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As LSU offense develops, so does the relationship between Steve Ensminger and Joe Brady.

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LSU rebuilding into spread offense based around talents of Joe Burrow, mind of Joe Brady

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BY BRANDON ADAM @badam_ LSU fans have been sold a bill of goods on a new offensive juggernaut each spring for pretty much a decade.

By the sound of players and coaches, LSU’s offense is “The Greatest Show on Turf” each spring. But at the end of each season the talk gets replaced by results, and the results haven’t been pretty. The selfproclaimed juggernaut offense instead turns out to be mediocre and uninspiring.

The offense gets by lesser teams with overwhelming physicality and sheer talent, but when those two aspects are matched, things get ugly quickly. In the 11 seasons following LSU’s last national title in 2007, the Tigers’ offense has averaged 30.5 points per game.

The number isn’t awful, but in the same time span, LSU has scored 142 points in 12 tries against Alabama, an average of 11.8 points, which is far below the season average. The number looks even more bleak when considering 69 of those points were scored in four games from 2008 to 2011, and the other 73 points have come in the last eight games, three of which were shutouts.

So to whom does LSU turn to sell the new offense heading into 2019?

The answer is Joe Brady, who was playing wide receiver at the College of William & Mary the last time LSU beat Alabama. Since then though, the 29-year-old Brady worked his way through the coaching profession and comes to LSU from the New Orleans Saints, where he spent two years as an offensive assistant.

Brady’s title at LSU is passing game coordinator and wide receivers coach. He acts as the right-hand man of offensive coordinator Steve Ensminger.

Ensminger took steps to revitalize LSU’s offense the same way he did as interim in 2016 and shifted from an old-school power offense to a more modern offense.

He tried to incorporate many more three and four wide receiver formations, but the offense was maligned by other issues outside of scheme. The offensive line was constantly banged up and injured, the tight end position was solely manned Foster Moreau outside of the rare help from wide receiver Racey McMath and fullback Tory Carter, and the wide receivers had barely any experience.

Then in the backfield, quarterback Joe Burrow had only been on campus for two months before the season started, and for the first time in the longest time, LSU was unusually thin on depth at running back.

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LSU junior quarterback Joe Burrow (9) looks to through the ball down field during the Tigers’ 45-16 victory over Ole Miss on Sept. 29, 2018, in Tiger Stadium.

In comes Brady to help Ensminger install a full-time spread offense. The two have spent the spring working on designing and installing a brand new offense around Burrow and a rotation of six to eight receivers anchored by junior Justin Jefferson and sophomores Ja’Marr Chase and Terrace Marshall.

“We were trying to put together a system that was easy for the guys to implement in the run game, but the formations matched up in the pass game,” said Brady at a TAF Coaches

“There’s so many things we can do with Joe [Burrow].

This offense is tailor-made for Joe.” ED ORGERON

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Caravan stop on Monday. He equated the progress of LSU’s offense in the spring to going through college classes. First came the 100, 200-level classes, and the fall will be for classes 300 and up.

“From a system standpoint, we were just trying to find a way to put our speed in space and how we can get our offense to make the defense play with 11 players. If we can get our running backs, our tight ends involved and our quarterbacks involved in the run game.”

Brady even let it slip that LSU will not be huddling for the most part in 2019. The players

will now get to the line and look to the sideline for the play call in an effort to stay up tempo.

He talked about abandoning max and seven-man protections in favor of going to a five-man protection to keep defenses spread out and accountable for every man on the field.

“A lot of people think when you’re getting a lot of pressure you need to bring the box in and bring max protection, seven-man protection, but I think you go five-man protection you get the ball out faster and it limits what defenses can do.

“As an offense we want to get the running backs out in the routes. Running backs at the end of the day are here to run the ball and catch passes.

There not signed to play at LSU because they’re dynamic blockers that’s what offensive linemen are for.”

The man behind the offensive line will be the biggest key for LSU’s offense. Burrow threw for 2894 yards and 16 touchdowns while adding 399 yards and seven touchdowns on the ground in his first year at LSU. Heading into his senior season, Burrow has finally been able to acclimate to the coaches and wide receivers. He’s been given input into the offense heading into the season, and during spring practice he said it was an offense that is second nature to him and similar to what he ran in high school and at Ohio State.

