Although tickets were made available from LSU and the sitting governor, Gov.-elect Bobby Jindal said he only wants to watch LSU in the BCS National Championship Game from his home. Read More and Discuss

State legislators are buying nearly 300 tickets for the BCS National Championship Game through LSU and requesting hundreds more directly from the Allstate Sugar Bowl. Read More and Discuss

BATON ROUGE - Dead week begins today on the LSU campus, but everything was alive and rocking at the LSU football operations facility on an otherwise cloudy and overcast Sunday night. Read More and Discuss

Virginia Tech’s defense controlled an August scrimmage, Hokies vs. Hokies. There were six sacks, and tackle Barry Booker almost scored on an interception. “If there’s a better defense out there, I don’t know if I want to play against it,” quarterback Sean Glennon said after coming off the field. Tonight’s assignment, then, is a potential problem. The No. 9-ranked Hokies… Read More and Discuss

Sitting in his office during one of his last days as LSU System president, William L. Jenkins spent some down time watching a live Internet feed of wildlife at a remote African watering hole. A “country veterinarian” at heart, Jenkins is fascinated by the ability to watch live video — from his desk — of elephants, hyenas and other animals… Read More and Discuss

TARKVILLE, Miss. (AP) — Craig Steltz and his teammates in the secondary will get all the credit for their six interceptions in No. 2 LSU’s rout of Mississippi State. But after picking off three of Michael Henig’s school record-tying six interceptions Thursday night, Steltz said the credit belongs to the Tigers’ dominating defensive line. “Well that goes back to Glen… Read More and Discuss

The anticipated next Mike the Tiger arrived in Baton Rouge via plane late Saturday afternoon from Indiana, LSU officials confirmed. “After a long ordeal, the tiger is here,” said Michael Ruffner, LSU vice chancellor of communications. “It could not have gone better,” Ruffner said of the plane trip and the subsequent Acadian Ambulance ride. “Everything was flawless.” The 2-year-old, male… Read More and Discuss

Despite high hopes, LSU failed to enter U.S. News & World Report’s list of the nation’s best colleges and universities released Friday. School leaders said last year that LSU narrowly missed the top tier and they were optimistic that it would happen this year or next. But the magazine’s view of the nation’s 130 best schools omitted LSU again. Every… Read More and Discuss