The Reveille 11-3-22

DO OR DIE

Previewing LSU’s top-10 matchup against Alabama

BY HENRY HUBER @HenryHuber_

The emotions of an LSU fan tend to fluctuate throughout any given football season.

Less than a month ago, the Tigers suffered a 27-point loss to now-No. 1 Tennessee to fall to 4-2 on the year, an opponent that was just the beginning of their hardest stretch of the season. This was a game riddled with inconsistency and correctable mistakes, foreshadowed by their near loss to Auburn a week prior, and the reaction afterwards was negative to say the least.

The ‘I told you so’(s) of fans who had initially written Brian Kelly off echoed throughout so cial media. Once again, a Kellyled team had struggled against a playoff contender, a common occurrence during his times with Notre Dame and Cincinnati.

The team still had its win over Mississippi State, who was ris ing in the rankings at the time, but that felt like a much different team than what we had observed against Auburn and Tennessee. LSU had seemingly regressed, making the outlook for the rest of the season bleak and hard to predict.

If you had told people then that LSU would enter its matchup with Alabama ranked in the Top10 of the College Football Playoff rankings, many would’ve called you crazy. For fans, players and even coaches, reality is probably hitting in a far different way than it has the last two seasons enter ing its matchup with Alabama.

The Tigers are one win away from contending for the playoff, and their outlook has completely changed on both sides of the ball.

On offense, quarterback Jayden Daniels has put up Heis man numbers through the last two games, totaling nearly 400 yards against Florida and Ole Miss and completing over 70% of his passes in each. Most notably, he scored more combined touch downs through those two games than the previous six, including back-to-back hat tricks on the ground.

“I think there’s a better under standing of where [the receivers] are going to be and what they’re going to do,” Kelly said on the progression of Daniels. “He can get the ball out of his hands now without the receiver being out of his break. That just takes time, and we didn’t have that time ear lier in the season.”

The run game has also pros pered lately thanks to the emer gence of Josh Williams as a vi able starter, along with the recent return of Armoni Goodwin and flashes of potential from John Emery Jr. Daniels, who broke multiple LSU QB rushing records against Ole Miss, still leads the team in rushing yards, but the committee is beginning to make

more of an impact.

That has come despite the con sistent changes on the offensive line, which has endured injuries throughout the season. Defensive lineman Mekhi Wingo credited offensive line coach Brad Davis for maintaining viable structure there despite the injuries.

“[Davis] pushes them every single day in practice and I’ve just seen them from camp to now, they’ve grown tremendously,” Wingo stated. “They’re taking it seriously in practice and we’re giving them good looks, going at it in practice and that’s the big thing.”

LSU will be facing a defense that possesses one of the best linebacker rooms in the country. Outside linebacker Will Ander son likely would’ve been the No. 1 pick in the 2022 NFL Draft had he been eligible, and Dallas Turn er is effective at the other out side linebacker position. Henry To’oto’o and Jaylen Moody round out the remaining starters at line backer, with the former also be ing considered one of the best at his position.

The secondary has displayed cracks throughout the season, particularly against Tennessee and Texas, but it seemed to have mended them by the time it faced the air raid of Mississippi State. It held the normally efficient Bull dog offense to a 50% completion rate and less than four yards per pass attempt. That correlated with Saban finally deciding to

start former LSU All-American cornerback Eli Ricks.

It’ll be interesting to see him face off against Kayshon Boutte, who kept his response simple when asked about the prospect of going up against his former teammate.

“We’re not really focused on [Ricks] specifically, but he’s a great cornerback,” Boutte said.

Speaking of secondaries, the LSU secondary will have a key contributor back in the lineup this weekend in safety Major Burns. Burns is one of the most impactful players on the team, consistently being described as a vocal leader on the defense while also displaying skillful ness against both the run and the pass.

“He’s a huge communicator,” cornerback Mekhi Garner said on Burns. “He brings life to the defensive side when he’s on the field.”

With Burns being out since LSU’s game against New Mexico, the rest of the upper rotation in the secondary has garnered plen ty of fruitful experience. Joe Fou cha stepped into Burns’s role and improved each week, contribut ing his best performance in the Tigers’ most recent bout against Ole Miss.

“We handled it well, Joe [Fou cha] stepped in and played great if you ask me,” Garner mentioned when asked about how the sec ondary performed without Burns. “It’s next man up if you ask me.”

They will have one of their toughest battles of the season on Saturday, facing another poten tial No. 1 overall pick in quar terback Bryce Young, along with a multitude of quick, skillful re ceivers. Young doesn’t just put up impressive stats, he has the innate ability to make something out of nothing whenever a play breaks down, and that’s difficult to deal with as a secondary.

“[The key against him is] stay ing in coverage,” Garner said on Young. “He makes a lot of plays when the defense is not in posi tion, trying to tackle him when he scrambles when he’s really trying to throw the ball.”

The Tide offense also features one of the most versatile running backs in the country in Jahmyr Gibbs, who’s rushing for nearly 7 yards per attempt while also helping considerably in the pass game.

“He’s very electric and good at making the first guy miss,” Wingo said on Gibbs. “So [you’ve got to] rally to the ball and don’t let him get out of his brakes to cutting and braking. Just hustle to the ball and that’ll take care of everything.”

At the time of writing this, the Tigers come into this game as 13.5-point underdogs with the chance to shock the world in Brian Kelly’s first year as head coach. Whatever happens on Sat urday, the team will still be in great shape to exceed preseason expectations.

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AI AND MENTAL HEALTH

BY GABBY JIMENEZ @gvjimenezz

Can smartphones detect men tal health patterns and help clini cians evaluate patients?

Psychology professor Alex Cohen has been researching this question since he was in gradu ate school 20 years ago. Today, he collaborates with psychology stu dents and faculty from LSU and abroad to look into how smart phone technology can assist clini cians with mental health evalua tions.