The emphasis has been on four and five-wide sets, and Ensminger said LSU had two practices dedicated strictly to five-wide formations along with more designed quarterback runs.

“There’s so many things we can do with Joe [Burrow],” Orgeron said. “This offense is tailor-made for Joe. Last year we couldn’t run Joe as much because Myles [Brennan] had a

stress fracture.”

The guys Burrow will be throwing to will also be more varied this season. Last year LSU kept the wide receivers in one role and position. Players like senior Derrick Dillon only played the slot, and other receivers like Jefferson, Chase and Marshall played as a the strong or weak-side receivers.

Now, all the receivers will be expected to be able to play multiple roles and know what each other is doing. Brady said they are no longer teaching roles, but concepts and route combinations, leading to more diversity in the offense.

But the main goal isn’t to just get the ball to the best player with a simple handoff or chuck it 40 yards downfield off of play action anymore. LSU is going to isolate its playmakers and put them in space in advantageous situations to make plays.

“We’re attentive to details in the things we do, but at the same time we’re not going to coach the athletes out of our football players,” Brady said.

“We’re going to allow them to have fun and do what they do best.”

Those are similar words heard before from LSU coaches, but the groundwork from what Ensminger did in 2018 is there.

It’s now up to Brady and Ensminger to deliver even further, and the comradery between the two shows.

Brady stepped into Enmsinger’s interview with the media and asked the offensive coordinator thought of his hire.

Ensminger was quick to reply.

“I told Coach O it was the worst thing he’s ever done in his life,” he said jokingly.

If the two coaches can finally build the long awaited juggernaut offense, Brady’s hire might be the best thing Orgeron has ever done.

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STUDENT LIFE

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LSU Veterinary Teaching Hospital use LEGOs as solution for turtle’s missing back legs

BY WHITNEY HICKS @whitchicks The LSU vet school gave a box turtle named Pedro another chance at a regular life by creating him a set of wheels out of LEGOs to replace his missing back legs.

When Pedro’s owner, Sandra Traylor, adopted him, he was only missing one back leg. However, when Pedro escaped his outdoor enclosure, he returned missing the other back leg.

Traylor brought Pedro to the

where they found nothing medically wrong with Pedro except for his missing hind legs.

“Sometimes people have this idea that pets are just cats and dogs,” Traylor said. “It’s very strange to walk in with a turtle and sit next to a dog, but they were very good about it and they were very nice.”

Zoological medicine intern Kelly Rockwell saw that his wounds healed well and was still getting around, just not very fast.

She began to think that maybe a prosthetic of some sort could

help Pedro get around a little easier.

Traylor and veterinary student Sarah Mercer came up with a way to help Pedro back up and running, and it all started with a kit of LEGOs. They created a set of wheels for Pedro that could easily be taken on and off for cleaning purposes. They attached the contraption to the underneath of Pedro’s shell using epoxy — the same glue used to attach horseshoes.

Syringe cases were used to hold the axles together before cutting

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Many students have a dream to travel the world. It’s clear why — travelling allows you to experience other cultures, gain critical knowledge in your field of study and learn more about yourself along the way.

Unfortunately for many, jetsetting across the world just isn’t feasible. The cost of plane tickets, lodging and meals racks up quickly, sometimes exceeding thousands of dollars per trip. As a result, an enriching and educational experience can feel like more of a fantasy than a reality.

In 2019, three Ogden Honors College students received an opportunity to make those dreams come true.

The Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship, sponsored by the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, gives undergraduate students an opportunity to see the world. The three students chosen include two freshmen and one senior, all of whom chose different programs that correspond with

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HAZING

Ex-student charged in hazing death wants indictment dismissed

BY LARA NICHOLSON @laranicholson_ Ex-LSU student Matthew Naquin, 21, wants his indictment for the negligent homicide of hazing victim Maxwell Gruver to be terminated due to a computer glitch keeping anyone born after June 2, 1993, from serving on grand juries or trial juries in the East Baton Rouge Parish.

Naquin’s attorney, John McLindon, filed a motion last week arguing that the jury selection process was flawed in Naquin’s case. The hearing on the matter is scheduled for June 28.

