Someone noted Former Tiger, turned author , John Ed Bradley ‘ s book ….It never rains in Tiger Stadium . For those who haven’t read it ,the memoir describes the empty feelings he experienced after leaving football . How he couldn’t bear to attend LSU games for years …it was too painful

I bring this up because I believe that many former players , even high school , experienced this exact feelings …like “ when the cheering stops”

I’d like to hear from posters to ask if any one felt this way upon finishing their sports career ?

Northwestern State Demons (25-20) at No. 2 LSU Tigers (37-10)

DATE/TIME

• Tuesday, May 9 @ 6:30 p.m. CT (SEC Network +)

STADIUM

• Alex Box Stadium, Skip Bertman Field in Baton Rouge, La. (10,326)

RANKINGS

• LSU – No. 2 in all polls (No. 4 in NCAA RPI)
• NSU - unranked

RADIO

· LSU Sports Radio Network affiliates, including 98.1 FM in Baton Rouge

· Live audio at www.LSUsports.net/live; Live stats at www.LSUstats.com

ONLINE

• The game will be streamed on SEC Network +

PROMOTIONS

The first 2,500 fans at Tuesday’s game will receive a free Tommy White poster.


LSU SERIES RECORD VS. NORTHWESTERN STATE

· LSU leads the series with Northwestern State, 60-13, and the Tigers have won 22 of the past 25 matchups, including a 19-7 victory last season (May 17) in Baton Rouge … prior to last season’s game, the Demons had won two in a row over LSU – a 7-3 victory on May 18, 2021, in Baton Rouge, and a 3-1 win on March 12, 2019, in Natchitoches … the Demons' other win in their past 25 games versus LSU was a 5-2 victory on April 12, 2011, in Alex Box Stadium, Skip Bertman Field.


QUOTING LSU COACH JAY JOHNSON

“We will make the adjustments that we need to, whether it be mental or physical, and get back to work. That’s what our team has done all year, and I’m excited about that. I woke up incredibly energized this morning to get into this week. We’re excited about facing a very good team in Northwestern State, getting our guys out there executing and improving, and doing what it takes to win a game.”


ABOUT THE TIGERS

• LSU won two of its four games last week and suffered its first series loss of the season by dropping two of three games at Auburn over the weekend … the series loss marked the Tigers’ first since May 13-15, 2022, when LSU was defeated in a series by Ole Miss … LSU had played eight straight SEC weekends – dating back to last season – without a league series loss before falling short in two games at Auburn.
• LSU’s 37-10 record is its best through 47 games since 2015, when the Tigers were 40-7 … LSU’s 16-7 SEC record this season is the Tigers’ best conference mark through 23 games since the 2015 club was also 16-7 in league play.
• The Tigers’ eight-game SEC win streak ended with Saturday’s loss at Auburn; the eight-game SEC win streak was LSU’s longest in a single season since 2017, when the Tigers won eight straight league games from May 6-May 20 … Sunday’s loss at Auburn marked the first time this season that LSU has lost two games in a row.
• LSU’s 10-0 win at Southeastern Louisiana and 3-0 win at Auburn last week give the Tigers nine shutouts this season, a figure which leads the nation.
• LSU centerfielder Dylan Crews increased his reached base streak to 51 straight games, which includes all 47 games this season and the final four games of last season.
• Junior right-hander Paul Skenes was named SEC Pitcher of the Week on Monday after he defeated Auburn on Friday night, working a season-high 7.1 innings and allowing no runs on six hits with one walk and a career-high 15 strikeouts … he became the first LSU pitcher to record 15 strikeouts in a game since Tyler Jones fanned 15 at the University of New Orleans on May 17, 2011 … Skenes’ outing marked the most strikeouts by an LSU pitcher in an SEC game since April 24, 2009, when Anthony Ranaudo fanned 15 against Auburn in Baton Rouge … Skenes improved to 9-1 on the year, and he leads the nation with 139 strikeouts … he is also No. 1 in the SEC in ERA (1.73), innings pitched (72.2) and opponent batting average (.165).
• LSU freshman right-hander Gavin Guidry made three appearances on the mound last week, including his first career start at Southeastern Louisiana on Tuesday night … Guidry earned the win at Southeastern, working 2.1 scoreless innings with no hits, one walk and four strikeouts … Guidry made two appearances on the Auburn series over the weekend, and he fired a career-high 3.1 innings in Sunday’s game, allowing one earned run on two hits with one walk and four strikeouts … for the entire week, Guidry pitched 6.0 innings and allowed one earned run on two hits with three walks and nine strikeouts.
• LSU third baseman Tommy White hit .471 (8-for-17) in four games last week with three doubles, one homer, four RBI and three runs scored … leftfielder Tre’ Morgan batted .444 (8-for-18) last week with one homer, three RBI and two runs … Morgan provided all three runs in LSU’s 3-0 win over Auburn on Friday night, as he launched a two-run homer and provided an RBI single.
• Catcher Hayden Travinski batted .400 (4-for-10) last week with one homer, four RBI and two runs … Travinski has homered once in each of LSU’s past three SEC series versus Ole Miss, Alabama and Auburn … second baseman Gavin Dugas hit .357 (5-for-14) last week with two homers, three RBI and six runs scored.

