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A pair of LSU Tigers earn recognition for their performances in the 2020 season.
LSU sophomore kicker Cade York and freshman defensive back Eli Ricks were named to the Associated Press All-America teams on Monday.
York made 18 field goals on 21 attempts in 2020. He went 6-for-7 on field goals of 50 yards or more. He was named to the second-team.
Ricks shined in his debut season for the Tigers and ended up on the third-team. He recorded four interceptions, which was tied for fifth most in the nation. Ricks also made an impact on special teams with two returns for touchdowns.
Sitting here trying to put LSU s monumental 37-34 win over Florida into some kind of serious historical perspective . but dang if I can keep a straight face.
There were other factors, to be sure, but the Tigers won a game because a Florida Gator defensive back picked up an LSU player s loose shoe and tossed it down field. Can t get around it.
I want to talk about â forget 15-0 and all that national championship silliness â how Saturday night was Ed Orgeron s finest coaching moment . but I can t quit giggling long enough.
Kids, huh? What on earth was Florida s Marco Wilson thinking after he d dislodged Kole Taylor s shoe and saw it on the turf. It was the biggest throw of the night, turning fourth-and-6 for the Tigers to first-and-10 and keeping LSU s game-winning drive alive.
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Well that was unbelievable.
Given the sheer amount of attrition LSU has experienced not only in the offseason and the course of the regular season, but in the lead up to/during the actual game. Micah Baskerville didn’t travel with an apparent illness, Derek Stingley sat with injury (good, he’s been hurt all year, please just rest), and the top two running backs went down. All of that in addition to already apocalyptic and well documented attrition. LSU was certainly lucky to win, but they played with an unbelievable amount of heart and effort, that’s all you could ask.
Roy Exum: A Great ‘Life Lesson’ Monday, December 14, 2020 - by Roy Exum
Roy Exum
Having spent quite a career as a story-teller in sports, perhaps I am better tuned than most in recognizing the delicious parables and parallels we see on our fields of competition that are, in better truth, some of the most brilliant ‘life lessons’ that unfold before our eyes. I watched a fistful of college football games on Saturday and, by far, the best of the day was a dazzling point-for-point battle of brawn between upstart LSU and No. 6 Florida in Gainesville.
I’ve watched games on Florida Field where the fog rolls in and creates a surreal landscape, and I’ve seen great teams like this year’s Gators get so caught up in their newspaper clippings they are assured it won’t take much to slap down a floundering LSU, the reigning national champs who have ‘stunk it up’ so badly with five losses they are a laughing stock.