Bayou Brew 8/14: Double Dose

Today, we're giving you a double dose of GOLD content and football updates.

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Sydney Fields
August 14, 2023

Good morning. This morning, you can meet the newcomers of LSU volleyball with this episode of The Hot Seat! They’ll host the Purple & Gold Scrimmage on Saturday at 3:00pm.

What else did we pour into today's Brew?

🎥 Double dose of LSU GOLD
🏈 Graduating champions
🐯 And much, much more!

Drafted. Hailing from Longwood, Florida, an area rich in baseball talent, Dylan Crews had his sights set on attending a college rife with baseball potential. Now the No. 2 pick in the 2023 MLB Draft, the former LSU Baseball outfielder, super slugger, and national champion shares his appreciation for the program that developed him. Since the draft, Dylan has been dominating at the Single-A level with four home runs in the past week. Yesterday, he went 5-5 with two homers and 6 RBI.

 

Gone Camping. The Hey Fightin’ Podcast is back with a breakdown of the first full week of fall camp! Cody Worsham and Harrison Valentine provide their observations and takeaways, break down position battles, talk standouts, and the comfort level around the building as Year 2 of the Brian Kelly era begins.

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🔼  Graduate Champions. The mission that Brian Kelly has put out for LSU football is to graduate champions, both current and former players. Four former national champion football players graduated on Friday — Trindon Holliday, Grant Delpit, JaCoby Stevens, and Jay Ward. Trindon was part of the 2007 national championship team while the others were 2019 players. Project Graduation played a role in their success, the project is a program that helps former student-athletes return to school and get their degree. Former pitcher Jesse Stallings also took part in the program and earned his degree this weekend.

🔼 Mr. Popular. The names Jayden Daniels and Harold Perkins have been pretty popular this summer, appearing on multiple preseason watch lists. They both landed on the Walter Camp Award watch list, given to the collegiate American football player of the year. QB1 is also on the Davey O’Brien watch list and the Maxwell Award watch list. Harold Perkins was named to the Butkus Award watch list last week.

🔼 Fought Till The End. LSU women’s golfer Latanna Stone made it all the way to the final of the U.S. Women’s Amateur over the weekend with some gutsy play. She came in second-place on Sunday after going through a gauntlet of a bracket and pushing through a leg injury. See what Latanna had to say about the tournament.

🔼 Business Trip. The LSU soccer team closed out the preseason with a bang. The Tigers got the 2-1 win at Air Force on Saturday with goals from Mollie Baker and Jordan Johnson. Fifth-year senior Maya Gordon earned her diploma and got to celebrate with the team before the match. Alumna Chiara Ritchie-Williams also earned her degree this weekend.

The Tigers will be home to kick off the regular season on Thursday at 6:00pm when South Florida comes to town.

Trindon Holliday was a two-sport athlete at LSU.

Today’s trivia question…

Do you know what sport he played besides football?

Think you got it? Scroll to the bottom of this email for the answer. 

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Thursday 8/17

⚽️ Soccer vs. South Florida @ 6:00pm | SEC Network+

Saturday 8/19

🏐 Purple-Gold Scrimmage @ 3:00pm

Sunday 8/20

⚽️ Soccer vs. Southern Miss @ 4:00pm | SEC Network+

Answer: Track & Field

Trendon Holliday was a top-ranked sprinter for the Tigers and was known as one of the fastest players in football.

🐯 Have a great Monday, y'all!