With less than 4 months remaining until the LSU football Tigers take the field in Las Vegas to play USC in the Trojans’ first game in the post-Caleb Williams era, where does this team stand? How does Brian Kelly’s offense look with Garrett Nussmeier set to take over behind center and one of the most experienced O-lines in college football? Can the defense be better (It has to be!)
Host Jim Derry brings in The Advocate’s LSU Sports beat writer Wilson Alexander on Monday’s Dattitude Podcast (Ep. 235) brought to you by Evangeline Securities, as they also talk about the the baseball team and whether Jay Johnson’s crew is back in the running to make a regional with three straight SEC series victories, including over No. 1 Texas A&M this past weekend at The Box.
Lastly, on the 'Extra Point,' Jim brags about his big Derby hit this past weekend and looks back 46 years to May 6, 1978, when Affirmed and Alydar struck up one of sports’ great rivalries in the Run for the Roses and Affirmed’s first leg of what would be the last Triple Crown winner for the next 27 years.
CHAPTERS
0:00 Introduction
4:10 Opening thoughts
12:30 Wilson Alexander joins, LSU outlook
15:50 LSU offensive depth chart
32:28 LSU defensive depth chart
36:40 LSU 2024 FB schedule
43:25 LSU baseball resurgence
50:40 Extra Point: Affirmed in 1978
53:45 Final thoughts
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