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Jordan Seaton Transferring to LSU

Lane Kiffin was promising fireworks once the transfer portal opened up and by God has he delivered on that. You might have thought LSU was done after adding Sam Leavitt, the No. 1 overall player out of the portal. They weren’t. You might have though LSU was finished after getting Princewill Umanmielen, the No. 1 […]

about 3 hours ago | 0 reads

LSU Gym Finally Returns Home to Face Kentucky

It’s finally time for a home meet. The back-to-back SEC champion #4 LSU gymnastics team is home for the first time this season. The Tigers sit a 2-1-1 and 0-1 in SEC play following a 197.200-196.850 loss at Georgia, their first loss to UGA in a decade. After far too long on the road, the […]

about 16 hours ago | 0 reads

LSU Baseball Opens Top-2 Nationally

Football season is drawing to a close, basketball season is right around the halfway point which can only mean one thing: baseball season is upon us. The 2026 college baseball season is just a tick over three weeks away and the defending national champion Tigers are opening up at or near the top of the […]

4 days ago | 0 reads

NFLSU Divisional Round Recap

The Divisional Round of the year’s NFL Playoffs gave us two all-time classics and… two other games. However, all four games featured LSU Tigers in action. Spoiler alert: the only teams remaining without an LSU Tiger on their rosters were eliminated, so this should be fun! Bills 30 at Broncos 33 (OT) Tre’Davious White had […]

5 days ago | 0 reads

Tigers Pick Up Second Straight Ranked Win, Beat OU 91-72

We are in the thick of the college basketball season, and the #6 LSU women’s basketball team is starting to look like the team we all expected: championship contenders. The Tigers (17-2, 3-2) went into Norman and blowout the #13 ranked Oklahoma Sooners (14-4, 2-3) 91-72 Sunday afternoon. It’s LSU’s third straight SEC win after […]

5 days ago | 1 read

LSU Drops SEC Opener at Georgia

“Nobody beats Georgia 25 times in a row,” Georgia probably said after winning. For the fourth consecutive year, the back-to-back SEC champion LSU gymnastics team lost their SEC road opener. This time, the #2 Tigers lost to a surging #8 Georgia 197.200-196.850 in a meet that could’ve been worse if not for the team’s resiliency. […]

7 days ago | 1 read

LSU Adds 7 Portal Additions on Friday

Friday was the arguably the single busiest day of Lane Kiffin’s first offseason as head coach of LSU, as the Tigers added seven different players out of the transfer portal. The portal officially closed last night at 11:00 P.M. CT, but that was the deadline for players to enter, not decide on their new destination. […]

7 days ago | 1 read

LSU Travels to Georgia to Open SEC Slate

Welcome to conference play. The back-to-back SEC champion #2 LSU gymnastics program is back in action tonight to kick off another season of Friday Night Heights. The Tigers sit at 2-0-1 after a phenomenal opening performance in the most-watched regular season gymnastics meet in history. The first dual meet of the season is the renewal […]

8 days ago | 1 read

Tigers Fill Out Quarterback, Running Back Rooms

We’ve come a long way from LSU having one total running back and quarterback. LSU’s not slowing down with restocking its roster via the transfer portal, and between Monday and Tuesday the Tigers officially have a healthy amount of depth at both the quarterback and running back positions. Monday news came out that former Wisconsin […]

9 days ago | 0 reads

NFLSU Wild Card Weekend Recap

The first weekend of the NFL Playoffs featured four absolutely wild games, and two blowouts by teams that were littered with LSU alumni. You’re gonna wanna read this breakdown. Rams 34 at Panthers 31 Omar Speights had two tackles and Damien Lewis blocked valiantly. NFLSU Score: 3/10 Packers 27 at Bears 31 No Tigers were […]

10 days ago | 1 read

Tale of the Tape: Collegiate Quad

It’s time y’all got some deep education. Welcome to the first Tale of the Tape, a new series in which I review one or two routines from each event of LSU’s most recent meet to explain this sport in a more detailed way than usual. After three years of ridiculously long recaps that were late, […]

11 days ago | 0 reads

Caden Durham Returning to LSU

We’re getting the band back together. Rising junior running back Caden Durham announced today that he is withdrawing his name from the transfer portal and returning to LSU. Durham initially put his name into the portal the day after it opened, and since then LSU has added two running backs from the portal: Raycine Guillory, […]

11 days ago | 2 reads

Reports: Sam Leavitt Expected to Sign with LSU

Last night LSU got a guy. Roughly 12 hours later, LSU got the guy. Highly sought after quarterback Sam Leavitt is expected to sign with LSU per numerous outlets. While he has yet to put pen to paper, those who would know (Pete Thamel, Ross Dellegner etc.,) have all reported the same thing: Leavitt is […]

11 days ago | 2 reads

Landen Clark Commits to LSU

Our long national nightmare is over: LSU has added a quarterback. Sunday evening it was reported by On3 that former Elon quarterback Landen Clark would be transferring to LSU. Clark then confirmed the news by tweeting out the ole “Geaux Tigers.” Clark picked LSU over Kentucky, Michigan, and James Madison. Clark comes to LSU as […]

12 days ago | 1 read

Tigers in the Majors: Alex Bregman Gets PAID

Former LSU great Alex Bregman is now a very, very rich man. The former Tiger is trading in his Red Sox for Cubbie Blue as Bregman signed a five-year $175 million deal with the Chicago Cubs Saturday night. A three-time All-Star, Bregman opted out of a $40 million player option with Boston to hit free […]

12 days ago | 2 reads

Horns Down! #12 LSU Beats #2 Texas 70-65

What a difference a week can make. After dropping to 0-2 in SEC play, the LSU women’s basketball team (16-2, 2-2) have bounced back in a massive way with a potential season-altering win over #2 Texas (18-1, 3-1) Sunday afternoon in the PMAC. It is by far and away LSU’s best win of the season […]

12 days ago | 2 reads

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 […]

13 days ago | 3 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 […]

13 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 […]

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13 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 […]

13 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 […]

14 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 […]

14 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., […]

15 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 […]

16 days ago | 2 reads