Link Gumbo 4/25/11
by PodKATT on Apr 25, 2011 11:50 AM CDT
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PrintWe will get to the disaster this weekend later.
Softball swept Ole Miss over the weekend, so not all is wrong in this world.
Women's basketball got a #20 preseason ranking from ESPN, mainly for hiring Nikki Caldwell and returning 2 top scorers from last season. Speaking of Caldwell, Rabalais at the Advoc defends her high salary.
There is an interesting new wrinkle in the story of whatever is going on with recruiting in the Houma/Thibodaux area, as LSU has had to cancel the Tri-Parish stop of the Tiger Tour (an annual fundraising drive that sees Coach Miles and various other coaches and administrators visit TAF chapters in Louisiana, Texas, and Mississippi) after the local TAF chapters declined to host it with no reason given. Something serious has to be going on if the 2 TAF chapters in the area turn down what is usually their biggest event of the year.
Something I noticed while looking into the Tiger Tour: that movie Ole War Skule, for which we briefly saw the trailer a few weeks ago, is a main sponsor and will presumably be screened on the tour.
LSU got a visit this weekend from point guard Anthony Hickey, this year's Kentucky Mr. Basketball
Blogging The Boys has been looking into the draft prospects of a few Tigers, including Stevan Ridley and Kelvin Sheppard.
Tommy Casanova "remains undefeated against Gators."
Former LSU Chancellor Sean O'Keefe still can't engage in bar fights (doctor' orders) but is finally out of a neck brace nearly a year after the Alaskan plane crash that almost took he and his son's life.
Louis Coleman got called up to the majors by KC last week and pitched 2 scoreless innings in his debut.
Football Outsiders continues it's great offseason work by analyzing the 2007 upset of ULM over Bama.
Andy Staples at SI.com has put forth his own plan for a new 64-team, 4-conference division for football that isn't entirely crazy.
Even Shreveport locals can't find value in the Indy bowl being the day after Christmas.
Nothing LSU related in TeamSpeedKills' Sprints this morning, but it's worth a look just for the montage.
Mental Floss relays the seldom heard tale of Robert Parish, probably the greatest athlete in Centenary College history, who was erased from existence by the NCAA.
Shakin' The Southland is in the middle of a feature explaining the fundamentals of the lineback position, today covering the basics of Man Coverage.
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I read the story...But what is this about?
There is an interesting new wrinkle in the story of whatever is going on with recruiting in the Houma/Thibodaux area, as LSU has had to cancel the Tri-Parish stop of the Tiger Tou
???
"I know the quarterback has a strong arm, but...I mean the ball's not gonna outrun ME" --PP7
The repeated suspicious activity by street agent types
and the fact that we are consistently losing some recruiting battles in that area. The Bammers have been keeping a better eye on it because it relates to a few Auburn recruits
added that link to the post as well
Managing Editor/Chief Lackey-And The Valley Shook THE LSU Tigers Blog of the Week for 52,136 Weeks in a Row and Counting
I've heard the stories
But I still haven’t pieced together how this would impact the desire of the local TAF org to shun the Tiger Tour? I’m not connecting those dots for whatever reason…
"I know the quarterback has a strong arm, but...I mean the ball's not gonna outrun ME" --PP7
it's a tenuous connection, I'll admit
but the TAF chapters in question aren’t giving any reason as to why they canceled. Seeing as this event is one of the main purposes of a TAF chapter to begin with, I have to imagine that something isn’t sitting well with someone.
Of course, Correlation ≠ Causation, but something about all this seems fishy to me.
Managing Editor/Chief Lackey-And The Valley Shook THE LSU Tigers Blog of the Week for 52,136 Weeks in a Row and Counting
According to people on TD.com
It seems like the Tiger Tour was only sending Frank Wilson to the Houma event…Apparently the cajuns got their feelings hurt about the lackluster representation from LSU coaches and decided to cancel the event.
Honestly, I hope that’s all that this is about…I’d hate to think (and currently don’t) that this is some weird plan in response to auburn recruiting, the NCAA investigation, and street agents. I just don’t see those stars aligning at the moment.
"I know the quarterback has a strong arm, but...I mean the ball's not gonna outrun ME" --PP7
Good for Coleman
Sounds like he’s off to a real promising start. I liked him a lot. He was clutch, and a workhorse.
"I'm not saying we wouldn't get our hair mussed, but I do say no more than 10 to 20 million killed, tops...depending on the breaks." - Buck Turgidson
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