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Kevin Minter wanted to enroll early out of high school; his decision to attend LSU came after talking academics with Les Miles.

Story | Conversation | December 20, 2012

Sam Montgomery stand out as an out-of-state player on LSU's roster. It was relationships and the people in Baton Rouge that helped bring him to LSU.

Story | Conversation | December 18, 2012

It's hard to say about a 10-2 season, but LSU's 2012 campaign is going to be remembered for missed opportunities. The Tigers were top contenders for a national championship and instead finished second in the SEC West and were relegated to the Chick f...

It's safe to say LSU quarterback Zach Mettenberger fell short of the lofty expectations placed on him in 2012. That was probably bound to happen, considering the Georgia native earned hyperbolic nicknames like "Mettsiah" before he ever played a game....

LSU fans almost forgot what a regular-season loss felt like for a bit. Considering the undefeated 2011 regular season and the 10-2 seasons that bookended it in 2010 and 2012, the Tigers haven't had to deal with defeat too often recently. That's wh...

It wound up being the night that the college football world turned upside down. Just one week after the SEC's national championship hopes had been declared dead, upsets of Oregon and Kansas State changed everything and gave fan bases across the South...

GeauxTigerNation will be counting down the five biggest moments from LSU's 2012 regular season. This is the first of five. It all seems a bit surreal now -- LSU was coming off a 14-6 loss to Florida in which the Tigers ran for a mere 42 yards. Sou...

Vitals: ATH John Diarse (Monroe, La./Neville) 6-foot-0, 210 pounds Committed: March 17 Grade: 83. Four-star prospect Picked LSU over: Alabama, which was his second choice. Also held offers from Arkansas, Mississippi State and TCU. State o...

NEW ORLEANS -- From a high school football perspective, this weekend was one of the biggest weekends in the history of the Big Easy. Metro-area schools -- Metairie Archbishop Rummel in Class 5A, New Orleans Edna Karr in 4A and River Ridge John Cur...

Vitals: QB Hayden Rettig, Los Angeles/Cathedral, 6-foot-3, 205 pounds Committed: May 22 ESPN.com grade: 83. Four-star prospect Picked LSU over: Roughly a dozen other offers from across the country, including Arizona, Auburn, Purdue and UCLA....

What would you say is the best storyline going into state championship weekend at the Louisiana Superdome? For my money, it's going to be the Class 4A rematch of Neville vs. Edna Karr on Friday night. The Tigers handled Karr pretty easily, 27-6, i...

SEC competition is done for the year as far as the football field is concerned, but now it's time for things to get interesting. A year ago, a flurry of activity that preceded the Tigers' national title game tilt with Alabama. In between Tyrann Ma...

Statement of the obvious: When LSU and Clemson kick off in the Chick-fil-A Bowl at the end of this month, a lot of people will be watching. Statement of import, straight from LSU coach Les Miles: Among the millions of fans tuning in to watch the s...

Nevada Wolf Pack (7-5) vs. Arizona Wildcats (7-5) Dec. 15, 1 p.m. ET, Albuquerque, N.M. (ESPN) Nevada take from RecruitingNation blogger David Helman: Unlike in 2010, Nevada's upset bid against Mountain West rival Boise State fell just short ...

As long as Tim Williams (Baton Rouge, La./University Laboratory) is still playing football, recruiting is going to take a backseat. That's no surprise for Williams, who listed a state championship for Class 2A UHigh as one of his senior goals all ...

The SEC is a cutthroat business -- as if anyone needed to be told. Roughly a third of the conference's jobs are turning over, including three of its more noteworthy programs. As football fans nationwide are well aware, Auburn set a new precedent f...