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Reid Detmers and his 182 strikeouts give the Los Angeles Angels an edge over Boston Red Sox
For whatever reason, the betting gods have rained down their fury on me over the past few days. I have been losing virtually every bet that I have placed. College football started, and I had the worst weekend I've ever had betting on the sport. I bet big on the Blue Jays yesterday and Dylan Cease let me down. Not exactly what I am looking for as a sports betting analyst. As always, the good news is that we get betting options daily, and we can get some of that money back on this one between the Angels and Red Sox.
The Los Angeles Angels are in the midst of yet another lost season. They will almost certainly finish as the worst team in their division, and potentially the worst team in baseball. Another 100-loss season is on the horizon unless they can win seven of their final 18 games. Considering they are winning only 38% of their games, it seems a bit unlikely that they will get the seven wins needed to avoid the 100-loss fate. The only good news is that this team is being sold, and perhaps new ownership will turn this franchise around.
The other good news is that they get another start from their staff Ace, Reid Detmers. It has been a very strong season from Detmers this year, with him going 4-8 for the year, posting a 3.44 ERA, and a 1.06 WHIP. He is also 10th in baseball with 182 strikeouts. Detmers has been worse on the road this season, but his numbers aren't terrible. His road ERA is 3.80, compared with 3.21 at home. He has been fantastic since the start of August, going 37 innings and allowing just six earned runs. One of his worst starts of the season came against Boston, where he allowed five earned runs over five innings.
The Boston Red Sox avoided a disaster season by becoming one of the hottest teams in baseball history. They have been extremely streaky over the past couple of months, winning a ton, then losing a few in a row. They've won their past five games, including the series opener yesterday. However, even this win streak saw them lose six of their previous eight games before starting this streak. And before that, they won five games in a row again. The team is currently 15 games above .500 and owners of the second Wild Card spot.
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Looking to extend this winning streak is tonight's starter, Patrick Sandoval. It is hard to bet against the Red Sox in any game recently because of how well they've played. For the year, Sandoval is 1-4 with a 4.41 ERA and a 1.73 WHIP. He has only made 10 starts for Boston this year, and is allowing an earned run basically every other inning that he pitches. He hasn't been great lately, with 17 earned runs allowed over his last 30 innings of work. He didn't face the Angels this season, but their team is hitting just 4-for-17 against him in their careers.
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As mentioned, betting against the Red Sox lately has been a bad investment for most people. However, they are fairly average at home this season, going just 36-34 for the year. The Angels are terrible on the road, though, at just 24-46. I'm going to take the Angels tonight through five innings behind Detmers. I don't know that they can pull off the full game, but I do think their starting pitching advantage will give them the edge in this game. Give me the Angels through five innings on the moneyline.
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Iran-backed attacks threaten a second major oil chokepoint as new risk emerges for US consumers
Iran-backed Houthi rebels struck Saudi Arabia with dozens of ballistic missiles and drones Tuesday, hitting multiple energy targets, including the facilities of the world's largest oil company.
The attacks on Aramco, the state-owned national oil company of Saudi Arabia that produces 10 million barrels of oil per day, threaten to tighten pressure on a second critical oil route as the Middle East war continues to restrict shipping through the Strait of Hormuz.
Aramco notably supplies roughly 10% of the world's total oil demand. And attacks on its facilities raise the risk of higher oil, shipping and transportation costs that could hit U.S. consumers in coming months — just in time for the 2026 midterm elections.
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The attacks hit the southern Saudi Arabian cities of Jazan, Najran, Abha and Khamis Mushait, wounding 73 people and sparking fires at energy facilities and utilities that temporarily forced some operations to stop, according to Saudi officials. The Jazan site includes a refinery capable of processing roughly 400,000 barrels of crude per day, according to the Associated Press.
Tuesday's strikes land at a particularly vulnerable moment for global energy markets. With oil flows through the Strait of Hormuz sharply reduced, Saudi Arabia has redirected more crude toward the Red Sea — increasing the importance of the Bab el-Mandeb, where the Houthis have already threatened and attacked Saudi-linked shipping.
The Energy Information Administration estimates that just 4.9 million barrels of oil and petroleum liquids moved through Hormuz per day in the second quarter of 2026, down from 21.6 million barrels per day before the conflict. Before the conflict 20% of the world's oil moved through the consequential waterway.
