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Les Miles, please beat Georgia for me September 29th

Georgia has LSU’s number, and it’s been that way for five years.This is a trend that needs to stop in a hurry.The last time LSU beat Georgia in football was in the 2003 Southeastern Conference Championship Game, and the Bulldogs have embarrassed the Tigers every time they were on the same field together since then.

Jones' punt return touchdown sparks LSU to victory September 28th

STARKVILLE, Miss. — LSU junior safety Chad Jones is not Billy Cannon, but he certainly did his best impression Saturday in Mississippi State's Davis Wade Stadium in Starkville, Miss.Clinging to a six-point lead in a wet and wild shootout, Jones delivered both the game-winning points and the game-saving goal-line tackle for LSU (4-0, 1-0) in a sloppy 30-26 win against Mississippi State (2-2, 1-2).Even with a messy victory, LSU moved up to No. 4 in both the Associated Press and USA Today Coaches Top 25 national polls.

Mississippi State fans fill the need for more cowbell September 23rd

During its 70-plus year history at Mississippi State football games, the cowbell has enjoyed an iconic status as a noisemaker, tradition, controversy and overall thorn in the side to all who oppose it.

Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College Athletics

The LSU Tigers are most prominent in the sport of football, though the University does offer baseball and track and field, both of which have gained Louisiana State at least one championship trophy. The annual rivalry against Ole Miss’ football program is a tradition of the athletics program.

Louisiana State University is an NCAA Division I school, with baseball, basketball, football, golf, swimming and diving, track and field, cross-country, and tennis for men and basketball, golf, gymnastics, soccer, softball, swimming and diving, track and field, cross-country, tennis, and volleyball for women. The team nickname is the Tigers. There is also a co-educational cheerleading team, a band, a dance team, and a mascot.

Sports facilities include a stadium with seating for over 91,000 people, an indoor arena for volleyball, basketball, and gymnastics, a baseball stadium, the softball field, a track stadium, a field house, a pool, soccer complex, an indoor practice facility, a tennis stadium, and a golf course.

Louisiana State University Tiger teams have won the numerous championships. In 2004 the football team won the national title, and women’s teams advance to the final rounds in basketball and softball. Four students were also academic All-Americans.

LSU football can be heard on the radio and is also televised. Men’s and women’s basketball, baseball, and softball are also broadcast on radio.