And The Valley Shook: FanShots

2theadvocate.com | Ochinko signs contract with Jays

2009-07-01T11:54:29Z

2theadvocate.com | Ochinko signs contract with Jays

Not a big surprise. Good luck to you, Sean.

Top running back Storm Johnson chooses LSU - NOLA.com

2009-07-01T11:52:32Z

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.

Continuing with the team previews and breakdowns, today's featured team is LSU. Learn about...

2009-06-30T12:27:01Z

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.

Mainieri named Coach of Year

2009-06-29T01:12:08Z

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).

The Houston Rockets kept in close contact with LSU guard Garrett Temple and immediately after the...

2009-06-27T23:24:41Z

The Houston Rockets kept in close contact with LSU guard Garrett Temple and immediately after the draft concluded offered him on spot on their summer league team that will compete in Las Vegas, July 10-19, at the Thomas and Mack Center and the Cox Pavilion.

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Guard Terry Martin from Monroe will also be heading to Las Vegas as he has been invited to join the New Orleans Hornets summer league squad.

Three Tigers Headed to NBA Summer Leagues - LSUsports.net—The Official Web Site of LSU Tigers Athletics

Selected by the Miami Heat with the 43rd overall pick of Thursday night’s draft, the former LSU s...

2009-06-26T11:48:36Z

Selected by the Miami Heat with the 43rd overall pick of Thursday night’s draft, the former LSU star watched his draft rights traded to the New Orleans Hornets just minutes later for two future second-round draft picks, one in 2010 and one in 2012.

2theadvocate.com LSU's Thornton drafted by Heat, traded to Hornets. With the baseball success, this is a topic that has been ignored, along with several other topics we will be getting back around to, oh.. next week. Garrett Temple was not drafted.

"A lot of credit for this championship should go to Les Miles, our football coach," Mainieri said....

2009-06-25T11:33:53Z

"A lot of credit for this championship should go to Les Miles, our football coach," Mainieri said. "If Les wasn’t so cooperative to work with to allow Jared to concentrate on baseball this spring and to let Chad play, I don’t know if we’d be here. Those two guys were critical players for us."

2theadvocate.com. Les Miles is a very easy man for LSU fans to like.

Great picture from Mark Saltz of The Advocate. Look at Landry get on up.

2009-06-25T11:29:06Z

Great picture from Mark Saltz of The Advocate. Look at Landry get on up.

Arkansas fan says LSU is the "Moscow on the Bayou"

2009-06-23T14:49:33Z

Arkansas fan says LSU is the "Moscow on the Bayou"

I'm so glad we beat Arkansas.

Ten Best Alabama Players 1. WR Julio Jones, Soph. 2. DT Terrence Cody, Sr. 3. LB Rolando McClain,...

2009-06-17T11:57:05Z

Ten Best Alabama Players
1. WR Julio Jones, Soph.
2. DT Terrence Cody, Sr.
3. LB Rolando McClain, Jr.
4. LB Dont'a Hightower, Sr.
5. CB/PR Javier Arenas, Sr.
6. RB Mark Ingram, Soph.
7. RB Trent Richardson, Fr.
8. CB Dre Kirkpatrick, Fr.
9. S Kareem Jackson, Jr.
10. CB Kareem Jackson, Jr.

Scout.com: NEW ... 2009 CFN Alabama Preview. It's recruiting gone amok. I normally think Pete Fiutak is an outstanding and insightful writer about football, but this is insane and points to how people get so hung up on star ratings and recruiting profiles. To suggest, months before the season starts, and before some of these players have even reported to school that TWO incoming freshmen are among the 8 best players on a team considered by many to be pre-season top 10 is beyond my capacity to understand.

In lesser mistakes, Dont'a Hightower is a sophomore rather than a senior and Kareem Jackson is listed twice.

LSU Tigers | College Football News at CBSSports.com

2009-06-16T11:41:25Z

LSU Tigers | College Football News at CBSSports.com

Just to let you guys know, ATVS and other SBNation blogs are being fed to CBSSports, which I suppose means that I am now colleagues with Gregg Doyel. Links to articles here can be found at the LSU football team page, even though right now it seems to be all about baseball. Little by little, we are growing.