Traffic through the Bab el-Mandeb, meanwhile, averaged 8.1 million barrels per day during the quarter as Saudi Arabia redirected more crude to bypass Hormuz amid ongoing conflict.
That creates a potentially costly vulnerability: renewed Houthi attacks on Saudi energy infrastructure or commercial vessels could put pressure on two crucial oil routes at once, raising the risk of higher crude, shipping and transportation costs that could eventually reach U.S. consumers.
Brent crude was trading near $99 per barrel Tuesday.
Houthi military spokesman Yahya Saree claimed responsibility for Tuesday’s strikes, saying the group had used "dozens of ballistic missiles and drones" against Aramco facilities, the Jazan industrial zone and a Saudi air base, according to Xinhua.
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The Houthis said the operation was retaliation for Saudi airstrikes in Yemen and threatened "stronger and wider strikes" if Riyadh’s military campaign continues.
The escalation also comes with a warning already issued by President Donald Trump.
After the Houthis struck two Saudi oil tankers in the Red Sea in July, Trump said the U.S. would hold Iran responsible if the group attacked ships again and threatened "major military punishment" against both Tehran and the Houthis.
"If they do this again, the U.S. will hold Iran responsible, in that the Houthis are a Surrogate and/or Proxy of Iran, and major military punishment will be inflicted upon Iran and, of course, the Houthis, themselves," Trump wrote on Truth Social at the time.
The warning followed the Houthis’ announcement of a maritime blockade targeting Saudi Arabia and attacks on Saudi tankers in the Red Sea. The escalation sent Brent crude above $100 per barrel amid fears that disruption could spread from the Strait of Hormuz to the Bab el-Mandeb.
The latest strikes targeted Saudi territory and energy infrastructure rather than ships, leaving unclear whether the White House considers them to cross the line Trump drew in July. It creates a new test for the administration as Houthi attacks increasingly intersect with the wider conflict over Iran and regional energy supplies.
The Trump administration has previously authorized U.S. strikes against Houthi weapons and infrastructure in Yemen in response to attacks and threats against American forces and shipping. A White House report says Trump directed those actions to defend U.S. forces and protect American national-security interests.
The U.S. Maritime Administration also maintains an active advisory warning that the Houthis continue to pose a threat to commercial vessels in the southern Red Sea, the Bab el-Mandeb and the Gulf of Aden.
From November 2023 through October 2025, the Houthis carried out more than 100 attacks on commercial vessels affecting more than 60 nations, according to the MARAD advisory. The attacks forced major shipping companies to avoid the Red Sea and reroute vessels around the Cape of Good Hope, adding time to voyages and increasing fuel, freight and insurance costs.
The Houthis renewed that threat in July when they targeted Saudi oil tankers and threatened a blockade of Saudi shipping through the Red Sea.
Saudi Arabia’s increased reliance on the route makes another sustained disruption potentially more consequential. The EIA says alternate routes used to bypass disrupted waterways are longer, more expensive and limited in capacity.
The latest strikes threaten to revive pressure on the Red Sea route just as the Iran conflict has made the Persian Gulf route more difficult to use. The Houthis may lack the capability to permanently close the Bab el-Mandeb, but repeated missile, drone or tanker attacks could still reduce traffic through the waterway if shipping companies determine the risks are too high.
Saudi Arabia condemned Tuesday’s strikes on civilian and economic assets and vowed to defend its territory. The Saudi-led coalition described the attacks as a "dangerous escalation" and said it would take measures to deter further attacks.
The immediate economic impact will depend on how quickly Saudi Arabia restores affected operations and whether commercial shipping continues moving through the Bab el-Mandeb.
The next test could be whether the Houthis again target tankers or other commercial vessels. Another attack could put greater pressure on a waterway carrying an increased share of Middle Eastern oil — while also testing Trump’s warning that renewed Houthi attacks on shipping would bring U.S. retaliation against both the group and Iran.
Florida sheriff's office arrests 59 sex offenders in joint operation with US Marshals
A two-month crackdown on registered sex offenders and predators in one Florida city led to 59 arrests after authorities conducted more than 500 compliance checks, according to the local sheriff’s office.
