What to do if you geaux to Texas: Carl Dubois, a former LSU beat writer for The Advocate who now works for The (McMinnville, Ore.) News-Register, has written a column telling Oregon fans what to expect when they head down to Arlington, Texas, for the big game this weekend with the Tigers. ” ‘Lagniappe’ means ‘a little something extra.’ You’re sure to get that with just about any LSU fan you meet, whether we’re talking food, drink, conversation or Tiger-baiting,” says Dubois. Dubois does warn Oregon fans to look out for Tiger tailgaters cooking duck gumbo. Read the full column here. The LSU-Oregon game kicks off at 7 p.m. Saturday and will be televised by ABC.
Today’s poll question: Do you think LSU’s chances of beating Oregon have changed, now that Jordan Jefferson and Russell Shepard won’t play?
Followed Miles’ philosophy: Former LSU offensive coordinator Gary Crowton, now in charge of the Maryland offense, says it would be unfair to judge him based solely on his four years in Baton Rouge. Crowton told The Baltimore Sun that “It wasn’t my offense” at LSU. “Were there parts of that offense that were mine? Yeah. The philosophy that Coach (Les) Miles had was to be good on defense, be good on special teams and win it in the fourth quarter,” Crowton told the newspaper. “We won a lot of games in the fourth quarter. We beat Auburn twice in the fourth quarter. What it did is it shortened the game. We didn’t have a lot of offensive plays. When you look statistically, it wasn’t great, but that wasn’t our goal. Our goal was to win games. We won 40 in four years.” Brown coach Phil Estes, a friend of Crowton, says he was made to be a scapegoat, even though he led the Tigers to a 2007 BCS Championship. “He probably ate a lot of stuff at LSU that he probably didn’t have to,” Estes told The Sun. Read the full story here.