“The reason I got into it is be cause I never trusted my symp tom ratings, my diagnoses, you know, I just saw people as being too complex to reduce down to a single number,” Cohen said. “And so, using objective technologies, whether it be from a smartphone or from audio or video record ing or something else, gives you much richer and more flexible data for understanding people.”

Cohen developed an app that uses self-report assessments, geo location tracking and video dia ries to look into various mental health problems. People submit data from all over the world, and Cohen and his team analyze dif ferent factors like language pat terns, vocals and facial expres sions.

“We can...use computational modeling to try and predict how [people are] doing, how they will be doing, how they might re

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spond to medication or treatment, how they might respond to stress and things like that,” Cohen said.

According to Cohen, symp toms can be tracked through analyses. For example, Cohen said if someone was interested in depression, they could look at a person’s behavior throughout the day, how often they leave their house, the expressions and words they use in video diaries and how they refer to themselves and oth ers.

On the other hand, if someone wanted to look into mania, Cohen said they would do a similar anal ysis with “opposite expectations.” When looking at someone’s geo

location, Cohen said he would ex pect more activity late at night, as well as animated expressions and a faster speech rate during video diaries.

Cohen said his research so far has shown that people express themselves in different ways, so even the best clinicians’ diagno ses aren’t always accurate.

“There’s one big finding, and no one likes it – but that is that cli nicians aren’t nearly as reliable as they think they are,” Cohen said. “Clinicians...that are tasked with dealing with people that have serious mental illnesses, [have] the very difficult task of evaluat ing them, trying to observe their

behavior and compare it to some kind of imaginary norm.”

Cohen recently partnered with Capital Area Human Services Dis trict, a mental health and devel opmental disabilities public ser vices provider for Baton Rouge and surrounding areas, to test the research and technology.

He said there was still a “tre mendous amount of work to be done,” and the research faces many challenges, including fig uring out how to translate the analyses across different types of people.

“We don’t all talk the same, we don’t all express things the same way, we don’t all have the same, you know, patterns and schedules and things like that,” Cohen said.

“The other big [challenge] is fig uring out how to make this sus tainable.”

He said that clinicians can benefit from this research by re ceiving more accurate data to work with rather than relying solely on a patient’s responses.

The technology also has the po tential to reduce wait times in emergency rooms and improve patients’ responses to treatment.

“I think we could develop tools that clinicians could use… [and] empower patients, and their families and peer support groups, so that they can better understand their illness and bet ter predict what happens [and]

Concern over president’s sponsorship

BY JOHN BUZBEE @thebuzzbuz

Student Government senators have raised concern over a spon sorship deal between the student body president, Lizzie Shaw, and Samsung.

Shaw, a political communica tion senior, is a part of the Sam sung College Program as an in fluencer. Her involvement in the program entails promotional ac tivities on social media for the tech company.

Several SG senators said that they worry the sponsorship con flicts with Shaw’s responsibilities as an elected leader. Shaw said that her involvement in the pro gram is helping her pay for col lege and living expenses, and that it doesn’t conflict with her responsibilities as a student rep resentative.

SG’s code was altered in 2021, now allowing the student body president to hold outside employ ment.

“My name is now permanently linked with [SG] and I understand that I am now essentially repre sentative of it and therefore the things I endorse could look like endorsements from Student Gov ernment. I understand the coun

LSU professor in 60s ranks top in national senior swimming

BY MADDIE SCOTT @madscottyy

Herman Kelly gets up every morning at 4:30 a.m. and trains in the pool for competitive swim ming competitions. Now 68 years old, Kelly is a state champion for senior swimming.

But by day, Kelly is a profes sor at LSU’s African and African American Studies Department. Early in the morning before the light of day, he swims before his classes. Kelly swims three to five miles weekly in the pool at Craw fish Aquatics, a swim club in Ba ton Rouge.

Kelly swam competitively in high school and college, but even tually stopped.

After undergoing health prob lems in 2015, his doctor told him he had to improve his health due to high blood pressure and choles terol issues.

“I talked to my family, and my son, mainly my son,” Kelly said. “And he said, ‘Dad, why don’t you try to swim competitively again?’”

Soon after, Kelly began train ing at the Natatorium with the help of a couple of friends. By 2018, he entered his first state swimming competition for individuals aged 65 to 69. It was at this event, called The Senior Games, that he won three events, earning the number one title in the 65 to 69 division in Louisiana, qualifying for nationals in the same division.

“My goal is to be a national champion by the time I’m 75,” Kel ly said. “So far, I’m doing good. I’m going up.”

The National Senior Games took place in Albuquerque, New Mexico, in 2019, and Kelly landed in 22nd place in two events and 18th in another.

Returning in May 2022, Kelly competed again and ranked 14th in the nation..

“When I win, in my mind, I say, ‘Wow. It was worth it. I really didn’t want to get out of bed last Wednesday, but it’s worth it. I did good,’” he said.

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Herman Kelly practices swimming in the LSU University Recreation pool in June 2019.

LSU professor uses AI technology to empower patients and clinicians

MENTAL HEALTH, from page 3

Clinical psychology graduate student Kamil Warren has been working with Cohen since she was an undergraduate student.

Warren’s research focuses on language analysis of speech pat terns through mobile phone as sessments and looking at how often patients say certain words. Warren stressed the importance of collecting a diverse set of data and not using basic research models as a way to stereotype.

“We shouldn’t try to like, break down these individuals in analyzing them against each other, such as African Americans

SPONSORSHIP, from page 3 terargument,” Shaw said. “I don’t see it that way. I’ve never insinu ated that Student Government would have a reciprocal relation ship with Samsung, not that Sam sung has a relationship with SG in the first place.”

Shaw also said she applied for a number of ambassador-influ encer programs before her presi dency or campaign, eventually being approached by Samsung She inviewed for a sponsorship before the 2022 student govern ment presidential election and was accepted in July.

“They never asked me to pro mote it to Student Government,”

versus Caucasian Americans… you have to make sure you have accurate samples, and like a wide variety of samples for the model to train on so that it won’t find correlations that aren’t really beneficial,” Warren said.