ABOUT THE DEMONS

· Northwestern State has a 10-8 mark in the Southland Conference, and the Demons dropped two of three games at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi last weekend … Northwestern State has posted SLC series victories this season over New Orleans, Lamar, Incarnate Word and Nicholls.

· The Demons are hitting .274 as a team with 52 homers and 34 steals in 45 attempts … infielder Michael Dattalo is batting .395 with 16 doubles, seven homers and 38 RBI … infielder Jake Haze is hitting .311 with 13 doubles, two triples, three homers and 35 RBI … outfielder Jeffrey Elkins is batting .309 with 11 doubles, 10 homers and 28 RBI.

· The Northwestern State pitching staff has a 5.47 cumulative ERA, and the Demons have recorded 410 strikeouts in 393.0 innings.

The 6-foot-10 center is from Louisiana and played high school basketball at Lakeshore.

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It sounds like Notre Dame transfer running back Logan Diggs, who visited Ole Miss and South Carolina over the last few days, will be visiting LSU sometime within the next few days. He's clearly looking into other schools that are interested in him, hence the other visits, but I still like Frank Wilson and the Tigers to land him. Too many connections, relationships and proximity to home in this scenario in my opinion.

ULL transfer corner Trey Amos visited on Friday afternoon and spent time with his former Cajun teammate Kyren Lacy as the duo took some photos in Tiger Stadium. Amos picked up a plethora of major offers in a span of 30 hours once he hit the portal. It's still not clear where the Louisiana native will land but it figures LSU, Florida and Alabama will likely be in the mix.

Michigan State receiver Keon Coleman took an official visit to Florida State over the weekend. Coleman had a graphic made and tweeted that since he's entered the portal he's been contacted by 59 schools. I still don't think he ends up in Baton Rouge. LSU's WR room is stacked and I would imagine other schools are mentioning that frequently to Coleman who could be WR1 or WR2 at plenty of other programs.

LSU junior right-hander Paul Skenes was named Monday the Southeastern Conference Pitcher of the Week by the league office.

Skenes, a product of Lake Forest, Calif., defeated Auburn on Friday night, working a season-high 7.1 innings and allowing no runs on six hits with one walk and a career-high 15 strikeouts.
He became the first LSU pitcher to record 15 strikeouts in a game since Tyler Jones fanned 15 at the University of New Orleans on May 17, 2011.
Skenes’ outing marked the most strikeouts by an LSU pitcher in an SEC game since April 24, 2009, when Anthony Ranaudo fanned 15 against Auburn in Baton Rouge.

Skenes improved to 9-1 on the year, and he leads the nation with 139 strikeouts. He is also No. 1 in the SEC in ERA (1.73), innings pitched (72.2) and opponent batting average (.165).

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Julie and gents, heard on the radio the other day that we sit at 78 scholarship players on the roster after the spring game. other than a grey shirt or walkon earning a scholarship or maybe one of our guys in the portal changing his mind, would there be any strategic reason to not fill the remaining 7 slots with transfers between now and the Free Shoes game?

just wondering, could be a couple handed to walkons but seems like we could still sign up to 7 transfers before the first game.

is this correct? I’m all ears…

gents, just joined the game. not the best start. down 6-1, 6 walks, 2 hits, 2 runners on, and still no outs. Little didn't get one person out and neither did Herring. on our 3rd pitcher with no outs. is that a record?

I accept that our team is not perfect but pitching depth is a serious concern going into the post season. as we all know, you lose one game in the post season and you find yourself in sudden death. With three of our best pitchers (Edwards, Shores, and Taylor) out for the year, things are going to get difficult in the post season with one reliable starter and a very thin bullpen. that's about all we got

Gavin Guidry, thank god, came in and got 3 up, 3 down to stop the bleeding. heading to the 2nd, down 6-1. need our bats to come alive and Guidry to eat a bunch of innings.

we came back last weekend down 6-1 to bama on Sunday, let's do it again. Geaux Tigers!!!

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Let’s Geaux! Game 2, our Tigers going for 9 SEC wins in a row. Need Ty Floyd to have a great game and our bats to come alive!

