What About Bob

Kentucky Derby

Louisiana native Calvin Borrel reigns in another Kentucky Derby win at ChurchHill Downs.

Year in Pictures

Vote for your favorite picture for 2008.  Here's my vote.

Phelps wins Butterfly Gold
Michael Phelps shows his gold medal form in winning the 200m butterfly at the Beijing Olympics on August 17th.

Still Supporting

Whether they are #1 or #15, we still believe.

LSU 26 Auburn 21

Wow, what a game!  LSU broke the 10 year stretch of Tiger Bowl Home field advantage by defeating Auburn in Jordan-Hare Stadium. 

Redshirt freshman quarterback Jarrett Lee came off the bench to lead the No. 6 LSU Tigers to their first victory at Auburn in 10 years and one day, 26-21, on a wild Saturday night on the Plains.  Runningback Charles Scott  solidified his place among the SEC's best backs with a 21-carry, 132-yard performance. Lou Holtz and Lee Corso picked it wrong.  LSU wins.


Hey Columbus, Georga friends....  Geaux Tigers!   Auburn and LSU is always a great game...great rivalry.  Never will forget 1999 when Tommy Tuberville and team lite up cigars after a Baton Rouge victory ..and thus began the current rivalry.  Then there was the barn buNot sure what they are going to label this game, but I'm just glad to be on the winning side. 
 

Garden Party

 Arnold “Red” Auerbach once proclaimed, “The Boston Celtics are not a basketball team, they are a way of life.”  Tonight, the Celtics clinched their 17th NBA Title in the Banknorth Garden embarrassing the Lakers with a final score of 131 to 92.  Even Kobe, Gasol or Jack Nicholas himself couldn't deny a room full of Bostonians winning moment in one of the most lop-sided playoff scores in NBA history

Boston's 'big three' of Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce and Ray Allen stepped up on their home court to lead their side to the huge win - Garnett and Allen scoring 26 points apiece and Pierce with 17 points and 10 assists. Kevin Garnett was obviously speechless at game en interviews.  Garnett and former Celtic Bill Russell embraced and celebrated as fans stormed the courts in Boston.  Paul Pierce received the final MPV for the playoff series.  Ray Allen was on tonight with 36 points including 7 3 pointers which ties the record.  .Awesome team. 

 

Quarterback Question for LSU

I'm sure you've heard the news this past weekend about the release of Ryan Perrilloux, LSU's starting quarterback for 2008.  From what I'm hearing, this departure will not affect LSU. There are two red-shirt freshmen who are doing well in spring practice. 

Coaches are liking Jarrett Lee, a freshman from Brenham, Texas.  Lee was a class 5-A All-state quarterback  and had scholarship offers from many football powerhouse programs. Lee is a 6'2", 190 red-shirt freshman who is very smart and knows the playbook forwards and backwards.

The other guy who is doing very well in practice and giving Lee a run for his money is Andrew Hatch who is a 6'3", 214 junior from Henderson, Nevada (by way of Harvard) with a strong arm and great foot speed. Lee and Hatch both have some similarities to Matt Mauck and Matt Flynn, and LSU won national titles with Mauck and Flynn in their senior seasons at LSU.

LSU quarterback Ryan Perrilloux dismissed

Heard the news this past weekend about LSU's starting quarterback for 2008.  From what I'm hearing, this departure will not affect LSU.  There are two red-shirt freshmen who are doing well in spring practice.

Perrilloux was the Gatorade and Parade Magazine player of the year his senior season at East St John High School and was the No. 1 recruit in the nation. Perrilloux committed to The University of Texas and changed his commitment to LSU after Les Miles was hired to replace Nick Saban. Ryan Perrilloux was thought to be the best high school quarterback recruit for LSU. He probably would have made All-American at LSU if had he stayed out of trouble.

Check out ESPN's story on Perrilloux HERE.

One Last LSU BCS National Championship Post

LSU faithful brave chill to celebrate Champions.   

LSU fans cheer Saturday as the 2007 national championship flag is hoisted in the northeast side of the end zone at Tiger Stadium.  The crowd roared early and often, from the first introductions until after the raising of a new national championship flag atop the north rim of the stadium. There it will join flags from the 1958 and 2003 seasons.

LSU replaced the traditional eye of the tiger at midfield with a BCS championship logo that featured a modified eye, inside a white football, and a fleur-de-lis. 

Players jogged one-by-one onto the field from the tunnel as they were introduced. Dorsey was last, carrying a purple flag with the new championship logo.

 

Gov. Bobby Jindal, holding his son behind the lectern, applauded the Tigers.

“I want to congratulate coach Miles and his players,” Jindal said. “This is a team that never gave up. They didn’t care what anybody said about them. They didn’t care if they were winning or losing. They gave their best efforts on the field and off the field. They showed the nation that Louisiana is No. 1 in the entire country.”

Read More HERE.

Watch it HERE.

 

TIGERS NO. 1 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

LSU claimed its second BCS crown in five seasons with a 38-24 victory against Ohio State on Monday night.

Way to Geaux Tigers!

What an awesome season for the LSU Tigers.  As I watched LSU dismantle the Big 10's best, I was impressed with Matt Flynn.  For the last four years, Flynn thought about transferring to another school to be THE quarterback.  It was a game of waiting and patience.

First he waited behind Matt Mauck.  Later is was JaMarcus Russel. Both players would eventually win the SEC championships for LSU and go on to become NFL draft pics.

More than once during his four years at LSU, Matt Flynn thought of transferring to another school so that he could become a starting quarterback.

"Sure you think about it [transferring]," Flynn said. "If you're a football player, you want to get on the field. I stayed because I thought if I kept at it, something good was going to happen."

On Monday night, something good DID happen for Flynn in the Louisiana Superdome.  The Tyler Texas native made his only season as a starter unforgetable in his senior year.  Flynn lead his LSU team from an early 10-0 deficit to a 31-10 lead to defeat No. 1 Ohio State 38-24 for the 2007 BCS National Championship. 

Flynn threw a career-high four touchdown passes against the nation's No. 1 defense and was named the game's most outstanding offensive player.

"This is just a dream come true," Flynn said after the game. "I never dreamed something like this could happen. I feel extremely blessed to have this last year and to be a part of this team. This just feels incredible."