1. LSU Football: Why Les Miles Is SEC Coach Under the Most Pressure in 2012

    Pressure. That's never an easy word to associate with someone's name, especially a Division I college football coach...

    Sean Merriman Written by Sean Merriman about 10 months ago 4,305 reads 31 comments

  2. LSU Football: 5 Under-the-Radar Recruits That Could Be Headed to LSU

    Earlier this week, we took a look at five of the nation's top-rated recruits that Les Miles would love to add to the Tigers' 2013 recruiting class. Now, let's flip the script and take this in a different direction...

    Sean Merriman Written by Sean Merriman about 11 months ago 5,346 reads 1 comments

  3. LSU Football: Five Recruits Les Miles Would Love to Add to Tigers' 2013 Class

    Take note college football fans. Les Miles and the LSU Tigers have quite an impressive recruiting class in the works for the class of 2013. Make no mistake about it, they aren't finished yet...

    Sean Merriman Written by Sean Merriman about 11 months ago 5,100 reads 0 comments

  4. LSU Football: Why Tyrann Mathieu Is Under More Pressure Than Zach Mettenberger

    Tyrann Mathieu will enter the 2012 college football season with the look of a man on a mission, and LSU fans should be glad to see it...

    Sean Merriman Written by Sean Merriman about 11 months ago 2,458 reads 5 comments

  5. LSU Football: Where Does Miles' Current Recruting Class Rank Among Past Ones?

    LSU head coach Les Miles is at it again. Just when college football fans thought they would get a slight break from this recruiting frenzy that the Tigers have been on over the past couple of months, Miles struck again...

    Sean Merriman Written by Sean Merriman about 11 months ago 3,783 reads 7 comments

  6. LSU Football: LSU Adds TE Smith to Memorable 2013 Class

    The date was Jan. 5 and the location was Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, FL. Five-star defensive back recruit Landon Collins, who grew up in Geismar, LA, just over 20 miles south of where LSU is located, was set to make his college decision...

    Sean Merriman Written by Sean Merriman about 11 months ago 2,673 reads 1 comments

  7. LSU Football: Catching Up with the Tigers' Newest Recruits

    Les Miles and his LSU coaching staff have been on a role lately. The Tigers have received seven verbal commitments over the past month, including a big one this past weekend...

    Sean Merriman Written by Sean Merriman about 11 months ago 4,149 reads 6 comments

  8. LSU Football: Projecting Stats for Tigers' Superb Committee of Running Backs

    While a number of college coaches are in the process of preparing ways to replace their stud running back from the 2011 college football season, LSU's Les Miles has to be sitting back with a smile on his face...

    Sean Merriman Written by Sean Merriman about 11 months ago 2,552 reads 13 comments

  9. LSU Football: Why Les Miles Must Beat Nick Saban on 2013 Recruiting Trail

    There is an up-and-coming rivalry forming in the SEC, and it isn't between Alabama and Auburn or Florida and Georgia. The annual LSU vs...

    Sean Merriman Written by Sean Merriman about 11 months ago 3,472 reads 9 comments

  10. LSU Football: What You Need to Know about Tigers' DT Anthony Johnson

    There's a reason LSU defensive tackle Anthony Johnson has been nicknamed "The Freak," and it has nothing to do with his looks. Rather, it's his freakish athletic ability which he displays out on the football field...

    Sean Merriman Written by Sean Merriman about 11 months ago 3,606 reads 2 comments

  11. LSU Football: Picking Every 2012 Game on the Board Against the Spread

    Think it's too early to begin placing your bets for the upcoming 2012 college football season? Think again. The well-known Golden Nugget sportsbook in Las Vegas recently released its game of the year lines for the upcoming season...

    Sean Merriman Written by Sean Merriman about 11 months ago 4,801 reads 32 comments

  12. LSU Football: Why Tigers' Sam Montgomery Will Have No Trouble Dealing with Hype

    He reminded me of a young Julius Peppers. I remember watching Sam Montgomery play last year in the LSU Tigers' highly anticipated regular-season matchup against Alabama, and how ...

    Sean Merriman Written by Sean Merriman about 11 months ago 1,014 reads 0 comments

  13. LSU Football: What You Need to Know About Tigers' WR Odell Beckham Jr.

    Every now and then, a freshman enters college football and takes the sport by storm. We've seen it in the past with names like Adrian Peterson, Chad Henne and last season's breakout freshman, Sammy Watkins...