Get to Know Your Prospect Better: Marcus Thornton - Bullets Forever

2009-06-16T10:56:57Z

Get to Know Your Prospect Better: Marcus Thornton - Bullets Forever

A little Q&A I did with the Washington Wizards SBNation blog.

Top 10 SEC-Big Ten Games of the Last Decade: #3 - LSU v Illinois, 2002 Sugar Bowl - Team Speed Kills

2009-06-16T10:52:26Z

Top 10 SEC-Big Ten Games of the Last Decade: #3 - LSU v Illinois, 2002 Sugar Bowl - Team Speed Kills

I gave ol' cocknfire a little input on this post, and he goes over things I did not remember about this game.

Top 10 SEC-Big Ten Games of the Last Decade: #3 - LSU v Illinois, 2002 Sugar Bowl

2009-06-15T14:57:07Z

Top 10 SEC-Big Ten Games of the Last Decade: #3 - LSU v Illinois, 2002 Sugar Bowl

LSU capped off a surprise SEC championship season with a 47-34 victory in the Sugar Bowl, its first win in New Orleans in nearly 35 years. With a major contribution from ATVS's Richard.

Examining Division I College Baseball's Run Scoring Environment

2009-06-15T01:15:35Z

Examining Division I College Baseball's Run Scoring Environment

TusconRoyal posted this as a FanPost 4 days ago, but I just now noticed it. I just don't look over there all that often, but I should. And you guys should post more FanShots. If you see an article or a picture or a video that you want posted here, just make a Fanshot of it. Move the little bookmark tab to your bookmark bar and SBNation will do most of the work for you.

Anyway, this article goes into some of the statistics of why bunting is rarely a good idea, and why risking outs on the bases is also rarely a good idea. It's well-worth reading.

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — LSU All-American Trindon Holliday has been chasing an individual title at the N...

2009-06-13T10:44:03Z

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — LSU All-American Trindon Holliday has been chasing an individual title at the NCAA Track and Field Championships for more than two years, only to finish second three times and third once in five previous indoor and outdoor meets.

To Holliday, a Zachary native, enough was enough.

On Friday night, his world-class speed finally made him the fastest man in NCAA track as he won the 100 meters final with a time of 10.00 seconds at John McDonnell Field. The time equaled the personal-best he recorded in winning his preliminary heat Wednesday.

Good job, Trindon.

Examining Division I College Baseball's Run Scoring Environment

2009-06-10T19:43:50Z

Examining Division I College Baseball's Run Scoring Environment

I did a run analysis of all college games this season and decided to link to all the team in the CWS.

Ed. note: This article goes into some of the specifics of why bunting is rarely a good idea, and why it's also rarely a good idea to risk outs on the bases.

Draft: 2009 DraftTracker | MLB.com: Events

2009-06-10T01:07:19Z

Draft: 2009 DraftTracker | MLB.com: Events

Follow to see where LSU players and prospects are drafted. Jared Mitchell was drafted 23rd to the White Sox. Signee Slade Heathcott went #29 to the Yankees. Other draft-eligible Tigers include Blake Dean, Ryan Schimpf, DJ Lemahieu, Sean Ochinko, Derek Helenihi, and a few others. Signees Brody Colvin and Zach Von Rosenberg are expected to be drafted as well.

College World Series Visitors Guide to Omaha - Corn Nation

2009-06-09T13:33:40Z

College World Series Visitors Guide to Omaha - Corn Nation

A visitors guide to Omaha for all you LSU fans that will be making the trip. We're encouraging people to share as well.

LSU fourth-year junior forward Tasmin Mitchell told ESPN.com on Sunday night he plans to withdraw...

2009-06-08T11:28:15Z

LSU fourth-year junior forward Tasmin Mitchell told ESPN.com on Sunday night he plans to withdraw his name from the NBA draft and return for his senior season with the Tigers.

"I’m going back to school," Mitchell told ESPN.com’s Andy Katz. "I’ll take care of (the paperwork with the NBA) Monday."

2theadvocate.com | Mitchell says he'll return to LSU for senior season. Word had gotten out that this was coming down. It is, of course, huge news for the basketball program, which needed Taz back if it was going to have any hope of being competitive next year. As it is, the team will have an uphill climb with only 2 starters returning.