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“Out of Bounds”-weekly sports talk show where the week in sports is discussed and broken down.LSU sports are the main focus but we also cover NFL, NBA, MLB and minor sports.

Hosted by Jason Templet who is joined by a rotating group of reporters including Tim Zimmer and Garrett Galjour.

Every Sunday from 6-7pm on 91.1 FM KLSU

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“Strike a pose”  Peterson leads LSU past West Virginia.

A pose was struck that sent the LSU student section into frenzy and it wasn’t a super model posing.

After Patrick Peterson came close to breaking a punt return for a touchdown in the 1st quarter, LSU’s junior cornerback didn’t get tripped up as he ran 60 yards into the end zone. When he arrived there, he did a pose that two Michigan legends did before him.

Desmond Howard and Charles Woodson later went on to win the legendary Heisman Trophy. Peterson hopes to do the same.

Peterson was flagged for excessive celebration, admitting it was unnecessary. “I got too overboard,” Peterson said of his Heisman pose. “I just have to calm it down next time.”

While Peterson got the spotlight, it was the defense that carried LSU past West Virginia 20-14. True freshman cornerback Tyrann Mathieu made his first interception of his career and also recovered a fumble. As a whole LSU’s defense held the Mountaineer offense to 177 total yards. West Virginia was only able to convert 2 out of 13 third down opportunities.

On offense Stevan Ridley carried the load with 116 yards and a touchdown. Quarterback Jefferson failed to get over a 100 yards passing for the third straight game while also throwing two interceptions.

The Tigers finish up their three game home stand Saturday against the Tennessee Volunteers. Kickoff is set for 2:30 and will be televised on CBS.

LSU Stifles Vanderbilt 27-3, Moves to 2-0

September 20th 2010

By Assistant Sports Director, Carter “The Power” Bryant

LSU Football always finds ways to beat teams ugly, even when the scoreline doesn’t say so.

The Tigers defeated the Vanderbilt Commodores 27-3 in Nashville on Saturday night, but did so as ungracefully on offense as possible.

Les Miles tried many new faces tonight, highlighted by solid performances by Josh Williford at guard and true freshmen Alfred Blue and Spencer Ware at running back. But if there was a LVP, it would have to be quarterback Jordan Jefferson. Jefferson went 8-20 for 96 yards. He also threw an interception in the red zone, which is a cardinal sin for a signal caller. Stevan Ridley had a spectacular performance with no fumbles attached. Ridley bruised the linebackers for the Commodores, until he finally broke free for a a 65- yard touchdown burst late in the fourth quarter.

Ridley owes his HKT game ball to his offensive line. After losing Will Blackwell for six weeks last week versus North Carolina, the before mentioned Williford and T-Bob Hebert did a great job filling in. I liked when LSU allowed left guard Josh Dworaczyk to get a breather when Williford and Hebert filled in at the guard positions. It gave Dworaczyk a chance to finish strong against a tired Vanderbilt defensive line.

On defense, the Tigers put on a memorable display. Unlike the offense, LSU gave a preview of what you will see tomorrow from some NFL defenses. In my LSU vs Vanderbilt Prediction, I wondered if LSU would change their pass rushing approach against the nimble Vanderbilt quarterback Larry Smith. LSU didn’t miss a beat up front, as Sam Montgomery showed why he will be part of the LSU defensive line legacy down the road. Speaking of that legacy, Drake Nevis deserves to be mentioned with the Dorsey’s, Williams’ and Lavalis’ now. He is the most disruptive force up front for the Tigers for the second year in a row. HKT Defensive GameBall goes to linebacker Ryan Baker. The guy just loves collision. Baker pulled a semi-Anquan Boldin by playing tonight, and performed at high level with 6 solo tackles and 3 tackles for loss.

The secondary was never really challenged tonight. Craig Loston earned his first start tonight in place of Jai Eugene. True freshman Eric Reid made the highlight of the night as he leveled Vanderbilt’s Akeem Dunham coming over the middle. Josh Jasper perfect on field goal attempts and Ron Brooks was exceptional on special teams coverage.

“Lunch w/ Les” should be intriguing on Monday. Miles will answer plenty of questions on whether backup quarterback Jarrett Lee will get more snaps. Lee went 1 for 1 passing, hitting Rueben Randle on the prettiest throw of the night.

