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LSU Ties Atop Collegiate Quad Podium

That’s a fantastic way to start. The back-to-back SEC champion LSU gymnastics team kicked off their 2026 season with a very good result. They tied atop the standings of the session of the Sprouts Farmers Market Collegiate Quad with a 197.500 alongside Oklahoma, though OU got the trophy on a sixth-score tiebreaker. LSU beat UCLA […]

24 days ago | 4 reads

Transfer Portal Update: January 10

Another day in the transfer window has come and gone and Lane Kiffin’s first LSU roster took another step toward being fleshed out. Kiffin flew up to Knoxville Friday night to try and get back in the good graces of quarterback Sam Leavitt, and while Kiffin was up in Tennessee, he ended up snagging a […]

24 days ago | 1 read

NFLSU: Chase, Stingley, and Hunter Named All-Pros

The NFL season is drawing to a close, and now that we’re into the Wildcard Round of the NFL Playoffs, regular season accolades are rolling out and some familiar faces are being honored. Ja’Marr Chase and Derek Stingley earned First-Team All-Pro honors, while Danielle Hunter landed on the Second-Team. Chase and Stingley have both earned […]

NFL

24 days ago | 1 read

LSU Drops to 0-3 in SEC Play

Looks like we fell for it again. Between the activity happening in the portal and the rough go of things, I’ve been waiting to say something—anything—positive about the LSU basketball team since conference play started. Unfortunately I don’t think we can keep ignoring it any longer. The Tigers (12-4) lost again to #11 Vanderbilt 84-73 […]

24 days ago | 0 reads

LSU at 2026 Sprouts Collegiate Quad Preview

LSU’s season begins with a very tough challenge atop the podium. The back-to-back SEC champion #2 LSU gymnastics team is back and ready to take on the 2026 season in a meet that actually counts. For the third straight year, the Tigers are at the Sprouts Collegiate Quad alongside #1 Oklahoma, #4 UCLA and #5 […]

25 days ago | 1 read

Another Transfer Portal Update

LSU’s been busy in the transfer portal, and it’s been hard for me to keep up with all the additions. Since we last talked, the Tigers have added eight more players to their portal haul, and they’re not done yet. Let’s do a quick rundown of who Lane Kiffin and company have gotten into the […]

25 days ago | 2 reads

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., […]

26 days ago | 0 reads

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 […]

27 days ago | 2 reads

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 […]

29 days ago | 5 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 […]

30 days ago | 0 reads

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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30 days ago | 0 reads

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 […]

about 1 month ago | 0 reads

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 […]

about 1 month ago | 2 reads

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 […]

about 1 month 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 […]

about 1 month 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 […]

about 1 month ago | 2 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, […]

about 1 month ago | 0 reads

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 […]

about 1 month ago | 1 read

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., […]

about 1 month ago | 2 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 […]

about 1 month ago | 2 reads

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 […]

about 1 month ago | 1 read

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 […]

about 1 month ago | 2 reads

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 […]

about 1 month ago | 2 reads