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No one's story is quite like Zach Von Rosenberg's.  The 29-year-old punter played six years of professional baseball before joining LSU in 2016, where he bounced from quarterback to tight end to, finally, punter. Now, he's one of the best in the country, a field-flipping weapon who consistently pins foes deep in their own territory and who holds field goals and extra points for one of the top...

LSU moves to 10-0 after another offensive explosion in a 58-37 win over Ole Miss. On today's Hurry Up, I break down why you should worry less about the defense and focus more on the Tigers' offensive juggernaut and their place atop college football. While the defense has work to do, there's plenty of reason for dancing after a 10-0 start.  We also hear from Joe Burrow, Justin Jefferson, Ja'Ma...

Fresh off a win over Alabama and the release of our Joe Burrow feature (finally!), I'm taking your questions for the first ever mailbag edition of Hey Fightin' Podcast. I did my best to answer your questions about Joe Burrow, Joe Brady, Ja'Marr Chase, Justin Jefferson, as well as my non-Burrow MVP, when I realized this team was going to be special, and how LSU's offensive line adapts this week. Ch...

"Lead with the heart, and the body will follow." Clyde Edwards-Helaire said it best, and he and his team lived it out on Saturday night. LSU lead with the heart in Tuscaloosa, and they came back with a 46-41 win and an inside track at the SEC West title and the College Football Playoffs. We get away from the stats and tactics today, and we dig into the emotions. There were tears and laughs and smi...

Stay away from brick walls while listening to this one, because after hearing Marty Smith, you'll want to run through one. No one in sports has more passion or compassion than ESPN's Marty Smith, today's guest on the show. He views sports as a vehicle to understand people, and big games – like LSU vs. Alabama – are, for him, stages on which we see the very best qualities humanity has to offer. Aut...

Hester's back to preview LSU-Alabama. 1 vs. 2. Heisman hopeful vs. Heisman hopeful. Tigers vs. Tide. No biggie. First, we recap Coach O's Monday press conference, including: - Joe Brady's impact on the offense - Dave Aranda's vast playbook on defense - Burrow's historic impact on the program - Personnel updates on defense Then, we sit down with Hester to talk: - The most important matchup of the g...

There's pretty wins, and there's gritty wins. Saturday's 23-20 win over Auburn was the latter for LSU, but it was a top-10 win in which the Tigers will feel like they have plenty of room for improvement. Not a bad place to be heading into the bye week. Plenty to talk about on today's Hurry Up, including: - Auburn's surprising defensive scheme - LSU's defensive dominance - Playing to strengths vs....

Not much gets under Derek Stingley Jr.'s skin. Traffic. A perfectly thrown back shoulder pass. Department store mannequins. Other than that, the young man is as unflappable as he is humble.  LSU's freshman cornerback sat down for our latest episode to talk about his fast start to college football and how he's handling the spotlight of being one of the best players in the country, regardless o...

Well, we all knew this day would come.  The day when LSU's offense would score only 36 points, tally only 400+ yards of offense, and Joe Burrow would only throw for 327 yards, 4 touchdowns, and set the school record for single-season touchdown passes. Somehow, LSU survived. The Tigers knocked off Mississippi State in Starkville despite, yes, a blunt offensive start -- particularly in the red zone....

Breiden Fehoko joins us for the 23rd episode of Hey Fightin' Podcast on his 23rd birthday. Breiden's story is incredible, from growing up in Hawaii to transferring to LSU and everything in between. On today's show, he talks about meeting Dave Aranda in middle school, lying on a permission slip to get his butt whipped at football camp, being the youngest (and the most spoiled) Fehoko, and how his f...

LSU's offense proves itself against an elite defense, and LSU's defense makes the necessary adjustments and crunch time plays to knock off Florida in a statement-making win. On today's Hurry Up, we break down the offense's pedal to the metal mentality and the defense's critical tweak to get off the field in the second half. We talk about the offensive trio (soon to be quartet) no one has an answer...

When I started this podcast, I had one regret: that it wasn't around when Garrett Brumfield was a current player.  Bruiser is one of the smartest, most eclectic, and most talented athletes I've ever covered, and he is the perfect podcast guest. So, lucky me, I bumped into Bruiser in football ops the other day, and we made it happen. He joins me today for a bonus episode, and it wanders all ov...

