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Superdome ready for hectic few days

Tony Tsoukalas January 7, 2012

You will not find many people in New Orleans as busy as Doug Thornton, a vice president of SMG, the company that manages the Mercedes Benz Superdome and New Orleans Arena. Thornton and his crew must not...

LSU gets confidence, personality from Miles

Marquavius Burnett January 6, 2012

Unconventional, unpredictable and unique are just a few words to describe Louisiana State’s head coach Les Miles. When he’s not eating grass or joking with reporters, Miles is leading his troops...

Defense looks to come out on top in rematch

Tony Tsoukalas January 6, 2012

The Alabama Crimson Tide have waited two months to avenge their 9-6 loss to LSU on Nov. 5. For the Tide, the championship game cannot come soon enough, as players are excited both for a rematch and also...

One-on-one with Kirk Herbstreit

Marquavius Burnett January 6, 2012

ESPN College Gameday analyst Kirk Herbstreit has been covering college football for more than 20 years. As a former player and current analyst, he has been in and seen his fair share of big time college...

Tyrann Mathieu tries to tease the Tide

Tyrann Mathieu tries to tease the Tide

Tony Tsoukalas January 6, 2012

As the days tick down to Monday’s highly anticipated BCS National Championship game, tensions are starting to rise between Alabama and LSU players. While both teams respect each other, each team features...

Key matchups: McCarron vs. Claiborne

Tony Tsoukalas January 5, 2012

It is no secret the identities of both Alabama and LSU revolve heavily on how they run the football. Both offenses play a smash-mouth style ground game that tends to wear opposing defenses down and open...

Tigers trying to trip Richardson up

Tony Tsoukalas January 5, 2012

The No. 1 mission for the LSU defense? Stop Trent Richardson. Tigers defensive coordinator John Chavis and key LSU defensive players talked Thursday about the importance of shutting down Alabama’s Heisman...

LSU Defensive Press Conference live blog

CW Staff January 5, 2012

LSU Defensive Press Conference

Tide Legend Bart Starr teams with Allstate for BCS ticket giveway

Tide Legend Bart Starr teams with Allstate for BCS ticket giveway

Marquavius Burnett December 18, 2011

Over 1,000 fans lined up outside of the Alabama Bookstore on Saturday for a chance to win Allstate BCS National Championship Game tickets. Allstate partnered with Hall of Fame quarterback and Alabama...

Tide fosters hope in long-range kicker

Tide fosters hope in long-range kicker

Tony Tsoukalas December 9, 2011

I still remember the horror stories as if my dad had told them to me just the other day. It feels as if I was there to watch as Red Sox first baseman Bill Buckner let the last out of game six of the 1986...

‘Game of the Century 2’ should offer different outcome

Marquavius Burnett December 9, 2011

Throughout my years of covering and watching sports, only twice have I been completely dumbfounded at the outcome of a game. The first time came when the New York Giants beat the 18-0 New England Patriots...

Football immortalized in paintings

Football immortalized in paintings

Will Edwards December 9, 2011

Football is said to be an art form in itself; players move acrobatically down and across the field creating idyllic images in the fleeting moments of a play. We see these awe-inspiring images only as they...