But an even bigger question is how to get Russell Shepard even more touches. Nine just isn’t enough, and Jefferson struggled hitting him on stride on screens. With as many deep threats at receiver as LSU possesses, there should be no reason why Ware should have the longest reception of the night. Even then, if Jefferson hits him on his upfield shoulder, Ware would have walked in to the end zone. Expect the offense to struggle even more next week if things don’t change. New Mississippi State defensive coordinator Manny Diaz held the brilliant Gus Malzahn to only 17 points in a loss versus Auburn. Diaz will make somebody other than Shepard beat him next Saturday in Tiger Stadium.

KLSU Sports Kicks Off Football Season with the Weekly KLSU Tailgate Preview Show

August 31st, 2010

By Ryan Brumley, KLSU Sports Reporter

With the football season kicking off this weekend the KLSU sports staff will be broadcasting a live pregame show every Friday at 11:30 pm central from the LSU Student Union. However, with the Tigers kicking off the season in Atlanta, GA, the first show of the season will be broadcast from the campus of the University of Georgia in Athens inside the studio of WUOG.

Sports Director Jason Templet will be hosting, joined by co-host and sports assistant Carter “the Power” Bryant. Also joining the KLSU sports team will be James Carr, sports director of WUOG. The show will feature a preview of the upcoming game between LSU and UNC in Atlanta and also their predictions for entire upcoming football season.

Call in to ask questions to the crew at 225-578-5578 and also at twitter.com/klsusports. Follow KLSU sports at twitter to stay updated throughout the entire weekend for breaking news live from the Atlanta area.

LSU faces the University of North Carolina at 7pm Central in Atlanta inside the Georgia Dome on ABC.

NFL Imperialism: Thoughts on Season Expansion

August 31st, 2010

By Ryan Brumley, KLSU Sports Reporter

After years of speculation and rumor, Roger Goodell announced Wednesday afternoon that he and the 32 NFL owners have considered eliminating two preseason games and expanded the regular season from 16 to 18 games.   My initial response was sift and simple: FINALLY.  Not only does this brilliant move expand the regular season, but it reduces the preseason to two games.  In case you have never watched preseason football, the only two things that keep the average fan interested in the preseason the last 5 years has been a) when is Brett Favre Coming back, and b) which extremely important player to their team is out for the rest of the season because of a freak injury they suffered in a meaningless game.  The expansion of the regular season will be a fantastic move for the owners, players, and most importantly, the fans.

Nevertheless, let’s consider some of the effects of an 18 game regular season.   For the owners, the move is a no brainer.  The motivation behind this drastic change is simple, More Money: more money for the owners, more money for the league, and possibly more money for the players (depending how well they negotiate the new CBA).  In an era where most fans can watch the game from home on their giant HD televisions with multiple games on at once complete with live fantasy updates, four preseason games are a bore of epic proportions.   The owners had to come up with more ways to keep fans in the stands and more meaningful football games were a great solution to that problem.

For players, the expansion could be a nightmare.  Another 2 weeks of regular season play obviously leads to players being more vulnerable to injuries, shortened careers and a variety of other health concerns.  With all the latest reports on concussions and other head injuries, this is not an issue to be taken lightly.  In order to combat the player’s health concerned, another bye week should be added into the 18 game season.  This would only expand the current preseason/season model by one game (Old plan: 4 preseason-16 regular season 1 bye 21 total  New plan 2 preseason-18 regular season-2 bye 22 total) one increasing the season by one week.  This bye week would give players another week for their bodies to recover, their injuries to heal, and their teams to improve.  Players also will more than likely be able to increase a generous salary increase under this system, which will hopefully led to a better product on the field.

Most importantly, the proposed expansion benefits the fans more than anyone else.  Many of expansions’ critics have complained that expanding football will be detrimental to other sports.  Look, pushing the NFL season one more week into February.  At this time in the sports universe, very little of major interest is going on.  Expanding the Football season one more week is not going to lessen spring training, regular season NBA, or even conference games in NCAA basketball.  All those things don’t really that much anyway.  Things that do matter are three more weeks of regular season football to enjoy.  More intriguing matching, more interesting story lines, more drama, more victory, more passion, more excitement, more of all the reason we as fans watch football in the first place.  Football has always been a game of the people, and this is what the people want.  So let there more games I say, let football follow in one of the most American of ideals, Bigger is Better.