Warren said she wants to conduct research with greater diversity to determine if current assessments are accurate. She mentioned how African Ameri cans are more likely to be diag nosed with schizophrenia than their white counterparts, and she wants to see if there is something that researchers aren’t looking at that causes this.

“I don’t want to just explain

Shaw said. “Everything’s me per sonally. If I’m being completely honest, I was a little nervous about it because I knew that now I was more than a student.”

The Reveille spoke to 10 SG senators, two of whom agreed to speak publicly. Most senators said they don’t believe Shaw has ill intentions, but believe it sets a bad precedent for future SG members.

Others believe Shaw is using her office for private gain. Many of them bring up a picture of Shaw outside of her office hold ing a tablet she received as part of her sponsorship taken with her presidential office and placard in frame, posted on her Instagram.

these things, but I want to im prove treatment. But before you can even do that, you have to un derstand where the variability is first coming from,” Warren said.

In the future, Warren said the lab was going to collect a greater variety of samples to train their research model on.

Clinical psychology gradu ate student Edvard Granrud also does research in Cohen’s lab and looks specifically at the things patients say affects how they sound. To do this, Granrud looks at keywords patients use and their vocal acoustics to detect any patterns.

Like Warren, Granrud noted

Senator of the Graduate School Adam Dohrenwend said that us ing the student body president title and LSU logo in the same post for a sponsored ad presents an obvious conflict of interest. “If she’s not using her office for per sonal, private gain, what’s hap pening?” Dohrenwend said. “It’s both physically the office and the office in the figurative sense.”

Regarding the picture, Shaw said she will be more deliberate about the way she portrays her self when representing her spon sorship in the future.

Dohrenwend and senator of the College of Engineering Colin Raby said they believe the student body president should be allo

that diversity is an important fac tor when collecting data, and one of the challenges they face in the lab is how to use their findings for a broader population.

“How do we develop some thing that is useful for a lot of people? That’s difficult, espe cially when you then look at dif ferent cultural backgrounds like ethnicities and countries,” he said.

Granrud’s research also takes into account how people’s speech patterns can change depending on their current environment, noting that there would be a dif ference in how someone talks to their family members versus a

cated enough money so that they don’t need to worry about their personal finances. Shaw said that her taking the presidential posi tion resulted in a substantial pay decrease.

To Raby, who ran against Shaw in the presidential election, the precedent of a student body president holding a sponsorship isn’t something that should be endorsed, even if it’s technically allowed.

“It raises the question of who are you serving,” Raby said. “I don’t think we should have a very official example of our elected leaders serving themselves and using the influence of Student Government positions to aid in

clinician.

While the research is still a work in progress, Granrud be lieves it has the potential to cre ate greater accessibility to mental healthcare.

“If this does work, I think you’d have this big positive ef fect, not just like mental health care in America, but also other countries that have less resourc es,” Granrud said. “What this does is potentially levels out the playing field so that more people can have access to help and that whatever resources the system has can be allocated in a fair way to where people who need help get it.”

serving themselves.”

That ambiguity is something that shouldn’t happen in high er government, Raby said, so it shouldn’t happen in SG.

Dohrenwend said that many senators haven’t been forward with their concerns because they’re afraid of being sanc tioned.

“I am deeply disheartened that sentiment exists,” Shaw said when asked about senators being hesitant to voice concern about the sponsorship. “I welcome any of them to speak to me directly. I never want senators, members of SG or any LSU student to feel that I am not open to conversation or critique.”

HERMAN KELLY, from page 3

Kelly finds himself in the pool three to four times a week. He also teaches swimming lessons at Crawfish Aquatics to children and adults, sometimes being in the pool six days a week. He said all of the training is worth it.

“It saved my life,” Kelly said. “What I mean by that, my wife passed away in August 2021, and it kind of helped me balance my life. Swimming helps me heal, and once I started doing it, it not only helps me mentally, it helps me heal physically.”

Kelly said he’s in the best shape he’s been in since he was a young man, graduating from high school in Jacksonville, Florida, and grad uating from college in Atlanta, Georgia. Ironically, he trains so much that his doctor advised him to cut back a bit on training to en sure he doesn’t over exhaust and exert himself.

In 2018, Kelly remembered how one particular competitor beat him in the butterfly. In 2022, Kelly beat the same competitor. He believes his own swimming times are okay, but that he could do better. He always pushes him self to do better, he said.

Kelly’s biggest competitor is a man from Vermont who he’ll see again in the next nationals com petition taking place in Pittsburgh next July.

“Now, I beat him in Albuquer

que, but he beat me in Florida. So I’ll see him in Pittsburgh,” Kelly said. “I’ll see him in Pittsburgh.”

A lot of his colleagues push him to keep swimming and he re ceives community support, Kelly said.

Roland Mitchell, the interim dean for the College of Human Sci ences and Education, has known Kelly since 2007 when they were both members of the LSU Black Faculty and Staff Caucus. Mitch ell, himself an early riser, said he would see Kelly early in the morn ing.

“He was always just so friend ly,” Mitchell said. “I would literally look at him be like, ‘What can I do to get some of that energy and some of that positivity?’ because Dr. Kelly was always just so posi tive.”

Mitchell described Kelly as a “workout warrior.” When Kelly began swimming again, Mitchell saw the change in his body and energy level. Even through rough times, Mitchell said that Kelly, also a minister, took the time to engage in the community.

“He went from out-of-shape, al most needing meds, to an Olympic champion,” Mitchell said. “I mean, you can’t make this stuff up. You can’t make it up. He’s amazing.”

According to Mitchell, Kelly is the walking embodiment of his community. He had the right spir it, academic commitment and ac tiveness in campus life to motivate

those around him.

When graduate student Justin Martin took Kelly’s civil rights course in the spring 2020, he no ticed how lively Kelly was during class. Kelly has connections to the local civil rights community and was able to talk about his experi ences in local civil rights events.

