LSUsports.net's Emily Villere spoke with coach Les Miles before and after he rappelled from a 24-story building in downtown Baton Rouge. Watch his descent and his comments about the adventure here.

And here is LSUfreek's take on the event...

NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport reports that JaMarcus Russell, who ran the 40-yard dash in 5.2 seconds three months ago, is now garnering “significant interest” from “more than one team” around the league after shedding “50 pounds” since starting his latest NFL comeback.

While his potential destination is “kind of a well-kept secret,” Russell wants to go to a team that has a quarterback who is a leader where he can “sit on the bench and learn a little bit,” according to Rapoport.

Rapoport also notes that the 6-6 QB is also “more than open to going to the CFL,” where he has also received a lot of interest. In 31 games (25 starts), Russell, 27, completed 354 of 680 passes (52.1 percent) for 4,083 yards with 18 touchdowns to 23 interceptions during three seasons (2007-09) in Oakland.

Tyrann Mathieu has agreed to signing a four-year $3.052 million contract with the Arizona Cardinals. According to reports, he has already been entered into the NFL’s drug-testing program and could be subject to up to 10 tests per month, according to a source close to the situation. Mathieu’s agent, Pat Lawlor, told Rapoport that “both sides understood the issues we were dealing with.”

As it was reported earlier, Mathieu did receive a portion of his signing bonus up front, $265,000, with the rest coming to him over the remaining three years — granted he doesn’t fail a drug test.

Snoop Lion's (formerly Snoop Dog) son Cordell Broadus is currently a high school sophomore being heavily recruited to play football by USC, UCLA and now LSU. Rivals doesn’t rank sophomores, but Duke, Tennessee, Cal and Washington have all made offers to the 6-foot-3, 185-pound receiver, so clearly he’s got some potential. Here’s a highlight reel...

Forget museums or the zoo, these first graders got to go to Tiger Stadium for their field trip. LSU senior associate athletic director for external affairs Herb Vincent tweeted out some pictures of them having the time of their life...