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The Past Is the Past: What Jarrett Lee's Start Means For the Tigers

Though not totally unexpected, today's revelation from ESPN that quarterback Jarrett Lee will start against Louisiana Tech Saturday is actually good news for the Tigers...

Written by Faimon Roberts about 24 days ago 295 reads 4 comments
Speaking from the Hot Seat: Les Miles Put Through U.N-Style Translation (Humor)

The chorus of Les Miles critics has done nothing but turn up the volume during LSU's off week, leading some to speculate that Les is on the hot seat...

Written by Faimon Roberts about about 1 month ago 130 reads 2 comments
LSU-Florida: No Losers Here

The biggest game of the college football season will originate from the 225 around 7 p.m. on Saturday night when the Gators and Tigers clash in a battle of the last three national champions and the only two teams to hold two BCS titles...

Written by Faimon Roberts about 2 months ago 323 reads 4 comments
LSU-Florida Should be Quite the SEC Show Since Both Have So Much to Prove

The Georgia win went part of the way toward validating LSU's high ranking this season. Beating a ranked SEC opponent on the road is an impressive feat, akin to sitting through an entire Qaddafi U...

Written by Faimon Roberts about 2 months ago 623 reads 8 comments
A Sport Gone Mad: LSU Is Fourth, and That's Where They Should Be

After muddling through the bog in Starkville, the LSU Tigers find themselves ranked fourth in the country by a trio of national polls. This fact just serves to underscore the insanity that now rules the college football season...

Written by Faimon Roberts about 2 months ago 1,392 reads 11 comments
History Worth Repeating: The Past Says LSU Won't Be Trapped By Mississippi St.

Dangers lie like snares in weeds for LSU on Saturday. The Tigers are traveling to play lightly-regarded Mississippi State, a team that hasn't contended for an SEC title since Adam Sandler was funny...

Written by Faimon Roberts about 2 months ago 1,098 reads 14 comments
LSU Recap: A Thank-You Letter Les Should Pen, Is Jefferson a New Marcus Randall?

LSU football coach Les Miles would do well to send a thank-you note up to Seattle early this week. Washington's late win over Pac-10 rival and highly-regarded USC helps Steve Sarkisian in his quest to rebuild the once proud Husky program...

Written by Faimon Roberts about 2 months ago 1,162 reads 11 comments
Stepping Up: Toliver, Shepard among Good Signs for LSU

For all of the doom and gloom talk—some of it mine, full disclosure—coming out of LSU's first two games, there have been a couple of very good things to see. The first major pleasant surprise was middle linebacker Jacob Cutrera's play...

Written by Faimon Roberts about 2 months ago 236 reads 1 comments
Bottom Lines: Quick Hit Thoughts On LSU's Win Over Vanderbilt

These thoughts come unfiltered, unstudied and unapologetic. LSU still has yet to physically dominate a team. There is certainly a lot of talent and skill on the field, but don't seem to be reaching that potential...

Written by Faimon Roberts about 2 months ago 122 reads 2 comments
Second Test: What LSU's Defense Must Do Against Vanderbilt

Tiger fans have spent much of the last week wondering what problems led to LSU's struggles against Washington, which hadn't won a game since 2007...

Written by Faimon Roberts about 2 months ago 22 reads 0 comments
Escaping Seattle: LSU Tigers Wobble, Don't Fall Against UW

As I wrote late last week, LSU should be pleased with a modest win against Washington on Saturday night. Mission accomplished...

Written by Faimon Roberts about 3 months ago 209 reads 0 comments
LSU Vs. Washington: What Success Looks Like for the Tigers

With no lack of preamble, the college football season is finally upon us, and we can begin to discuss the product on the field...

Written by Faimon Roberts about 3 months ago 303 reads 2 comments
Walls of Separation: How the SEC Hurts Itself

Relationships between sports teams and the media are at one time both symbiotic and parasitic. Players, coaches, and teams benefit greatly from media coverage of their teams, games, and so on...

Written by Faimon Roberts about 3 months ago 1,302 reads 7 comments
The Amigos: Three Players LSU Will Need To Get Through the Season

Sometime in October of 2008, LSU fans swallowed the bitter pill of disappointment while watching Florida and Georgia hang matching half-centuries on the Tigers...

Written by Faimon Roberts about 3 months ago 1,421 reads 12 comments
A Wrinkle and Time: How Joe Paterno Is Becoming Bad for Penn State

A few weeks ago, Penn State University football coach Joe Paterno signed a three-year extension to his contract, ensuring that he will roam–or perhaps roll on–the Nittany Lion sideline until at least 2011...