Martin said the course sparked an even greater interest for civil rights within him. The course mo tivated Martin to pursue graduate

school in the history department, focusing his research on the civil rights movement era in the U.S.

“His passion comes across in everything he does with teaching, whether it’s bringing in new mate rial, the way he delivers the mate rial, the way he makes it feel very real and alive to students,” Martin said.

It was an amazing class with an amazing professor, Martin said.

Kelly still finds himself train

ing in the pool every week at 4:30 a.m., te same place that saved his life in 2015.

“I’m thankful for the craft God gave me,” Kelly said. “This is a gift, and I want to honor God by doing the best with my gift. Some times I complain that I don’t have the gifts other people have, but then I’m thankful for this gift be cause not only does it make me healthy, but I can also teach other people to save their life.”

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Herman Kelly practices swimming before his competition at the Senior Games in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, repre senting state of Louisiana in May 2022.

ENTERTAINMENT THIS WEEK IN BR

BY MADELON DAVIS @MadelonDavis

NOVEMBER

Coffee and Kayaking LSU UREC

The UREC is hosting a free kayaking event from 8 to 11 a.m. Students will be paddling in the University Lake. You will learn about the parts of the kayak and how to paddle, so don’t worry if this is your first time. Life jackets and boating materials are provided. Students will meet at the Rowing Club Dock.

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Brewery Tour

Rally Cap Brewing Company

Rally Cap Brewing Company, 11212 Penny wood Ave., is hosting a tour around its brew ery. Tickets are $20 and can be purchased on Eventbrite.com. The event starts at 1 p.m.

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Cap City Beer Fest

Downtown Baton Rouge

Companion Animal Alliance is hosting a dog-friendly event centered around craft beer. The festival is located at Fourth Street between Spanish Town Road and North Street. It goes from 1 to 5 p.m. A general admission beer sam pling wristband is $45, with funds benefiting CAA. There is live music, food and more.

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At quarterback, Jayden Daniels has been the life of LSU’s offense this season. He has thrown for 1,812 yards and 12 touchdowns and run for 524 yards and nine touchdowns.

B.J. Ojulari has been arguably the best player on LSU’s defense. He has been a force on the defensive line, racking up 25 troubles and four sacks.

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Harold Perkins has been a surprise star for LSU at linebacker. The true freshman has been electric, racking up 36 tackles and 2.5 sacks thisseason.

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Can LSU play a winning hand against the Alabama Crimson Tide this weekend at Tiger Stadium?

SPORTS BEHIND ENEMY LINES

A look into Jay Bramblett’s journey from Tuscaloosa to Baton Rouge

BY PETER RAUTERKUS AND MACKAY SUIRE @peter_rauterkus & @macthetiger

Growing up just minutes away from Bryant-Denny Stadium, Jay Bramblett never thought he’d take the field against Alabama.

A Tuscaloosa native, Bram blett grew up close to the Ala bama program. One of his broth ers, Geoffrey Bramblett, played baseball at Alabama, and his other brother, Bradley Bramblett, was a Graduate Assistant for Ala bama football.

“I grew up going to games and stuff like that,” Bramblett said. “We went on his [Bradley’s] complimentary tickets a lot. That was when I really started getting into football and started playing in high school. That’s when it got real.”

Bramblett grew up going to Alabama football games, and looked to spend his athletic ca reer at Alabama, much like his brothers. However, the scholar ship offer never came.

Alabama offered him a posi tion as a preferred walk-on, but Bramblett turned down the offer and left home for Notre Dame.

At Notre Dame, Bramblett had a successful career. He was the starting punter for three sea sons, and had a 72-yard punt last season which was the longest in school history since 1998.

Bramblett entered the trans fer portal after the 2021 season,

but once again, the scholarship offer from Alabama didn’t come. He was again offered a preferred walk-on spot, but he turned that down to join his former coach at LSU.

Now at LSU, the matchup against Alabama is extra special for him.

“This is the game that I came here for,” Bramblett said. “I feel like I kind of have a chip on my

shoulder. And I’m super thankful to be here and I’m very excited for the opportunity.”

This won’t be Bramblett’s first

FOOTBALL

Alabama’s recruiting success in Louisiana

BY TYLER HARDEN @ttjharden8

Whenever there is a highly-re nown prospect in Louisiana, LSU makes it a priority to keep them in-state. However, that is easier said than done.

When they are unsuccessful, the school that beats LSU for the Bayou State recruit, the majority of the time, is none other than the University of Alabama.

As the two schools face off on Saturday, not only is an SEC West lead on the line, but a recruiting leg-up will also come away from the game.

LSU’s Class of 2022, the cur rent freshman class, was affected by Alabama more than any other class in the college eligibility range. Of the top 10 ranked play ers in Louisiana’s Class of 2022, three committed to LSU and three committed to Alabama. This in cludes the No. 1 ranked recruit in Louisiana and four-star wide re ceiver, Aaron Anderson, who was committed to LSU for quite some time but flipped to Alabama a little over a month before signing day.

All three of the Louisiana play ers in the Class of 2022 that com mitted to Alabama were wide re ceivers, a position that LSU will

The Sports Staff makes its predictions for LSU vs. Alabama

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For the first time since 2019, both teams are ranked and ranked in the Top 10. How ever, this matchup is completely different than the one in 2019.

LSU is a double-digit underdog, and is far from the unstoppable force it was in 2019. The Tigers have improved though, and are coming into this game on a roll offensive ly, scoring 45 points in each of its last two games. LSU is playing for something as well, a win over Alabama puts the Tigers in the driver’s seat in the SEC West.

I think this game will be close, but I don’t think LSU is there yet. The big-game atmo sphere will make this game entertaining, but I think Alabama will pull away in the end.

Prediction: Alabama 31-20 LSU

LSU vs. Alabama is notorious for being the most an ticipated game of the season for either team. LSU fans wait for the Tide to roll in, and they pour every ounce of devotion that they have into this game. That energy from LSU’s fanbase will undoubtedly provide the Ti gers with any energy they may be lacking, especially as it takes place in Death Valley.

