Locked On LSU - Daily Podcast On LSU Tigers Football & Basketball

LSU baseball learned that the road to Omaha would not go through Baton Rouge – rather, the Tigers will travel to Hattiesburg, MS to play in Southern Mississippi's regional. While it's expected and customary that the storied program of LSU baseball earns its spot in one of the 16 host sites in the NCAA Tournament, it really isn't a bad thing that LSU is hitting the road and Caroline Fenton explains why. Plus, how does LSU stack up against Southern Miss, Kennesaw State, and Army? How likely is it that LSU advances to Supers? What do the sports books think about LSU's shot at a national title? Support Us By Supporting Our Sponsors! Built Bar Built Bar is a protein bar that tastes like a candy bar. Go to builtbar.com and use promo code “LOCKED15,” and you’ll get 15% off your next order. BetOnline BetOnline.net has you covered this season with more props, odds and lines than ever before. BetOnline – Where The Game Starts! Rock Auto Amazing selection. Reliably low prices. All the parts your car will ever need. Visit RockAuto.com and tell them Locked On sent you. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The press conference heard 'round the college football world...Nick Saban publicly criticized Jimbo Fisher and the rest of the Texas A&M football program for their usage of collectives in recruiting. But the best part of Saban's comments wasn't the comments themselves but rather the response. Jimbo Fisher called a press conference Thursday morning and was less than complimentary of his former co-worker. Through Saban and Jimbo's very public quarrels, where does LSU fit into the mix? Even when the Tigers aren't involved, they could capitalize on an opportunity to get an advantage on their SEC West rivals. Support Us By Supporting Our Sponsors! Built Bar Built Bar is a protein bar that tastes like a candy bar. Go to builtbar.com and use promo code “LOCKED15,” and you’ll get 15% off your next order. BetOnline BetOnline.net has you covered this season with more props, odds and lines than ever before. BetOnline – Where The Game Starts! Rock Auto Amazing selection. Reliably low prices. All the parts your car will ever need. Visit RockAuto.com and tell them Locked On sent you. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey spoke about possible changes to the SEC football schedule. The first order of business was adding a potential ninth conference game to each SEC team's schedule. However, what happens once Texas and Alabama are added to the mix? There are several proposed conference realignments – pods, two eight-team divisions in the SEC East and SEC West...according to Greg Sankey, anything and everything is on the table. But if conference divisions are realigned once the Sooners and Longhorns join the Southeastern Conference, LSU could be at risk of losing some of their most historic and heated rivalries. Support Us By Supporting Our Sponsors! Built Bar Built Bar is a protein bar that tastes like a candy bar. Go to builtbar.com and use promo code “LOCKED15,” and you’ll get 15% off your next order. BetOnline BetOnline.net has you covered this season with more props, odds and lines than ever before. BetOnline – Where The Game Starts! Rock Auto Amazing selection. Reliably low prices. All the parts your car will ever need. Visit RockAuto.com and tell them Locked On sent you. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

LSU football had a massive weekend in recruiting signing two more four-star players to their 2023 class. First, Brian Kelly pledged to Recruit the Boot and that is exactly what he is doing. Trey Holly, a four-star RB out of Farmerville, LA committed to play for LSU over the weekend. He has earned back-to-back Louisiana Class 3A Offensive Player of the Year honors for two 2,000+ rushing yard seasons. How can he stand out in a stacked RB room at LSU? Second, Louisiana isn't the only focus for this Tiger recruiting staff. Daylen Austin, CB out of California, came public with his commitment to LSU after committing to the coaching staff in mid-April. He is the third DB commitment and first CB in the 2023 class and brings top-notch speed to the backfield. But what exactly attracted him to LSU as a California kid? Finally, the biggest name in the 2023 class has spoken. Arch Manning spoke with One3 recruiting about the three schools he has visited: Georgia, Texas, and Alabama. What exactly is Manning looking for in his eventual landing spot? Is LSU in the mix? Support Us By Supporting Our Sponsors! Built Bar Built Bar is a protein bar that tastes like a candy bar. Go to builtbar.com and use promo code “LOCKED15,” and you’ll get 15% off your next order. BetOnline BetOnline.net has you covered this season with more props, odds and lines than ever before. BetOnline – Where The Game Starts! Rock Auto Amazing selection. Reliably low prices. All the parts your car will ever need. Visit RockAuto.com and tell them Locked On sent you. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

