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Now, there are two underclassmen additions to the list of names that will be absent from the Tigers’ 2020 roster along with the projected first overall draft pick.
Now, there are two underclassmen additions to the list of names that will be absent from the Tigers’ 2020 roster along with the projected first overall draft pick.
USA TODAY Sports’ Paul Myerberg breaks down the latest Amway Coaches Poll.
USA TODAY Sports’ Paul Myerberg breaks down the latest Amway Coaches Poll.
What I’m Hearing: USA TODAY Sports’ Dan Wolken was in New Orleans for the national championship and describes the emotions coming from LSU head coach Ed Oregon after his teams emphatic victory.
What I’m Hearing: USA TODAY Sports’ Dan Wolken was in New Orleans for the national championship and describes the emotions coming from LSU head coach Ed Oregon after his teams emphatic victory.
SportsPulse: LSU caps off historic season with a national championship, defeating a Clemson team that hadn’t lost a game in over two years.
SportsPulse: LSU caps off historic season with a national championship, defeating a Clemson team that hadn’t lost a game in over two years.
SportsPulse: Gameday is finally upon us. Our experts provide their one deciding factor and who’s going to be holding the trophy in the end. Hint: there is no consensus.
SportsPulse: Gameday is finally upon us. Our experts provide their one deciding factor and who’s going to be holding the trophy in the end. Hint: there is no consensus.
SportsPulse: One team is an electric buzzsaw with a Heisman winning quarterback putting up record numbers, the other is an entrenched dynasty looking for their third title in four years. Jan. 13 can’t come soon enough.
SportsPulse: One team is an electric buzzsaw with a Heisman winning quarterback putting up record numbers, the other is an entrenched dynasty looking for their third title in four years. Jan. 13 can’t come soon enough.
SportsPulse: From Atlanta, Paul Myerberg and Dan Wolken dissect LSU’s demolition of Oklahoma and if there is anything that can stop Joe Burrow and the Tigers from winning it all in New Orleans.
SportsPulse: From Atlanta, Paul Myerberg and Dan Wolken dissect LSU’s demolition of Oklahoma and if there is anything that can stop Joe Burrow and the Tigers from winning it all in New Orleans.
What I’m Hearing: Many think LSU is going to wipe the floor with Oklahoma. However, after speaking the Sooners, Dan Wolken says the team thinks they have the formula to pull off the massive upset.
What I’m Hearing: Many think LSU is going to wipe the floor with Oklahoma. However, after speaking the Sooners, Dan Wolken says the team thinks they have the formula to pull off the massive upset.
SportsPulse: USA TODAY Sports’ Paul Myerberg previews the upcoming Peach Bowl between the Oklahoma Sooners and the LSU Tigers.
SportsPulse: USA TODAY Sports’ Paul Myerberg previews the upcoming Peach Bowl between the Oklahoma Sooners and the LSU Tigers.
Joe Burrow received the highest percentage of first-place votes and recorded the largest margin of victory in the award’s history.
Joe Burrow set records with his 2019 Heisman Trophy win over the weekend. The Louisiana State University quarterback received the highest percentage of first-place votes and recorded the largest margin of victory in the award’s history.
The Tigers quarterback turned the opportunity into a way to significantly impact the southeast Ohio community that he grew up in, too. Burrow’s award acceptance speech led to more than $100,000 being donated to the Athens County Food Pantry in Athens, Ohio.
“It’s a very, very impoverished area,” Burrow said in his Heisman Trophy acceptance speech Saturday night. “The poverty rate is almost two times the national average.
“There are so many people there that don’t have a lot, and I’m up here for all those kids in Athens and Athens County that go home to not a lot of food on the table, hungry after school. You guys can be up here, too.”
An Athens resident launched a Facebook fundraiser Sunday after Burrow’s speech made the nation aware of the problems in the area. More than 3,100 people donated a combined amount of more than $108,000 as of Monday morning.
According to The Athens County Food Pantry website, the pantry served 5,702 individuals in 2018, about a third of them children.
Entering the College Football Playoff, Burrow has completed 342 of 439 pass attempts for a 77.9% completion rate. The 23-year-old has 4,715 passing yards this season with 48 touchdowns and 6 interceptions. He is the first LSU athlete to win the Heisman since running back Billy Cannon won the award in 1959.
