The Daily Reveille - September 10, 2012

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Dominating Defense LSU stifles powerful Washington offense

Tyler Nunez Sports Contributor

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CONNOR TARTER / The Daily Reveille

A drop in humidity Saturday night may have made it a bit easier to breathe in Tiger Stadium, but that couldn’t stop the Huskies from being suffocated by LSU’s defense.

A week after a performance against North Texas that LSU coach Les Miles called “sloppy,” the Tigers came back with authority, handing Washington a 41-3 thrashing.

And while LSU looked superior to Washington in virtually all phases of the game, the Tigers’ performance on defense was nothing short of dominant.

“The pass rush was very evident tonight,” Miles said. “Our tackling was crisp. It’s what we needed to have happen. The defensive front played very well.”

The game started in Washington’s favor after an Odell Beckham Jr. fumble on the opening kickoff return gave the away team possession at the LSU 20-yard line. But then the LSU defense stepped in.

The Tigers held the Huskies to four yards on the drive, forcing them to kick a 34-yard field goal.

The stop resulted in Washington

LSU Athletics will give the University $36 million over the next five years to assist in the University’s battle against budget cuts in a policy unanimously apThe Daily proved by the Reveille Board of Supervisors on Editorial Board Friday. responds to The LSU Athletics Fund the policy, p.8 Transfer Policy will donate $7.2 million a year to the University for five years.

The fund will support academics, research, public service and allow both the University and LSU Athletics to have more certainty

LSU senior defensive end Lavar Edwards (89) sacks Washington junior quarterback Keith Price (17) on Saturday during the Tigers’ victory against the Huskies in Tiger Stadium. Check out more photos from Saturday’s game at lsureveille.com.

DEFENSE, see page 3

ARRANGEMENT, see page 4

Arrangement first of its kind in nation Chris Grillot Staff Writer

UREC

Challenge course opens for individual students Participants must register in advance

Jacy Baggett

Contributing Writer

University students will have the opportunity to challenge themselves on the UREC Challenge Program this semester.

LSU UREC Adventure Education will host open challenge course hours for University students to attempt the course without a group Oct. 14 and Nov. 4, from 10 a.m. to noon. The first open hours were held Sunday.

Max Adams, challenge course facilitator and entomology graduate

student, said the University Student Recreational Complex decided to have open hours because the challenge course is not well known on campus. He said UREC officials wanted to spread the word to bring in more students.

Matt Greenwald, mechanical engineering junior and challenge course facilitator, said the challenge course gives people a chance to confront their fear of heights.

The course features elements like a cargo net, climbing wall, swinging bridge and zipline ranging 20 to 35 feet above the ground.

“It brings people out of their comfort zone,” said Eric Alexander, natural resource ecology and management junior.

Hanna Kennedy, international

studies senior, said the course forces people to communicate. The biggest challenge is teamwork, she said.

“Getting everyone to communicate and work together is the hardest part,” Kennedy said. “Students are divided into teams, and sometimes it is easy to let the communication go.”

Tian Tian, chemistry graduate student, was one of the six students to attend last Sunday’s open hours.

Tian said she read about the opportunity online and didn’t think she would have another chance to participate in the course. She said she enjoys rock climbing at the UREC and wanted to try the challenge course.

She said it wouldn’t be physically possible to complete the course

by herself, so she appreciated the teamwork involved. Tian added she would do the course again and bring her friends next time.

Grant Dorsey, undeclared freshman, said most people could complete the course if they just applied themselves.

“It’s great when you have a team — you rely on them and then you get to tease them when they don’t do it right,” Dorsey said.

Students who are interested must reserve their spots by the Friday before each date at the operations desk in the Student Recreation Center. The cost is $5.

Contact Jacy Baggett at jbaggett@lsureveille.com

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Chemistry graduate student Tian Tian and physics freshman Jay Cranford participate in the UREC’s challenge course Sunday.

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Nation & World

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INTERNATIONAL Twin earthquakes’ survivors in China await essential supplies, assistance BEIJING (AP) — Survivors of a series of earthquakes that killed 81 people and injured more than 800 in a mountainous area of southwestern China desperately waited for more aid to arrive Sunday as jolting aftershocks kept fears high and hindered rescue efforts.

The latest victim was a 2-yearold child who was hit by a falling wall as an aftershock struck Saturday night, the state-run Xinhua News Agency reported.

The first earthquakes struck Friday in a region of small farms and mines.

Ebola outbreak in Haut-Uélé claims 15, officials urge disease education GOMA, Congo (AP) — An outbreak of the Ebola virus has killed 15 people in northeastern Congo and the local communities are quickly learning how frighteningly deadly the disease is, and how to prevent its spread.

