… with the unshakable resolve the No. 8 Tigers demonstrated in the 41-35 win that kept ..... Conference and national titles. Even if LSU (9-2, 5-2) does not get the help ..... 5) on Friday should at least give the Tigers a shot at a BCS bowl. But LSU must play better in the secondary.

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) Shavon Coleman scored 25 points - 23 in the first half - as LSU defeated McNeese State 73-48 Tuesday night in a non-conference game. Coleman was in the starting lineup due to Johnny ..... grabbed 10 rebounds and missed his only field goal attempt of the second half. No one else scored in double figures for the Tigers (2-0), who never trailed. Kevin Hardy led McNeese (1-1) with 18 points. The Cowboys made only 30 percent (16 …

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) Les Miles wants LSU to embrace the notion that it still has a chance, however slim, to win the Southeastern Conference. Alabama could have locked …

… against No. 9 Texas A&M a week after barely beating No. 8 LSU . Saban says Alabama didn't play well as a team in either ..... to a win over Kentucky on a Hail Mary in 2002 when he was at LSU . The Tigers followed that with a 31-0 loss to Alabama.

… upset that ended the defending champions' 13-game win streak and knocked the Tide out of the No. 1 spot in the polls. A week earlier, Alabama survived to beat LSU , but not before the Tigers ' 71st-ranked offense amassed 435 yards.

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) It hardly mattered that LSU 's normally overpowering running game amassed only half of its usual average against Mississippi State. Suddenly sizzling LSU quarterback Zach Mettenberger more than made up for it with ..... sinking Bulldogs on Saturday night, a result that moved the Tigers up to No. 8 and dropped Mississippi State out of the AP Top …

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) Zach Mettenberger passed for 273 yards and two touchdowns, and ninth-ranked LSU kept alive faint hope of a Southeastern Conference title with a 37-17 victory over No. 23 Mississippi State on Saturday ..... target was Jarvis Landry, who had nine catches for 109 yards - both career highs - including a 19-yard touchdown to help the Tigers (8-2, 4-2 SEC) beat the Bulldogs (7-3, 3-3) for the 13th straight time.

… Charles Carmouche had 16 points to lead four LSU players in double-figure scoring as the Tigers defeated UC Santa Barbara 77-63 on Friday. It was a successful debut for LSU coach Johnny Jones. Johnny O'Bryant added 13 points for the Tigers before leaving the game with a leg injury …