Tinker:
I feel like talking about talented people who perform well. Like the very good college football players from the LSU fighting tiger football team. Only to be tarnished by people like Sports reporters, TV Networks employees, Song writers, LSU fans alike. Who simply do not have enough talent themselves to contribute to the LSU football players success. Like this video. Showing the great talent of the 2012 LSU freshman football players. Only to be spoiled with a bad rap song. That is the kind of failure that just keeps rubbing me the wrong way.
If you can't add to the LSU football players efforts who are hard at work training and performing for the old war school. Then please don't use our LSU football team talents. On below average media experiments, that only become repulsive. Where is the LSU media management. Keeping the unprofessional people away from the LSU tigers. Who keep failing at trying to tell a good joke, or write a good song, or compose a rap tune, that might sounds good?
Like a Professional Standards Commission. LSU screening room checking what goes in and out of the LSU sports video department.
Can't the LSU football program protect the LSU football player better than that? Look and listen to this LSU video;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?
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Billy Cannon, great All American;
My
family was dancing around the kitchen table with one another. Them and I
was kissing and hugging my Mother. Seconds after Billy Cannon crossed
over the goal line, after his magic 89 yard run, thru most of the Ole
Miss football team. In the rain, and mud, of that Halloween night
important LSU college football game.
How could we ever forget what Billy Cannon did for the LSU football program that year, and over his LSU college football career.
Before Billy Cannon. You could simply go sit anywhere in tiger stadium that you wanted. Now, after Billy Cannon. We can't ever get on the waiting list, to sit on the fifty yard line in Tiger Stadium. Billy Cannon is a living legend around my household. And will forever be my shining hero. Until I die. He gave my family some of our most happy memories in our lifetime.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?
-------------------------How could we ever forget what Billy Cannon did for the LSU football program that year, and over his LSU college football career.
Before Billy Cannon. You could simply go sit anywhere in tiger stadium that you wanted. Now, after Billy Cannon. We can't ever get on the waiting list, to sit on the fifty yard line in Tiger Stadium. Billy Cannon is a living legend around my household. And will forever be my shining hero. Until I die. He gave my family some of our most happy memories in our lifetime.
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Cameron to get three-year contract
Offensive coordinator to earn $1.5 million in final year of deal
Cam Cameron speaks at his introductory press conference, while LSU head coach Les Miles looks on. Photo courtesy of Steve Franz, LSU Sports information.
By Tiger Rag News Services
BATON ROUGE - LSU’s new offensive coordinator Cam Cameron will receive a three-year contract that will initially pay him $600,000 for the 2013 season, the school announced on Tuesday.
Cameron, who was officially named LSU’s offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach last week, will earn $1.3 million in his second year and $1.5 million for the final year of the contract, which runs through the 2015 season.
Cameron’s contract is subject to approval by the LSU Board of Supervisors.
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Cam Cameron Q/A
LSU’s offensive coordinator opens up about Baltimore firing, Super Bowl rings, and sharing an office with Les Miles
By CODY WORSHAM
Tiger Rag Editor
Call him Candid Cam.
After a brief session in front of cameras Friday afternoon (which you can read about HERE), LSU’s new offensive coordinator Cam Cameron shook off the pressure of the lights and opened up with reporters about a myriad of topics.
In his first chat with local beat writers, Cameron spoke frankly and sincerely about his unforeseen sacking in Baltimore, his days sharing a tiny office with Les Miles in Michigan, and his plans for Tiger QB Zach Mettenberger.
Here is the transcript from a portion of that conversation.
Q: What would you say is the biggest reason John [Harbaugh] let you go [in Baltimore]?
A: First of all, I had five tremendous years there. Obviously, we won a ton of football games. At some point in time, a change might need to be made. Obviously, they felt like that needed to be done. I think there was maybe a little bit of a set back. Ray Rice said it best. Quoting him, it was a wake up call. I think what Les said is true: Good is not good enough. We’re aiming to try to be great. Sometimes you’ve got to do something to get people to move in a different direction to try to be great. It’s a great group of guys. I couldn’t be happier for them. They made me through the whole process feel a part of it. It was really unsolicited from my part, but they were phenomenal through the whole process.
