This has a baseball feel to it but here are the schools with 4+ baseball national titles, 4+ football national titles and multiple Golden Spikes & Heisman winners....LSU. That's it, that's the list.
19 years ago today LSU wins the 2003 national championship 21-14 over Oklahoma in the Sugar Bowl. The 2nd national title in LSU history and the first since 1958.
It took Leonard Fournette 5 games to get to 1,000 yards in 2015. The fastest in LSU history & one of the fastest in NCAA history. He would go on to rush for 1,953 yds that season.
Some had asked about a comparison between Mathieu & Harold Perkins freshmen seasons. Here ya go...
Mathieu: 57 tack; 4.5 sacks; 5 ff; 2 ints
Perkins: 72 tack; 7.5 sacks; 4 ff; 1 int
Happy 32nd birthday to the Honey Badger, Tyrann Mathieu! 2011 Bednarik Award winner & All-American, Mathieu was one of the best to ever play at LSU. And did any player look smoother wearing the purple & gold!
Derrius Guice is 5th all time in career rushing yds at LSU with 3,074 yds. He also has 3 of the 5 top highest rushing yd games in Tiger history including 285 yds against Texas A&M in 2016.
Happy birthday to the Honey Badger! All-American, All-SEC, Def POY, Bednarik Award winner…the list goes on. Maybe the greatest defensive player in Tiger history!
Happy 39th birthday to Jacob Hester! A 318 legend who came to LSU under the radar & turned into a legend. 2007 All-SEC, Hester would rush for 1,780 yds in his career. And no one can forget his game against defending national champ Florida in 2007.
2016 Citrus Bowl. LSU shuts down Lamar Jackson and Louisville, 29-9. Jackson, the Heisman winner, would have only 186 total yds & 0 TDs while Derrius Guice would run for 138 & 1 TD.
Craig Steltz had 11 career interceptions as a Tiger from 2004-07. He is 1 of 4 players with a 100 yd INT return for a TD, 2007 against Miss State. Also a 2007 All-American.
Happy 65th birthday to Steve Ensminger! Born in the year of the first national title in LSU history (1958), Ensminger would go on to an 11-6 record as an LSU QB from 1976-79. But he's known to most Tiger fans as directing the greatest offense in college football history.
LSU beats Texas Tech 56-27 in the 2015 Texas Bowl. Leonard Fournette runs for 212 yds & 4 TD & catches another for a total of 5 TDs. The LSU record for total TDs in a bowl game.
Brandon LaFell. 175 career rec, 2,517 rec yds & 25 TDs. All in the top 5 all time at LSU. Also had 41 consecutive games with a reception, an LSU record. Stud!