“It is my understanding that citizens under the age of 25 were excluded from the potential jury pool and were never

given an opportunity to serve,” McLindon said Monday. “This issue is particularly important in our case because the case involves the conduct and actions of several people who were in that exact age group.”

The computer error prevented anyone born after 1993 from serving on grand juries or trial juries for over seven years.

The computer error was discovered this year during jury selection for a capital murder case from Caddo Parish.

Following the discovery, the Louisiana Supreme Court ruled that East Baton Rouge’s jury pool was “improperly constituted” and ordered a new pool that included people born after June 2, 1993.

On Sept.

14, 2017, Gruver’s 29th day of college,

he died of alcohol poisoning in the Phi Delta Theta house during a hazing ritual known as “bible study,” in which new pledges are forced to chug 190-proof Everclear if they answer questions incorrectly about the fraternity’s history and the Greek alphabet.

At the time of his death, Gruver had a .495 blood alcohol content, which is over six times the legal BAC to drive in Louisiana.

Phi Delta Theta has been banned from LSU until 2033 following Gruver’s death. Eight fraternity members and two former students in total were arrested for Gruver’s death, Naquin being the only indicted with negligent homicide.

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Police investigate the death of LSU freshman Maxwell Gruver on Sept. 14, 2017, at the Phi Delta Theta fraternity house. At the time of his death, Gruver had a .495 blood alcohol content, over six times the legal driving limit.

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Offensive coordinator Steve Ensminger works with new passing game coordinator Joe Brady to bring LSU offense into modernity.

BY BRANDON ADAM @badam___

B

ased on outward appearances, Steve Ensminger and Joe Brady seem nothing alike.

Ensminger has been LSU’s interim offensive coordinator since 2016 and became full-time in 2018 after Matt Canada’s lone year in Baton Rouge. Prior to that though, Ensminger spent his time at LSU coaching tight ends, a job he was comfortable staying in despite the multiple requests from coach Ed Orgeron to be his offensive coordinator.

The 60-year-old former LSU quarterback finally relented, and there he was in 2018, the man who was solely responsible for organizing and calling LSU’s offense, one that has the stigma of being outdated and inept in the last decade.

Known as “Slinger” in his playing days, Ensminger overhauled LSU’s offense and tried to bring it into the 21st century. Gone were days of playing in a phone booth and primarily using the I-formation, but LSU encountered problems on the offensive line and tight end. The Tigers also had almost no experience at wide receiver and a newly-minted quarterback in Joe Burrow, who didn’t arrive until June.

The offense featured more three-wide sets, but the inefficiency still remained. LSU ranked No. 68 in yards per game, 82nd in yards per play and tied for 61st in offensive touchdowns scored. Not

to mention a whopping zero points against Alabama for the second time in three years.

After the season Orgeron was ready for LSU to move to a spread offense completely.

Ensminger helped LSU take small steps into modernity in 2018, but he wasn’t an expert on the spread offense. So when Orgeron asked him to implement a new spread offense, Ensminger requested a little bit of help.

Enter Joe Brady, who replaced the retired Jerry Sullivan as LSU’s passing game coordinator in the offseason. A 29-year-old former college receiver, Brady spent the last two years with the New Orleans Saints, working as an offensive assistant under one of the NFL’s best duos in coach Sean Payton and quarterback Drew Brees, after a stint as a graduate assistant at Penn State.

Brady is learned in the spread offense and the run-pass option aspect of the offense. He’s Ensminger’s new partner in helping LSU take not just the next step offensively but a massive step — one to propel them back into championship contention.

The pair are 31 years apart and sound a little bit different, quite different actually, but they may be the perfect duo to guide LSU back into offensive relevancy.

“Steve is older now, he’s like John Wayne when he walks in,” said Orgeron. “Tough, hard-nosed, doesn’t say much. Joe is energetic.

They work well together.”

When the two coaches stopped

in Metairie, Louisiana, for TAF’s coaches caravan, they both met with the media. Obvious questions about the new spread offense and their relationship were waiting to be asked, but Ensminger had something to say first.

“I brought Joe Brady to answer all these damn questions,” he joked before acknowledging the first question about how the two get along.

“It’s outstanding. It really is.