The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office said its Offender Tracking Unit teamed up with the U.S. Marshals Service for "Operation Riverwatch," which ran across Jacksonville from June 15 through Aug. 14.
Detectives spent more than 230 hours conducting 535 checks of registered offenders and predators, the sheriff’s office said.
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The checks led to the arrests of 59 men and women, ranging in age from 21 to 76, who authorities said violated rules they were required to follow after being released from prison or jail.
"These offenders found themselves back behind bars for breaking the rules," the sheriff’s office said in a Facebook post.
Florida law requires registered sexual offenders and predators to follow certain registration and reporting requirements. Violations can result in felony charges and additional registration requirements, depending on the offense, the sheriff’s office said.
The sheriff’s office did not say in its post which requirements each of the 59 people allegedly violated. Fox News Digital has reached out to the sheriff's office for more information.
"Keeping watch on local sexual offenders and career offenders to keep you and your families safe," the sheriff’s office wrote.
Newsom admits democratic socialist ideas ‘mainstream’ in Democrat party: ‘Pretty aligned’
In an interview discussing his rumored 2028 presidential run, California Gov. Gavin Newsom asserted that the Democratic party is "pretty aligned" with the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA), especially when it comes to universal healthcare, climate change and moving away from fossil fuel usage.
During an interview with PBS NewsHour, Newsom was questioned on what recent democratic socialist victories across the country mean for the Democratic Party.
"If you have these candidates and this platform that is clearly animating the base, energizing turnout, should more of those ideas be worked into the broader Democratic platform?" Newsom was asked.
"I think they are," Newsom shot back. "I mean, we want money out of politics, I’ve been supporting clean money campaigns for decades."
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The interviewer pressed Newsom further, saying, "There seems to be some distance between [Democratic] leadership and those DSA candidates."
"But, not the ideas," Newsom responded.
"I believe in universal healthcare, and I believe in Medicare for all, the party does overwhelmingly," he said. "And so, if it’s about more money in your pocket, lowering costs, getting money out of politics, if it’s about Medicare for all, I think we’re pretty aligned."
He added, "It’s about recognizing that we’ve got a planet that is getting hotter and drier and that we’ve got to address the issue of climate change, we want energy security and we want to move off fossil fuels, that’s a DSA position, that’s a mainstream position within the Democratic Party."
Newsom dismissed worry about democratic socialist influence in American politics, saying, "I think in many ways, it’s just a label … it’s just such a familiar label to me, we call them progressives."
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"Maybe it's just because I’m from California and I think it’s healthy … I’m not consumed by this," the governor continued, adding that the DSA’s ideas reflect "aspects and component parts of our party that we’ve always had and it’s a healthy dialectic within the party."
Fox News Digital reached out to Newsom’s office for additional comment. Fox News Digital also reached out to the DSA and to the Democratic National Committee for comment.
The DSA is the pre-eminent socialist political group in the U.S. This year, the group rolled out an updated platform that includes eliminating the Senate and replacing the president and the Supreme Court with an executive and judiciary chosen by Congress. Additionally, the updated platform includes amnesty for all immigrants and defunding the Department of War.
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This is in addition to the DSA’s already existing policy platform, which calls for an "immediate end to all deportations," free migration between countries without restrictive immigration controls, and "extending full voting rights to people with criminal convictions and noncitizens."
Once considered a fringe movement on the Democratic Party’s progressive wing, the DSA has been gaining relevance, with several of its members toppling longtime establishment party figures. This has prompted many to speculate that the DSA represents the Democratic Party’s future.
Ex-priest charged in nearly $750K theft spree targeting church groups and his mother, officials say
A Pennsylvania priest is facing charges after prosecutors say he stole more than $740,000 from churches, church affiliates – and his own mother.
Gregory Allen Madeya, 69, was arrested last month in Vero Beach, Florida and was later extradited back to Pennsylvania.
Investigators say he is a former Ukrainian Catholic priest whose crimes started in 2018.
He served at Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Ukrainian Catholic Church in Derry Township, according to the Latrobe Bulletin.
Madeya allegedly stole from various churches and the Knights of Columbus as well as "nearly $250,000 from his mother, who was of the age when she could not manage her own finances," the attorney general's office said.
