Ed Orgeron: "We Want To Own North Louisiana" When It Comes To Recruiting

The Manning Brothers would have been disinherited for going to LSU.

What a crock of shite. You just made all that up. I hardly ever see bama gear and I can count the Cowboys fans I know on one hand. "So much Bama gear it's the insane". Lmao

You have absolutely no idea what you are talking about. If you want to see why LSU has a problem sometimes in North Louisiana, look at this message board. Every statement about North Louisiana is either "Monroe/Shreveport/North Louisiana Sucks!" or "Why don't kids in North Louisiana want to play for LSU?" Make your mind up, either we are part of the state or we are not.

North LA is really a different state. Different people, different customs, different cultures, different accents, etc. Heck, we all even call each other by different state names: North LA and South LA.

Dude, la tech and ulm dont recruit the same caliber of athlete as LSU. Are you kidding? What's your point, and what good would it do LSU recruiting north la to beat the shite out of the north la schools? We dont get into recruiting battles with them for prospects. It serves zero purpose. We need to beat alabama and keep beating the sec west teams alltogether, that's what will help us in north la. Orgeron has already received several commits from north la prospects this cycle...it will only continue to improve. We're coming, and we arent backing down! Geaux Tigers!

As far as playing a game in shreveport...that wouldn't help to reel in north la recruits either. We have them in for visits and they come watch home games in death valley, where they will potentially be playing if they sign with LSU. It's not playing a game in shreveport thag will help, it's LSU beating alabama, period. Saban pulls players from up north by simply telling kids "come to bama, we have beaten LSU 7 times in a row, which side do you want to be on?" That's where the true problem lies. We need to just keep winning. That will solve our problems. Orgeron had done well trying to get us solidified in north la again. Once we get this entire state on board with LSU football, it will be scary, and Saban knows this, which is why he tries his best to lure kids to bama from here. Louisiana is a pure hotbed for talent, and once we unify under LSU, the sky is the fricking limit for this program. LSU will be really fricking scary WHEN that happens, and it will.

I know that LSU dorsn’t Recruit the same kids as ULM or Tech. I’m talking about creating some buzz. Baton Rouge is far away for most North Louisianans so a game in Shreveport is at least worth a try. I don’t have an answer her that is why I posed a question. Bama recruits nationally but the recruit NELA for a reason. We should do the same.

What happened was LES MILES! He got lazy and put that fat slob of oline coach in charge of North Louisiana. Also I have been screaming on here to fire Jeff Grimes and hire former LSU olineman and current Arizona Oline coach, Rob Sale. He would come to LSU tomorrow and has experience at ULM, McNeese St, Georgia and now Arizona. He also has connection all over the state and would close down the Monroe area when it comes to recruiting!

Good of you to recognize the process and give the benefit of the doubt to Coach O and his staff. I really believe the difference between us and Alabama is North Louisiana recruiting. LB’ers, in particular. If O can lock down the players up there, things should change positively for us. As for the Ole Miss thing, that’s over. O has now won 8 conference games with a chance for 10 by seasons end. The talent at LSU is vastly superior to that of Ole Miss. So that’s a non issue. I like some of the other suggestions, like having a game in Shreveport and getting on radio and television to increase interest in the Northern area. Keep Saban in Alabama and keep this coaching staff together, and you will see the change. It’s coming!

Dallas is much more appealing.

The spring game definitely needs to be in Shreveport. Stadium would be packed and it would actually mean something for once.

That's a great idea TaderSalad

I assume this is a joke. LSU doesn't recruit the same players as ULM. The real problem is that top Monroe players are more interested in playing for Alabama than LSU

Not sure why I'm getting down voted. Guess the truth hurts. So where is Slade Bolden going to school next year?

It is 100% on Les Miles! He ignored the area for too long and now look at it.

There has always been LSU football on the radio in the Monroe/Ruston area.

Need to get the flagship station out of Winnsboro, KMAR, on the scene.

They did the entire 34 years I lived there, but I have been gone since 2005.

That's really crazy to me as I can always listen to the games on the radio.

screw bama.