LSU baseball needed a series win against Ole Miss and Vanderbilt next week to keep themselves in the running to host a regional. But not only were they unable to get the series win at Alex Box Stadium against Ole Miss, they weren't even able to win a single game. What exactly went wrong over the weekend? Caroline shares the biggest mistakes she saw from the Tigers over the weekend and how a sweep could affect their post-season standings. Can LSU compete at the SEC Tournament in Hoover? Is Mike Bianco's crew in Oxford getting hot at just the right time? Is Jacob Berry the glue of this offense? Support Us By Supporting Our Sponsors! Built Bar Built Bar is a protein bar that tastes like a candy bar. Go to builtbar.com and use promo code “LOCKED15,” and you’ll get 15% off your next order. BetOnline BetOnline.net has you covered this season with more props, odds and lines than ever before. BetOnline – Where The Game Starts! Rock Auto Amazing selection. Reliably low prices. All the parts your car will ever need. Visit RockAuto.com and tell them Locked On sent you. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The NCAA has ruled that boosters and collectives can no longer be part of the recruiting process. Since the Supreme Court has ruled that collegiate athletes can profit from their names, images, and likenesses, boosters have played a huge role in enticing recruits and players in the transfer portal to play for their respective schools. But now, the NCAA has come out and said they will not only not allow it in the future, they will retroactively punish schools and athletes who have been involved in recruiting with boosters. But how does that affect LSU? LSU is currently awaiting it's fate by the NCAA after Will Wade's violations for giving players improper benefits, Odell Beckham Jr. giving out cash to players on the field at the national championship, and both the men's basketball and football programs violating NCAA policy. Can the NCAA further punish LSU if they are found in violation of NIL rules? Support Us By Supporting Our Sponsors! Built Bar Built Bar is a protein bar that tastes like a candy bar. Go to builtbar.com and use promo code “LOCKED15,” and you’ll get 15% off your next order. BetOnline BetOnline.net has you covered this season with more props, odds and lines than ever before. BetOnline – Where The Game Starts! Rock Auto Amazing selection. Reliably low prices. All the parts your car will ever need. Visit RockAuto.com and tell them Locked On sent you. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sports Illustrated recruiting insider John Garcia Jr. joins Caroline to discuss the short-term and long-term futures of LSU as well as the future of college football with the guidelines of NIL changing before it is even a year old. One of the top priorities for LSU football is keeping Louisiana talent in-state. The most obvious in-state talent is 5-star QB from New Orleans, Arch Manning. The Georgia Bulldogs, Alabama Crimson Tide, and Texas Longhorns have been the schools most commonly associated with the stud under center, but he hasn't made up his mind and is not committed anywhere quite yet. What about LSU is intriguing to Manning? Where is LSU in the Arch-race? Plus, what other talented in-state recruits should LSU fans have on their radar? Plus, CBS Sports ranks LSU in the top three of transfer portal classes behind USC and Ole Miss. What makes Lane Kiffin such a good recruiter and what about the Ole Miss Rebels' transfer portal class makes them more talented and stacked than their SEC West rival in LSU? Support Us By Supporting Our Sponsors! Built Bar Built Bar is a protein bar that tastes like a candy bar. Go to builtbar.com and use promo code “LOCKED15,” and you’ll get 15% off your next order. BetOnline BetOnline.net has you covered this season with more props, odds and lines than ever before. BetOnline – Where The Game Starts! Rock Auto Amazing selection. Reliably low prices. All the parts your car will ever need. Visit RockAuto.com and tell them Locked On sent you. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sports Illustrated's Ross Dellenger released an article about how rapidly NIL has caught fire and has completely changed college football. What once started as endorsement deals for local restaurants or commercial appearances during nationally televised games has turned into school boosters funneling money into collectives and groups in order to financially persuade the nation's top talent to come to their school. But the question remains – does that make the big, bigger? The strong, stronger? On the other side, does it make the small, smaller? On today's edition of Locked On LSU, Caroline breaks down how quickly NIL has evolved, how it has affected recruiting, and what the future of college football may look like under NIL how it is currently constructed. Support Us By Supporting Our Sponsors! Built Bar Built Bar is a protein bar that tastes like a candy bar. Go to builtbar.com and use promo code “LOCKED15,” and you’ll get 15% off your next order. BetOnline BetOnline.net has you covered this season with more props, odds and lines than ever before. BetOnline – Where The Game Starts! Rock Auto Amazing selection. Reliably low prices. All the parts your car will ever need. Visit RockAuto.com and tell them Locked On sent you. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

