Good morning. Happy New Year! Getting an LSU win on the first day of the year is always a good sign. Let’s talk about it!

What did we pour into today's Brew?

🏈 Nussmeier proves reliability
🏀 Freshman of the Week
🐯 And much, much more!

In The Dirt. In this episode of In the Dirt, Hayden Travinski and Alex Milazzo discuss life and their final upcoming season of LSU Baseball, then hold a sunflower seed draft with newcomers Justin Loer and Luke Holman.

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📈 STOCK UP

🔼  All Aboard The Nuss Bus. The Tigers closed out the football season on New Year’s Day with a 35-31 win over Wisconsin! Garrett Nussmeier proved his reliability in the ReliaQuest Bowl — backed into their own endzone, the quarterback led the Tigers 98 yards down the field to get the lead with 3:08 left. He was named the ReliaQuest Bowl MVP, going 31-for-45 for 395 passing yards and three touchdowns. Brian Thomas Jr. caught two of those touchdowns passes and added 98 receiving yards. Malik Nabers broke the LSU record for most career receiving yards in program history with 3,003. Major Burns led the defense with 13 tackles. This was LSU’s largest bowl comeback (14 points) in program history.

Double-Digits. In his second season coaching LSU, Coach Brian Kelly has completed his second 10-win season. Starting off 2024 with a win is nothing to complain about. The Tigers will be back on September 1 for the Vegas Kickoff Classic at Allegiant Stadium against USC.

🎥 Tiger Nation showed out in Tampa

🔼 Mike Will Made It. The conference named Mike Williams the SEC Freshman of the Week after a career game against Northwestern State. He scored a season-high 20 points in just 21 minutes of play. The freshman went 6-of-9 from three and added one rebound and one assist. He’s averaging 7.8 points per game, 1.8 rebounds, 1.8 assists, and 1.5 steals. They’ll be back at it on Saturday to start SEC play at Texas A&M.

🤔 TIGER TRIVIA

Today’s trivia question…

What was the previous record for largest bowl comeback?

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

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📆 THE WEEK AHEAD

Tuesday 1/2

🎙 The Kim Mulkey Show @ 7:00pm | Listen Live

Wednesday 1/3

🏊 Swimming & Diving at Tennessee Diving Invitational

🎙 The Matt McMahon Show @ 7:00pm | Listen Live

Thursday 1/4

🏊 Swimming & Diving at Tennessee Diving Invitational

🏀 Women’s Basketball vs. Missouri @ 8:00pm | Tickets | Listen | SEC Network

Friday 1/5

🏊 Swimming & Diving at Tennessee Diving Invitational

🤸‍♂️ Gymnastics vs. No. 14 Ohio State @ 7:30pm | Tickets | SEC Network

🎾 Men’s Tennis at Miami Invite

Saturday 1/6

🏀 Men’s Basketball at Texas A&M @ 7:30pm | Listen | SEC Network

🎾 Men’s Tennis at Miami Invite

Sunday 1/7

🎾 Men’s Tennis at Miami Invite

🏀 Women’s Basketball at Ole Miss @ 2:00pm | Listen | SEC Network

🎉 TRIVIA ANSWER

Answer: 13-points

LSU came back to win from being 13-points down in two bowl games in 1968.

🐯 Have a great Tuesday, y'all!