The LSU offense has been shining recently, but in order for the Tigers to come out on top, they’ve got to hope that any cracks in Alabama’s foundation, both of fensively and defensively, become present quickly. LSU won’t take this game if it plays like a second half team.

From what I’ve seen from the Tigers so far this sea son, I’m not so sure that they’ve developed enough to take this game. On the other hand, however, I love pulling for the underdog, and I sure do love a good up set. My heart is telling me to go with LSU on this one.

Prediction: LSU 38-35 Alabama

I’m feeling a heartbreaker here, for Ala bama that is. LSU has improved from week to week since its 27-point loss to Tennessee, and it now has an extra week of preparation com ing off a bye week. I feel like this is going to be the game where Daniels pulls off his first game-winning drive.

The Tigers just need to keep from falling behind in this one. If the Tide get out to a twoscore lead early on, it’s going to be tough to keep up. If LSU keeps within a score heading into halftime, it can pull off the improbable. I predict a situation where the LSU offense gets the ball down by less than a touchdown, and Daniels drives them down the field and gets the job done.

Prediction: LSU 31-30 Alabama

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LSU football senior punter Jay Bramblett punts the ball away Sept. 17, during LSU’s 31-16 win against Missis sippi State at Tiger Stadium in Baton Rouge, La.

time facing off against the Crim son Tide, however. In the 2020 College Football Playoff, he faced Alabama with Notre Dame, los ing 31-14. That moment was big for Bramblett, but he said this time means more.

“Coming out of high school and not going to Alabama I was like, ‘You know what, I can’t wait, I wonder if I’ll ever play Alabama in the postseason,’ or something like that,” Bramblett said. “I

played them at Notre Dame and that was where that thought kind of came from. And it happened and never, never would I have thought I’d be at LSU and play them in the regular season.”

LSU’s special teams perfor mance has been anything but steady this season. From muffed punts to missed field goals, fans have truly seen the worst from the guys behind Brian Polian, LSU’s special teams coordinator.

Bramblett, however, has been a breath of fresh air when look

ing at the special teams’ perfor mance, especially on paper. The senior has averaged 45.5 yards per punt on 26 punts thus far on the season.

Brian Polian, LSU’s special teams coordinator has received criticism so far this season, espe cially when special teams lacked efficiency. Bramblett, however, is no stranger to the coach’s plan, as he played his first three years of his college career under Po lian’s mentorship. Despite all of the newness that accompanied

the hiring of Brian Kelly, and therefore Polian, Bramblett was confident that the two could bring success to LSU. Through both the rough patches and and the smooth sailings, this has re mained true for the punter.

“He’s got a lof of experience. And this isn’t his first deal,” Bramblett said. “You know, be ing steady and being who he is that again, they all have their process, and their trust in that process. And you know, when you get guys to buy into it and

everybody working as one, you can see the trend that’s happen ing.”

Now, against his hometown school, Bramblett will be at the forefront of LSU’s continual spe cial teams improvement. Looking at the history of the matchup, special teams has always been important and that will likely continue this year.

For Bramblett, this game not only serves as his homecoming, but a game to help turn the tide of LSU’s most questioned unit.

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have to build depth in in the near future. Of the three LSU players ranked in the top 10, none were receivers.

In addition, in the Class of 2021, LSU lost out on four-star wide receiver, JoJo Earle, who was committed to LSU up until signing day when he also flipped to Ala bama. Earle returns punts for Ala bama, which could’ve been a use ful role for LSU to have this year.

The past few years haven’t been the only time LSU has lost out on in-state players to Alabama. The most notable prospects in clude Devonta Smith, Dylan Moses and Phidarian Mathis.

Smith won the Heisman Tro phy in 2021, two years after Joe Burrow won the award and LSU won the National Championship. If Smith had stayed in Louisiana, the drop off between LSU teams in 2019 and 2020 could’ve been a lot smoother.

Moses was not only an in-state recruit LSU lost out on to Alabama, but he was from Baton Rouge. Looking back on Moses’ recruit ment, LSU has a chance to make up for it. Moses’ younger brother, Keylan Moses, is currently a soph omore at University Laboratory School, and is being recruited by LSU, Alabama, Texas, Tennessee

and more.

LSU was also in the mix for Mathis. Along with Alabama, the former four-star defensive line man also took official visits to LSU and TCU, but Alabama came away with his commitment in the end.

The Louisiana to Alabama pipeline is becoming a consistent trend. In the Class of 2023, fourstar quarterback, Eli Holstein, who plays at Zachary High School, is committed to Alabama. While LSU ironically landed a stellar, four-star quarterback from Baton Rouge in Rickie Collins, LSU was not even in contention for Holstein or Arch Manning, who are the top two quarterbacks in Louisiana.

The Alabama recruiting reign over LSU could start to diminish with a Tigers win on Saturday in Death Valley. Several recruits in both the Class of 2023 and 2024 will be in attendance for the game, and while many recruits believe in what Brian Kelly is trying to do in Baton Rouge, a win over Nick Saban and the Crimson Tide could make his plan that much more evi dent.

Saturday’s matchup is for more than just a win to this season’s record, it’ll be the beginning of the resurgence of the LSU football program back to the level of Ala bama. That all starts with recruit ing.

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LSU head football coach Ed Orgeron meets with Alabama head football coach Nick Saban at centerfield after the Tigers’ 24-10 loss against Alabama on Nov. 4, 2017, at Bryant-Denny Stadium.

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LSU head coach Brian Kelly calls out from the sideline in the second half of an NCAA college football game against Tennessee in Baton Rouge, La., Oct. 8, Tennessee won 40-13.

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LSU football junior quarterback Jayden Daniels (5) calls the snap on Oct. 22, during LSU’s 45-20 victory over Ole Miss in Tiger Stadium.

Why LSU will and won’t take down No. 6 Alabama Saturday

BY JASON WILLIS @JasonWillis4

It’s Saturday night in Death Valley. When No. 10 LSU and No. 6 Alabama meet this weekend, it could be the defining game of both team’s seasons. The winner will have the inside route to the SEC Championship and hold first place in the SEC West.

With how these two teams have looked this season, it might be tempting to say that anything could happen. LSU is clearly peaking, especially offensively, and its defense had an important bounceback against a great Ole Miss offense. Alabama, on the other hand, as good of a team as it is, seems to have some unchar acteristic flaws this year.

And yet, as always, it’s hard to bet against the Tide. A more appropriate theme for this arti cle might be LSU might win if…, because you can do a lot right against Alabama and still come up short.

Nevertheless, here are some important factors to consider that could swing this game one way or the other.

LSU will lose if… Bryce Young is allowed to get

comfortable and in a rhythm.

Everyone knows Young is one of the best quarterbacks in Amer ica, but Alabama’s offense hasn’t been quite as effective this year as it was the year before. Most of that blame doesn’t fall on Young, but on the offense around him.

Alabama’s offensive line has had its struggles this year. In Alabama’s games against Texas, Texas A&M, Tennessee and Mis sissippi State (their lone loss and their three worst offensive per formances on the year), the line allowed a pressure on 34.3% of

the team’s dropbacks. LSU has the personnel to take advantage of this weakness, but if it fails to do so, Bryce Young will have a field day.

Young’s receiver group is also much less experienced this year. There’s no standout No. 1 re

ceiver, and Alabama has had six different leading receivers in its eight games. That means Young doesn’t have a reliable outlet whenever he’s under pressure. However, Young is so good that he’s perfectly capable of running an egalitarian offense and spread ing the ball around, especially if he’s given time to do so.

LSU will win if…

It can win the red zone on both sides.

LSU and Alabama have had similar red zone success this year. Both have had 38 red zone at tempts, and LSU has scored 28 touchdowns on those attempts to Alabama’s 27.

In its last two games, LSU has scored nine touchdowns on its 11 red zone attempts. The Tigers have been great at operating in those close quarters, as the offen sive line has been moving oppos ing defenses and Daniels’s legs are a potent weapon in the red zone.

In those aforementioned four games against Texas, Texas A&M, Tennessee and Mississippi State, Alabama’s performances have been marked by underwhelming

What to expect from the Alabama defense against LSU

BY GRANT CHACHERE @ChachereGrant

For the first time since 2018, No. 10 LSU and No. 6 Alabama will square off in a packed Tiger Stadium on a Saturday night.

Things have changed since then as future NFL star quarter backs Tua Tagovailoa and Joe Burrow were the field generals running their respective offenses and Ed Orgeron was the head coach of LSU.

However, there are two things that have remained the same; Nick Saban is still the head coach at Alabama and Alabama still has a top 15 defense. The Crimson Tide houses the nation’s 14th ranked defense, averaging 295 yards allowed per game, which is a nine-yard improvement from last year. Alabama is also 7th in yards per-play defense with 4.3 yards per play.

Alabama’s rush defense is 12th in the country where it only allows 93 yards per game. Of fenses only average 2.7 yards per carry against the Crimson Tide’s stalwart front seven.

Alabama’s defense has not been able to garner turnovers. The Crimson Tide is 108th in the country in turnovers gained with only eight turnovers on the year through eight games. They are also 117th in interceptions gained, which is troublesome considering that they have gone up against a pass-happy Tennes see and a struggling Texas A&M offense. Last year, Alabama net ted 22 turnovers as a team.

However, Alabama’s pass de fense has been solid all year, al

lowing 200 passing yards per game. They have also only sur rendered eight passing touch downs all year. Five of those touchdowns however, came in Alabama’s lone loss against Ten nessee. Besides the Tennessee game, Alabama has only allowed three touchdowns and has hauled in two interceptions.

Here’s who Alabama has matched up against LSU, what they like to do on the defense and what LSU can do to move the ball down the field against Alabama’s daunting defense.

Personnel

Without a doubt, Alabama has one of the best, if not the best, linebacker corps in the country. Alabama’s best player is outside

linebacker Will Anderson. Al though he is not having the mon strous season he had last year with 34.5 tackles for loss and 17.5 sacks, Anderson is someone that defensive coordinators have kept their eyes on all year.

Anderson, who is a unani mous first team All-American and the reigning SEC Defensive Player of the Year, leads his team in both tackles for loss, 12, and sacks, six. He also has one interception, where he returned it 25 yards for a touchdown against LouisianaMonroe.

His partner-in-crime on the other side, Dallas Turner, is also a force to be reckoned with. Turner has 28 tackles on the year along with five tackles for a loss and

two sacks. Although he may not get the sacks, his presence on the outside is strong as he has six quarterback hits on the year.

Linebacker Henry To’oto’o is one of the best inside linebackers in the country. He leads his team in tackles with 60 and also has one sack to boast as well. Jaylen Moody is also a very good inside linebacker as well as he has 34 tackles, 4.5 tackles for loss and two sacks.

Alabama has one of the best secondaries in the country as well. The best of the bunch is cornerback Kool-Aid McKinstry. McKinstry has had 23 tackles, two tackles for loss and a sack.

Even though he hasn’t had an in terception, he has virtually held

all of the receivers on his of the field quiet this season.

McKinstry has 11 pass break ups on the season, which ranks fifth in the country. He also ranks seventh in the country in playsper-game- made on the ball with at 1.38.

Terrion Arnold has been a sol id cornerback as well. Arnold has had 32 tackles, one interception and four pass breakups. Due to the recent emergence of Eli Ricks, Terrion Arnold might move up to his natural position at safety.

Safety DeMarco Hellams has been a force all year for the Tide as well. Hellams leads his team in solo tackles with 38. He also has two tackles for a loss, an intercep tion and has six pass breakups on the year. Hellams also forced a fumble as well.