I’ve enjoyed him since the day he showed up. We had a chance to sit down and talk football, and he has some great ideas in the passing game and about personnel and everything else. It’s like he throws it up on the wall and we agree with it or throw it off — one or the other.”

Even though Ensminger and Brady may speak in different accents, when they start talking football and about the process of creating LSU’s new offense they sound just the same.

Brady said even though Ensminger makes the final decisions, everyone’s input is welcome and it’s why he enjoys working for Ensminger. The two went through the entire spring bouncing plays and concepts off each other before finally bringing the end result to the quarterback room, which is something Ensminger has never done before but made an exception for Burrow.

If the quarterbacks liked it, it stayed. If they didn’t it went back on the shelf for now.

“We brought [Brady] here to

help us in the passing game,” Ensminger said. “I said take it over. I told him a lot this stuff we’ve done, a lot of 12, 21 personnel, Saints’ stuff we’ve studied and everything else. A lot of the three-wide, four verticals stuff we did last year we got from the Saints.

“I said, ‘look, you present it, we’ll discuss it and if I think it fits it goes.’ With the experience right now we have with our receivers, we didn’t throw a lot out. I said, ‘let’s go look at it. Let’s go look at it against our defense. If we like it, fine. If not, we’ll take it out later.’”

The two will be in the booth together calling plays during the season. The extra set of eyes in the coaches’ box is something Ensminger looks forward to. Trying to think of the next play to run while breaking down the current play as it unfolds is difficult for anybody, especially by yourself.

Now Brady can keep plays on deck and pass them along to Ensminger to decide on, and once the decision is made, the play call will be relayed down to the sideline.

“All he wants for LSU is to have success,” Brady said. “So when you work for a guy who doesn’t feel like ‘my way is the only way,’ you enjoy working with that. You enjoy that interaction every single day. He’s a character. He’s a personality.

“He’s what I envision Louisiana, him and Coach O, so I enjoy working with Steve. I hope I can be Steve when I’m however many years older he is than me.”

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their areas of study.

Liberal arts, history, and political science freshman Anthony Dupré chose the LSU in Paris program, a month-long trip offering six hours of class credit with a focus on French history and language.

Microbiology freshman John Thibodaux also chose to head to Europe — he plans to go to the U.K. with Ogden Honors College for the LSU in Edinburgh and London program.

Agricultural Education senior Alexandra Haynes opted for a trip further east and will visit Thailand as part of the LSU in Thailand program. The program focuses on sustainable agricultural development, but incorporates historical and cultural sights as well.

To apply, students must complete a form of personal information to prove financial need, submit an unofficial transcript, and write two short essays-- a Statement of Purpose and Followon Service Project Proposal.

From there, a board decides which students to award scholarships to, and how much. Awards range from $100 to $5000, and students can earn an additional $3000 if awarded a Critical Need Language Award.

The scholarship is highly competitive, only selecting the best

pieces down to size to fit Pedro.

Pedro’s owners said he adjusted well and has been nothing but successful with his new set of wheels. Mercer said that Pedro’s case gave them a special opportunity to bask in the success of an innovative project.

“Vet school can be hard at times,” Mercer said, “but sitting on the floor with my classmates and mentors all laughing in delight as we watched Pedro roll around for the first time — that was a moment of pure joy.”

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The French House is the main administrative and academic building of the Ogden Honors college. Three honor students were chosen to recieve the Gilman Scholarship. and brightest for awards. Therefore, it’s no surprise three of The University’s very own Ogden Honors College students were chosen to receive a Gilman Scholarship.

The deadline to apply for this summer has passed, but the application opens for its spring

Dr. Billy Baker

August 12, 1929 - June 14th 2019

Dr. Billy Baker passed away on June 14th, 2019, at his home in Omaha, Nebraska, surrounded by his loving family. A memorial service will be held to celebrate his 90th birthday in August on Hilton Head Island, South Carolina.

He is survived by his wife Norma; his children, Lane Baker (Karen), Lynlee Baker, and Leigh Charlan Hahn; and

2020 cycle in mid-August. Scholarships are available for spring semester, quarter, calendar year, winter intersession, and January term programs. Summer programs require a different application, and encompass any program beginning between May and August 1, 2020.

eight grandchildren, Cameron, Madison, Skyler, Alec, Tyler, Aubrey, Brooklyn and Caelyn.