CBS Sports' Barrett Sallee made his bold predictions for each SEC team in the 2022 season. All but two SEC teams were offensively motivated – Will Spencer Rattler be a Heisman finalist? Will Ole Miss lead the nation in offense this season? Even the teams with questions at quarterback, like LSU, had predictions related to the offense. In today's episode of Locked On LSU Caroline explains why Barrett Sallee's prediction for the Tigers defensive line isn't just accurate but also should be encouraging for LSU Tigers fans. Plus, former LSU Tiger and current Alabama DB Eli Ricks was arrested this past weekend. Although he no longer wears the purple and gold, it should still be a relevant topic for LSU fans and Caroline explains why. Finally, LSU baseball welcomes Nicholls State to the Box tonight in a midweek matchup. With Drew Bianco and Cade Beloso recovering from injury and Gavin Dugas, Alex Milazzo, and Javen Coleman all dealing with bumps and bruises of their own, how can tonight's game set the Tigers up for success for their SEC West matchup against Alabama this weekend? Support Us By Supporting Our Sponsors! Built Bar Built Bar is a protein bar that tastes like a candy bar. Go to builtbar.com and use promo code “LOCKED15,” and you’ll get 15% off your next order. BetOnline BetOnline.net has you covered this season with more props, odds and lines than ever before. BetOnline – Where The Game Starts! Rock Auto Amazing selection. Reliably low prices. All the parts your car will ever need. Visit RockAuto.com and tell them Locked On sent you. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The fun in the NFL Draft didn't stop at just Derek Stingley Jr. going third overall to the Houston Texans. A total of ten former LSU Tigers were drafted in the 2022 NFL Draft, the second-most players drafted from a single program only behind the reigning national champion Georgia Bulldogs. The Houston Texans, Minnesota Vikings, New York Giants, San Francisco 49ers, Cleveland Browns, Las Vegas Raiders, Dallas Cowboys, New England Patriots, and Tampa Bay Buccaneers will all have a new face from LSU on their team during training camp. Where does each player fit in their new team's schemes? Also, what does producing so much NFL-caliber talent over the past three NFL Drafts mean for Brian Kelly and this new coaching staff? Plus, a full recap of LSU's series win over Georgia this past weekend. What looked good, what didn't, and what comes next for Jay Johnson and the LSU Tigers on the diamond. Support Us By Supporting Our Sponsors! Built Bar Built Bar is a protein bar that tastes like a candy bar. Go to builtbar.com and use promo code “LOCKED15,” and you’ll get 15% off your next order. BetOnline BetOnline.net has you covered this season with more props, odds and lines than ever before. BetOnline – Where The Game Starts! Rock Auto Amazing selection. Reliably low prices. All the parts your car will ever need. Visit RockAuto.com and tell them Locked On sent you. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Devin White. Jamal Adams. Patrick Queen. LSU cornerback Derek Stingley Jr. joins a long list of former defensive Tigers taken in the first round of the NFL Draft. What exactly are the Houston Texans getting in their first pick of the Draft? Derek Stingley Jr. may be coming off of injury but even in 2019 as a true freshman Stingley emerged as one of the best defensive players in college football. He allowed fewer than 40 percent of passes when targeted that year and played an integral role in the national championship season. The Houston Texans are rebuilding and looking to get younger and they look to Stingley Jr. to be a foundation and a building block of Lovie Smith's new and (ideally) improved team. Finally, LSU basketball signs a four-star recruit in Jalen Reed who originally signed with the Florida Gators yet de-committed when head coach Mike White left Gainesville to coach for the Georgia Bulldogs. Tigers head basketball coach Matt McMahon now has nine of thirteen allotted scholarship spots filled, and with a program with so much uncertainty surrounding its future, is a huge testament to the kind of coach he is. Support Us By Supporting Our Sponsors! Built Bar Built Bar is a protein bar that tastes like a candy bar. Go to builtbar.com and use promo code “LOCKED15,” and you’ll get 15% off your next order. BetOnline BetOnline.net has you covered this season with more props, odds and lines than ever before. BetOnline – Where The Game Starts! Rock Auto Amazing selection. Reliably low prices. All the parts your car will ever need. Visit RockAuto.com and tell them Locked On sent you. Athletic Greens Athletic Greens is going to give you a FREE 1 year supply of immune-supporting Vitamin D AND 5 FREE travel packs with your first purchase. All you have to do is visit athleticgreens.com/COLLEGE. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Alex Frank of Locked On Bearcats joins Caroline to break down the great cornerback debate going into the NFL Draft: Ahmad "Sauce" Gardner or Derek Stingley Jr.? Could there be a team out there that is willing to look past Stingley's injuries and be willing to pick him in the top three? Or are NFL general managers playing it safe and picking the "sure thing" in Sauce Gardner from Cincinnati? Alex and Caroline break down each of the DB's strengths and weaknesses and try to step into the shoes of an NFL GM. Plus, which QB in LSU's quarterback competition would fit Mike Denbrock's system best? Alex talks about how Denbrock developed former Cincinnati QB Desmond Ridder and how he could try to re-create that with the mobility and arm of one QB in LSU's room. Support Us By Supporting Our Sponsors! Built Bar Built Bar is a protein bar that tastes like a candy bar. Go to builtbar.com and use promo code “LOCKED15,” and you’ll get 15% off your next order. BetOnline BetOnline.net has you covered this season with more props, odds and lines than ever before. BetOnline – Where The Game Starts! Rock Auto Amazing selection. Reliably low prices. All the parts your car will ever need. Visit RockAuto.com and tell them Locked On sent you. Athletic Greens Athletic Greens is going to give you a FREE 1 year supply of immune-supporting Vitamin D AND 5 FREE travel packs with your first purchase. All you have to do is visit athleticgreens.com/COLLEGE. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Caroline Fenton joins Alex Frank of Locked on Bearcats breaking down the two best cornerbacks in the 2022 NFL Draft: Derek Stingley Jr. and Sauce Garnder. Who is the better CB, who will be taken first in the NFL Draft, and what will each team that drafts expect from their new ball hawks? Plus, Cincinnati has turned into LSU 2.0 with Joe Burrow and Ja'Marr Chase and LSU has a lot of familiar faces on its new coaching staff in Brian Kelly and Mike Denbrock. Alex and Caroline discuss what LSU fans can expect from Kelly & Co. and the type of players Bengals fans have in their guy under center and his top target.  Support Us By Supporting Our Sponsors! Built Bar Built Bar is a protein bar that tastes like a candy bar. Go to builtbar.com and use promo code “LOCKED15,” and you’ll get 15% off your next order. BetOnline BetOnline.net has you covered this season with more props, odds and lines than ever before. BetOnline – Where The Game Starts! Rock Auto Amazing selection. Reliably low prices. All the parts your car will ever need. Visit RockAuto.com and tell them Locked On sent you. Athletic Greens Athletic Greens is going to give you a FREE 1 year supply of immune-supporting Vitamin D AND 5 FREE travel packs with your first purchase. All you have to do is visit athleticgreens.com/COLLEGE. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On today's edition of Locked on LSU, Caroline breaks down who her early favorite for LSU's starting quarterback should be based on the spring game performances. Plus, who else shined on Saturday in Tiger Stadium? Five-star LT recruit Will Campbell took a majority of the first-team snaps at that position as a true freshman. Was he able to handle the workload at the most important position on the offensive line? Which pass catchers set themselves apart? Finally, Paul Finebaum joined ESPN's Cole Cubelic and Greg McElroy on their radio show, McElroy & Cubelic in the Morning, to share his thoughts on how Brian Kelly has shifted the culture of LSU football in his short time as head coach so far and how it compares to Les Miles, Ed Orgeron, and other LSU coaching regimes of the past. Support Us By Supporting Our Sponsors! Built Bar Built Bar is a protein bar that tastes like a candy bar. Go to builtbar.com and use promo code “LOCKED15,” and you’ll get 15% off your next order. BetOnline BetOnline.net has you covered this season with more props, odds and lines than ever before. BetOnline – Where The Game Starts! Rock Auto Amazing selection. Reliably low prices. All the parts your car will ever need. Visit RockAuto.com and tell them Locked On sent you. Athletic Greens Athletic Greens is going to give you a FREE 1 year supply of immune-supporting Vitamin D AND 5 FREE travel packs with your first purchase. All you have to do is visit athleticgreens.com/COLLEGE. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The biggest question going into the spring game was who would stand out among the rest of the quarterbacks – LSU-veteran Myles Brennan? Arizona State transfer Jayden Daniels? Young guy Garrett Nussmeier? But the question went unanswered as each quarterback continued to make their case to earn the spot as the starter for LSU's season opener against Florida State. How will Brian Kelly and the rest of the Tigers coaching staff manage the QB competition moving forward? Do they prioritize Brennan's reliability, Daniels' legs, or Nussmeiers arm the most? But while all eyes were on the quarterback battle, the running backs stole the show. We'll break down the running game and who shined on Saturday in Tiger Stadium. Support Us By Supporting Our Sponsors! Built Bar Built Bar is a protein bar that tastes like a candy bar. Go to builtbar.com and use promo code “LOCKED15,” and you’ll get 15% off your next order. BetOnline BetOnline.net has you covered this season with more props, odds and lines than ever before. BetOnline – Where The Game Starts! Rock Auto Amazing selection. Reliably low prices. All the parts your car will ever need. Visit RockAuto.com and tell them Locked On sent you. Athletic Greens Athletic Greens is going to give you a FREE 1 year supply of immune-supporting Vitamin D AND 5 FREE travel packs with your first purchase. All you have to do is visit athleticgreens.com/COLLEGE. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices