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CFP Semifinal Openthread

Today kicks off the best five-day span of football of the calendar year: the CFP Semifinals and NFL’s Super Wildcard Weekend. Starting tonight and running through Monday at 7:15 P.M, we’ll have eight playoff games and this here will be our hub. Tonight’s Game VRBO Fiesta Bowl: #6 Ole Miss vs. #10 Miami, 6:30 P.M., […]

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LSU Up to 11 Total Portal Additions

The transfer portal has been working overtime the past few days, and LSU has added—at the time of this writing at least—six more players since Tuesday, and some of them have been pretty impactful additions. If we’re working in chronological order, the first addition that LSU made dating back to Tuesday was Boise State safety […]

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Tigers Add Three Skill Position Players Out of the Portal

Monday was a very busy but fruitful day for Lane Kiffin and staff as the Tigers added a trio of skill position players out of the transfer portal. Let’s go in chronological order. First up, LSU added running back Raycine Guillory who spent this past season with the Utah Utes. Depending on what recruiting service […]

3 days ago | 0 reads

2026 Open Mike Night Recap

Man, it’s good to be back in the swing of things. LSU gymnastics opened their season to the public Friday night with their annual Open Mike Night intrasquad meet. A record crowd of 4,472 piled into the PMAC for an exhibition, a number which would’ve been good enough for 15th if averaged over the entire […]

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NFLSU Week 18 Recap

The NFL regular season has come to a wrap. With a lot of playoff positions secured, many of the league’s stars sat out Week 18, but lucky for us, plenty of Tigers were still in action. We’ll break it all down here. Please note that a final NFLSU Season Recap will be published following the […]

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Jackson Harris Transferring to LSU

Everyone say aloha (aleauxha?) to LSU’s first portal addition: Jackson Harris. Harris, a wide receiver from Hawaii, is the first ever incoming transfer for The Portal King himself, Lane Kiffin. Jackson spent his first two collegiate seasons with Stanford before heading ever farther west to play for Hawaii in 2025. This season with the Rainbow […]

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Michael Van Buren Entering Transfer Portal

Michael Van Buren’s time with LSU has seemingly come to an end as the sophomore quarterback has announced he intends to put his name into the transfer portal. Van Buren’s career began at Mississippi State and he was thrust into action after original starting quarterback Blake Shapen was lost for the season. Van Buren ended […]

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Caden Durham Entering Transfer Portal

The transfer portal is officially open, as Lane Kiffin has made us all aware, and sophomore running back Caden Durham has officially put his name in. Durham is the latest notable Tiger skill position player to put his name into the portal, following Kyle Parker who announced his intention on Friday. Durham had a great […]

6 days ago | 0 reads

2026 Open Mike Night Preview

2025 was all about Protecting the Crown. Now, it’s time to Clear the Path for 2026. The back-to-back SEC champion LSU gymnastics team has been working the entire offseason to get ready for the 2026 season, and now they’ll showcase it at Open Mike Night, the new name for the preview intrasquad previously known as […]

7 days ago | 0 reads

James Cregg Re-Hired by LSU

We don’t normally post about LSU hiring non-on the field assistant coaches, but yesterday the program got some news that likely made you go “oh!” Former LSU offensive line coach James Cregg has been hired by LSU in some type of role that has yet to be announced. It’s likely that Cregg is coming to […]

8 days ago | 0 reads

2026 NCAA Gymnastics Offseason Debrief

The 2026 NCAA women’s gymnastics season is finally here. Tomorrow, LSU will hold their preview meet at 6:30, but the regular season begins at 8:00 when Iowa and Minnesota square off at Utah on ESPN+. This season will be the first since 2018 in which no teams were added or dropped in the prior offseason, […]

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UPDATE: Dashawn Spears Staying With LSU

Well so much for that. About three hours after 247’s Matt Zenitz reported that Dashawn Spears would be entering the transfer portal Wednesday night, Zenitz later broke the news that Spears will be taking his name out of the portal. The news was confirmed by both Blake Baker and Spears himself, who posted their reactions […]

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College Football Playoff Quarterfinal Openthread

