass-catching threat than his videos show, but the kid can haul the mail.
He reported offers from all over the country, including Florida, Florida State, Tennessee, Oklahoma, and Penn State. He made it very clear early that he was not interested in staying in-state, so Georgia and Georgia Tech never made a serious play for him.
We aren't done at running back, as we will certainly look for at least one more and possibly two more.
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2009 CFN LSU Preview, Part 1
by Richard Pittman
on Jul 1, 2009 6:46 AM CDT
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Before we get into Pete Fiutak's LSU preview over at College Football News, let me make a few prefaces. Overview. Offense. Defense.
First, I really like Pete Fiutak. He's a very knowledgeable guy. He's forgotten more about college football than I'll ever know. The problem is that college football is just too big of a world for one person to be expert in all of it. No national reporter or national figure knows our team better than we do. The flip side is that Pete Fiutak knows a hell of a lot more about Eastern Michigan than I would ever want to know.
Secondly, despite all that, Pete Fiutak may have insights that I don't have. He may have some super-down-low sources within the team that feed him information that the ordinary local press does not get. I doubt that's strictly true, but it is entirely possible that some of the things he says that make me cast a sideways glance may be more true than I realize.
I don't think we should use Fiutak to learn more about our team, but it is nice to look at him and get an insight into what fans around the country may be thinking.
With the preliminaries out of the way, let's parse out what he says.
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Continuing with the team previews and breakdowns, today's featured team is LSU. Learn about everyone and everything going into the 2009 season with in-depth breakdowns for every team coming throughout the next few weeks. Also check out today's discussion ... does it matter that the BCS is moving to ESPN?
Scout.com: CFN 2009 College Football Preview. Didn't see this this morning. More thoughts on this as I have time to process it this week.
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5 Players LSU Can't Afford to Lose to Injury
by Richard Pittman
on Jun 30, 2009 6:34 AM CDT
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Back in August of 2008, I wrote a post entitled "5 Players We Can Ill-Afford to Lose to Injury". The title was self-explanatory. I attempted to name off five players who were too important to the 2008 season for us to lose without significant costs. Those players were, in order, Ciron Black, Colt David, Darry Beckwith, Ricky Jean-Francois, and Richard Dickson.
Alas, Darry Beckwith got hurt and missed time, seeming to not return to full strength for the rest of the season. Ricky Jean-Francois ended up not being all that important despite being healthy. Many of us overrated him. Otherwise, it was a good list.
This year, I found the list of 5 essential players to be harder to compile.
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Getting Back Into Football
by Richard Pittman
on Jun 29, 2009 8:47 PM CDT
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Sorry for not posting yesterday. The intertubes had a blowout on me and when I wanted to post, there was no posting to be done. Anyway, here's an article for you.
Lately we have given you all things baseball, which is fine. It's been a lot of fun watching and commenting on this team striving for and ultimately achieving a national championship. LSU baseball is a wonderful program with wonderful fans. Here in Tuscaloosa, despite the fact that the local team was reasonably decent (heading into the last weekend of the season, they had a shot to win the SEC West), there was almost no regular coverage of the team. I do not think there was one Crimson Tide baseball game broadcast locally on television all year. The local talk radio, which I listen to at times, never once mentioned the team in my hearing. They just don't care about baseball here, and that's kind of foreign to me.
But now, baseball season is over. We have celebrated our good fortune and discussed the future. Now it is time to move on. Lo and behold, the opening kickoff of the football season is a mere 2 months away. It sounds like ages, which is the impetus for the new blog title, "An LSU sports blog currently experiencing the long dark offseason of the soul," which for those of you in the know, is an obvious reference to a novel by Douglas Adams, may he rest in satirical bliss.
About a month ago, I celebrated the fact that the football team was making almost no news. The thought was that all news was bad news. Any news about the football team that came out now would likely either be an injury, an arrest, or a suspension. Wouldn't you know it, the first bit of news to come out since then was about an injury.
Redshirt freshman wide receiver Tim Molton tore a ligament in his knee and is lost for the season. It's a terrible blow for a young man who had reportedly moved up the depth chart to the point where he was expected to make a significant contribution this season. It's a significant blow to his career and to the depth in the receiver corps. It was expected that Brandon Lafell and Terrance Toliver would be the #1 and #2 receivers on the team, but Molton was generally expected to compete for the #3 spot with veterans Chris Mitchell and R.J. Jackson and incoming freshman sensation Rueben Randle. Now his career is on hold. Good luck to the young man, and please come back to the team ready to go in 2010.
via media.scout.com
The second piece of news to come out recently came from TigerSportsDigest, in an original reporting that is well worth the subscription fee, about incoming freshman safety Craig Loston. While we have previously said that All News Is Bad News, this piece of news was more of a good news/bad news combination. Craig Loston, one of the crown jewels of an outstanding recruiting class, is qualified and will be enrolling in school today. The downside is that he needs wrist surgery that will keep him sidelined until October. A true freshman who can't practice with the team or even workout until October? I can't imagine he will be able to contribute this year, and I suppose a redshirt year is in order.
The kid is going to be a player, and I am thrilled he's made it to school and that he'll be learning the schemes and acclimating himself to college and to the team while he rehabs.
The team is currently going through 7-on-7 drills. Regular practice begins in early August and kickoff is on September 5, 2009, very late at night.
For the next couple months, we will follow the progress of the team, give overviews of the new players added to the roster, and generally fret about football like Arthur Dent.
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Mainieri named Coach of Year
The title here is pretty self-explanatory. It's hard to argue with results, and when you consider this was a pretty bad team just a couple years ago, it shows just how good a job Paul Mainieri has done (even though I will continue to criticize bunting, but at least he does it a lot less than many coaches).
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