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LSU: From Chumps To Champs
Former LSU coach Ed Orgeron had college football’s best Hollywood script going while it lasted. The Cajun born on the bayous of Larose finally got his dream job as the Tigers’ head coach and
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Slip Sliding Away
The two highest profile and most notable first-year head football coaches in Louisiana have their teams going in opposite directions. My GPS must have been wacky back in August, because I thought Brian Kelly
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LSU FOOTBALL PREVIEW
By Ron Higgins Perception: most coaches in the Southeastern Conference must have previously played or been an assistant in the league to make them a perfect “fit” as an SEC head coach hire. Reality:
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POTENTIAL, PROMISE, AND PITFALLS: THE 2022 MCNEESE COWBOYS
By Rick Sarro I can offer up a slew of metaphors to describe McNeese’s 2022 football program and the season fast approaching. The Cowboys, with their fourth head coach since 2018, are building from scratch.
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Construction Zone Ahead
McNeese coach Gary Goff is in the business of building a football program. And like many businesses around the region, state and country, he is short on workers. For now, anyway. On a weekly
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Sean Payton: A Sweet Sixteen Years
Just a few weeks ago in these pages of Lagniappe I wrote a column on the season that was for the New Orleans Saints and what their priorities would be for the upcoming off-season.
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A Saints Season To Remember And Forget
Sean Payton survived 2021. But you can’t blame him if he had some PTSD flashbacks from Hurricane Katrina some 15 years ago. It was 2006 when Payton became the New Orleans Saints’ head coach
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New Head Cowboy Pulling The Reins
As expected, Gary Goff said all the right things for a 48-year-old football coach who has been around the game for his entire adult life. Goff emphasized his culture of toughness and discipline, winning
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Dream Job Comes To An End
There is an old saying used by those who are fishing on the bayou. “Cut bait.” Simply put, you cut the line. It doesn’t matter what hook, lure, bait or move is on when
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Buried But Not Dead
You haven’t forgotten about the McNeese Cowboys have you? Based on the fans’ attendance over the two home games so far, I have to ask the question. You Blue and Gold diehards, don’t take
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