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Following a lengthy investigation, detectives uncovered that Madeya allegedly fraudulently misappropriated nearly $320,000 from churches and donors.
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He also allegedly sold one church’s gold chalice to a local jeweler for $19,440 personal gain. Investigators allege he also used church funds to buy a $35,000 Mustang for someone living with him.
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In his trash, investigators said they found church offering collection envelopes. Narcotics messages and photos of bank documents were also uncovered on Madeya's electronic devices.
He appeared in court Wednesday in Jeanette, a small town outside of Pittsburgh, and waived his preliminary hearing, opting to take the case directly to court, court documents reveal.
In a statement, Pennsylvania Attorney General Dave Sunday said, "It is unconscionable to see a supposed man of God exploiting not only the churches he served, but his own mother. This defendant abused the trust of those around him, and left them to recover from mammoth financial losses."
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Madeya is charged with felony dealing in proceeds of unlawful activities, theft by unlawful taking, and financial exploitation of an older adult or care-dependent person, among others.
Fox News Digital has reached out to St. Josaphat Eparchy, which oversees Ukrainian Catholic churches, and Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Ukrainian Catholic Church.
Fox News Digital also reached out to Madeya's attorney for comment.
Video captures grocery store manager's daring rescue of toddler who ran into oncoming traffic
A supermarket manager in Mexico leapt to action Sunday, diving into the road to save a 3-year-old girl from oncoming traffic, security footage shows.
Luis Cruz, a manager at the Super King El Rey del Ahorro grocery store, sprinted after the girl who had wandered into the busy road and grabbed her while diving to the ground moments before she would have been hit by a silver minivan.
The girl had run out of the Puebla, Mexico, supermarket around 2 p.m. local time after slipping out of her mother’s grip, according to Mexican news outlet Tribuna Noticias.
The girl was initially chased by a woman, but the woman slipped and fell before she could grab the child.
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Video shows Cruz quickly tackling the girl to the ground moments before a minivan crossed the lane she would have entered had Cruz not stopped her.
As car horns honk, Cruz grabs the girl, pulling her backwards as they both tumble safely to the ground in the lane closest to the store while the minivan screeches to a halt in the middle lane.
The grocery store, according to Tribuna Noticias, awarded Cruz with 20,000 Mexican pesos – roughly $1,184 – for his heroics.
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Cruz also reportedly said he didn't think before taking action, and that as a father himself he was driven by paternal action. He also, Tribuna Noticias reported, urged parents to keep a watchful eye on their children.
Fox News Digital contacted Super King El Rey del Ahorro for confirmation and further comment.
Rutgers unveils special uniforms to honor 37 alumni killed in September 11 attacks
Rutgers will wear special uniforms in honor of the 25th anniversary of September 11th.
The anniversary of the horrific terrorist attack that kicked off decades of intense combat is this Friday. It's a guarantee football programs around the country will honor the somber day.
The sport is incredibly patriotic at its core, and I expect nothing less than some great displays of patriotism throughout the week and through the weekend.
Rutgers is taking things to a special level.
Rutgers announced Sunday that it will wear special uniforms and helmets honoring the 37 Rutgers graduates who were killed in the attack.
"As we take the field on the 25th anniversary of 9/11, we honor all of those whose lives were lost on that tragic day, including our 37 @RutgersU alumni. We remember. We honor. We will never forget," the program tweeted.
You can check out the uniforms below, and let me know your thoughts at David.Hookstead@outkick.com.
The uniforms will be worn on Friday against Boston College. The Eagles will also be wearing special uniforms to honor graduate Welles Crowther.
Crowther was killed while helping people escape the carnage and hell that was unfolding in the South Tower.
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It's moments like this one that remind us of the kind of impact college football can make. Take a moment to honor all the fallen and those who sacrificed in the combat that followed. Have an interesting 9/11 story to share? Let me know at David.Hookstead@outkick.com.
Trump posthumously awards Medal of Freedom to 9/11's 'man in red bandana'
President Donald Trump honored deceased volunteer firefighter Welles Crowther – also known as the "man in the red bandana" – with the Presidential Medal of Freedom on Tuesday.