Q: You’ve gotten to coach Ray Rice and LaDanian Tomlinson. What have you seen from Jeremy Hill and the LSU running back corps?
I’ve gotten out of the habit of comparing guys, because you talk about those two — Ray and LaDainian. Obviously, this is a very talented young man. I have not met him yet. I’m looking forward to sitting down with him. I’ll get with him in the next couple of days. I’m looking forward to watching how he works, how he goes about getting better. I think any young player knows you have to keep getting better, especially in this conference and this division. Obviously, great athleticism. Looks like he has the ability to catch a lot of balls, can catch extremely well. I’ve heard good things about his hands. It’s a good group. You can’t have too many good running backs.
Q: You were a guy who was mentioned for a couple of other NFL offensive coordinator positions. Were you involved with talking with someone else, or is it something you kind of knew for a while you wanted to end up at LSU?
A: Well, number one, in my mind and my family’s mind, we sat down with the kids and my wife, Missy, of 27 years. At this stage in my career, it’s a family decision…It’s a special opportunity for us, and probably none better.
Q: You talked about coming in with your ears open. You’ve got two returning quarterbacks in Mettenberger and Rivers. You also have two true freshmen in here. What’s your role in preparing those guys for spring practice?
Well, we’re going to get through the next two or three days, and I want to sit down and talk with them first. To simplify it, it’s to help them become as good as they can be. I’m going to reacquaint myself with all the NCAA time rules, making sure…we are all on the same page on what we can and cannot do. I owe it to them to allow them all become great players and to let them compete. I’ve never been around a great player that was afraid of competition. There’s going to be great competition in that room, there’s going to be great competition at every position on offense. With those guys specifically at quarterbacks, it’s just a matter of getting them as good as they can be.
Q: Is there open competition for [the quarterback] position, or is it Zach Mettenberger’s heading into 2013?
A: I don’t think it’s the right time for me to speak to that. I think I’ll let Les speak to that. I’m sure he can address that sometime in the spring. I just want to get Zach as good as he can be and build on what Steve’s done with him…That’s why you have spring practice. You can’t have too many good quarterbacks, because the backup is one play away from being the starter, the third team guys is two plays away. So we’re going to get them all as good as they can be.
Q: What’s your role in recruiting going to be?
A: It’s not defined yet. We’re right in the middle of that process…we had our first recruiting meeting this morning, and then came straight over here. I’ll be involved just like the other guys.
Q: You mentioned that you miss recruiting…what do you miss about it?
A: I don’t know that I would say I miss anything about it, but it’s an unbelievable opportunity. Think about it. You get a chance to travel, could be coast to coast and sit in a young man’s living room, and talk about LSU. This is a world-class opportunity. I’ve known that for a long time, and now I’m seeing that even more. I’ve got three sons of my own who are all teenagers, and to think someone can come into your home and afford you an opportunity to come, and to think highly enough of you as a player and a young man to represent this university, to me, that’s exciting. One thing that’s clear: We recruit as a staff. It’s team recruiting. It’s not one guy trying to out-recruit another. I’m excited about being a part of that. The guys already know I’m going to be visiting with all of them, talking about getting better as a recruiter. The things they do best, in state, out of state, going against this school, going against that school, just learning the process and doing my part.
Q: What made this opportunity special that you took it, as opposed to waiting around for a professional opportunity?
A: That’s a great question, because we have had a ton of discussions. It’s unique for us, because our discussions aren’t just about football, X’s, O’s, offense, team from a head coaching perspective, our families. For most things in life for me, it’s never been about my timing. I just think these things came together for a certain reason, and the timing couldn’t have been better.
Q: You shared an office with him [at Michigan]. Take us back to that. What was it like sharing an office with [Les]?
A: One of the great memories. He hadn’t married Kathy yet. I was married, and he wasn’t. The room literally was about as big as where we are standing. No window, and there was no texting back then. So every phone conversation was open. You can get to know a guy pretty darn well. I know exactly what I have an opportunity to be a part of here. It’s based on what he’s built
Q: You can decipher his particular manner of speaking too, right?
A: I certainly can. Maybe that might be the only thing I know that you guys don’t know. So I may have a little something on you guys there.
