Charles Scott News

LSU made an emergency move of starting strong safety Brandon Taylor to cornerback to replace the cramping Patrick Peterson late in the Alabama game Saturday because Taylor was the best player available, coach Les Miles said at his press luncheon on Monday.

Les Miles decided not to test the SEC's new get-tough policy regarding coaches criticizing officials.

From most accounts, LSU cornerback Patrick Peterson made that interception cleanly and in bounds Saturday afternoon in Bryant-Denny Stadium.

LSU running back Charles Scott will miss the remainder of the regular season after fracturing his clavicle in Saturday's game against Alabama, the university's athletic department announced Sunday evening in a press release.

Not only did LSU lose out on its chance at a national title, but the team may have lost its star running back, at least for a little while.

With its best players dropping like flies, LSU put together a 59-yard drive capped by an 8-yard touchdown run from Stevan Ridley that has put the Tigers ahead 15-10 with 3:09 remaining in the third quarter.

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. a ' Greg McElroy was putting up big numbers as the quarterback for a national championship contender.

The competition was only Tulane, and it was late in the game. But Ridley, a 5-foot-11, 222-pound sophomore from Natchez, Miss., looked very powerful running the ball as he gained 73 yards on eight carries during the final touchdown drive of LSU's 42-0 win.

In this Sept. 19, 2009, file photo, Alabama running back Mark Ingram goes for first down yardage as quarterback Greg McElroy looks on during an NCAA college football game against North Texas at Bryant-Denny Stadium in Tuscaloosa, Ala.

Top-10 foes meet up in Tuscaloosa in a key SEC Western Division battle, as the ninth-ranked LSU Tigers come calling on the third-ranked Alabama Crimson Tide.

BATON ROUGE - The 10-year drama continues this Saturday in Tuscaloosa, Ala., with Miles-Saban III.

Now, LSU can let the 300-pound red elephant into its room. It's Alabama week. As far as games against inferior opponents, the Tigers played their best game of the season Saturday night in dismissing 35-point underdog Tulane, 42-0, while barely working up a sweat.

Brandon LaFell caught two touchdown passes, moving him into second on LSU's career list, and the ninth-ranked Tigers shut out Tulane for the first time since 1969, 42-0 on Saturday night.

Two years later and I am still reading about Ryan Perrilloux. I really thought we were through with Perrilloux after the coming-out party for Jordan Jefferson in LSU's 38-3 win over Georgia Tech.

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True freshman quarterback/tailback/receiver Russell Shepard rushed for 28 touchdowns as a senior and 66 during his career at Cypress Ridge High in Houston.

Temple High School running back Lache Seastrunk scores on a 49-yard touchdown run against Cedar Park on Sept.

The ninth-ranked LSU Tigers get a break from their grueling SEC schedule this weekend and face the Tulane Green Wave in an instate battle in Baton Rouge.

Will Blackwell has not played a lot for LSU this season. And the one time he did play a lot, he threw up.

BATON ROUGE - There is a huge red mountain waiting, but before LSU can get to it there's this little green puddle.