Speaking during Tunnel to Towers' "Steel Across America" event in Washington, D.C. on Tuesday, President Donald Trump praised Crowther, whose actions during 9/11 saved up to 18 people's lives, sparking nationwide admiration and a series of documentary features on his bravery.
"Today we also remember another hero of 9/11. After the plane hit the south tower, a group of people on the 78th floor were trapped with broken bones, charred skin and eyes and lungs filled with black smoke. Death was all about them. It was certain they were sure they were going to die. Then suddenly a rescuer appeared. They call him the man in the red bandana. Have you heard that term? The man in the red bandana has become more famous than me. I don't like it. Very unhappy. But he's become much more famous than me," Trump joked.
"He's the man in the red bandana. He had found the only stairwell that barely survived. The stairwells were all knocked down. You couldn't get by. Impassable. He found an opening in one of the stairwells, and the impact was so great there was no other way down but this one little opening, this one little hole. And [he] traveled down from the 104th floor to look for those trapped and dying," Trump continued.
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"When he heard cries for help on the 78th floor, he began extinguishing the fires, blocking the exit, directing survivors who could walk, of which there weren't that many. He helped them out physically. They literally pulled him out toward the only working stairwell and carried those who couldn't walk. And he just did things that people said were not even imaginable because they knew they were dead. They said, 'we're goners.' One guy was screaming, 'we're goners! We're goners!' He didn't know those he helped and, nor who would have known, but he willingly made all of these trips up and down, up and down, up and down, over and over again, saving life after life," Trump added.
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"That rescuer was a 24-year-old equities trader and volunteer firefighter from Rockland County named Welles Crowther. And Welles' father, also a firefighter, great firefighter, had given him that bandana as a very special tribute when he was a boy. He probably knew something about his son. When asked why he always kept it, Welles replied 'with this red bandana, I'm going to change the world. I'm going to change the world with this bandana.' Little did he know, on September 11th Welles saved many, many people before losing his own life in the South Tower lobby. When the building came down, he was in the lobby and that building came down, thousands of tons of steel," Trump said.
"Today, in honor of his incredible bravery and all of the other countless unknown acts of heroism that day, it is my privilege to award the very special, the highest honor that we give, the highest civilian honor, the Presidential Medal of Freedom. We want to award that to Welles and the Welles family. Welles is up there looking down at his mom and his sister, his family," Trump said.
Trump was speaking during the Tunnel to Towers' "Steel Across America" event, in which the organization takes a 16,900 lb steel beam that came from the World Trade Center's South Tower across the country.
The president also invited Crowther's mother on stage to speak about her son after reminding the crowd that he had promised her earlier to award the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor, to her son.
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"That Welles' light still shines brilliantly today, even after 25 years, is testament to his legacy of courage, compassion and love for humanity that continues to inspire and uplift others," Alison Crowther said.
"Welles, however, would not have been able to do what he did as effectively on 9/11 if it had not been for the training and experience he gained as a member of Empire Hook and Ladder Company Number one of Upper Nyack. Empire is a volunteer company and the members are fully trained firefighters. They have other jobs and responsibilities, businesses to run and their own families. But when the alarm goes off at any time, day or night, they respond to the call to save life and property. This is a calling. And Welles – following in the footsteps of his father, Jefferson – joined Empire at the age of 16. He was no longer an equities trader on 9/11, he was a firefighter," she said.
Dem city bashed for policy ‘encouraging criminal illegal aliens’ as rap sheets revealed: ‘Lives on the line’
A Democrat-dominated city council in Danbury, Connecticut, is facing backlash over new police guidance that the Department of Homeland Security says is "encouraging criminal illegal aliens."
The City Council voted 18-2 last week to approve non-citizen legal immigrants and Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program recipients serving as police officers. One city council member, Democrat Joe Britton, remarked that the vote was "timely" considering recent ICE operations in the area and "sends a message to our immigrant community at large that you are welcome in Danbury."
In response, a spokesperson for DHS fired back that the City Council "should be thanking our law enforcement for removing these dangerous criminals from Connecticut — NOT vilifying law enforcement."
"An oath of office is a commitment to upholding the law, not encouraging criminal illegal aliens to break it," the spokesperson added, saying that "while these people smear ICE, law enforcement is arresting criminals and saving countless American lives."