Health officials say the population lacks knowledge of Ebola and must learn that the tradition of washing of corpses before funerals spreads the epidemic.

Although it is the ninth Ebola epidemic in Congo, it is the first one in the Haut-Uélé territory, in northeastern Congo.

The Associated Press

A woman evacuates with her children from Luozehe town in Yiliang county in southwest China’s Yunnan province on Saturday.

Palestinian truck drivers protest high cost of living with street blockade RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — Dozens of Palestinian truck drivers have blocked the main streets of the West Bank city of Ramallah to protest rising prices.

Nearby, about two dozen quarry workers also held a demonstration. The Sunday protests were the latest in a series of small but snowballing strikes against the Western-backed Palestinian Authority over rising prices and delayed payment of salaries to more than 150,000 civil servants.

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STATE/LOCAL

Doctor: Unclear if spinal injury will leave Tulane safety Walker paralyzed

Deaf dolphin rescued in La. to move to Miss. marine mammal facility

TULSA, Okla. (AP) — It’s too soon to tell if Tulane safety Devon Walker will be paralyzed as the result of a spinal fracture he suffered while making a tackle, and the full extent of his injury may not be known for days, the team’s doctor said Sunday.

Dr. Greg Stewart, Tulane University’s director of sports medicine, said Walker remained in stable condition in the intensive care until of St. Francis Hospital in Tulsa, Okla. Physicians there will plan to do surgery on Walker in the coming days, he said.

Shell begins petroleum drilling off of the northwest coast of Alaska

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A deaf dolphin found stranded in March off the Louisiana coast is being taken to live among other dolphins at a facility in Mississippi.

The 6-foot-6-inch dolphin will leave Tuesday for the Institute for Marine Mammal Studies in Gulfport because he would be unable to survive in the wild, said Suzanne Smith, rescue coordinator at the Audubon Nature Institute.

Deafness is probably why the dolphin, nicknamed Sassafrass, was stranded in a couple of inches of water on a mudflat where researchers found him March 6, Smith said Friday.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — More than four years after Royal Dutch Shell paid $2.8 billion to the federal government for petroleum leases in the Chukchi Sea, a company vessel on Sunday morning sent a drill bit into the ocean floor, beginning preliminary work on an exploratory well 70 miles off the northwest coast of Alaska.

Drilling began at 4:30 a.m., said Shell Alaska spokesman Curtis Smith. Shell Alaska vice president Pete Slaiby called it historic.

Jockey Goncalves and Bourbon Courage ride to Super Derby victory SHREVEPORT (AP) — Bourbon Courage stormed back from as far back as eighth and distanced the field down the stretch to win Saturday’s $500,000 Super Derby by five lengths.

Ridden by jockey Leandro Goncalves, Bourbon Courage left the gate as the 5-2 second choice in the Grade II race at Louisiana Downs. He completed the 1 1-8mile track in 1:51.40 and paid $7.20, $4 and $3.60.

KATIE SMITH / The Associated Press

Stranding coordinator Suzanne Smith feeds a 2-and-a-half-year-old male dolphin Sept. 6 at the Audubon Aquatic Center in New Orleans.

Levees in two Northeast parishes to be raised for flooding protection LAKE PROVIDENCE (AP) — Existing levees will be raised in two northeast Louisiana parishes starting in the next few weeks, to provide better protection from the Mississippi River.

The levees held during the flooding of 2011, but have settled gradually since being built in 1973, The News-Star of Monroe reported.

“This will make the system even stronger,” said Reynold Minsky, president of the 5th Louisiana Levee District board.

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Each side has its own story: the fables, tales of the national conventions DEMOCRATS

As personal attacks increase Medicare will “go broke in 2016” if Romney and election day draws closer, carries out his plan to repeal the health- both Democrats and Republican used the spotlight at this year’s care law.

Medicare will not go broke, although the national convention to stretch the hospital insurance trust fund would not be able truth. From Obamacare to welfare, to pay for hospital services. This does not include America’s leaders are being called Bill Clinton physician and prescription drug benefits. on their bluffs.

These statements have been “Mitt Romney says he likes to fire people.” collected from speech transcripts, Delaware Gov. Markell put this in the Factcheck.org and Politifact.com. context of a closing refinery’s plight, which Each quote comes from a speech Romney did not intend. at either the Democratic or RepubRomney made the original statement in lican national conventions.

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relation to wanting to allow Americans to fire their healthcare provider.

DEFENSE, from page 1 taking the lead, but it also led to an increase in energy and motivation along the LSU sideline.

“As a defense, we pride ourselves in stopping them and having the offense’s back,” said junior defensive tackle Bennie Logan. “Us getting the stop and [holding them to] three points was a big momentum boost.”

The opening drive was the only time Washington was able to even sniff the end zone as LSU imposed its will on the Huskies.

