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LSU Accepts Chick-fil-A Bowl Bid; Will Face Georgia Tech
	BATON ROUGE -- The LSU football team will cap its 2008 season with an appearance in the Chick-fil-A Bowl as the Tigers will travel to Atlanta to face 14th-ranked Georgia Tech in the Georgia Dome. The game, which is scheduled for New Year?s Eve, will be televised by ESPN and will kickoff at 6:30 p.m. CST. LSU (7-5) will be playing in a school-record ninth straight bowl game, a streak that began with a victory over the Yellow Jackets in the 2000 Peach Bowl in Atlanta. The Tigers will be making their fifth appearance in the Chick-fil-A Bowl and are 4-0 all-time in their previous appearances. Last year, the Tigers won the school?s third national title with a 38-24 win over top-ranked Ohio State in the BCS Championship Game in New Orleans. LSU will be the first reigning national champion to play in the Chick-fil-A Bowl. Continue...
Eight Tigers Named to AP All-SEC Teams
	BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- The LSU football team placed eight players on the 2008 Associated Press All-Southeastern Conference first and second teams, it was announced by the organization on Monday. Wide receiver Brandon LaFell, offensive lineman Herman Johnson and defensive end Rahim Alem were first-team selections. Offensive lineman Ciron Black, running back Charles Scott, place kicker Colt David, defensive end Tyson Jackson and linebacker Darry Beckwith earned second-team recognition. LSU has placed 15 players on the AP All-SEC first team since 2005 and 21 players on the first and second teams since head coach Les Miles? first season. LSU has placed at least three players on the AP All-SEC first team every season since 2003. Continue...
Letter From LSU Athletics Director Joe Alleva
	Dear Tiger Fan, ?Tradition? is a term that is widely used in college sports. Much more than professional sports, there is a certain reverence to history that makes college athletics special. In my five months as director of athletics, I have come to appreciate just how much tradition means to LSU. It means the Tiger Band marching down Victory Hill. It means running through the goal posts on Saturday Night. It means spelling ?Go? with an ?eaux.? Another tradition of which I have become keenly aware is LSU?s fan following to road games and bowl games. We have proudly touted to bowls throughout the southeast that LSU?s fans have purchased every ticket to every post-season game (SEC Championship Games and bowl games alike) for the past eight years. Continue...
Beckwith, Riley Named Butkus Award Finalists
	CHICAGO -- LSU linebackers Darry Beckwith and Perry Riley are among 12 finalists for the 24th annual Butkus Award, one of the elite individual defensive honors in college football, the Butkus Foundation has announced. Beckwith, a senior from Baton Rouge, registered 48 tackles on the season and has accumulated 186 tackles during his career. Beckwith has been a three-year starter at linebacker and holds 33 career starts at middle linebacker for the Tigers. He was a preseason first-team All-Southeastern Conference selection and heads into LSU?s bowl game with 11.5 tackles for loss in his career. Continue...
Football To Learn Bowl Destination Sunday
	BATON ROUGE -- LSU will learn of its bowl destination on Sunday afternoon following the announcement of the BCS Bowl pairings, the Southeastern Conference confirmed on Wednesday. LSU, which finished the regular season with a 7-5 overall mark, will be playing in a bowl game for a school-record ninth consecutive year. Tickets for LSU?s bowl game will go on sale to the general public starting on Sunday afternoon once the Tigers bowl site has been announced. On Sunday, any LSU fan can go to www.LSUsports.net/tickets to purchase tickets for the bowl game. Continue...
Miles Briefs Media; Bowl Announcement Sunday
	BATON ROUGE -- In between stops on the recruiting trail, LSU coach Les Miles spent a portion of his day holding a briefing with members of the print media. Among the topics discussed on Tuesday included recapping the Arkansas game and bowl game preparations for the Tigers. The following is a transcript of Miles? comments on Tuesday. Opening statement... ?We reviewed the game as a staff. There were certainly different ways to win it, and certainly we?re not happy. We now have the opportunity to get healthy in the next couple of weeks and that will put us in a position to do the right things as we head into a bowl game. If you look at how we finished last year, we limped through the SEC Championship game and then got healthy. We played fast in a big game thereafter to win. That?s what we have to do. The next two weeks must be looked at as an opportunity to get healthy, get in shape and get ready to play. We really still don?t know officially the bowl. Speculation is what it is. The opportunity to be healthy, play fast and play for victory is what we?re looking at. I certainly think that?s the upside. Continue...