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Kids Tickets $1 For LSU vs Washington State Basketball Saturday
	BATON ROUGE -- In an effort to increase attendance and maximize the number of tickets available for sale to the general public, the LSU Athletic Ticket Office is implementing a plan in which LSU students will be required to reserve in advance a student ticket for specified high-demand men?s basketball games occurring when school is not in session, starting with Saturday?s game with Washington State. Students will still gain admission to the game free of charge. The Tigers play Washington State in the Maravich Center on Saturday at 1 p.m. in a game nationally-televised on ESPN 2. In order to gain admission to the PMAC student section for that game Saturday, LSU students must first log in to their online ticketing account by this Thursday (Dec. 25) at midnight and reserve a student ticket. Continue...
Five LSU Baseball Players Named Preseason All Americans
	BATON ROUGE, La. ? Five LSU players have been named to the 2009 Louisville Slugger Preseason All-America teams released by Collegiate Baseball magazine on Tuesday. Junior outfielder Blake Dean was named to the first team, while senior pitcher Louis Coleman, junior second baseman Ryan Schimpf and sophomore catcher Micah Gibbs were named to the second team. Sophomore shortstop DJ LeMahieu was voted to the third team. Dean, a native of Crestview, Fla., hit a team-best .353 (95-for-269) last season with 18 doubles, three triples, 20 homers and 73 RBI, earning first-team All-America recognition while leading LSU to the College World Series in Omaha, Neb. He hit .500 (7-for-14) in LSU?s NCAA Super Regional series versus UC Irvine with two doubles, one homer and four RBI. Dean tied the LSU school record with five hits in Game 3 win of the super regional, collecting two doubles, a three-run homer, two singles and three RBI. Continue...
LSU Number 1 In Collegiate Baseball Preseason Poll
	BATON ROUGE, La. ? When Paul Mainieri was introduced as LSU?s baseball coach on June 28, 2006, he said his goal was to return the program to the ?pinnacle position in college baseball.? Just two-and-a-half years later, that goal has been realized, as LSU is the No. 1 team in the nation in the annual Collegiate Baseball magazine poll released Monday. At his introductory press conference in 2006, Mainieri said, ?Make no mistake about it. The goal is to return LSU to the pinnacle position in college baseball. I have all the confidence in the world that we can do that here.? On Monday, Mainieri expressed satisfaction that his vision came to fruition. ?Certainly, winning the national championship is our ultimate goal,? Mainieri said, ?but I think the preseason No. 1 ranking is an indication of how far we?ve come as a program. We?re very flattered to receive this type of recognition, and it?s now our intention to affirm the belief of those who think we are the best team in the nation.? Continue...
LSU Football Awards Announced At Senior Banquet
	BATON ROUGE ? Senior defensive end Tyson Jackson has been named the most valuable player on this year?s LSU football team, head coach Les Miles announced at the annual senior banquet on Sunday night. Jackson, a second team All-Southeastern Conference selection this year, goes into the Chick-fil-A Bowl with 34 tackles, 8.5 tackles for losses and 4.5 sacks. Jackson was also named the Percy E. Roberts Outstanding Defensive Player of the Tigers in 2008. Charles Scott, the fourth leading rusher in the SEC, was named the recipient of the Percy E. Roberts Outstanding Offensive Player for LSU after rushing for 1,109 yards and 15 TDs during the 2008 season. Scott, a first team All-SEC pick this year, rushed for at least 100 yards six times this year. Continue...
Football's Peveto Accepts Top Job at NSU
	NATCHITOCHES, La. -- LSU co-defensive coordinator Bradley Dale Peveto, whose highly-successful 21-year college football coaching career includes the Tigers? 2007 BCS national championship and Northwestern State?s FCS semifinal playoff season of 1998, was named the Demons? head coach Thursday. Northwestern State director of athletics Greg Burke made the announcement Thursday evening. Peveto, 45, will be introduced on campus at a press conference late Monday afternoon. The appointment is subject to the approval of the Board of Supervisors of the University of Louisiana system, which includes Northwestern. Peveto will complete his duties as co-defensive coordinator and linebackers coach at LSU when the Tigers play Georgia Tech in the Dec. 31 Chick-Fil-A Bowl in Atlanta. His hiring culminates an extensive national search begun Nov. 25 when Burke announced Northwestern was not renewing the contract of head coach Scott Stoker, who had an overall 43-38 mark in seven seasons but had not reached the FCS playoffs since 2004. Continue...