Heading to the Cowboy Mouth concert, somebody take over…

Final score was Ole Miss 20, Missouri 14. Game featured multiple grand slams and Calvin Harris had 4 HR's. Crazy.

Game 1: #1 LSU (36-8, 15-5 SEC) vs. #42 Auburn (25-18-1, 9-12 SEC)

Gents, time for our Tigers to go for our third straight SEC series sweep and increase our SEC 7-game winning streak (longest since 2017). As with bama and ole miss, Auburn is much better than their record and standing in the SEC indicates. The series is on the road (an always tough Plainsman Park atmosphere), Auburn is #36 in RPI (basically top-10 percent), have played the #8 strength of schedule, and have been competitive in most of their recent SEC loses (4 recent 1-run loses).

With Arkansas sweeping A&M last weekend, we hold just a 1.5 game lead in the SEC West and are tied with Vandy for 1st overall in the SEC standings.

Like the last two weekends, Skenes needs to set the tone for the weekend and Tanks and The Crews Missile need to keep our lineup motivated. Crush auburn for three straight days and continue to build an insurmountable lead in the SEC West!!! Let’s continue with that Championship confidence and mentality just like the ’91 Team!!! Just Like Jordan!!! Just like Woods!!! Just like Gretzky!!! Just like Brady!!! Just like Maddux!!! Let's Geaux Tigers!!!

DATES/TIMES
Friday, May 5 @ 6:00 p.m. CT (SEC Network+, LSU Sports Radio, Z98)
LSU – Jr. RHP Paul Skenes (8-1, 1.93 ERA, 59.1 IP, 12 BB, 124 SO)
Auburn – So. RHP Chase Allsup (0-0, 7.52 ERA, 26.0 IP, 23 BB, 31 SO)

Saturday, May 6 @ 8:00 p.m. CT (SEC Network, LSU Sports Radio, Z98)
LSU – Jr. RHP Ty Floyd (6-0, 4.68 ERA, 50.0 IP, 22 BB, 50 SO)
Auburn – Gr. LHP Tommy Vail (4-1, 3.80 ERA, 47.1 IP, 34 BB, 58 SO)

Sunday, May 7 @ 1:00 p.m. CT (SEC Network+, LSU Sports Radio, Z98)
LSU – Jr. RHP Christian Little (2-1, 4.50 ERA, 28.2 IP, 19 BB, 40 SO)
Auburn – Jr. RHP Christian Herberholz (0-3, 4.69 ERA, 40.1 IP, 20 BB, 37 SO)

Probable Starting Lineup:
1) 2B Gavin Dugas (.315 BA, 11 HRs, 37 RBIs)
2) LF Tre' Morgan (.321 BA, 3 HRs, 29 RBIs)
3) CF Dylan Crews (.486 BA, 13 HRs, 53 RBIs)
4) 3B Tommy White (.369 BA, 16 HRs, 73 RBIs)
5) DH Cade Beloso (.315 BA, 8 HRs, 29 RBIs)
6) SS Jordan Thompson (.281 BA, 7 HRs, 35 RBIs)
7) 1B Jared Jones (.341 BA, 14 HRs, 45 RBIs)
8) RF Josh Pearson (.225 BA, 0 HRs, 13 RBIs)
9) C Alex Milazzo (.362 BA, 0 HRs, 14 RBIs)

notes:
- Brayden Jobert (.284 BA, 6 HRs, 22 RBIs) gets the night off, Josh Pearson will play Right Field
- Auburn won the series 2-1 in Baton Rouge last year so this is another revenge weekend.
- LSU has a 109-78 advantage over Auburn in a series that began in 1907 … LSU has won 21 of its last 29 games versus Auburn. Since 2013, LSU has won every series against Auburn except 2018 and 2022 as stated above.
- LSU’s 36-8 record is its best through 44 games since 2015, when the Tigers were 37-7. Our 15-5 SEC record is the best since we were 16-4 in 2013.
- The 2023 Tigers have been ranked No. 1 in all the college baseball polls for 12 consecutive weeks.
- Auburn (9-12) is tied with Texas A&M for fourth place in the SEC Western Division, 6.5 games behind first-place LSU and five games behind second-place Arkansas.
- Auburn advanced to the CWS last year.
- This weekend marks Auburn's fourth SEC series against a top-three team in the country, including its second straight and its first at home.
- Auburn has homered 17 times in the last six SEC games.
- "We get the No. 1 team in the country at home, but we need it. We need it to build a resume. We need it to see how good we are. We need it to see if we can get back in the hunt and be competitive in this great league" - Auburn Head Coach Butch Thompson
- LSU has recorded 18 come-from-behind wins this season, including overcoming a 6-1 deficit vs. Alabama last weekend.
- LSU enters this week at or near the top of several NCAA statistical categories (295 D1 Teams): #1 in shutouts (8), #1 in OBP (.447), #2 in runs scored (440), #3 in slugging percentage (.573), #3 in scoring average (10.0), #3 in strikeouts per 9 innings (11.4), #4 in HBP (98), #5 in hits allowed per nine innings (7.33), #8 in homeruns (87), #9 in WHIP (1.28), and #9 in batting average (.318).
- LSU centerfielder Dylan Crews leads the nation in batting average (.486), on-base percentage (.633), and runs scored (73), is #2 in walks (49) and #6 in slugging percentage (.851).
- LSU third baseman Tommy White leads the nation in RBIs per game (1.82) and total RBIs (73).
- LSU RHP Paul Skenes leads the nation in strikeouts (124), strikeouts per nine innings (17.08), and WHIP (0.75), is #3 in strikeout-to-walk ratio (10.33), #4 in hits allowed per nine innings (5.10) and #6 in ERA (1.93).
- LSU second basemen Gavin Dugas in #7 in HBP (20).
- LSU second basemen Gavin Dugas leads the nation in the most bumps, bruises, stingers, and owes.

