LSU CRAWL TO SLOPPY SENIOR NIGHT WIN OVER WESTERN KENTUCKY 13-10

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By LONN PHILLIPS SULLIVAN

In what was the final game of 2025 at Tiger Stadium, LSU just barely grabbed the win over Western Kentucky with an ugly 13-10 victory, as usual, almost completely orchestrated by Blake Baker's ravenous defense; Meanwhile, Alex Atkins calling plays & Michael Van Buren replacing Nussmeier at quarterback still couldn't generate a pulse from the corpse-like Tigers' offense.

Saturday night was a grinding, tooth-removing, face-peeling watch that resembled being drowned in a port-o-potty at Woodstock '99, rather than a night spent watching your favorite college football squad.....this was a game for the true die hards...the true LSU fiends....

Against a team that gave up 45 points and over 300 rushing yards vs Toledo, LSU's offense was nearly shutout during the entire 1st half, scoring with only a minute remaining in the half (Trey'Dez Green catching hia 5th touchdown of 2025), and that scoring play would stand as the Tigers' only touchdown of the game, adding 3 field goals to finish off Western Kentucky.

As an understandably sullen Garrett Nussmeier looked on, out injured for his own senior night, Michael Van Buren went 25/42 for just over 200 yards, throwing a pick and a touchdown, but was sacked multiple times, couldn't see the field clearly, and greatly regressed following a solid outing last week vs Arkansas.

Every time Baker's defense made sinister plays, LSU's 2025 offense hit new lows of ineffective, impotent slop, aided and abetted by center Braelin Moore's absence which paved the way for DJ Chester's horrorshow, "dramamine-mandatory" performance in Moore's spot (counting almost 10 bad snaps, and about a dozen missed blocks.

Only Harlem Berry's 80 rushing yards, Trey'Dez Green's 40+ yards and TD, and a few nice plays from Zavion Thomas were of any noteworthy praise.....

....this primitive, primordial brainfuck that is the 2025 LSU offense has been a harder watch than the director's cut of The English Patient, with as much impetus & drive as a sex scene between Jay Leno and Roseann Barr.

LSU rushed for 126 yards, and controlled the clock for over 10 more minutes than WKU, but this unit still wasted countless opportunities to put the game away early....in fact, LSU's 2025 offense is so historically bad, I am done writing about it...

The side of the ball that deserves our attention is Blake Baker's defense, animalistic, tenacious, relentless, making plays all over the field....

They locked it down tonight, giving up just 152 total yards, 22 on the ground, only allowing a single field goal, 0 touchdowns, holding the Hilltoppers to 4/15 on 3rd down (0-3 on 4th down attempts), while supplying 2 interceptions, 5 sacks, 6 tackles for loss, 6 pass breakups, and another dominant showing (without an injured Mansoor Delane and only a quick cameo by Whit Weeks).

The Tigers' seniors rose up in their final stand at Tiger Stadium (Jack Pyburn 0.5 sack, 1 PBU, Jimari Butler 2 sacks, West Weeks with a stellar outing, AJ Haulcy locking down the backend for a final time in Death Valley with a team high in tackles), but it was devastating plays made by some of LSU's young stars that won the game, everyone getting in on the act, from freshman cornerback DJ Pickett (1 INT, 1 sack, 1 TFL and 1 PBU), PJ Woodland (2 PBUs, 1 INT), Davhon Keys (9 Tackles), Ahmad Breaux (0.5 Sack), and Dashawn Spears added to his impressive 2025 with a pair each of tackles and PBUs.

Marking a historic occasion amid the gloom of LSU's pitiful offensive display, all three Weeks Brothers lined up at linebacker for a series, with freshman Zach registering a QB hit on 3rd down, and senior West conjuring another stellar display (7 tackles, 1 sack on his final snap in Tiger Stadium, 1 PBU that created DJ Pickett's interception and 1 TFL).

All three brothers made history and gave the fans a glimpse at one of college football's rarest sights: Whit, West and Zach lining up alongside each other as the first trio of brothers to play on the same field, at the same time in LSU's long history.

On a night where LSU's shirtless student section chanted, "WE WANT KIFFIN!" throughout the 4th quarter, there wasn't much entertainment or fireworks to speak of at present, however, there is a palpable sense that LSU have a powerful young nucelus & an exciting new future going forward into 2026.

By LONN PHILLIPS SULLIVAN

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