Former LSU Linemen to Start Side-by-Side in NFL Pro Bowl
	BATON ROUGE -- When the AFC battles the NFC in this year?s Pro Bowl to be held in Hawaii on Feb. 8, 2009, it will do so with two former LSU Tigers starting on its offensive line as both the Tennessee Titans? Kevin Mawae and New York Jets? Alan Faneca have been named to the team. The duo will line up beside one another as Mawae will get the start at center with Faneca ready to take his spot at guard for the American Football Conference. Faneca, one of the NFL?s all-time greats at the position and in his first season with the Jets, is set to make his eighth-straight Pro Bowl appearance and seventh-consecutive start for the AFC. He is a key to the Jets turnaround this season as the squad is currently tied atop the AFC East standings with a 9-5 record after finishing the 2007 season at a dismal 4-12. Continue...
Herman Johnson Named AP First-Team All-American, 2 Former Tiger Linemen Make NFL Pro Bowl
	BATON ROUGE -- It had been 11 years since LSU last had an offensive lineman named as a first-team All-America by the Associated Press. That was until Tuesday when senior offensive guard Herman Johnson was recognized as a first-team All-America by the news organization. Johnson, a native of Olla, La., becomes the first Tiger offensive lineman named first-team AP All-America since 1997 when Alan Faneca made the team. "I didn't expect it. I'm thankful for everyone on the team because I would be an All-American without them," Johnson said. "At the beginning of the season I talked to Coach (Miles) about my biggest goal of the season, and that was being an All-American candidate. I had no idea that I would actually be named to the team." Also on Tuesday, Faneca was named to his eight-consecutive NFL Pro Bowl (rosters) as a member of the New York Jets. He will start next to former Tiger and current Tennessee Titan's center Kevin Mawae in the 2009 Pro Bowl to be held Feb. 8 in Hawaii. Mawae has played in seven Pro Bowls, but returns to the game for the first time since 2004. Continue...
Tigers Begin Chick-fil-A Bowl Prep
	BATON ROUGE -- After being out of action for over two weeks, the LSU football team went back to work on Monday as the Tigers began their on-field preparations for Georgia Tech with a lengthy workout here at the indoors at the Charles McClendon Practice Facility. Monday?s workout was the first of eight practices scheduled for the Tigers over the next week. LSU will practice through the morning of Dec. 22 before taking a break for Christmas. The Tigers will depart for Atlanta and the Chick-fil-A Bowl at 2:30 p.m. on Christmas Day. LSU will face 14th-ranked Georgia Tech in the 41st annual Chick-fil-A Bowl on Dec. 31 at 6:30 CST at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta. The game will be televised by ESPN. LSU goes into the game with a 7-5 overall mark, while the Yellow Jackets are 9-3. Continue...
LSU and Georgia Tech Have Long Gridiron History
	BATON ROUGE -- There was a time when football games between LSU and Georgia Tech were common occurrences as both the Tigers and Yellow Jackets were charter members of the Southeastern Conference when the league was formed back in 1933. LSU and Georgia Tech have met on the gridiron a total of 18 times, however just one of those games ? the 2000 Chick-fil-A Bowl ? has come since Georgia Tech left the SEC back in June of 1964. As members of the SEC, LSU routinely faced Georgia Tech in conference games as the squads met a total of 14 times over the 31 seasons in which the Yellow Jackets were part of the conference. Continue...
LSU Football Team Goes Back to Work
	BATON ROUGE -- With final exams behind them, the LSU football team will get back to work on Monday as the Tigers will begin their on-field preparations for its matchup against 14th-ranked Georgia Tech in the Chick-fil-A Bowl in Atlanta. LSU and Georgia Tech will meet on Dec. 31 at 6:30 p.m. CST from the Georgia Dome. The game will be televised unopposed that night on ESPN. LSU goes into the game with a 7-5 overall mark, while the Yellow Jackets are 9-3. The contest will be the first time the teams have met since the 2000 Chick-fil-A Bowl when Rohan Davey rallied LSU from a 14-3 halftime deficit to beat the Yellow Jackets, 28-14. ?We?re excited to get back on the field and start preparing for Georgia Tech,? LSU coach Les Miles said. ?The Chick-fil-A Bowl presents a great opportunity for our football team and we?re looking forward to the chance to play against one of the top teams in college football in Georgia Tech.? Continue...
