October 16, 2012 As if Tyrann "The Honey Badger" Mathieu hasn't had a bad enough year, the cover story in the most recent issue of Sports Illustrated is reporting that even if the cornerback managed to get back in the good graces of LSU, he may have ruined his own eligibility to play at all -- much less with the Tigers.
September 17, 2012 Because people are jerks, LSU joined a growing list of colleges who have had to respond to bomb threats in the past few weeks.
UPDATE 2:21 p.m.: LSU’s sports information director is now claiming that no meeting between Les Miles and Tyrann Mathieu never took place! Michael Bonnette, on his Twitter feed, is now stating that Les Miles himself denies any meeting ever took place. Badger Gate is starting to get as muddy as the Mississippi.
A highway bridge over the Mississippi River that was struck by two runaway barges has been re-opened after inspectors gave it a safety check.
The U.S. Highway 190 bridge at Baton Rouge was opened around 4 p.m., hours after the Saturday afternoon accident, according to state transportation department spokeswoman Jodi Conachen.
A steel, 10-ton floodgate was slowly raised Saturday for the first time in nearly four decades, unleashing a torrent of water from the Mississippi River, away from heavily populated areas downstream.
The entire state of Louisiana is happy right now! LSU being such a major icon to football, it's good to know the coach that had such great leadership and won the Cotton Bowl will be staying in Baton Rouge. LSU and Les Miles have agreed in principle to a new contract that will run through the 2017 season.
Go Tigers!! There's some very happy Tiger fans tonight in Louisiana! Surrounded by his LSU players, coach Les Miles loudly and proudly sang the school fight song and savored the celebration of the Tigers' first Cotton Bowl victory in 45 years
