Author Archives: Hunt Palmer
PALMER: Five thoughts on LSU football entering 2026
By Hunt Palmer This is going to be the best year yet. Well, probably not. I watched 2019, and if this is better than that, I'll need to watch it. Still, optimism is in excess supply in Baton Rouge wit...
Jan 01, 2026 Rob Gray-Imagn Images
Updated: Dashawn Spears to stay at LSU
By Hunt Palmer After giving serious consideration to entering the transfer portal, Dashawn Spears has informed the LSU coaching staff he will remain at LSU. On3's Pete Nakos originally reported Spears...
Dec 31, 2025 Stephen Lew-Imagn Images
Report: LSU to hire former OL coach James Cregg
By Hunt Palmer It appears fences have been mended. Four years after winning a wrongful termination against LSU and 18 months after that ruling was reversed, James Cregg is headed back to work for the ...
Dec 31, 2025 Kirby Lee/Image of Sport-USA TODAY Sports
A look at LSU's roster entering portal season
By Hunt Palmer The madness starts Friday. College football's transfer portal will open, and LSU will be among the most aggressive teams in the sport while assembling talent for 2026. Coaching transiti...
Dec 31, 2025 Kevin Jairaj-Imagn Images
Otter Locks December 30: Bowls and basketball
Jimmy Ott, longtime sports betting analyst and co-host of Live at Lunch on 104.5 ESPN Baton Rouge, will give his best bets of the day here. We call them, "Otter Locks," presented by Supreme Rice. Bowl...
Dec 30, 2025
Weeks accepts Shrine Bowl invite
By Hunt Palmer West Weeks will have one more chance to put the pads on before the NFL draft. The senior linebacker accepted an invitation to the East-West Shrine Bowl to be played January 27 in Frisco...
Dec 30, 2025
PALMER: If LSU survives the SEC slate, Thomas will lead the way
By Hunt Palmer Armed with a larger checkbook and an empty roster ripe with playing time, Matt McMahon dove headfirst into the transfer portal last summer. One position was the target. For three season...
Dec 30, 2025 December 22, 2025: during NCAA Basketball action between the Prairie View A&M Panthers and the LSU Tigers at the Pete Maravich Assembly Center in Baton Rouge, LA. Michael Bacigalupi
Young defenders, Green highlight PFF's Texas Bowl grades
By Hunt Palmer The Texas Bowl is in the rearview, but the college football calendar never stops. The time to build the 2026 roster is now, and Lane Kiffin is in complete control of the operation. Satu...
Dec 30, 2025 Maria Lysaker-Imagn Images
Thomas paces Tigers who move to 12-1 entering SEC
By Hunt Palmer THE STORY Southern Miss tried man-to-man. They tried zone. None of it affected Dedan Thomas Jr. The junior point guard dropped 22 points and dished out 12 assists for his third double-d...
Dec 29, 2025 December 29, 2025: during NCAA Basketball action between the Southern Miss Golden Eagles and the LSU Tigers at the Pete Maravich Assembly Center in Baton Rouge, LA. Michael Bacigalupi
Josh Williams waived by Bucs
By Hunt Palmer Former LSU running back Josh Williams was waived by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers Monday. The rookie made the team out of training camp and played in three games before he was suspended on N...
Dec 29, 2025 Kim Klement Neitzel-Imagn Images