Q: You had feelers from pro teams. A lot of guys who go to the pros end up staying in the pros. Were you looking for a college opportunity, or if this didn’t pan out, you might not have been looking for another college opportunity?
A: This is the college opportunity, for all the reasons we’ve talked about. But I meant what I said. How can you not be in love with where the college game is right now and where it’s going? It’s a great, great, great game. College football has always been good, but in my view, and I think a lot of people’s view, it’s never been better…There’s a lot of great things about the NFL, especially with the Baltimore Ravens, because of the kind of people they bring there…I cannot say enough good things about the people I worked with in Baltimore or the kind of players you get to coach there, top to bottom. LSU is the same way.
Q. Are you getting a ring?
A: Good question. I got a text from John Harbaugh the other day after his statement. It said, “Hey, by the way, I need that ring size.” Actually, I’ll probably stop by the equipment office and get my ring size and send it up there.
Q: Where did you watch the game, and can you talk about your emotions during it?
A: At that point, two months had gone by. Nothing but joy. I coached Jim Harbaugh on the other side. When you’ve got most of the offensive guys texting you before the game or from the locker room of the game and coaches texting you on a bus on the way over, it’s a first class group. Decisions like that don’t destroy relationships. I’m not going to let that happen.
Q: Where did you watch the game?
A: Actually, I had been asked to go work some quarterbacks out in California that Monday. So I was in San Diego with some really good friends that Sunday.
Q: You mentioned that you’ve seen all the games. What do you like in Zach?
A: I’ll give you a little background first. I’ve been hearing about Zach for over four years now from one of the best quarterback scouts in the NFL, Joe Hortiz. Joe Hortiz started talking to me about him right when he came out of high school. He said, “There’s a guy coming up we need to keep an eye on.” And some things transpired and he said, “You know, he’s going to LSU.” He knew that before I did. I’ve been watching him now for quite some time, and then he springs on the scene here. Until I know what his thought process is, it’s best guess. You watch a guy’s tape, you see him doing something good, the guy can be doing something we think is really good for the exact wrong reason. And then he can be doing something that doesn’t look real pretty to all of us on tape, but he’s doing it for the right reason. Until I can, I’d like to reserve judgment on that until I can sit down with him, have him take me through some tape, and have him explain his thinking to me and see the why’s of why he does what he does. I’m going to start challenging him to be as good as he can be, and see where that takes him. There’s obviously a lot of talent there to work with.
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USA Today sports
LSU legend Billy Cannon in intensive care after stroke
Glenn Guilbeau, USA TODAY Sports
Story Highlights
- Billy Cannon is in the hospital following a stroke
- Cannon is LSU's only Heisman winner, taking the trophy in 1959
- Cannon remains close with the athletic program, remaining LSU's definitive icon
BATON ROUGE – Billy Cannon, the singular icon of Louisiana State University athletics and the school's only Heisman Trophy winner in 1959, was hospitalized in intensive care Tuesday after a stroke.
Dr. Cannon, 75, became a dentist after his professional football career ended in 1970 and has been the director of the Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola for the last 15 years. He was taken by ambulance to a Baton Rouge hospital at about 12:30 p.m. after showing signs of a stroke, according to prison warden Burl Cain.
LSU confirmed through Cannon's family that he had a stroke but that he was alert and resting Tuesday evening. Cannon was to stay in the intensive care unit Tuesday night and would be undergoing tests to determine the extent of the stroke, LSU associate athletic director Herb Vincent said.
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"The family expressed its thanks for the prayers and concerns of friends and fans," Vincent said.
Bud Johnson, a friend of Cannon and LSU's sports information director in the 1960s, spoke to Cannon a few weeks ago.
"He was doing well," Johnson said Tuesday night. "I was planning on having supper with him this week."
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Cannon, a powerful, fast and versatile tailback who also played defense and was the Southeastern Conference track 100-yard dash champion, led LSU to the 1958 national championship and an 11-0 season. He has remained a regular visitor to LSU over the years as he and his family have remained in the area.
