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LSU Tigers Football
The LSU Tigers football program, also known as the Fighting Tigers, represents Louisiana State University in college football. The LSU Tigers and Lady Tigers, Tigers compete in the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and the Southeastern Conference (SEC). LSU ranks NCAA Division I FBS football win–loss records, 16th best in winning percentage in NCAA Division I FBS history and claims four College football national championships in NCAA Division I FBS, national championships (1958 LSU Tigers football team, 1958, 2003 LSU Tigers football team, 2003, 2007 LSU Tigers football team, 2007, and 2019 LSU Tigers football team, 2019), 16 conference championships, and over 40 List of LSU Tigers football All-Americans, consensus All-Americans. Three players for the Tigers have won the Heisman Trophy: Billy Cannon (1959 LSU Tigers football team, 1959), Joe Burrow (2019 LSU Tigers football team, 2019), and Jayden Daniels (2023 LSU Tigers foo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scott Woodward (athletic Director)
Scott Woodward is currently the athletics director at Louisiana State University (LSU). Woodward was previously director of athletics at the University of Washington from 2008 to 2016 and at Texas A&M University from 2016 to 2019. Early life, education and career Woodward is from Baton Rouge, Louisiana and is a 1981 alumnus of Catholic High School (Baton Rouge, Louisiana), Catholic High School in Baton Rouge. He attended college at Louisiana State University earning a bachelor's degree in political science in 1985. After graduating from LSU, Woodward was a co-owner of a government and public relations firm in Baton Rouge that provided strategic policy direction to Fortune 500 corporations. In 2000, Woodward was hired by LSU Chancellor Mark Emmert to serve as the director of external affairs at Louisiana State University. The position entailed being a liaison between LSU and government and corporate officials and acting as an advisor to Chancellor Emmert on policy and government a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1997 LSU Tigers Football Team
The 1997 LSU Tigers football team represented Louisiana State University as a member of the Western Division of the Southeastern Conference (SEC) during the 1997 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by third-year head coach Gerry DiNardo, the Tigers compiled an overall record of 9–3 with a mark of 6–2, sharing the SEC's Western Division title Auburn. By virtue of a head-to-head loss to Auburn, LSU was left out of the SEC Championship Game. The LSU Tigers were invited to the Independence Bowl, where they defeated Notre Dame. The team played home games at Tiger Stadium in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The Tigers began the season with high expectations following their first 10-win season since 1987. LSU's season was highlighted by a stunning 28–21 home upset of the top ranked Florida Gators, ending Florida's 25-game winning streak in SEC play and nine-game winning streak against LSU. The Tigers also shut out Alabama 27–0 at Tuscaloosa, paying back the Crimson Tide for a 26� ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alabama Crimson Tide Football
The Alabama Crimson Tide football program represents the University of Alabama (variously Alabama, UA, or Bama) in the sport of American football. The Alabama Crimson Tide, Crimson Tide competes in the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and the Southeastern Conference (SEC). The team is currently led by Kalen DeBoer. The Crimson Tide is among the most storied and decorated football programs in NCAA history. Since beginning play in 1892, the program claims 18 College football national championships in NCAA Division I FBS, national championships, including 13 wire-service (AP National Championship Trophy, AP or AFCA National Championship Trophy, Coaches') national titles in the poll-era, and five other titles before the poll-era. From 1958 to 1982, the team was led by Hall of Fame coach Bear Bryant, Paul "Bear" Bryant, who won six national titles with the program. Alabama then had a dominant run under head coach Nick Saban between ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nike, Inc
Nike, Inc. (stylized as ''NIKE'') is an American athletic footwear and apparel corporation headquartered near Beaverton, Oregon. It is the world's largest supplier of Sneakers, athletic shoes and apparel and a major manufacturer of sports equipment, with revenue in excess of US$46 billion in its fiscal year 2022. The company was founded on January 25, 1964, as "Blue Ribbon Sports", by Bill Bowerman and Phil Knight, and officially became Nike, Inc. on May 30, 1971. The company takes its name from Nike (mythology), Nike, the Greek goddess of victory. Nike markets its products under its own brand, as well as Nike Golf, Nike Pro, Nike+, Nike Blazers, Air Force 1 (shoe), Air Force 1, Nike Dunk, Air Max, Foamposite, Nike Skateboarding and Nike CR7. The company also sells products under its Air Jordan brand and its Converse (brand), Converse subsidiary. Nike also owned Bauer Hockey from 1995 to 2008, and previously owned Cole Haan, Umbro, and Hurley International. In addition to manu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louisiana State University Tiger Marching Band
The Louisiana State University Tiger Marching Band (also called the Golden Band from Tigerland or simply the Tiger Band) is the official marching band of Louisiana State University (LSU). The full band has 325 members, and performs at all LSU football home games, all bowl games made by the team, and one away game per year. The 100-110-member pep band, which makes up a portion of the marching band, performs at all away games except for the one where the full band performs. History Cadet band The LSU Tiger Band began as a military band in 1893, organized by two students: Wylie M. Barrow and Ruffin G. Pleasant. Pleasant, who later became Louisiana Governor, governor of the state of Louisiana, served as director of the eleven-piece ROTC, cadet band. Pleasant also played as the quarterback of the football team and, alongside football coach Charles E. Coates, changed LSU's official school colors from blue and white to purple and gold. The band averaged thirteen members in its earl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike The Tiger
Mike the Tiger is the mascot of Louisiana State University (LSU) in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and serves as the graphic image of LSU sports. Mike is the name of both the live and costumed mascots. By tradition the tiger is a live Bengal tiger, although the current mascot and his two immediate predecessors are mixed-breeds. Mike V was a Bengal-Indochinese mix, Mike VI was a Bengal-Siberian hybrid, and Mike VII is also a Bengal–Siberian mix. LSU teams are called the Fighting Tigers and Lady Tigers, with "Lady Tigers" used only for women's teams in sports that are also sponsored for men, and the university's football team plays its home games in Tiger Stadium. LSU first adopted its "Tigers" nickname in the fall of 1896. The moniker references Confederate era military regiments; the Louisiana troops of Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia became known as the Tigers during the Civil War after two New Orleans brigades, the Tiger Rifles and the Washington Artillery (whose log ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fight For LSU
"Fight for LSU" is the official fight song of the LSU Tigers and Lady Tigers intercollegiate sports teams of Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. History of the lyrics and score "Fight for LSU" was written by Castro Carazo in the 1940s. The band plays the song often, most notably when the team enters the field (while the band is in a tunnel formation at the end of its pregame performance), successfully kicks a field goal, scores an extra point, or completes a two-point conversion. Following a halftime performance, the band often exits the field while playing "Fight for LSU." The full song uses elements of a musical march and consists of an introduction, a strain that is played twice (and sung twice using the same lyrics), a breakup strain (with new lyrics), a return to the introduction, a final repetition of the original strain (at a faster tempo and with the original lyrics), and a coda. Often the band only plays the introduction, a single strain, and the coda. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lsu Tigers Football Unif
Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, commonly referred to as Louisiana State University (LSU), is an American Public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States. The university was founded in 1860 near Pineville, Louisiana, under the name Louisiana State Seminary of Learning & Military Academy. The current LSU main campus was dedicated in 1926 and consists of more than 250 buildings constructed in the style of Renaissance, Italian Renaissance architect Andrea Palladio, occupying a plateau on the banks of the Mississippi River. LSU is the Flagship campus, flagship university of the state of Louisiana, as well as the flagship institution of the Louisiana State University System. In 2021, the university enrolled over 28,000 undergraduate and more than 4,500 graduate students in 14 schools and colleges. It is Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education, classified ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jayden Daniels
Jayden Daniels (born December 18, 2000) is an American professional American football, football quarterback for the Washington Commanders of the National Football League (NFL). Daniels is considered a dual-threat player, being adept at both passing and running. He played three seasons of college football for the Arizona State Sun Devils football, Arizona State Sun Devils (2019–2021) and two with the LSU Tigers football, LSU Tigers (2022–2023). He won the 2023 Heisman Trophy among other player of the year awards after scoring 50 touchdowns with nearly 5,000 total yards. Daniels was selected by the Commanders with the second overall pick in the 2024 NFL draft. His rookie season is regarded among the greatest in NFL history, with him named Offensive Rookie of the Year after setting the rookie quarterback record for rushing yards in a season and leading the Commanders to their most wins in a season and first NFC Championship Game appearance since 1991. Daniels also threw a Hail ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe Burrow
Joseph Lee Burrow (born December 10, 1996) is an American professional American football, football quarterback for the Cincinnati Bengals of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Ohio State Buckeyes football, Ohio State Buckeyes and the LSU Tigers football, LSU Tigers, winning the Heisman Trophy and the 2020 College Football Playoff National Championship, College Football Playoff National Championship as a senior. He was selected by the Bengals List of first overall NFL draft picks, first overall in the 2020 NFL draft. Burrow had a breakout season in 2021 when he led the Bengals to their first playoff win since 1990, ending the longest active drought in the Major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada, four major North American sports, and an appearance in Super Bowl LVI, and was awarded NFL Comeback Player of the Year, Comeback Player of the Year. In 2023, Burrow signed, at the time, the List of largest sports contracts, la ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billy Cannon
William Abb Cannon Sr. (August 2, 1937 – May 20, 2018) was an American football halfback and tight end who played in the American Football League (AFL) and the National Football League (NFL). He attended Louisiana State University (LSU), where he played college football as a halfback, return specialist, and safety for the LSU Tigers. At LSU, Cannon was twice named a unanimous All-American, helped the 1958 LSU team win a national championship, and received the Heisman Trophy as the nation's most outstanding college player in 1959. His punt return against Ole Miss on Halloween night in 1959 is considered by fans and sportswriters to be one of the most famous plays in LSU sports history. Cannon was selected as the first overall pick in the 1960 NFL draft and as a first-round territorial pick in the 1960 American Football League draft, resulting in a contract dispute that ended in court. Cannon played in the AFL for the Houston Oilers and Oakland Raiders before ending his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2022 LSU Tigers Football Team
The 2022 LSU Tigers football team represented Louisiana State University in the 2022 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Tigers played their home games at Tiger Stadium in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and competed in the Western Division of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). They were led by first-year head coach Brian Kelly. The top-ranked recruit in LSU's 2022 recruiting class was linebacker Harold Perkins. The season also saw Arizona State transfer Jayden Daniels start at quarterback. Before the season On November 30, 2021, Notre Dame head coach Brian Kelly was named LSU's 33rd head coach. Cincinnati offensive coordinator/tight ends coach Mike Denbrock and Kansas City Chiefs linebackers coach Matt House were named as the Tigers' new offensive coordinator and defensive coordinator, respectively. SEC media days The 2022 SEC Media days were held in July 2022. The Preseason Polls were released in July 2022. Each team had their head coach available to talk to the media at t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