Friday’s Game Goodyear Cotton Bowl: #10 Miami vs. #2 Ohio State, 6:30 P.M., ESPN Saturday’s Games Capital One Orange Bowl: #5 Oregon vs. #4 Texas Tech, 11:00 A.M., ESPN The Rose Bowl Presented by Prudential: #9 Alabama vs. #1 Indiana: 3:00 P.M., ESPN The Allstate Sugar Bowl: #6 Ole Miss vs. #3 Georgia, 7:00 P.M., […]

9 days ago | 0 reads

NFLSU Week 17 Recap

The 2025 LSU Football season has come to a close… thank God. However, the NFL Playoffs are still a week away, and as the playoff picture comes into view, our LSU alumni are still playing hard, for seeding or pride. Let’s break down the final week of 2025 here. Cowboys 30 at Commanders 23 Desperately […]

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And The Valley Ranks: Top 10 Albums of the Year (& Lagniappe)

Adam Albums of the Year Honorable Mentions: clipping. – Dead Channel Sky; Cheekface – Middle Spoon; Vulfpeck – Clarity of Cal; Jason Isbell – Foxes in the Snow; Rosalia – Lux 10: Maribou State – Hallucinating Love Maribou State returned with their first album with their first album since 2017’s Kingdoms in Colour and picked […]

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Morning After Thoughts: Houston 38, LSU 35

I suppose I should have gotten this up sooner, but Vox doesn’t pay me enough to recap a glorified exhibition game that LSU lost which ended at midnight. Anyway, LSU closed the book on its 2025 season with a 38-35 loss to Houston in the Texas Bowl. They will NOT be repeating as Kinder’s Texas […]

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Tyree Adams, DJ Chester Entering Transfer Portal

Hello friends, it’s Zach here writing this little dilly from my phone because Apple still has had my MacBook since Monday. And that’s really inconvenient for me personally because news is coming in regarding the 2026 LSU football team so I’m having to pivot here. You probably won’t believe this, but LSU’s had some more […]

13 days ago | 0 reads

NFLSU Week 16 Recap

As most of us wind down at work with the holidays approaching, the NFL season is cranking up in anticipation of playoff time. Here we will break down an action-packed Week 16, but only from an LSU alumni perspective. Rams 37 at Seahawks 38 (OT) Omar Speights led the Rams with seven tackles and Anthony […]

16 days ago | 1 read

LSU Targeting Sterling Lucas For Defensive Line Coach

Lane Kiffin is still in the market for a defensive line coach and a new name has emerged as the top target to fill that void. According to FootballScoop, South Carolina’s Sterling Lucas is being targeted by LSU for the position of defensive line coach. Lucas currently serves as the defensive run game coordinator and […]

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CFP First Round Openthread

December 19 #9 Alabama vs. #8 Oklahoma, 7:00 P.M., ESPN December 20 #10 Miami vs. #7 Texas A&M, 11:00 A.M., ABC/ESPN #11 Tulane vs. #6 Ole Miss, 2:30 P.M., TNT/truTV #12 James Madison vs. #5 Oregon, 6:30 P.M., TNT/truTV

21 days ago | 2 reads

Mansoor Delane Going Pro, Earns Unanimous All-American Honors

Mansoor Delane’s one year in Baton Rouge is going to be his only year in Baton Rouge as the star transfer cornerback announced his intention to enter the 2026 NFL Draft. Delane is a projected first round pick and looks to be the first cornerback off the board when the draft starts Thursday April 23. […]

21 days ago | 2 reads

Carius Curne, Colin Hurley Entering Transfer Portal

Two more now former Tigers put their names into the transfer portal Wednesday afternoon as Carius Curne and Colin Hurley are now off to find greener pastures. Let’s start with Curne because he’s the more impactful of the two departures, and arguably the biggest name to enter the portal to date. The former five-star from […]

22 days ago | 1 read

NFLSU Week 15 Recap

The NFL Playoffs are rapidly approaching, so it’s a busy time in the NFL. A chilly Week 15 saw LSU guys experience a wide range of football emotions. We’re gonna break it all down game-by-game. Falcons 29 at Buccaneers 28 Deion Jones was second on the team with eight tackles against the team that drafted […]

23 days ago | 1 read