Cannon was at LSU's last home game of the 2012 season on Nov. 17 and watched Odell Beckham return a punt 89 yards for a touchdown against the Ole Miss Rebels with 9:10 to play in the fourth quarter to tie the game 35-35, and LSU later won 41-35.
Cannon returned a punt 89 yards against Ole Miss on Halloween Night, 1959, with 10 minutes to play to give the No. 1 Tigers a 7-3 victory over No. 3 Ole Miss and cinch the Heisman for Cannon. Just before Beckham's return, Cannon said he predicted as much to fellow All-American Tommy Casanova, himself known for punt returns while a Tiger in the early 1970s, while both were watching the game from a suite. "It's about time for someone to bring one back," Cannon said.
"He's got a very quick wit," said Johnson, who authored a book about the '58 season called, "LSU's Magic Year – 1958."
Cannon has remained LSU's magical and most iconic player even though it has been more than 50 years since he wore No. 20, which was the first jersey retired and is honored in lights in Tiger Stadium. Cannon's heroic persona has also survived a two-and-a-half-year federal prison term in the mid-1980s for his role in a $6 million counterfeiting ring.
"It's that news reel clip of his run," Johnson said. "So many people have seen that of all ages. For some reason, no other play in LSU history seems to register as much."
Cannon's "Halloween Run" punt return was replayed during the sports on the nightly local news in Baton Rouge, New Orleans and other parts of Louisiana for decades after the run, and it is still played again and again around Halloween on local stations. It was played moments after Beckham's run by CBS, which nationally televised the game.
"People see it on TV every year, and people talk about it," Johnson said. "That keeps Billy as the No. 1 LSU athlete of all time. He's more local and visible. He still comes around LSU a lot. He's more accessible. He's always being honored at LSU or signing autographs."
Cannon was part of an autograph promotion just outside Tiger Stadium for that last Ole Miss game. Present LSU sports information director Michael Bonnette said Cannon remains the quintessential LSU football great despite his last game being more than five decades ago.
"Without a doubt, when you think of LSU football he's still the first person that comes to mind," Bonnette said Tuesday night. "Even with all of the success that LSU football has had over the last 13 years, Billy Cannon is, in my opinion, the LSU football icon. I'm still in awe of him any time he comes around."
LSU has won two national championships and played for a third in the last decade and had two players contend for the Heisman Trophy in defensive tackle Glenn Dorsey in 2007 and cornerback/returner Tyrann Mathieu in 2011. But still, the magic name remains Cannon, even for those not born until 18 years after his last professional season and nearly three decades after his LSU career ended.
"I can remember when Charles Scott (LSU tailback, 2006-09) had a chance to meet him a few years ago, and it was like he had met Michael Jordan," Bonnette said. "He was that excited. We are all thinking about him and his family and hoping for a full recovery."
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Dandy Don's LSU Sports Report
Good morning, Tiger Fans,
I”m sad to start this report with the news of LSU legend Billy Cannon being rushed to a hospital yesterday. According to reports, Cannon was transported by ambulance from the State Penitentiary, where he directs the prison’s dental program, to a Baton Rouge hospital at about 12:30 p.m. for treatment of a possible stroke. Yesterday the family informed LSU that Cannon is alert and resting and that doctors will conduct tests to determine the extent of the damage. As you know, Cannon is the 1959 Heisman Trophy winner who helped the Tigers win the 1958 national championship. Among his most memorable moments as a Tiger was this famous 89-yard punt return against Ole Miss in 1959. Please keep Mr. Cannon and the Cannon family in your prayers.
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NBC33 Staff
RAW INTERVIEW: Billy Cannon discusses LSU football during Bayou Bash
LSU
In his last known interview, Cannon spoke with Michaels Media, a NBC33 News partner, at the Bayou Bash Football Recruiting Party, which was held on February 6, 2013.
During the interview he spoke about his experience at LSU as well as what it was like when he committed to the purple and gold. When asked if he had any doubt about attending the university, he candidly replied that he did have reservations.
“Oh yes. Yes indeed,” he said with a smile. “Until Coach Dietzel got there, they were in disarray. After Coach Dietzel got there, it continued to be in disarray for two years.
“There was talk about they were going to fire Coach Dietzel,” he continued. “When we started winning games, everything changed…Then, all the sudden there wasn’t enough tickets to go around.”
