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LSU’s Alan Faneca named to 2025 College Football Hall of Fame ballot

Former LSU coach Nick Saban is also on the 2025 ballot.

One of the best offensive linemen in LSU history has the chance to be enshrined into the College Football Hall of Fame.

[autotag]Alan Faneca[/autotag], who played for the Tigers from 1994-97, was named to the ballot for the 2025 induction class. He’s one of 77 players on the ballot and looks to become the 12th LSU player inducted, in addition to coaches [autotag]Bernie Moore[/autotag] and [autotag]Charles McClendon[/autotag],

Former LSU coach [autotag]Nick Saban[/autotag] is also on the ballot.

At LSU, Faneca started 36 consecutive games, allowing one sack as he earned the Jacobs Blocking Trophy and consensus All-American honors in 1997. He was also a First Team All-SEC selection in his final two seasons with the Tigers.

A first-round pick for the Steelers in 1998, he played the bulk of his 13-year career with the team before finishing his career with the Jets and Cardinals. He earned nine Pro Bowl honors and was a six-time First-Team All-Pro while adding two Second-Team selections.

He won a Super Bowl with Pittsburgh during the 2005 season.

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Top 101 LSU Football players of all time: No. 60-51

The countdown continues with some DBU greats and some old-time linemen.

The countdown continues as we complete the first half of the best 101 football players in LSU history.

As we get closer to the top spot, the players are getting better and better, and thus, harder to rank.

I have tried to avoid recency bias as much as possible. It can be hard to get enough information about older players, but I did my best to get them about in the ballpark of where they should be.

Anytime there’s a list this big, people will disagree. There’s so little that separates the 50th player from the 70th, and so on.

I tried to balance consistency over multiple seasons with some players that had one great year. Both have been rewarded here. With that in mind, let’s continue the countdown.

LSU head coach Ed Orgeron closing in on a milestone

Is today the day for Ed Orgeron?

LSU Tigers head coach Ed Orgeron has been chasing this milestone since the win over the Florida Gators: elusive win No. 50. As a head coach Orgeron has compiled a 65-49 record. Not exactly a world-beater of a record, but he is over the .500 mark.

As a member of the LSU Tigers, Orgeron is 49-20. A win over the ULM Warhawks will put him 30 games over .500 since becoming the head coach in 2016. His win over Florida allowed Orgeron to break the tie he had with Nick Saban.

With win No. 50 on the table, he can become the fourth head coach to win 50 games for the LSU Tigers. Bernie Moore was the first to do it.

Coach (Tenure) Games Wins Losses Ties Winning %
Charles McClendon, 1962-79 203 137 59 7 .692
Les Miles, 2005-16 148 114 34 0 .770
Bernie Moore, 1935-47 128 83 39 6 .672
Ed Orgeron, 2016-21 69 49 20 0 .710
Nick Saban, 2000-04 64 48 16 0 .750

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