It’s time to get over the hump, LSU Fam. ESPN unveiled its 2025 Preseason College Football All-America Team and named LSU's Barion Brown as the First-Team Returner on Special Teams. Garrett Nussmeier was named the second-team quarterback. A standout transfer wide receiver and kickoff return specialist from Kentucky, Brown signed with the Tigers in December of 2024 after 3 years at Kentucky. He capped 3 seasons at Kentucky with 3,273 all-purpose yards and was ranked No. 10 on Kentucky’s all-time receiving yards list (1,528).

📸 CHECK OUT THE GALLERY FROM THIS WEEK’S FALL CAMP 🏈

And get a load of this high-octane action… 👇🏼

What all do we have stirring in today’s Brew? Check it out below!

⚽️ LSU Soccer is Back Tomorrow!
🏈 Countdown to Kickoff Hits 1️⃣7️⃣ Days
🗣 Let’s Hear From Incoming Tiger Gymnast Courtney Blackson
🐯 And much more!

🎥 LSU+: THE REAL DEAL PODCAST

Hear from LSU cheerleader Zahir Giwa on the latest edition of The Real Deal podcast, talking all things cheer, content creation & more.

🔼 Tumbling Into Her Tiger Time Like… Listen to the podcast episode with fifth-year senior Courtney Blackson HERE!

🔼 Strike a Pos(ter). The new season starts TOMORROW! Grab your posters now at the LSU Sports Shop on campus.

ICYMI:

Thursday, August 14
⚽️ Soccer - Season Opener vs. South Alabama @ 7 pm CST | GameDay Central | Live Stats

🔼 Weeks Sauce. Another day, another watch list for this guy. Whit Weeks is on the Lombardi Award Watch List for the most outstanding lineman who best epitomizes the values of leadership, courage, performance, and discipline on and off the field.

🔼 The Boomerang Effect. Wishing the best of luck to LSU MBB’s associate head coach, David Patrick, as the Australian Boomers take on Gilas Pilipinas in the FIBA Asia Cup!

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🔼 Hu-Mondo News. FloTrack’s Nia Gibson writes, “Armand ‘Mondo’ Duplantis keeps raising the bar, literally, breaking his own world record for the 13th time at the World Athletics Continental Tour Gold meeting – Istvan Gyulai Memorial – on Tuesday, August 12 … The jump further cements Duplantis’ dominance in the event, as he has now broken the world record multiple times in both indoor and outdoor competitions since first claiming it in 2020.”

And just for fun…

🔼 A Decisive Course of Action. Tiger Sophomore Arni Sveinsson fired a 2-under 68 and is T5 late in the first round of qualifying at the US Amateur in San Francisco!

⏱️ COUNTDOWN TO KICKOFF: 1️⃣7️⃣ DAYS

Running It Way Back. Let’s kick it old school today to Steve Van Buren, who wore jersey #1️⃣7️⃣ during his time as a Tiger (1940-43) before achieving Hall of Fame status in the NFL.

🤔 TIGER TRIVIA

It’s All Relative. Which LSU football player is joined on the roster by an older brother and another brother who is an incoming freshman?

Got a guess?

Scroll to the bottom of this email for the answer!

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Thursday, August 14
⚽️ Soccer - Season Opener vs. South Alabama @ 7 pm CST | GameDay Central | Live Stats

Saturday, August 30
🏈 Football at Clemson @ 6:30 pm CST l ABC

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🎉 TRIVIA ANSWER

Answer: Whit Weeks!

Whit Weeks is joined on the LSU football roster by his older brother, West, and incoming freshman Zach.

🐯 Happy Wednesday, y’all!