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Britton denied these claims, telling Fox News Digital that "DHS is attacking an argument I never made" and "I have no objection to arresting violent criminals."
August ICE operations in Connecticut resulted in more than 65 arrests, according to an ICE news release. The arrests prompted public outrage in the community, including from city officials such as Britton, who called the raids "frightening" and a "federal invasion of immigration officials in Danbury."
DHS, however, told Fox News Digital that ICE arrested illegal immigrants with criminal convictions including assault, sexual assault, false imprisonment and molestation of a minor.
One arrestee, Eddy Ruano, from Guatemala, was convicted of molestation of a minor, according to DHS. Another Guatemalan national, Ericko Valenuela-Chua, was arrested in Connecticut after being convicted of sex assault-carnal abuse, sex assault and assault.
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A Nicaraguan national, Elvin Caceres-Martinez, was also arrested during the operation and was convicted of assault, weapon offense, aggravated assault with a gun, aggravated assault of a non-family with strongarm and carrying a prohibited weapon.
Meanwhile, Ecuadorian national Frank Guaman, convicted of sex assault and false imprisonment, was also arrested in the operation.
The DHS spokesperson stressed that "the vilification of ICE must stop" as "America’s brave ICE agents put their lives on the line every day to enforce U.S. law and arrest criminal illegal aliens — including gang members, rapists, and murderers."
Regarding Britton’s critiques of ICE in the area, the spokesperson said that "this type of rhetoric is contributing to a more than 1,300% increase in assaults against them as they put their lives on the line."
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Fox News Digital also reached out to the office of Danbury Mayor Roberto Alves for comment.
Britton told Fox News Digital that "DHS is attacking an argument I never made."
"I have no objection to arresting violent criminals," said Britton. "What I object to is using a handful of serious criminal cases to justify fear-driven enforcement tactics that make entire immigrant communities feel targeted."
He said that "Danbury is safer when residents trust local government and law enforcement, not when innocent families are afraid that simply going to work, school, or church could put them in the middle of an immigration raid and subject themselves to detention or arrest."
Britton added that "supporting law enforcement does not require remaining silent when federal enforcement creates unnecessary fear in our community."
Lane Kiffin urges LSU fans to show up for Louisiana Tech game, tells them to start drinking at 7AM
You can't drink all day if you don't start first thing in the morning. That's not verbatim the message LSU head coach Lane Kiffin is sending his school's fanbase heading into Week 2 of the season, but it's one he's implying.
Fresh off a 51-10 thrashing of Clemson to open up the Kiffin tenure in Baton Rouge, the Tigers welcome Louisiana Tech to town on Saturday evening. The atmosphere with the Bulldogs in town will pale in comparison to what was witnessed in Death Valley for the season opener against the Tigers.
Kiffin knows that, but it isn't stopping him from challenging the fanbase to show up and show out.
"Don’t let the opponent dictate how you are a fan. We challenge our players to do that, so, the fans, too," Kiffin told reporters on Monday. "If you’ve got to have a mock Saturday or put up a stage of 'College GameDay' — whatever it is. Come out here early; come out here and start drinking at 7:00 a.m.."
"Everything’s got to be the same as last Saturday," he continued. "I challenge our fans the same thing. The fans were electric. The whole walk, the beginning of the game, the first quarter – you could feel it coming down on the opponent. People who have been here a long time, they said it was the loudest, intense feelings they felt ever."
Kiffin urging fans to come and support his team against a not-so-flashy opponent is nothing new, nor is it a tactic exclusive to him. The 51-year-old coach issued the same sort of statements during his tenure at Ole Miss when the Rebels welcomed smaller, out-of-conference opponents to Oxford.
Most other coaches of Power Four programs face the same challenge of having fans show up – which translates to spending their money – at games that aren't exactly circled on the calendar.
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Louisiana Tech certainly falls into that category for much of the LSU fanbase, with the contest sandwiched between the home opener against Clemson, which can only be described as a dominant party, and the Tigers' trip to Ole Miss next week in what is undoubtedly one of the most highly anticipated games of the college football season.
As for Kiffin's joke about LSU fans pouring a cocktail at 7 a.m. before the Tigers kick off at 6:30 p.m. on Saturday against Louisiana Tech, that's a challenge plenty of fans in Baton Rouge will accept.