LSU mascot makes like Napoleon Dynamite

I have a confession to make. I can not stand the movie Napoleon Dynamite. I tried watching it with an open mind when it first was available on video, but I could not sit through the whole thing before turning it off. I have no clue how it ends, and I somehow manage to sleep at night just fine that way.

But that does not mean I respect the impact it has had on the world of pop culture, even if it is totally lost on me at times. Still, the dance scene seems to be one of the most popular segments of the movie, and many mascots have attempted to recreate it during a break in the action of their home games over the years.

LSU’s Mike The Tiger, previously scorned by Les Miles, is the latest to show off his moves. Saturday night, as LSU was working hard to put away South Carolina, Mike put on a show in hopes of gaining some momentum in the Capital One Mascot Challenge. Show us your moves Mike!

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Behold, the 83-year old woman doing a keg stand at LSU tailgate

This granny knows how to have a real good time

I have yet to attend a tailgate party at LSU, but it is certainly on my bucket list of college football items. When I do make my way down south in to the Bayou I do not know what will happen, but if this video is any indication I should expect almost anything.

Even 83-year old women doing keg stands.

In a video uploaded on YouTube on Sunday, an 83-year old woman was captured being hoisted in the air to partake in one of those drinking traditions known as the keg stand. I included this video in today’s Crystal Ball Run Morning Playbook but decided it was worth sharing over here as well.

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College Football Week 3 Highlights

It is not even October yet and the top two spots in the college football rankings will look like they were copied from last November. With the USC Trojans losing on the road at Stanford Saturday night and with Alabama and LSU blowing away their opposition, the Crimson Tide and Tigers will occupy the top of the polls heading in to week four of the season, with little standing in their way between now and their Game of the Century, 2012 Edition.

If Louisiana Monroe wounded Arkansas last week, then Alabama took the kill shot in a 52-0 victory. LSU let Idaho hang around in the first half but left no doubt who the better team was in the second half of a 63-14 decision. With the Crimson Tide and Tigers flexing their muscles, it looks as though we will have a whole month and a couple of weeks to hype up this year’ meeting in Baton Rouge in early November.

Alabama returns home to play Florida Atlantic and Ole Miss before a bye week. The Crimson Tide then travel to Missouri and Tennessee and have a home game against Mississippi State before meeting LSU. The Tigers have a tougher stretch of games, including three straight games at Florida, home vs. South Carolina, and at Texas A&M but LSU gets a bye week before hosting Alabama. … Continue Reading

Up for grabs! USA Today coaches poll shows LSU, Alabama and USC in three-team race to start

LSU receives top honor despite having fewer first-place votes than Tide, Trojans

If the coaches have it right, the LSU Tigerswill reign supreme this college football season, by a narrow margin.

LSU received 18 first place votes in the preseason USA Today Coaches Poll to squeeze by one of the tightest preseason coaches polls at the top in recent memory. LSU edged No. 2 Alabama by a total of four points despite the defending BCS champion Crimson Tide receiving 20 first-place votes. No. 3 USC also received more first-place votes (19) from the coaches but trail LSU in the total points by just 15 points.

With LSU, Alabama and USC all so close in the national title contention according to theUSA Today Coaches Poll, it would seem as though we are setting up for a year in which the USC Trojans bounce right back in to the big picture in college football and will look to put an end to the SEC’s string of BCS Championship success. Oklahoma and Oregon follow the Trojans in the polls, respectively. Georgia, Florida State, Michigan, South Carolina and Arkansas round out the top ten. … Continue Reading

Hype Video Round-Up: Michigan, Penn State, LSU, Alabama, Florida State and N.C. State

Hype video season is well underway!

While browsing YouTube I came across a hype video for this season’s BYU vs. Boise State game. I figured I would share it on the site so all could critique. Of course, this is prime hype video season as college football fans all over are ready to get everything started now. Unfortunately we have to resort to Big Ten Network and ESPN Classic replays to fill our football void, which is why hype videos have started to become the de facto way to scratch an itch.

We will try to do this from time to time as we get through the second half of the season, but here are a few hype videos that have recently been posted online. Feel free to send us any hype videos you happen to come across for inclusion in upcoming hype video round-ups.

We begin our round-up from this work by KKProductionOps, featuring the Michigan Wolverines…

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