Neither of these guys have LSU offers yet, but the Tigers have communicated with both and with the way they're blowing up, LSU may end offering these two to keep them in-state.

Turner will compete at a camp in June. He has picked up Auburn, Miami, Georgia and Virginia in the last 10 days.

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Meanwhile, Harper has picked up drastically over the last week or two with offers from Georgia, Alabama, Texas, TCU, SMU and Penn State, just to name a few.

Harper will visit Texas on June 3.

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LSU’s Flau’jae Johnson and Angel Reese have been selected to take part in the 2023 USA Women’s Basketball AmeriCup Team Trials from May 11-15 in Colorado Springs.

A total of 22 players will compete for a spot on the USA Team that will compete in the FIBA Women’s AmeriCup, set for July 1-9 in Leon, Mexico. Johnson will be making her USA Basketball debut while Reese has participated in previous USA Basketball team trials.

Johnson and Reese will represent the defending National Champions with Team USA. Both Johnson and Reese were pivotal players for the Tigers during the championship run. LSU is one of three schools with multiple players selected to compete for Team USA.

Johnson is the defending SEC Freshman of the Year and showcased her ability throughout the 2022-23 season, starting in all 36 of LSU’s games. She averaged 11.0 points and 5.9 rebounds per game during her first college season. Johnson scored in double figures in 20 games. She had 10 points, 7 rebounds and 4 assists during the NCAA Championship game against Iowa.

Reese, a First Team All-America selection, had a historic season during her first season at LSU, setting a NCAA record with 34 double-doubles throughout the year. She led the SEC in both scoring (23.0 ppg) and rebounding (15.4 rpg), becoming just the fourth player in conference history to lead the league in both categories. She also set SEC records in total rebounds (555), free throw attempts (240) and free throws made (339). Reese had 15 points and 10 rebounds against Iowa in the NCAA Championship game.

Johnson and Reese helped lead a prolific offensive performance in which the Tigers scored a NCAA Championship game record 102 points in front a women’s college basketball viewing record 9.9 million viewers.

The LSU duo will now compete for an opportunity to represent their country. The trials will be run by AmeriCup coaches Kamie Ethridge (Washington State University), Katrina Merriweather (University of Cincinnati) and Aaron Johnston (South Dakota State University).

Following selection of the 2023 USA Women’s AmeriCup Team, athletes will return to Colorado Springs for training camp in June.

Since the event’s inception in 1993, the United States has captured four AmeriCup gold medals, including titles in 2019 and 2021. In addition to the United States, Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Mexico, Puerto Rico and Venezuela will participate in the 2023 FIBA AmeriCup. The draw is set to take place May 10.





2023 USA Women’s AmeriCup head coach: Kamie Ethridge (Washington State University)
Assistant Coach: Aaron Johnston (South Dakota State University)
Assistant Coach: Katrina Merriweather (University of Cincinnati)

Anyone know what this is about? Something to do with suspicious betting on the Ala. vs LSU game Friday.

What a team we have...

Sloan visited Hurley on Tuesday and spent quite a bit of time on campus. Hurley will take an unofficial in June to LSU and is working with numerous staffers on scheduling his official after that. He plans to purposely schedule his OV on a weekend with other top targets and assist that weekend in trying to reel in some guys like WRs Cam Coleman and Dre’lon Miller, just to name a few.

Former LSU QB and current Auburn QB TJ Finley announced he will be hitting the transfer portal as a grad transfer after he graduates this summer.

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