The Tigers allowed a mere 183 yards in total offense, leading the Southeastern Conference for the second consecutive week.

“We couldn’t even move the ball at first,” Washington quarterback Keith Price told reporters after the game. “We didn’t throw the ball well. We didn’t run the ball well.”

The Tigers never allowed Price

REPUBLICANS

“After three years, the only thing President Obama’s stimulus has produced is a series of broken promises.”

Mitt Romney

Obama’s stimulus plan lowered the unemployment rate by between 0.7 percent and 1.8 percent.

“[Obama] weakened the respect for America abroad.”

Callista

The Pew Global Attitudes Project provided data that showed an increase in favorable views on America from President George W. Bush’s administration to President Gingrich Obama’s.

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to get comfortable. The highly touted junior completed only 47.2 percent of his passes for 157 yards, well below his 2011 season average of 236 yards.

LSU forced Price to spend most of the night trying to avoid pressure, sacking him four times. The pressure led to an interception from freshman cornerback Jalen Mills.

“I actually felt it,” Price said. “I felt the pressure and I tried to get out a couple times, and you see I threw a pick trying to do too much.”

The Tigers recorded their first sack of the season about 10 minutes into the first quarter, when senior defensive end Lavar Edwards flew past the offensive line untouched and brought Price down from behind.

Edwards said after the game that his sack set the tone for the rest of his teammates, inspiring them to put even more pressure on the quarterback.

The Tigers’ pressure up front

caused even more problems for the Huskies when they tried to run the ball. Going into the fourth quarter, the Huskies had 17 carries for zero yards before finishing the game with 24 carries for 26 yards.

“We just had a hard time on first-and-10 football,” said Washington coach Steve Sarkisian. “We were living on second-and-long, which put us in a great deal of third-andlongs.”

Washington sophomore tight end Austin Seferian-Jenkins said he and his teammates were baffled by the talent on LSU’s defensive line, calling it the best he’s ever seen.

Despite LSU’s dominance on defense in both of its games, the Tigers are still not satisfied. After the game, players and coaches agreed there is still room for the team to grow.

Contact Tyler Nunez at tnunez@lsureveille.com

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when developing operating budgets, according to Interim System President and Chancellor William “Bill” Jenkins.

If LSU Athletics earns a surplus of money during those five years, the University will also see an extra cut of the profits.

Of any surplus amounting to more than $3 million, 25 percent will be transferred to the University, and 50 percent will be transferred if the surplus exceeds $5 million. The policy also provides a one-time donation of $4 million to the University for the fiscal year in addition to $5.5 million given this year, totaling $9.5 million.

Over the past four years, the state has cut 43.6 percent from the University’s appropriations. To ease the cuts, the University has boosted

self-generated funds by about $103 million, or more than 54 percent, mainly through tuition increases.

LSU Athletics Director Joe Alleva said the policy is a “win-win” for both the University and LSU Athletics, allowing the University to share in the Athletic Department’s success and providing continuity in what he called a “random” track record of past athletic donations to the University.

In 2011, the Board of Supervisors approved a $7.9 million LSU System Flagship and Excellence Fund, one-time additional support for the University using self-generated money and interest earnings.

The new arrangement is the first of its kind, Alleva said.

“It will put LSU in a position of envy among all the universities in the country,” he said.

Jenkins added that he is pleased

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“This is so important,” he said.

“It’s clearly dependent upon our continued success.”

Student fees and football ticket prices will not rise as a result of the approval, Alleva said.

Faculty Senate President Kevin Cope called the policy “a huge step forward” for the University.

“It integrates Athletics into the University in a way no one else is doing,” Cope said. “It’s an example of LSU leading the nation.”

During the meeting, the Board also approved a $3.2 billion operating budget for the LSU System — $445,388,799 of which was budgeted for the Baton Rouge campus.

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Miles: Minus drops, Mettenberger

‘On the Money’

page 5 CONNOR TARTER / The Daily Reveille

LSU junior quarterback Zach Mettenberger drops back to pass Saturday during the Tigers’ 41-3 victory against the Washington Huskies in Tiger Stadium. Mettenberger went 12-for-18 in his second start.

MIC’D UP MICAH BEDARD Sports Columnist

Sophomore Odell Beckham Jr. acknowledged having dropped three passes after the game.

Senior Russell Shepard mishandled a ball in the end zone, which would have doubled Mettenberger’s touchdown output. Junior James Wright also dropped a Mettenberger pass.

Had the receivers done their jobs, Mettenberger could have reached 94 percent completion, but he didn’t show any signs of frustration after the game.

“It’s part of the game; it happens,” Mettenberger said. “Things in the game are going to happen. You’ve got to keep rolling.”

