Tag: Scott Woodward

"Today is an exciting day for all of us who love college football in the SEC. The toughest conference in college football is going to battle it out in historic fashion. Tiger Stadium and our National Championship Football team will play host to five SEC opponents in a 10-game, all-SEC regular-season schedule. CONTINUE READING >>> …

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The first step in running a successful, long-term, stable athletic department is finding the athletic director that best fits the culture of the university and its various athletic teams. So when LSU hired Louisiana native and lifelong Tiger Scott Woodward to replace Joe Alleva in April, 2019, the move was universally acclaimed. Source: LSU's Scott …

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Growing speculation about college football summer mini-camps or the impact the coronavirus pandemic might have on the college football season are way too premature, LSU athletic director Scott Woodward said Thursday. Still, Woodward said his athletic department is beginning to work up budgets and plans based on a variety of scenarios. Source: Athletic director Scott …

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In modern LSU terms, only popular new AD Scott Woodward could end the annual $7 million (or more) transfer the athletic department has been making the past seven years to LSU’s academic coffers.    

A policy that led to the LSU athletic department transferring over $66 million to the overall university budget is being re-evaluated under first-year athletic director Scott Woodward.  

How good of an athletic director is Scott Woodward? According to Ed Orgeron, LSU’s new AD has helped the football program expand its recruiting board. That’s an interesting revelation, especially considering Woodward doesn’t have a coaching background in college or high school football. It’s one thing for Phillip Fulmer to be aware of a recruit …

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The vision for LSU's athletic department is already shifting towards forward thinking. Woodward is a fan of the Phoenix Open being a "fashion show" when referencing game experience, he's a proponent of alcohol sales stadium-wide, and looks towards the next generation consuming contests differently from when he and his pals would arrive in Tiger Stadium …

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Voice of the Tigers Chris Blair sat down with LSU Athletics Director Scott Woodword, who officially returned to his alma mater on Monday, May 6.  

Dear LSU Family,Today is my first official day in service to our university, a place that transformed my life many years ago and so many others before and since. Serving as your Director of Athletics is truly humbling. This is home and my alma mater but I chose LSU because I believe.  

From the field inside Tiger Stadium, gazing toward Section 226, Scott Woodward surely must have contemplated the serendipity of it all. A few decades ago, it was here the 10-year-old Woodward approached fraternity members and their dates, using the adorability of youth to make a killing selling 25 cent peanuts.  

LSU introduced Athletics Director Scott Woodward to the school’s student body, the general public and the media with a press conference Tuesday at noon CT in the Holliday Forum at the Manship School’s Journalism Building. The Holliday Forum is located on the first floor of the Manship School’s Journalism Building. The Manship School’s Journalism Building is located …

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The boy everyone called "Woody" sat in the back seat as the gold Jaguar swerved around the barricade and onto the empty interstate. Woody's best friend sat beside him. His friend's father was behind the wheel. James Carville, then a young litigator at a Baton Rouge law firm, sat in the passenger seat.

I can’t sugarcoat how much it sucks to lose a qualified athletic administrator (when it feels like there are so few of them out there) like Scott Woodward. He’s a good AD and LSU is lucky to have him, but it’s not the end of the damn world and to my knowledge [checks notes] yes …

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Let’s check in on LSU–Texas A&M: a top-shelf (and top-dollar) head football coach whom one school flirted with but the other eventually landed; a mad scientist defensive coordinator whom one school courted but the other eventually kept; another defensive coordinator one school lured away from the other that set off a 30-month-long legal battle over …

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Don’t bring it up too loudly, because Scott Woodward’s wife, Nanette, is within earshot and can hear the question. The couple was in the process of finishing construction on a brand new house just outside College Station, Texas, when Woodward decided to leave Texas A&M for the athletic director job at his alma mater, LSU, …

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