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Link Gumbo - 2/17/14

The latest headlines surrounding LSU, and more.

By Jake Nazar
USA TODAY Sports

Shortly after signing day, SB Nation put out a longform piece discussing the rise and fall of Ryan Perrilloux. In the piece Ryan comes off as someone who seems to feel slighted by LSU and how things turned out in his college career. Shortly after, WAFB's Jaques Doucet put together a piece (which he has told us was planned before that longform piece came out) also talking about Perrilloux's career. In person on tape, Perrilloux paints a different attitude to his dismissal from LSU and his time here.

Dellenger: Growing up in a house of boys set stage for success for Poché | Sports | The Advocate — Baton Rouge, LA - Ross Dellenger looks at why growing up in a house with 4 other brothers helped shape LSU Freshman pitcher Jared Poche, and could help him achieve success as an integral member of the LSU pitching staff this season

Kyle Bouman takes rough road to LSU | LSU | The Advocate — Baton Rouge, LA - More from The Advocate, this time on Kyle Bouman, who after a drunken car crash, stints at two other colleges, and troubles family wise off the field, has been granted a second chance, as a starter for LSU.

NBA legends recall 'Pistol' Pete Maravich's lasting imprint on the game | NOLA.com - An assort of NBA legends talk about the impact LSU legend and Basketball Hall of Famer 'Pistol' Pete Maravich made on the pro game.

USABaseball.com: News: USA Baseball Reveals 60-man Preseason Golden Spikes Watch List - USA Baseball has released their 60-man watch list for the Golden Spikes award. Two LSU players are included, SS Alex Bregman, and staff ace, RHP Aaron Nola.

Enter The Pit: Sand volleyball team prepares for inaugural season - lsureveille.com: Volleyball - LSU's student newspaper examines a big day for the athletic department all-around, March 18, when the LSU sand volleyball team plays their first game in program history.

ACC eyes schedule that includes one SEC game every year - ESPN - In an interesting development, the ACC are seeking the possibility of their teams playing a game against an SEC school every year, in addition to their 8 game regular season schedule. Apparently it's just an idea that's been discussed, but it'd be beneficial to the ACC and their schools. The SEC however? That's probably a different story. Read more about it from ESPN.

Pete Maravich's sons have tried to live up to his legacy. | SportsonEarth.com : Shaun Powell Article - A very good piece from SportsonEarth on how the legacy of Pete Maravich has affected both his sons and their fight with the game of basketball and trying to live with Maravich's legacy. It's an emotional piece and one filled with a lot of must-read stuff on former LSU coach John Brady as well.

Future LSU Long Snapper Advances Type 1 Diabetes Research - Great piece on how future LSU Long Snapper Blake Ferguson, a former Type 1 Diabetes patient, has helped further research of it.

White Sox outfielder Jared Mitchell happy with career choice | MLB.com: News - Story on former dual-sport LSU athlete Jared Mitchell, who along with Chad Jones became the first student-athletes to win both a BCS National Title and College World Series crown. Mitchell is having an up and down MLB career but is in no way upset with his career choice even though he feels there might of been a chance for him on the gridiron in the NFL.

LSU spring game set for April 5 in Tiger Stadium | NOLA.com - LSU has set their spring game date for Saturday, April 5th. That's also the same weekend as the Mississippi State baseball series. Busy weekend on campus.

Football Again Among Top 10 in Attendance - LSUsports.net - The Official Web Site of LSU Tigers Athletics - Despite many of us mentioning how the attendance didn't look great at games, and there were many empty seats. LSU still clocked in in the Top 10 for attendance, for the 14th straight season, at #8 in the country with an average of 91,418 fans per game. LSU is 4th in the SEC, behind Alabama, Tennessee, and Georgia, all who have larger stadiums. In terms of % of the stadium filled, LSU ranked behind UGA (sell-out), Alabama (about 99.6%), and in front of Tennessee (93.2%). LSU had about 98.7% of the stadium filled this year.

Report: LSU interviewing Daye for coaching opening | Tiger Tracks - As many know, Thomas McGaughey left LSU to take the ST job with the New York Jets. LSU since has been looking for a new ST coaches job and it's being reported here that current Missouri Southern State HC Daryl Daye, who played at LSU in the 1980's under Bill Arnsparger, was an assistant under Mike Archer, and who's father played for LSU on the 1958 National Championship team, will be getting an interview for the job. I'd expect the talk of who will fill the ST vacancy will heat up in the coming days.