Mettenberger wasn’t the only one plagued by unreliable hands. While it was a bit underthrown, junior running back Spencer Ware threw a catchable, trick-play pass to sophomore wide receiver Jarvis Landry, who recorded a

Some college football teams grow complacent with success.

When placed on a pedestal for all the country to marvel at, it’s easy for a group of 18- to 22-year-old athletes to lose focus and shout at the top of their lungs, “Hey everybody, come see how good we look!”

After handing out a 41-3 drubbing to Washington, sending the Huskies back to Seattle, Wash., with their tails between their legs, it’s a mentality that you couldn’t blame Coach Les Miles and the LSU football team for having.

With the win, the Tigers tied the NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision record with 39 straight non-conference wins in the regular season and also tied the school record of 19 straight victories in Tiger Stadium.

The offense was balanced. The defense was suffocating. To anyone outside of the football program, it appears the Tigers are running on all cylinders.

Not so fast, my friend.

The Tigers “can’t get no satisfaction.”

“Every week we’re not satisfied,” said junior defensive tackle Bennie Logan after the game. “Even though we held them to three points

DROPS, see page 7

MIC’D UP, see page 7

LSU beats Washington 41-3 despite incompletions Alex Cassara Sports Writer

They couldn’t catch the ball.

He couldn’t catch a break.

Multiple drops by the LSU wide receivers in their matchup with Washington on Saturday masked a highly efficient performance by junior quarterback Zach Mettenberger.

“If you take the number of drops out of the equation and you look at the quarterback play, he was on the money,” said LSU coach Les Miles in the postgame news conference. “We would be well over 200 yards passing, which is kind of a landmark for us.”

An individual LSU quarterback has passed the 200 yard mark only three times in the past two seasons.

Mettenberger was five yards away from that landmark, going 12-for-18, but he would’ve been nearly perfect had the receivers not dropped the majority of the incompletions.

Tigers not satisfied despite 2-0 record

NFL

Saints downed by rookie RG3 Brett Martel The Associated Press

MATTHEW HINTON / The Associated Press

A Saints fan holds an image of NFL commissioner Roger Goodell in Sunday’s game against the Washington Redskins at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome. The Saints lost, 40-32.

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Robert Griffin III brought his Heisman Trophy swagger to New Orleans and made his NFL debut look like a Big Easy.

Showing a veteran’s composure by scrambling only when necessary, the dynamic Redskins rookie quarterback tormented New Orleans’ defense with 320 yards passing and two touchdowns in his debut, and Washington held on for a 4032 victory against the Saints on Sunday.

New Orleans hoped to open the season with a defiant show of force in the wake of the bounty scandal that overshadowed its offseason. The team also got a boost Friday when a threemember appeals panel reinstated defensive end Will Smith and linebacker Jon Vilma, who had been suspended for their roles in the Saints’ alleged pay-for-pain bounty program.

Smith started, while Vilma, deemed unready to play after an offseason knee surgery, received a rousing ovation when he walked onto the field to lead the Saints’ tradition pregame “Who Dat” chant.

Instead of riding that emotional high, the Saints spent nearly the entire game trying to keep up with a Redskins offense powered by youth. Griffin completed his first eight passes, including an 88-yard touchdown to Pierre Garcon, and finished 19 of 26 with no interceptions and a passer rating of 139.9. He also scrambled for 42 yards.

Rookie Alfred Morris rushed for 96 yards and two touchdowns. Receiver Aldrick Robinson, a second-year pro making his NFL regular-season debut, had a 5-yard touchdown catch among four receptions for 52 yards.

The Saints never gave up, pulling to 40-32 on Darren Sproles’ 2-yard reception from Drew Brees. But when Washington required a first down to all but put

the game away, Griffin delivered a 22yard strike to Logan Paulsen.

After that, the Redskins ran the clock down to 22 seconds before the Saints got the ball back. Brees’ desperation pass was intercepted by Reed Doughty near the Redskins’ goal line as time ran out.

That marked the second interception for Brees, who in 2011 competed a single-season record 71.2 percent of his passes, but managed to hit on only 46 percent (24 of 52) against Washington.

Brees still finished with 339 yards and three touchdowns, including 33 yards to Lance Moore and 20 tossed to Jimmy Graham. That might have been enough if not for Griffin, the former Baylor star selected second overall in the draft.

Griffin hardly could have started better. He completed all seven of his passes in the first quarter, the last to Garcon on a crossing route, with the receiver SAINTS, see page 7

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VOLLEYBALL

Monday, September 10, 2012

Tigers take two of three matches at Carolina Classic Mike Gegenheimer Sports Contributor

The LSU volleyball team’s arduous non-conference schedule finally concluded with back-to-back wins at the Carolina Classic in Chapel Hill, N.C. LSU’s wins against Western Michigan and Middle Tennessee State were the first consecutive wins since Auburn and Georgia in November of last year.