LSU Officially Accepts Chick-fil-A Bowl Invitation
	BATON ROUGE -- Chick-fil-A Bowl president Gary Stokan and Chick-fil-A vice president Steve Robinson officially extended an invitation to the New Year?s Eve bowl game to LSU Athletics Director Joe Alleva and head coach Les Miles in a press conference on Thursday at the LSU Athletic Administration Building. The Tigers (7-5) take on 14th-ranked Georgia Tech (9-3) at 6:30 p.m. CST on Dec. 31 in the Georgia Dome. The contest will feature a nationally televised audience on ESPN. LSU fans are invited to ?Paint Atlanta Purple? as tickets to the 41st annual Chick-fil-A Bowl are available starting at $60 through www.LSUsports.net or the LSU Athletics Ticket Office by calling 1-800-960-TKTS or 225-578-2184. Continue...
Herman Johnson Named to Walter Camp All-America Team
	NEW HAVEN, Conn. -- LSU offensive guard Herman Johnson was named to the 2008 Walter Camp All-America Second Team, the nation?s oldest All-America honor, on Thursday night at The Home Depot ESPN College Football Awards Show. Johnson, a native of Olla, La., started all 12 games this season for the Tigers at left guard and brings a streak of 36 consecutive starts into the Chick-fil-A Bowl, his final collegiate game. The 6-foot-7 senior was also a member of the 2008 All-Southeastern Conference first team by the Associated Press and league coaches earlier this week. Johnson anchors an LSU offensive line that has helped the Tiger backfield average 167.2 yards a game, which ranks fourth in the SEC. For the season, the senior has played 825 snaps and registered 53 knockdowns. Continue...
Billy Cannon Inducted into College Football Hall of Fame
	BATON ROUGE -- LSU?s legendary halfback Billy Cannon, the winner of the 1959 Heisman Trophy, was inducted into the prestigious College Football Hall of Fame amidst pomp and pageantry in the Grand Ballroom of the historic Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York City Tuesday night. Surrounded by hundreds of former college greats as well as current and past college coaches plus personalities from the worlds of politics, television and entertainment, Cannon was inducted along with 12 other former college gridiron greats and two coaching legends. He was the first LSU player inducted into the Hall since Tommy Casanova, who was in attendance Tuesday night, was honored in 1995. Cannon was joined at the event by his wife, Dot, and their daughter Bunnie. The Tuesday night dinner was the culmination of two days of events that included a reception hosted by the Southeastern Conference on Monday night for the SEC?s three inductees and a reception in Cannon?s honor hosted by LSU on Tuesday prior to the dinner. Continue...
Five Tigers Named to Coaches All-SEC Teams
	BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- Just one day after placing eight players on the 2008 Associated Press All-Southeastern Conference Teams on Monday, five members of the LSU football team were named to the All-SEC Coaches? Football Team as announced by the league office Tuesday afternoon. Running back Charles Scott, offensive lineman Herman Johnson and place kicker Colt David are first-team selections, while tight end Richard Dickson and offensive lineman Ciron Black earned second-team recognition in a vote of the league?s 12 head coaches. LSU has now placed 15 players on the Coaches? All-SEC first-team since 2005 and has combined for a total of 26 players on the first and second teams since Les Miles was named head coach. The Tigers have also placed at least three players on the first-team every season since 2000. Continue...
Former Tiger Doucet Gives Early Christmas To Local Kids
	BATON ROUGE -- Former LSU and current Arizona Cardinals wide receiver Early Doucet took time to give back to the Baton Rouge community Tuesday afternoon by providing Christmas gifts to 26 local youth in the Big Brothers Big Sisters program. ?It means so much to give back to my community especially during the holiday season,? Doucet said. ?In my life, I?ve had mentors that were positive role models that have been a big part of why I am where I am today. The smiles on the faces of the kids and their parents make everything worth it.? The kickoff luncheon was the first event of Early Doucet?s 980 Foundation, a non-profit organization that was created to inspire young people to take responsibility for their future by reducing their ?at risk? status and allowing mentors to take an active role in assisting them to reach their goals. Continue...
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