Alabama’s defensive line is also formidable. They’re a huge reason why Alabama has had so much success stopping the run.

Philosophy

Nick Saban has been one of the most influential coaches in college football. His coaching tree includes Jimbo Fisher, Kirby Smart, Lane Kiffin, Mark Danto nio and many others.

Even though Alabama has been known for its offense, the team’s defense has been its breadand-butter. Alabama has consis tently produced top 10 defenses due to the defensive IQ of Saban.

Saban implemented a Cover Seven scheme at Alabama, which uses zone with man-match princi ples. At its simplest, this defense scheme creates rules to allow de

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LSU football junior defensive end BJ Ojulari (18) celebrates after a fourth down defensive stop Oct. 22, during LSU’s 45-20 win against Ole Miss at Tiger Stadium in Baton Rouge, La.

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Alabama defensive back Eli Ricks (7) reacts after defending against Mississippi State wide receiver Justin Robin son (18) on an incomplete pass during the second half of an NCAA college football game Oct. 22, in Tuscaloosa, Ala.

success in the red zone. Those matches saw Alabama convert only eight touchdowns on its 15 red zone attempts, a 53% clip.

If LSU can be more efficient than Alabama in the red zone, it will surely make a big difference on the scoreboard.

LSU will lose if…

The Alabama defense dictates the game flow.

Alabama’s game against Ten nessee when it allowed 52 points

stands as an outlier at this point in the season, because the Crim son Tide’s defense is a great unit.

It shuts down the run, has star pass-rushers and is getting better in terms of stopping the pass.

Last week against Mississippi State, with Alabama’s offense not playing its best, the defense held Mississippi State to 6 points and forced the Bulldogs to go threeand-out five times. That perfor mance came despite facing 60 pass attempts. It was Eli Ricks’s first start as a member of the

receivers.

fenders to attach in man coverage based on the depth of the route and the alignment of the receiv ers.

No matter how many top tier players he loses to the NFL Draft, his defenses keep on maintaining their high level production. Even though Alabama has five-star re cruits waiting in line to become the next big thing, it doesn’t miti gate the fact that his defensive scheme is incredibly sound.

Saban’s biggest component of his defense is the apex defender. The apex defender is usually a box-to-box linebacker and is the first underneath defender inside of the cornerbacks and a two safety look. They are often split out to the called strength and are usually responsible for the No. 2

A common scheme Saban and Alabama use is man outside deep, or MOD. The defender will only attach to the receiver if they run a route over 5 yards. If the receiver runs vertically 5 yards or less or goes within 5 yards, the corner will become a zone player and let the receiver transfer to another member of the defense.

To put it more simplistically, the apex will get the first receiver to the flats, the cornerback and safety will get the first vertical re ceiver to enter the deep quarter zone and the inside linebacker collects the No. 3 receiver wher ever they are.

Alabama also likes to blitz from the outside. They are not afraid to blitz their corners to put pressure on the quarterback to make quicker decisions. Due

Crimson Tide, and a great start at that. His emergence gives Ala bama’s secondary a boost.

LSU’s offense has been at its best when it goes up-tempo, but if Alabama’s defense stops them from getting anything going, it will be a rough day for the Tigers. If LSU falls into an early deficit as it’s been known to do, Alabama’s defense won’t loosen up.

LSU will win if…

Jayden Daniels continues to play like a Heisman candidate. That’s a high bar, but that

to the defensive line causing all kinds of problems in the interior, Alabama doesn’t mind blitzing their inside linebackers as well. Keys to Surf the Tide’s Defense

1. Even though LSU is a much better team as the game goes on, LSU must start off hot like it did against Florida. Against a team like Alabama, you can’t start off the game being down 17-3 or 140.

Alabama is a well-coached team and has a standout defense. Alabama’s defense is most likely the best defense LSU will see all year and if they start slow early and often, it will be a long day for LSU quarterback Jayden Daniels and the offense.

2. LSU’s tackles Will Campbell and Emery Jones must protect Jayden Daniels on the outside. Alabama has one of the best pass

might be what it will take for LSU to get a win against Alabama.

LSU’s run game is still unproven despite some improved perfor mances lately. The best rush de fense the Tigers have faced this year besides Tennessee, who held LSU to 55 yards on the ground, is Mississippi State, ranked No. 59 in the country in rushing yards allowed. Alabama is No. 12.

Daniels may have to carry the offense, and he’s shown he’s ca pable of doing that in the past two games, with 11 touchdowns

rushing duos in Anderson and Turner. As solid as they both are, this could be a mismatch for both Campbell and Jones due to them being freshman and the fact they haven’t seen edge rushers like the ones the Crimson Tide has.

If they can protect Daniels from the outside rush, it will give Daniels more time to make the right decisions and not have to worry about getting tackled in the backfield for a sack.

3. If LSU is going to pull off the upset against Alabama, the Tigers need to run the ball ef fectively. Even though Alabama only allows 93 rushing yards and 2.7 yards per carry per game, it struggled against teams that run the ball effectively. Arkansas and Tennessee, No. 6 and No. 25 in to tal rushing yards respectively, had ran the ball with success against

and 762 yards across that stretch. His rushing ability continues to be potent, but he’s picking his spots to scramble with more care than he was earlier in the season. He and the talented receiving group have gotten into a rhythm together, and Daniels has recently been taking deep shots and trust ing his receivers with jump balls, a recipe that has worked well.

Alabama’s defense is likely the best he’s faced all year, but it’s simple: if Daniels doesn’t play at an elite level, LSU doesn’t win.

the Crimson Tide. In those two games, Alabama’s defense aver aged 184 yards per game along with allowing 4.2 yards per carry.

The biggest reason why LSU was able to beat Alabama in 2019 was because of LSU’s efficient run game. LSU ran the ball for 166 yards and was able to get 4.1 yards per carry. In the previous five years dating back to 2014, LSU ran an average of 86.6 yards per game along with averaging 2.8 yards per carry.

