welcome to The Sports Bank 77 in 77. We’re previewing one team a day everyday as the college football season approaches. And we’re doing it in rapid fire sequence. Today, the LSU Tigers
#4 LSU Tigers: College Football 77 in 77
August 27, 2012 By Leave a Comment
LSU’s Les Miles rips Notre Dame’s QB Gunnier Kiel
April 9, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Count the Mad Hatter among the ND haters.
LSU Tigers coach Les Miles doesn’t think much of Gunner Kiel, who backed out of his commitment to the Indiana Hoosiers, in order to commit/later back out of committing to Miles’ Tigers in order to finally sign with Notre Dame.
It’s clear Miles is still bitter about it, and he took some shots at Kiel, and in the process, the Fighting Irish football program.
h/t Dr. Saturday
Follow paulmbanksLSU Honey Badger Video, App, Song Drinking Game
January 12, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Watching the college football national title game Monday night, you might have noticed that Brent Musburger referred to LSU cornerback Tyrann Mathieu as “the Honey Badger” as much as possible.
And when I say “you might have noticed” I actually mean it was painfully obvious to anyone who watched even a nanosecond of the game. Was he trying to be hip? Did he not know the player’s actual name? Does he just love the nickname? Was he trying to kill by alcohol poisoning the people playing the “Musburger says Honey Badger” drinking game?
Or has a generation of mindless acronyms instead of original nicknames (A-Rod, D-Will, I-Rod etc.) made us all go bucknuts when we hear an actual nickname for an athlete?
Watch two Honey Badger videos after the jump. Both narrators are men with extremely homosexual sounding voices by the way.
For more on the actual player, and the story of how he got his nickname go here
Follow paulmbanksBeware LSU Honey Badger Tyrann Mathieu, Physically and Psychologically
January 9, 2012 By 1 Comment
Funny thing about tonight’s college football national title game, the biggest star on one side, LSU, their Heisman Trophy finalist is actually a cornerback: Tyrann Mathieu.
Another funny thing about the game, he’s trying to get a psychological edge by looking up the names of mothers of Alabama football players for some trash talking on the field.
From Image CPR:
Follow paulmbanksBCS Title Game #1 LSU vs. #2 Alabama: Brutally Honest Preview
January 9, 2012 By Leave a Comment
You may wonder why this preview is going up 5 days in advance of the big heavyweight bout. We’re at the point where every bowl game except the big one, the one that really matters, has been played. Yes, the Cotton Bowl between Arkansas and Kansas State should be a fun one to watch. Much closer to being a true BCS bowl than tonight’s Orange Bowl between the so-called “best teams” from the ACC and Big East.
When talking ACC and especially Big East football, “airquotes” are often required. The ACC is 2-12 all-time in BCS bowls and the Big East simply needs to be stripped of their AQ. There’s no other way- West Virginia this year and UConn last year tell us that BE football is simply not allowed to have nice things.
And yes, there’s a couple other bowls left I didn’t mention that that you haven’t heard of, featuring teams that NO ONE cares about and NO ONE will watch.
So if the Cotton Bowl is a dud…well, let’s just get to the rematch, and this one is for all the Mardi Gras beads.
Follow paulmbanksFour Crimson Tide Defenders You’ll See in the NFL
January 8, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Tomorrow night’s college football national title game will feature numerous future NFL players on both sides of the ball- especially defense. Here are four Alabama Crimson Tide names you should get to know between now and draft day.
Follow paulmbanksLSU’s Morris Claiborne Should be a Top 5 NFL Draft Pick
January 8, 2012 By Leave a Comment
LSU is certainly becoming CBU these days. Louisiana State University is Corner Back U. Patrick Peterson left Baton Rouge early to become a two-phase NFL star with the Arizona Cardinals, and the Tigers didn’t miss a beat.
Morris Claiborne is looking like a top 5 NFL draft pick this year, and the Honey Badger Tyrann Mathieu will be a franchise player in a couple years.
Follow paulmbanksLSU’s Les Miles or Michigan’s Brady Hoke for Coach of the Year?
December 5, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Today, the Football Writers Association of America announced five finalists for the 2011 Eddie Robinson Coach of the Year Award.
In alphabetical order, the finalists are: Mike Gundy (Oklahoma State), Brady Hoke (Michigan), Les Miles (LSU), Bill Snyder (Kansas State), and Dabo Swinney (Clemson).
I’m pretty sure it’s down to the Mad Hatter of the LSU Tigers and Michigan Man Hoke for the Wolverines. And here’s why:
Follow paulmbanksThree SEC West Teams: LSU, Alabama, Arkansas 1-2-3 in BCS
November 20, 2011 By Leave a Comment
We all know what a chaotic weekend it was in college football. #2, #4 and #5 all went down. And we knew the fallout would be very comprehensive. After their brutal defeat to the Union in the Civil War, champions of the Confederacy were known to say “the South shall rise again!”
And it’s happened, this weekend in 2011- although I’m sure this is nothing like what the southern gentlemen envisioned. The SEC Western division teams: LSU Tigers, Alabama Crimson Tide, and the Arkansas Razorbacks are 1-2-3 in the tonight’s BCS standings.
Yeah, I guess you could say it’s the strongest conference in football; and the strongest division in football.
If you wish to be Captain Obvious.
Follow paulmbanksAlabama Fan with Hot Girlfriend Cries During Tide Loss (Video)
November 6, 2011 By 1 Comment
Across all mediums, the #1 Louisiana St. vs #2 Alabama college football “game of the century” was the talk. LSU upset the Crimson Tide in their house 9-6 (OT), in an ugly game that lived up to the hype in terms of being a closely contested hard fought battle, but fell well short in terms of being a fun game to watch.
The Tide going 2-6 on field goal tries explains what happened. And when radio, television, the internet etc. discussed what transpired, the ‘Bama fan crying his eyes out pictured above and videotaped below was a hot topic.
Follow paulmbanks#1 LSU Tigers vs. #2 Alabama Crimson Tide: BRUTALLY HONEST Game Preview
November 5, 2011 By 4 Comments
Simply put, if you’re not excited about this game, then you really are with the terrorists.
Maybe not, I think even the Al Qaeda cells in Jalalabad and Tora Bora will tune in for #1 LSU Tigers vs. #2 Alabama Crimson Tide. This is why college football has the best regular season in all of sports, you have an in-season de facto national title game.
Over 600 media credentials have been issued for this weekend, extremely high yes, but more than 800 were issued in 1993 at the Notre Dame vs. Florida State #1 vs. #2 game in South Bend. Irish head coach Lou Holtz invited all of them to his home for a BBQ dinner the Thursday before.
Will Nick Saban do the same?
Follow paulmbanks#1 LSU Tigers vs. #17 Florida Gators: Brutally Honest Game Preview
October 6, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Is there a national championship party in the cards for the Mad Hatter? The LSU Tigers are atop the poll for a second straight week after destroying Kentucky 35-7. QB Justin Jefferson, you remember him? The athlete who pummeled a guy in the parking lot of a bar called Shady’s, (this stuff just writes itself) made his season debut last Saturday after being suspended for the first four following his felony battery charges.
A grand jury reduced it to a misdemeanor last Wednesday, leading Les Miles to reinstate Jefferson as a backup to Jarrett Lee. Jefferson is looking to get more involved in the offense this week, and Miles may acquiesce. For the record, I still think Jefferson sucks at football, sucks more at life, and the Alabama Crimson Tide is the true #1 team in the nation.
I said all these things in August, and I believe them even more strongly now.
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