    Sean Merriman Written by Sean Merriman about 11 months ago 1,562 reads 1 comments

  14. LSU Football: Best Ways for Les Miles to Use Vastly Talented Group of RBs

    Most coaches don't like to enter the college football season with burning questions staring them in the face. In Les Miles ' case, he faces one of those questions just about every day...

    Sean Merriman Written by Sean Merriman about 11 months ago 2,630 reads 2 comments

  15. LSU Football: What You Need to Know About Morris Claiborne's Replacements

    How do the 2012 LSU Tigers replace the top defensive back in college football last season? That's a question that has to be on every LSU fan's mind heading into the 2012 campaign, and the answer just isn't that simple...

    Sean Merriman Written by Sean Merriman about 12 months ago 3,519 reads 1 comments

  16. LSU Football: Adversity That Zach Mettenberger Will Face as Tigers' Starting QB

    Adversity : "A state, condition, or instance of serious or continued difficulty or adverse fortune." Now, that's not an easy word for any kid to understand...

    Sean Merriman Written by Sean Merriman about 12 months ago 3,563 reads 3 comments

  17. LSU Football: Making the Early 2012 Heisman Case for Zach Mettenberger

    The winner of the 2012 Heisman Trophy is....Zach Mettenberger? Really? Is it possible that a first year quarterback could really win the Heisman Trophy? Is it possible that a quarterback ...

    Sean Merriman Written by Sean Merriman about 12 months ago 4,793 reads 24 comments

  18. LSU Football: How Les Miles Plans to Rebound After Disastrous Ending Last Year

    I thought they were going to go down as one of the most dominant college football teams of all time. I remember watching LSU's defense fly around the field in that opening game of ...

    Sean Merriman Written by Sean Merriman about 12 months ago 2,107 reads 16 comments

  19. LSU Football: What You Need to Know About Tigers RB Michael Ford

    LSU's football program has had a rich tradition of running backs dating back to the mid 1900's with guys like Billy Cannon and Jerry Stovall to recent stars such as Joseph Addai and Jacob Hester...

    Sean Merriman Written by Sean Merriman about 12 months ago 2,589 reads 7 comments

  20. LSU Football: How Tigers Plan to Replace Rueben Randle's Production

    The college football world will never know just how good Rueben Randle really was, but NFL teams are about to find out real fast. Randle arrived at LSU in 2009, ranked as the No. 1 wide receiver prospect in the nation...

    Sean Merriman Written by Sean Merriman about 12 months ago 2,403 reads 1 comments

  21. LSU Football: What You Need to Know About the Tigers' RB Depth

    Somewhere down in SEC Country, whether it be Gainesville, Fayetteville, Columbia or even Tuscaloosa, teams have taken notice and are already preparing for how to stop what should be the top rushing attack in college football this season...

    Sean Merriman Written by Sean Merriman about 12 months ago 2,614 reads 7 comments

  22. Why LSU Football Coach Les Miles Should Keep It Low Key in 2012

    So I typed Les Miles ' name into a Google search earlier today, and right below his school and Wikipedia bio pages, there is a website titled www.thequotablelesmiles.com. Don't believe me? Click on it, check it out for yourself...

    Sean Merriman Written by Sean Merriman about 12 months ago 2,962 reads 17 comments

  23. Why the LSU Tigers' Secondary Play Is More Important Than Defensive Front

    It is no secret that LSU's 2011 SEC Championship team was loaded with talent on the defensive side of the ball. But as scary as this may sound, the Tigers' defense has the chance to be even better in 2012...

    Sean Merriman Written by Sean Merriman about 1 year ago 1,490 reads 2 comments

  24. 2012 NFL Draft: 5 Undrafted Free Agents in the Mix for Snaps Right Now

    The goal of nearly every promising college football player is to one day be drafted and have a long, successful career in the NFL . But in this day and age, you don't necessarily have to be drafted in order for that to happen...

    Sean Merriman Written by Sean Merriman about 1 year ago 537 reads 1 comments

  25. 5 Freshmen Poised to Take Big 12 Football by Storm

    The Big 12 may be losing Missouri and Texas A&M to the SEC, but it certainly isn't losing out on the amount of freshman talent entering the conference in 2012...

    Sean Merriman Written by Sean Merriman about 1 year ago 4,012 reads 12 comments