Who better to preview LSU-Florida than noted Gator destroyer Jacob Hester? Your favorite No. 18 returns just over a decade after he ran over Florida in a legendary win in Tiger Stadium. Yes, we talk about that game, including a mistake Hester made which he considers the greatest of his football career, but we also talk about Saturday's matchup between two undefeated SEC rivals and what we learned...

LSU's defense had its best outing of the season, holding the nation's ninth-ranked offense without a touchdown. The Tiger offense slowed things down a bit, but other than a few loose plays, continued their dominance, and Joe Burrow stayed right at the front of the Heisman race. On today's Hurry Up, we recap the win with plenty of player and coach audio. - The Number: 7 - The Play: Goalline Stand (...

Act I is a wrap, the bye week is over, and LSU is on to Act II of the 2019 season. It's episode No. 18 for HFP, so we bring in our favorite No. 18 to talk LSU football. Jacob Hester is back to break down everything we've learned about the Tigers through four games and what to keep an eye out for over the coming weeks. We talk Joe Burrow's historic start, the running game's growth through four week...

That sweet, sweet sound you're hearing in your ears on today's show might sound like the gentle rise and fall of the ocean's waves, but it's really the sound of a broken record. That's right: I feel like I've recorded this podcast before. I haven't, of course, because LSU just beat Vanderbilt 66-38, and I break down all that actions, as usual, with some help from the locker room sound and the box...

Who is the real Mr. Football for Tennessee in 2017? LSU went into the Volunteer State three classes ago to pluck a pair of five stars in JaCoby Stevens and Jacob Phillips from the Nashville metro area, and both Tigers will return there Saturday for a clash with Vanderbilt. They talk (9:00) about going home for a road game, but they also talk a little trash about a high school rivalry that turned i...

A 65-14 win over Northwestern State showed us a few things about LSU. The offense has its identity. The defense is still finding its, but learned a lot Saturday and showed its adaptability. And Coach O is having a lot of fun. On tonight's show, we talk about Joe Burrow continuing to build a Heisman resume, Terrace Marshall stealing touchdowns, and Dave Aranda fixing things at halftime. We talk abo...

Senior longsnapper Blake Ferguson joins today's show for a wide-ranging conversation that starts with LSU's win over Texas and ends with Chelsea-Arsenal banter. In between, we get into some fascinating stuff: Blake's craftsmanlike approach to his trade, how he and his brother got into the longsnapping game, how his parents have been at every LSU game since 2012, and the inner workings of the speci...

Joe Burrow threw for 471 yards. Justin Jefferson, Terrace Marshall, and Ja'Marr Chase all went for 100+ receiving yards.  The defense got two goalline stops and a few big performances, doing enough to get the win, 45-38, over Texas.  WHOOOOOOOOOO BOY. We touch on that and more in today's hurry up, with sound from Joe Burrow and, later, interviews from (in this order) Chase, Jefferson, Ma...

A lot has changed in the last year for Unanimous All-American Grant Delpit. His breakout sophomore season has transformed him from precocious talent to media darling. We talk about the spotlight always shining on him in the latest episode of Hey Fightin' Podcast. We also talk about his milk-fueled high school growth spurt and preview the Texas game.  Before that, Jacob Hester dives deep on th...

Fresh off a breakout season in 2018 and a stellar start to 2019, junior wide receiver Justin Jefferson joins the show (22:45) for an extended sit down.  Justin dives deep into being the third Jefferson brother to wear the purple and gold, growing up around the program, and breaking out as a sophomore after showing up late as a freshman – when half the team thought he was a walk on. He also di...

Welcome to the first installment of The Hurry Up, a name I came up with five seconds before recording.  LSU opened the season with a 55-3 win over Georgia Southern in which the Tigers' spread offense shined and the defense shut down the triple option attack of the Eagles. I talk about a couple of things that stood out to me in the game, and we hear from Ed Orgeron, Terrace Marshall, and Justi...

Before she was Mama Shelly, Shelly Mullenix was TiTi. Mullenix’s titles, nicknames, and job responsibilities seem to be in eternal competition to outnumber the other, each reflecting the need she serves to the population that wields it. Mullenix, LSU's Senior Associate Athletic Director for Health and Wellness, is a pioneer in an area of athletics that is growing in importance and recognition, in...

It's that second when you wake up, And, sometime between the moment your eyes open And your feet hit the floor, realizing It's here. It's that feeling in your gut, It's Christmas morning and the first day of summer, And just a hint of a fall breeze. It's being a kid again. It's packing up the ice chest And firing up the grill. It's spirit and sunshine And Victory Hill. It's stopping by Mike's cage...