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No. 14 LSU braces for high-octane South Alabama and coach who knows Tiger Stadium
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — No. 14 LSU’s game with surging South Alabama features one coach who played Louisiana high school football and grew up going to Tiger Stadium against a coach from Boston who didn't move down South until he was 60 years old. Baton Rouge native Major...
LSU linebacker Harold Perkins Jr.'s season is ended by knee injury, coach confirms
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — LSU linebacker Harold Perkins Jr. developed a reputation as a game-wrecker for opposing offenses back when he was a freshman in the 2022-23 season. Now, however, none of the 14th-ranked Tigers' eight remaining opponents — seven of them SEC teams — have...
Garrett Nussmeier shines, but Harold Perkins is injured, as No. 16 LSU tops UCLA 34-17
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — There were boos in Tiger Stadium as coach Brian Kelly and his heavily favored, 16th-ranked LSU squad trotted off the field at halftime of a tie game against UCLA on Saturday. Whether because of LSU's mercurial early play or the oppressive Louisiana heat,...
No. 16 LSU and UCLA have plenty to clean up heading into the Bruins' visit to Death Valley
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — First-year UCLA coach DeShaun Foster can only envy the problems LSU coach Brian Kelly has right now. Kelly was on the defensive this week, answering questions about sloppy play the 16th-ranked Tigers narrowly overcame in a 36-33 victory at South Carolina —...
Williams' late touchdown rescues No. 16 LSU in 36-33 win at South Carolina on Saturday.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Garrett Nussmeier knew he had to push aside the mistakes if No. 16 LSU was going to finish a rally and win. Nussmeier directed a final touchdown drive that ended with Josh Williams' 2-yard score with 1:12 left as the Tigers came back from a 17-0 deficit to...
No. 16 LSU facing first-place South Carolina in its SEC opener
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina is off to a fast start fueled by first-time starters in quarterback LaNorris Sellers and edge rusher Dylan Stewart. LSU coach Brian Kelly has noticed and knows his 16th-ranked Tigers have, too. The Tigers (1-1) open Southeastern Conference play...
No. 16 LSU is developing a new plan for its defensive line after Jacobian Guillory's injury
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — No. 16 LSU will respond to defensive tackle Jacobian Guillory's season-ending injury not by elevating one reserve into a starting role, but by adapting the Tigers' alignment up front to suit the strengths of available players, coach Brian Kelly said on Monday. ...
AP Top 25 Takeaways: Marcus Freeman again is explaining a stunning loss at Notre Dame 3 years in
Notre Dame coach Marcus Freeman still has not mastered the most underrated part of being a college football coach at a blue-blood school: Beat the teams you're supposed to beat. It's not always easy. Just ask No. 7 Oregon and No. 8 Penn State. Freeman can now add...
Garrett Nussmeier throws 6 TDs as No. 18 LSU beats Nicholls 44-21
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Garrett Nussmeier threw six touchdown passes to lead No. 18 LSU to a 44-21 victory over Nicholls on Saturday night. Bouncing back from a season-opening loss to Southern California a week ago in Las Vegas, LSU (1-1) struggled to pull away from the FCS-level...
No. 18 LSU's first response to coach Kelly's table-pounding comes against Nicholls State
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — The sight of LSU coach Brian Kelly pounding a table following a season-opening loss to Southern California — and the sound of him saying his quarterback got “outplayed” — won't soon be forgotten. It remains to be seen whether those moments become...