“These two [matches] were must-have wins for us,” said LSU coach Fran Flory. “I’ve always been confident of this team — that’s why

I set them up with this schedule.”

The Tigers had their best statistical weekend of the season in Chapel Hill with a season-high 0.169 hitting clip for 126 kills and 19 service aces in the three matches.

Junior middle blocker Desiree Elliott led the offensive push with 39 kills during the tournament — a season-high for Elliot in a weekend series — which included a 0.389 hitting percentage, 19 kills and a four-block performance in the final match against Western Michigan.

Defensively, the Tigers posted 23 blocks while senior libero Meghan Mannari posted a trio of

double-digit dig performances, racking up 37 overall.

“Last night’s match, we were very efficient,” Flory said of the Western Michigan match. “Now we have an understanding of how to do what we need to do. We always knew what we had to do, but now we know how to do it.”

Freshmen Cati Leak and Khourtni Fears continue to see plenty of time on the court in nonconference play.

Leak is slowly emerging as this season’s breakout player, posting 19 kills and 24 digs in Carolina, which puts her at 64 kills and 66 digs

through the first nine games of her LSU career.

“The impact the freshmen have had isn’t a surprise, but more of a welcomed addition,” Flory said.

This is all despite the fact the Tigers have yet to steal as much as a set from any of the nation’s top teams.

A loss in straight sets to host North Carolina puts LSU’s record at 0-5 against teams ranked in the top 30.

LSU lost in every major statistical category to North Carolina.

The Tarheels posted a 0.294 hitting percentage and 41 kills compared to

a season-low 0.053 and 30 kills for the Tigers.

North Carolina also outdug LSU 49-44 and outblocked them 8-4.

The Carolina Classic marks the end of non-conference play for the Tigers as they start Southeastern Conference play with a road trip to Tuscaloosa to play Alabama on Friday, followed by an appearance in Columbia for a match against South Carolina on Sunday.

Contact Mike Gegenheimer at mgegenheimer@lsureveille.com

SOCCER

LSU plays to 0-0 draw against Florida International Bria Turner Sports Contributor

In its third double overtime of the season, the LSU soccer team earned a draw with Florida International in a no-score game Friday night at LSU Soccer Stadium.

The Tigers (3-1-2) controlled the 110-minute game with 23 shots and 11 corner kicks while FIU had 10 shots and zero corner kicks. In a physical game, FIU committed 15 total fouls and drew one yellow card.

“To have 23 goals and 11 corners, you’d like to get a goal out of it,” said LSU coach Brian Lee. “...We got to start winning these games.”

Freshman forward/midfielder Jade Kovacevic led the Tiger front line with eight total shots throughout the game. Sophomore forward Kaley Blades followed with five.

The Tigers’ best opportunity to score came from junior forward Addie Eggleston in the 29th minute when she shot from eight yards out following a corner kick by Kovacevic. FIU goalkeeper Kaitlyn Savage saved the shot on a dive.

“Of course we want to score

some goals, but I think that will come with the more games we play,” said junior goalkeeper Megan Kinneman. “We were creating opportunities tonight, but we just weren’t finishing chances.”

FIU was led by junior forward Chelsea Leiva, who had four shots and goalkeeper Savage, who had six saves.

Kinneman saved the Tigers from another home loss with her two saves during the overtime periods, which were FIU’s most promising scoring opportunities.

Kinneman had one-on-one series with both Leiva and FIU sophomore forward Ashleigh Shim.

Kinneman saved both attempts in close calls, but led the keeper to her third shutout of the season.

“A lot of it was just instinct and reaction,” Kinneman said. “I just had to judge when to come out and steal ground to cut off their angle.”

Today the Tigers host the University of Memphis (2-2), who is coming off of a 2-1 double overtime win against Vanderbilt.

Memphis was led to victory by junior forward/midfielder Christabel Oduro’s 87th-minute goal and freshman forward/midfielder

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A referee prepares to make the call as LSU senior midfielder Natalie Ieyoub and Florida International University sophomore midfielder Scarlett Montoya fight for the ball Friday during the Tigers’ 0-0 tie against FIU.

Diamond Simpson’s golden goal.

Kickoff is set for 7 p.m. in LSU Soccer Stadium.

Contact Bria Turner at bturner@reveille.com

Monday, September 10, 2012 MIC’D UP, from page 5

and 26 yards rushing, coach expects more of us.”

What more can you expect if you’re Miles?

The Tigers would have shut out the Huskies had it not been for a fumble by Odell Beckham Jr. on the opening kickoff. The turnover gave Washington the ball in LSU territory and led to the Huskies converting their only three points of the night on a 34-yard field goal from Travis Coons.