Written by Faimon Roberts about 10 months ago 1,099 reads 14 comments
Les Miles vs. Nick Saban: Bring the Gavel Down on the Debate

Miles versus Saban. Les versus Nick. The Hat versus the Tyrant. Crazy fourth down calls versus volcanic eruption on the sidelines during 45-10 blowouts. When Alabama hired Saban, Tide fans crowed...

Written by Faimon Roberts about 10 months ago 2,984 reads 21 comments
Personae Non Gratae: The People and Stories No Longer Welcome in the SEC

This feature, which I anticipate becoming a weekly installment in the fall, will chronicle the people and stories who are no longer welcome in this space...

Written by Faimon Roberts about about 1 year ago 384 reads 11 comments
College Football: The Games That Will Define the SEC, part 2

Ole Miss at Ark, 25 Oct This matchup of two teams not expected to do that well nevertheless promises some delicious retributive action. Arkansas, despite relative success under Houston Nutt, forced him out...

Written by Faimon Roberts about about 1 year ago 253 reads 0 comments
College Football: The Games That Will Define the SEC (Part 1)

Florida vs. Georgia, Nov. 1, Jacksonville, FL The game formerly known as the world’s largest outdoor cocktail party should be an all-out war in which both teams will quickly go nuclear...

Written by Faimon Roberts about about 1 year ago 2,990 reads 10 comments
The Four Most Powerful People in Sports

Sports, ostensibly the large-scale organization of games, are still ruled by iron-fisted despots holding jewel-encrusted scepters and tottering around berm-concealed mansions in air-cushioned bedroom slippers...

Written by Faimon Roberts about about 1 year ago 364 reads 2 comments
Open Mic: What Is a Sport? Figure Skating and NASCAR No, Boxing Yes

Figure skating is not a sport. Nor is snowboard halfpipe. NASCAR? Out. These activities can not, and should not, be classified as sports. They are something else entirely. We will get to that later...

Written by Faimon Roberts about about 1 year ago 200 reads 4 comments
SEC East: Optimism, Meet Reality

Every summer in SEC East country, moonshine-swilling jort wearers think to the fall and smile. “This will be our year,” they think. And for some of them, this is a good year to feel that way...

Written by Faimon Roberts about about 1 year ago 1,110 reads 5 comments
1979 All Over Again: Why the NBA Is Better Than It Has Been in 20 Years

The public perception of the NBA is that it was a stagnant league in the 70's. It had been challenged by the flamboyancy of the ABA, and though it had come through that, it still needed a boost...

Written by Faimon Roberts about about 1 year ago 583 reads 0 comments
20 in a Row for Baseball; Football scheduling

A couple of newsy-type notes: Shocking for me, but the baseball team has now won 20 games in a row and the 20th gave coach Paul Manieri his first SEC Title...

Written by Faimon Roberts about about 1 year ago 428 reads 0 comments
SEC West: Optimism, Meet Reality

During the months of April to August, hope springs eternal in the southern man’s heart. Then, for most, the reality of the autumn crushes that hope...

Written by Faimon Roberts about about 1 year ago 5,700 reads 38 comments

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Faimon Roberts Article Archive

The Past Is the Past: What Jarrett Lee's Start Means For the Tigers

Speaking from the Hot Seat: Les Miles Put Through U.N-Style Translation (Humor)

LSU-Florida: No Losers Here

LSU-Florida Should be Quite the SEC Show Since Both Have So Much to Prove

A Sport Gone Mad: LSU Is Fourth, and That's Where They Should Be

History Worth Repeating: The Past Says LSU Won't Be Trapped By Mississippi St.

LSU Recap: A Thank-You Letter Les Should Pen, Is Jefferson a New Marcus Randall?

Stepping Up: Toliver, Shepard among Good Signs for LSU

Bottom Lines: Quick Hit Thoughts On LSU's Win Over Vanderbilt

Second Test: What LSU's Defense Must Do Against Vanderbilt

Escaping Seattle: LSU Tigers Wobble, Don't Fall Against UW

LSU Vs. Washington: What Success Looks Like for the Tigers

Walls of Separation: How the SEC Hurts Itself

The Amigos: Three Players LSU Will Need To Get Through the Season

A Wrinkle and Time: How Joe Paterno Is Becoming Bad for Penn State

Les Miles vs. Nick Saban: Bring the Gavel Down on the Debate

Personae Non Gratae: The People and Stories No Longer Welcome in the SEC

College Football: The Games That Will Define the SEC, part 2

College Football: The Games That Will Define the SEC (Part 1)

The Four Most Powerful People in Sports

Open Mic: What Is a Sport? Figure Skating and NASCAR No, Boxing Yes

SEC East: Optimism, Meet Reality

1979 All Over Again: Why the NBA Is Better Than It Has Been in 20 Years

20 in a Row for Baseball; Football scheduling

SEC West: Optimism, Meet Reality

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