Cannon concluded the interview with a statement that alluded to the recent rash of LSU junior’s who entered the NFL draft early.
“They told me we signed all the 27 that were committed and I just want to tell the fans of LSU, I hope all 27 of these kids go out after their third year into the NFL. That will show you that we’re getting the good ones.”
Click on the attached video to see the entire, unedited interview.
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LSU players get first chance to make good impression
BY SHELDON MICKLES
Advocate sportswriter
February 20, 2013
Advocate sportswriter
February 20, 2013
While seniors preparing for the April draft are already familiar with the process through various all-star games held last month, the largest group of underclassmen to declare for the draft will get their first taste at the scouting combine workouts starting Wednesday in Indianapolis.
After lots of poking and prodding, measurements, psychological testing and interviews with team execs, groups of players will get on the field Saturday through Tuesday for timing sessions and workouts with position coaches.
Of the record 67 underclassmen who declared for the draft early, 11 come from LSU, whose total of 13 players matched Florida State for the largest contingents. Georgia had 11, while Alabama and Florida each have 10.
“We don’t have computer numbers on a lot of these kids coming out,” ESPN draft analyst Mel Kiper Jr. said. “For a lot of them, until you have them in that particular venue, you don’t have accurate numbers on them.”
Which makes the four-day stretches the players will be in town for that much more important, especially the LSU players. The group includes cornerback/kick returner Tyrann Mathieu, who was kicked off the team before the 2012 season started.
“There are so many (LSU) kids, we could sit here and talk about them for an hour,” said veteran draft analyst Mike Mayock, who’ll be part of the NFL Network’s broadcast team that will provide coverage of the on-field workouts starting Saturday.
LSU’s large group is headed up by junior defensive end Barkevious Mingo, who is projected by some draft analysts to be an outside linebacker in a 3-4 scheme like the one the New Orleans Saints are going to.
Mingo is viewed by most as a top-10 pick, although Mayock has him at the bottom of the first round. But it all could change dramatically pending the combine results and his Pro Day workout at LSU on March 27.
Two of Mingo’s teammates — defensive end Sam Montgomery and inside linebacker Kevin Minter — are both seen as possible late first-round or early second-round picks.
So they’ll be trying to make their mark and ensure they’re chosen on the first day of the three-day draft that begins April 25.
Mingo and Montgomery are ranked third and eighth, respectively, among defensive ends by NFLDraftScout.com, while Minter is the top inside linebacker available going into the combine.
LSU has two other players listed among the top 120 draft-eligible players going into the combine. Free safety Eric Reid is rated second at his position, while tackle Chris Faulk is ranked 11th in a deep group there.
Reid is rated as a second-round pick by NFLDraftScout.com, while Faulk is a third- or fourth-round selection.
LSU’s other combine participants are defensive end Lavar Edwards, defensive tackle Bennie Logan, cornerback Tharold Simon, center P.J. Lonergan, running backs Spencer Ware and Michael Ford, and punter Brad Wing.
The LSU players will be joined by Southeastern Louisiana cornerback Robert Alford, who turned heads at the Senior Bowl last month and is rated as the ninth player available at his position and is a second- or third-round pick at this point, according to NFLDraftScout.com.
Five former Louisiana Tech stars are also on the list of 333 combine invitees: wide receiver Quinton Patton, tackle Jordan Mills, guard Oscar Johnson, quarterback Colby Cameron and punter Ryan Allen.
Patton is ranked as the sixth wide receiver on the NFLDraftScout list and is projected as a second-round pick, while Mills is the 12th-best tackle available and a possible third- or fourth-round selection.
Tennessee tackle Dallas Thomas, a Scotlandville Magnet graduate who’ll also attend the combine, is ranked as the No. 5 tackle available and a second-round pick.
Alabama running back Eddie Lacy, a Dutchtown High School grad, and Penn State linebacker Michael Mauti, a former Mandeville High School star who has had knee problems, were also invited to the combine.
Lacy, the MVP of the BCS National Championship Game last month, won’t work out because of a small tear in the tissue around his hamstring. He is projected by Mayock as the only running back to go in the first round.
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