LSU has been nearly perfect in its first two outings, outscoring its opponents 82-17.

DROPS, from page 5

drop of his own.

“Hopefully they bounce back next week,” Mettenberger said.

Wright led all receivers with five catches for 75 yards. Junior Kadron Boone made the most of his one catch, going 32 yards for Mettenberger’s lone score of the game. He also had a long touchdown catch in the game against North Texas.

Mettenberger said he was more comfortable this week and that he would continue to develop with more games under his belt. He had more time to throw than against North Texas as the pass protection was improved from last week, allowing the Huskies zero sacks.

“I’m really proud of the effort of the whole o-line tonight,” Mettenberger said. “I didn’t get touched, and that’s always a good thing.”

Miles said some of that increased stability was provided by senior Josh Dworaczyk. Dworaczyk, who Mettenberger called the Tigers’ most reliable offensive lineman, was tabbed as the starter at left tackle when junior Chris Faulk went down with a season-ending knee

Despite the initial success, Logan and the rest of his LSU teammates know regular-season accomplishments can only take a team so far.

“We went undefeated last year and lost in the championship. We have to take it one game at a time, but our goal is that national championship,” said junior running back Alfred Blue.

The members of the 2011 team who lost to Alabama in the BCS National Championship game will never want to settle for runner-up.

Every time a player like Logan or Barkevious Mingo becomes content with his performance, the injury in preparation for the Huskies.

It was Dworaczyk’s first start since the 2011 Cotton Bowl after his own knee injury kept him out the entirety of last season. He’d never started at left tackle but has had plenty of experience backing up the position in his six years at LSU. “It’s something that me and [offensive coordinator Greg] Studrawa have always been on the same page, as far as moving me out to the left tackle position if anybody went down,” Dworaczyk said. “It fits my body style, so being able to get in there and give Zach some confidence off that edge, which is something I tried to do tonight, hopefully we can continue to build off of it.”

Dworaczyk’s run blocking was also strong. Junior running back Alfred Blue scored the Tigers’ first points of the game when he took a handoff to the left side and found nothing but green grass running behind Dworaczyk.

Contact Alex Cassara at acassara@lsureveille.com; Twitter: @cassaraTDR

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The Daily Reveille memory of walking off the field while the scoreboard read 21-0 in the Crimson Tide’s favor makes them strive to play mistake-free football.

“There’s still missed assignments, still missed tackles down the line. Correcting those and getting as close to perfect as possible is our goal,” Mingo said.

Miles has molded a focused and motivated team that won’t rest until it raises the crystal football in Miami, Fla. When faced with the adversity of Tyrann Mathieu being dismissed or losing offensive tackle Chris Faulk to a knee injury for the remainder of the season, this team just rolls with the punches and keeps

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breaking away to give Washington a 10-7 lead. Griffin, a Texas native whose family is from New Orleans, had been to Saints games in the Superdome before and seemed unfazed by the noise.

In the second quarter, he danced out of the pocket to his left to avoid the rush before rifling a pass across the field to tight end Fred Davis for a 26-yard gain. That set up his touchdown pass to Robinson.

Griffin scrambled again before zipping a 27-yard pass to Santana Moss, setting up Billy Cundiff’s second field goal.

But the Saints weren’t exactly at full strength in the secondary. Usual starter Jabari Greer, coming back from sports hernia surgery in the preseason, was scratched. Cornerback Johnny Patrick left with an apparent right leg injury early in the second quarter. That left the Saints with two inexperienced cornerbacks.

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page 7 putting together top-flight performances.

It’s not about individual accolades. It’s about winning and leaving no doubt to who was the best team on the field any given night.

Having teammates who will never turn it down a notch and never let a good performance distract them from the ultimate goal of a national championship make this LSU football team a special collection of athletes.

There’s always room to get better. If holding a formidable PAC-12 foe to a field goal doesn’t get LSU full of itself, nothing will.

The Tigers still feel like there’s work to do in order to reach the level of play they can be pleased with. If that’s the case, I can’t wait to see what the finished product will look like.

I feel sorry for Idaho if the Tigers figure out that formula by Saturday.

Micah Bedard is a 22-year-old history senior from Houma.

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OUR VIEW

Monday, September 10, 2012

Athletics bailout is appreciated, but embarrassing The Daily Reveille Editorial Board Welcome to LSU, where the value of your education is determined by the football team’s success.

That great professor recruited from an Ivy League school?

You can thank quarterback Zach Mettenberger for him. The new beakers in your chemistry lab?