If LSU can run the ball for at least four yards per carry, it could be enough to put the Tide’s de fense on its heels. With the run ning back duo of Josh Williams and Armoni Goodwin and Dan iels’ running ability will allow LSU to mix up their running at tack which averages close to 184 yards per game.

OPINION

White veganism erases other cultures, food access issues

JEMIAH’S JUSTIFICATIONS

JEMIAH CLEMONS @Miclemah

In recent years, the vegan movement has grown tremen dously. A Bloomberg Intelligence report predicts that the plantbased food market could increase fivefold by 2030. Plant-based di ets, non-dairy milk and alterna tive food options have gained massive popularity in the U.S.

On paper, a healthy and bal anced diet seems preferable, but not everyone has the resources to access this type of lifestyle.

Unfortunately, modern veganism has become a catapult of elitism and luxury.

The U.S. Department of Agri culture estimates that more than 53 million Americans, or more than 17% of the population, have restricted access to healthy foods in low-income areas.

“American consumers no lon ger view health benefits as an extra that should be paid for,

but as a manufacturer’s essen tial responsibility,” wrote Food & Beverage Insider staffer Keegan Bradford.

What should be available to everyone- healthy foods- in real ity is used as a barrier between the poor and the rich. Inacces sible foods are only the tip of the iceberg for problems concerning veganism.

Several issues have emerged as a result of mainstream vegan ism, also known as “white veg anism.” Veganism as we think of it today was founded in 1944 by animal rights activist Donald Watson, but the roots of this diet go back much farther in time.

Vegetarian and vegan prac tices have a rich history in South east Asia, several parts of Africa and with the Indigenous people of North America. This much is often forgotten because of the sheer elitism associated with veg ans in America.

Black and Indigenous peo ple of color play a huge role in what veganism is today, but their contribution is widely ignored.

White vegans have erased contri butions from other cultures and rebranded the practice as their own. White, wealthy people are inevitably the face of the move ment, but they also happen to be at the center of the movement’s racial components.

Don’t get me wrong, anyone can eat however they’d like, but profiting off of and erasing other people’s culture is simply unethi cal.

In addition to cultural appro priation, white vegans sometimes demonize native practices of eat ing meat. Modern day veganism is rooted in environmentalism and the preservation of animals. Many mainstream vegans will ar gue that the consumption of meat is completely wrong, ignoring the fact that meat and other foods are simply a part of cultural practic es.

As a means for survival, cer tain tribes hunt seals, bison, beluga whales, fish and other animals. These cultural practices are wrongly conflated with the overexploitation of the U.S. meat

industry, and, as a result, vegans protest these survival methods.

This disguised hatred does nothing to advance the vegan movement, but rather discourag es people from trying veganism and gives the diet a bad name.

Encouraging people to live a certain way is by no means a crime, but going to extreme

lengths or passing judgment on others doesn’t help the cause. Modern vegans should address issues around food access and cultural appropriation before try ing to influence others.

Jemiah Clemons is an 18-yearold kinesiology freshman from Miami, Florida.

College students can help children from falling through the cracks

HEADLINE NAVIGATOR BRANDON POULTER @Brandopinione

As college students, we’re some of the most privileged mem bers of society. We’re given the opportunity to expand and speci fy our knowledge to enhance our future careers and grow our po tential lifetime earnings.

One of many advantages af forded to college students is the stellar reading, writing and speaking levels achieved by the end of our degrees.

The capacity to express ideas clearly to other people and to de velop connections within society is vital in any business, whether as a construction manager or a psychotherapist. As college stu dents, we’re set up to successfully do just that.

Some aren’t so lucky.

While many Americans go to college, the vast majority don’t. About six out of 10 Americans over the age of 25 haven’t gradu ated from college, according to Pew Research.

But the gap doesn’t start with

college. About 10% of Americans don’t have a high school diploma, according to the most recent U.S. Census data. Lower education levels correlate with worse life outcomes. About seven out of 10 prisoners in state prisons didn’t receive a high school diploma, ac cording to the Bureau of Justice Statistics.

Meanwhile, a recent report from the National Assessment of Educational Progress showed the nation’s report card reflecting a deep drop in math and reading test scores across the nation co inciding with the pandemic. With rising crime in America, and such a shortfall in education over the past few years, one can only won der what may come if the country doesn’t change routes quickly.

Louisiana consistently ranks among the lowest in education of all 50 states, and, unsurprisingly, it consistently ranks among the highest in crime per capita.

According to 2021 FBI data, Louisiana has one of the highest per capita violent crime rates in the nation. Meanwhile, Louisiana ranks 42nd in fourth-grade read ing, 44th in fourth-grade math, 39th in eighth-grade reading and

45th in eighth-grade math, ac cording to the National Assess ment of Educational Progress.

LSU sociology professor Ed ward Shihadeh said that the edu cation system helps us form our “first and most important forma tive attachment to mainstream society.”

When that connection is in adequate or absent, we have no stake in society’s success. We grow detached from humanity’s grand social existence and be come what Shihadeh calls “float ers.”

Floaters often find themselves involved in criminal activity, op erating outside the normal social reality and going in and out of prisons.

We must not allow our young students to fall through the cracks of the education system and become floaters. To do that, we must ensure their success in that system and give them a con nection to something within that system.

There are many ways to do so. One of Baton Rouge’s most prominent nonprofit volunteer programs is Volunteers in Public Schools. As its name suggests,

VIPS sends volunteers—often col lege students—to public schools to tutor young kids in basic sub jects like reading.

By volunteering with non profit organizations like these, college students can pass some of the knowledge they’ve learned along to these children. More im portantly, they can give them a connection to society that they may desperately need.

As responsible citizens, we

must do what we can to reverse the trend of worsening education. As college students, we’ve been able to experience the blessings of a great education that will al low us to climb the social mobil ity ladder.

Let’s help others who weren’t so lucky to climb up with us.

Brandon Poulter is a 27-year-old political science student from Ba ton Rouge.

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