From @Adam Gorney

Feature includes updates on a couple of LSU targets for 2025 and 2026.

From @Luke Hubbard

Completions where the ball traveled in the air more than 15 yards past the LOS. If you had told me that before the game I would have said we win by 2 scores.

Fire House tomorrow.

House needs to go now , actually weeks ago.
Wholesale defensive changes need to occur or BK will be gone within 3 years.
We go years begging for a qb with a pulse and now we getting them and the defense is just garbage.

From @Luke Hubbard

Greetings Tigers fans,

I'm from a few of our sites up north - just dropping a note in that 2026 QB Nathan Bernhard has told me that he is planning on visiting LSU this weekend. Holds offers from Duke, Iowa State, Louisville, Michigan State, Penn State.

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- Says she is not surprised about the outcome and is disappointed in some of her players not being aggressive. They lacked leadership and fight and she thought that Colorado did exactly what she thought they would do. They were polished, hungry and shot the ball from the three. They will get back to work and dig a little bit deeper.

- She says she doesn't live with physical play. They did not have "that dog in them" tonight. Her true freshman Mikaylah Williams and sophomore Sa'Myah Smith gave everything they had tonight. Everything is fixable about her team but she knows they will have a good practice come wednesday.

- She doesn't think you can compare this team to last year. She thinks the locker room was affected by how Colorado is a good team.

- She asked if they had a good fan turnout. Says LSU loves sports and LSU fans love to support their team. She has no idea how many fans came out to Las Vegas but knows she sold out her arena and they appreciate what her team has built.

- Says that the zone did not affect them and they went to the zone to stay out of foul trouble. Colorado was very very good with helping each other. Says they (LSU) were terrible at helping each other out during the game and transition is big and nobody would or could guard Jaylyn Sherrod. The team's effort was not even there and when they get to practice and watch film it will be a come to Jesus moment.

- Says that being hungry has nothing to do with skill. Colorado lost to Iowa in the Sweet 16 by ten points and they have experience and minutes played together. She says she can't flip a switch and let her team all play together, but it will come, but does not know how soon it will come to where we are all smoother and can play together.

- Says you can't coach speed you either have it or you don't and Sherrod broke it down defensively. She says we need to get better and our game is getting better. Says she saw some upsets today in women's basketball but she doesn't like to be on the losing end.

- Says Mikaylah Williams and Sa'Myah Smith did very good. Particularly Mikaylah for her first ever college basketball game. Says you have to consider she is only a freshman and is very pleased with Mikaylah and Sa'Myah's performance tonight.

LSU women bb go down to Colorado
92-78
Gonna have to fight All year to repeat.

Tonight, both the women and men tipoff their 2023=24 regular season. The Women's game will be nationally televised, but the Men's game is on ESPN+, so I'll be a doing a live thread for the game. Just wanted to post this early so you guys see it and know the game starts at 7pm CT, so tune back in around then for live updates from the game.

Some bullet points for the Tigers season opener:

• Jalen Cook's waiver was denied by the NCAA, so he will not be on the court tonight. LSU sent more information to the NCAA to see if they'll overturn it, so we'll get an update to y'all as soon as we know more (which may be a while).
• LSU is coming off a 132-44 win over Louisiana Christian in an exhibition game. The Tigers shot 73% in this game, so look for another high scoring night.
• After the game we will speak with Coach McMahon and a couple of players. I will post some press conference notes after it's over and there will be a feature story of some kind coming out after the game as well, so make sure you tune in to those as well!

2nd Qtr
Colorado 25. LSU 24

Colorado wants it more so far.

LSU definitely executed the rope-a-dope when we somehow dodged getting Jimbo and Billy Ball

We've got two basketball games on tap tonight and we will be covering both events.

No.1 LSU Women open things up in Las Vegas (NV) against No.20 Colorado at 6:30 PM CT on TNT

LSU Men open up their season at home in the PMAC against Mississippi Valley State. This game is on ESPN+/SECN+

I don't want to do overkill with the live update threads all year long, so we probably won't do them on the games that are on national tv.

Do you guys want live update threads for the games that are on subscription services like ESPN+/SECN+ etc?

The live game thread is now open!

From @KatlynSmith

I had mentioned this in another thread but my wife's father was in a battle with cancer. Today we received news that he passed. I'm traveling back home to Texas and will return next week.

I'm not going to he completely absent and we will have plenty of LSU coverage and I will still be putting stuff out. But please bear with me if our coverage has seemed off or seems off this week.

Carlos Stewart

• Carlos said it's great to be back home. He was really excited to get back here and play in front of his family.
• He said the guys are doing everything they can to not have a repeat of last season.
• Wanted to transfer home and start playing for a bigger brand. Also had the added bonus of playing in the SEC.
• Jordan Wright hit him up and tried to recruit him to come back to Louisiana and play for LSU with him.
• Says he talked to Jalen Cook. He's feeling alright, but they know how much he would mean to this team. Says they have to move on and adjust to be successful. Feels they have enough talent to without him to win a lot of games.
• Feels the team is competing hard in practice and has a lot of energy. They're preparing for practice just like a game because McMahon goes hard on them in practice. Said they felt the results during the game against LA Christian.

Tyrell Ward

• Said he wanted to improve on being consistent. He also needed to stay patient with McMahons plan. Coach told him he needed to work on some things, and instead of taking it the wrong way, he stayed and worked to improve on those areas.
• Feels this team has connected quicker this year than last year.
• He's trying to help all of the new guys get through the growing pains of coming to a new school.
• Says Jalen Cook is still practicing with him and with his experience, it's still helping them even if he can't play on gamedays.
• Felt like he went through some growing pains in his freshman year, but found his groove down the stretch where he played well.

Matt McMahon

• Trae Hannibal is out with illness, but should be at practice today. They expect Derek Fountain to be back by the game on Monday and Hunter Dean is dealing with a shoulder injury and is day-to-day.
• They don't have a timeframe for hearing back from the NCAA about Jalen Cooks waiver (they sent additional information to see if they'll overturn their ruling). Says he's still practicing with the team to stay ready just in case.
• Says he's not living in the past. He's focused on winning with this team and he feels the roster will be able to win games. They have an experienced roster and he's viewing it as a fresh start.
• Wants to see his team play with energy and selflessness. Feels those need to be the foundation of this team. Wants to see improvement on the defensive side of the ball on Monday. Allowed too many drives and offensive boards.
• Size and scoring ability were two of the main things he saw in Will Baker when he recruited him through the portal. Thinks he's a really good playmaker from the center position.
• Feels the offense is going to become less screen-centric. Cook is a great ball screen player, but with him out, they have to go away from that and run some different offenses. Says they've been preparing for that since June.
• Felt last year was a tough year for freshman across the country because there were so many 5th year players. Feels Tyrell Ward and Jalen Reed began to come on in the end of the season and he's excited for their sophomore season.
• Says freshman Mike Williams III is consistent every day. He's a freshman, but he's already a leader on this team. He does a great job running the offense and he should play a big role this year.
• He's excited for this season for Mwani Wilkinson. He battled injuries last season, but he's healthy now and is a very talented and athletic player. Plays defense very well and can guard multiple positions.