Props to defensive end Sam Montgomery for those. Don’t forget about the money you now have to do research overseas, courtesy of wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. A decision made Friday by the LSU System Board of Supervisors after the University has been marred by years of budget cuts made the above conversation possible. The Annual Transfer Fund

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Joe Alleva, Vice Chancellor and Director of Athletics, speaks at Friday’s Board of Supervisors meeting.

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Students should not leave football games early I’m old by anyone’s standards reading this letter. Fifty-seven years old, but selling my first Cokes at LSU games at 10 years old, programs at 14 and then graduated from LSU. Went to seven games last year, even though I live in California. And every game, I leave when Les and the boys sing the Alma Mater. Can’t imagine any other way. My son graduated from LSU last spring and he

Policy forces the LSU Athletics Department to fork over $7.2 million to the University annually, plus a percentage of surplus money.

The University set the precedent for the transfer this year when the Athletics Department contributed $5.5 million to help offset budget cuts. Interim System President and Chancellor William “Bill” Jenkins said the continued donations from LSU Athletics would give the University “discretionary” income.

It’s likely the first round of money would go toward faculty raises, which have not happened in five years.

Is the University desperate enough to accept money based on the success of LSU Athletics?

It appears this might have been the only choice to stay afloat amidst repeated cuts. But how is it that the state’s flagship university can’t even uphold its academic reputation without upholding its reputation of dominance of the football field?

It’s time for Louisiana to demand that higher education is prioritized, for the sake of the University’s academic reputation and for the sake of other higher educational institutions in the state that don’t have athletics departments that regularly bring in millions of dollars.

If the past few years have been any indication, it’s unlikely the budget cuts will stop soon. Given state budget fluctuations, the University shouldn’t hedge its bets and rely on state funds. Already, its operating budget has flip-flopped into a model where students’ money makes up more than state funds.

The responsible move for the University now is to build an sorely misses the games and is only now realizing what a magical and fleeting opportunity in time that was.

I’m issuing a challenge to all students to set an example for the rest of the stadium and have not a single one of you leave for the Idaho game next week. What a sign of support to our football team. Don’t think that looking up at the student section and seeing it one-third full at the end of a PAC-12 game doesn’t matter to them. The game is not part of the party, it should be THE party. I promise, if the student section starts it, it will catch on. And then we’ll once again be the most feared stadium in the country. I hate to say it, but we are not right now.

Stephen McMinn

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LSU football coach Les Miles sings the Alma Mater with players Saturday after the Tigers’ 41-3 win against the University of Washington Huskies in Tiger Stadium.

endowment that will give it insurance throughout budget uncertainties. The state should help the University build that endowment, but the chances of such a gesture happening are slim.

A bailout from LSU Athletics is kind, but it’s not a long-term solution to the University and the state’s lack of financial security.

What if the football team has a

season, in three years from now, when it loses every game? Will Athletics still bring in the same amount of money? Will the success of the University fail when the football team fails?

Jenkins seems to think so.

“I believe it’s unique,” he told The Daily Reveille last week. “The success of athletics will impact the success of academics.”

Until the state stops cutting higher education funding and the University builds an endowment, let’s hope the football team continues breaking records and winning.

Our classes and LSU’s future could depend on it.

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around my neck as a memorial of all who died and those who responded.

If I weren’t a Christian, it would still mean the same thing to me. I do not object to the Star of David or other religious symbols, nor do they offend me. Some people just need a reason to complain.”

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“Religious freedom doesn’t mean you can force others to live by your own beliefs.”

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Romney can’t create 12 million jobs in one term SHARE THE WEALTH JAY MEYERS Columnist This presidential election, the most central issue is the economy.

And when voters go to cast their ballots in November, they’re going to vote for the candidate who, in their opinion, will be the best at creating jobs and stimulating economic growth.

Mitt Romney is not that candidate.

Last week during Mitt Romney’s acceptance speech at the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Fla., the Republican presidential nominee verified his insanity by lying to the American people.

“I am running for president to help create a better future — a future where everyone who wants a job can find one,” he declared, “and unlike the president, I have a plan to create 12 million jobs.”

No president in history has been able to grow our economy

by 12 million jobs in one term.

We all knew he was out of touch with reality, but if Romney really subscribes to this economic fantasy, I’ll take two of what he’s having.

For one, Romney did not say how he would accomplish this fantasy of a goal in one term other than offering some vague right-wing platitudes and a dose of fraudulent arithmetic.

Far be it for a humble college student like me to take issue with the great CEO of Bain Capital, but I have a hard time believing Romney can achieve such robust labor market growth, especially with the impossibly vague five-point plan he laid out in his acceptance speech.

First, Romney says, he wants to make America energy-independent by 2020.

The United States is already on a major upswing as an energy producer. Our natural gas production is at an all-time high and our domestic oil production is at a 14year high.

Boosting production further

could undoubtedly mean hundreds of thousands of jobs for the U.S., but it’s nowhere near his goal of 12 million.

Second, Romney proposed to improve our education system and expand school choice. He would essentially seek to overhaul our nation’s schools into a privatized, voucher-like system.

Disregarding whether this would move our schools in a positive direction, education reform won’t pay off in a large number of better-trained workers anytime soon.

Next, Romney said he will forge new trade agreements and that harsh consequences would be rendered when nations cheat in trade.

This is where Romney really shows his economic ignorance — and even conservatives will agree.

As Phillip Levy, a senior economist for trade at the conservative American Enterprise Institute, wrote, “Trade agreements have no impact on overall employment. Trade substitutes better jobs for worse jobs, but leaves the job

total unchanged.”

Following trade, Romney asserts he will cut the deficit and put America on track for a balanced budget.

The Romney/Ryan ticket plans on doing this by dismantling Medicare, privatizing Social Security and savagely cutting spending to safety net programs that primarily benefit poor people, children and the elderly.

A policy of austerity while our economy remains depressed will only further hamper growth and is nonsense if Romney is serious about trying to add any jobs to our economy.

Romney’s fifth and final point is to champion small businesses by massively cutting taxes for the wealthy and rolling back regulations.

Tax cuts are good ways to incentivize business investment and growth. However, economists have established that there are many other factors that contribute to economic growth, from productivity of the workforce to investments in public infrastructure.

Tax levels matter, but they’re certainly not the only — nor the most important — instrument for creating jobs and growing the economy.

But Romney has taken this small portion of economic policy and centered his entire agenda on it. Romney is willing to cut spending on education and kick millions of young children off of supplemental nutrition programs in order to reduce tax expenditures.

Romney’s economic agenda is more of a radical vision for our society than a viable plan for job creation.

Come November, ask yourself: Which candidate is going to leave me better off in four years than I am today?

The answer is not Mitt.

Jay Meyers is a 19-year-old economics sophomore from Shreveport.

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Democrats betray nonbelievers with God reference BUT HE MEANS WELL GORDON BRILLON Columnist For a party so outspoken about moving forward, the Democrats sure do seem reluctant to change.

In a convention full of equivocating, excuse-making and generally Democratic behavior, there was one aspect of the Democrats’ platform that made me smile.

They had removed all references to God. It showed a fearlessness and commitment to policy that has been missing from the party for years, replaced by meekness and a “sorry we’re liberal” attitude.

Then, as soon as conservative media sources began asking questions about the change, Democrats jammed their tails between their legs and rushed a voice vote to add a reference to the “God-given potential” of working people.

It was a spineless move by the Democrats – one that shows just how deep the disenfranchisement of nonreligious people in this country runs. It was a slap in the face to the thousands of liberal nonbelievers who have no choice but to align themselves with the Democrats.

The Democratic Party is supposed to be the party of inclusion, where everyone is welcome and oppression is fought. Instead, the Democrats oppressed a large portion of their own base by impressing their beliefs upon them.

By ignoring the cries from their delegates, the Democrats

have alienated and disappointed many potential voters.

Joseph Green, media director for LSU College Democrats, said he shared these sentiments.

“I would like the Democratic Party to move and allow nontheists into the platform,” Green said.

“There’s a large chunk of nontheists or nonreligious people in the Democratic Party, and I’d like to see them [the party] embrace them.”

Not only has the Democratic Party betrayed a large portion of the population and its ideology, it has also shot itself in the foot politically.

Nonbelievers are a large and growing part of the population – one that also trends extremely liberal. Like it or not, nonbelievers will be the Democratic base in the future.

Green also said he thinks the bloc of nonbelievers will grow, and the party will not be able to ignore it for very long.

Atheists, agnostics and other nonreligious people made up almost 15 percent of the adult population in 2008, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. That number has been on the rise for years, increasing from 8 percent in 1990.

And yet, there are a grand total of zero nonbelievers in Congress.

Nearly every speech at the convention ended in “God bless America.”

Both political parties are so tied to their Christian bases that they are willing to ignore a substantial portion of the population.

It’s ridiculous that nonbelief in God is still taboo in this country.

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President Barack Obama addresses the Democratic National Convention on Thursday in Charlotte, N.C.

We were founded on freedom of religion, and that freedom extends to those who choose to reject religion.

To put it simply, religion is an entirely personal matter and has no place in national policy-making.

It’s fine for politicians to allow their moral compasses to be guided by their religions – as long as they

remember their constituency has differing beliefs.

There is no room in a national political platform, especially one that touts itself as liberal, for an endorsement of any religion.

I don’t believe God gave me my potential, and there are many angry Democrats who agree with me.

Gordon Brillon is a 19-year-old mass communication sophomore from Lincoln, R.I.

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