Dr. Baker, born August 12, 1929, grew up on his family’s farm, served his country as an officer in the U.S. Army during the Korean War, and earned his Ph.D. from Louisiana State University (LSU). Dr. Baker served on the faculty of LSU and as the cotton specialist for the state of Louisiana, and later worked his entire career at Eli Lilly and Company (Elanco) at various locations throughout the world.

From his family’s farm outside a small town, to the many wonders of the world, this Louisiana farm boy experienced life to its fullest.

To his family, he is their foundation, and a source of great expectations and boundless encouragement. To his many friends, he is a southern gentleman, and a source of endless stories, laughter and goodwill. To his wife and soulmate of 62 years, he is her everything.

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Ex-LSU student Matthew Naquin was said to be the most aggressive in the hazing incident, according to the arrest report.

The others, including Sean-Paul Gott, 21, Ryan Matthew Isto, 19, and Patrick Andrew Forde, 21, were charged on a misdemeanor hazing count, punishable by up to 30 days in jail.

Naquin was said to be the most agressive in the hazing death and did not want Gruver to become a member of Phi Delta Theta, according to witness testimonies from other pledges.

Since his indictment, the FBI unlocked his phone’s passcode in April following a long legal battle regarding Naquin’s fifth amendment privacy rights. The phone had hundreds of erased files from the time of and following Gruver’s death.

Naquin was indicted on negligent homicide for the death of Gruver in March 2018. His trial is currently scheduled for July 8, and he faces up to five years in prison if convicted.

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JINYA Ramen Bar proves ramen is more than just a microwavable meal for college students

BY LIA SALIME @liasalime The ramen world in Baton Rouge just expanded with the opening of JINYA Ramen Bar. JINYA opened its doors on June 17 in Perkins Rowe directly next to Cinemark, occupying the space that previously belonged to Voodoo BBQ. The restaurant is in a soft opening period before fully opening the location.

Ramen Restaurant Company LLC CEO Tony Avila and company president Brad Smith teamed up with JINYA Holdings Inc. to bring JINYA to Louisiana and Colorado, leading with the Baton Rouge location.

“We were looking at different concepts and we kind of just stumbled across JINYA in our travels and really fell in love with the brand,” said Avila, who obtained an accounting degree from LSU in 1997. “The product is just fantastic and the experience itself goes extremely well with the product. We were really taken.”

JINYA does not serve the college student rite-of-passage meal known as Maruchan ramen — it’s comfort Japanese cuisine in a gourmet setting.

Ramen is a traditional Japanese dish. The noodles are served in a meat or fish-based broth and topped with a variety of items from sliced pork to nori, menma, naruto, seafood, vegetables and eggs.

JINYA’s menu features 16 ramen dishes. The “Old Skool Ramen” has all the confections of

traditional ramen — chicken broth, pork chashu, egg and thin noodles. For the adventurous palates, the “Tonkotsu Spicy” includes kikurage, a jelly fungus, and the “Lobster Me Happy” includes shrimp and lobster wonton. In addition to ramen, they serve “Rice Bowls & Curry” and three varieties of JINYA mini tacos.

JINYA’s broth is slowly simmered for more than 10 hours.

The noodles are made fresh daily and then aged for three days to maximize flavor, crafted to sink in the bowl with thick noodles for some broths and thin noodles for others.

“It’s been very, very well received,” Avila said. “We’ve been extremely busy. We’ve got some things to iron out but we’re getting through that with our new staff. We’ll continue to get better and improve as we go but for the most part, our guests are leaving happy, and that’s the goal.”

CEO & Founder of JINYA Holdings Inc. Tomonori Takahashi opened the first JINYA in Tokyo in 2000, following in his father’s footsteps as a restauranteur. Realizing the lack of genuine ramen in the U.S., Takahashi opened the first JINYA Ramen Bar in Studio City, California, in 2010. The name JINYA was inspired by a Samurai soldier who was close with the Tokyo community.

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‘Toy Story 4’ an impeccable but unnecessary sequel

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dives out of the window of the car, believing he is not a toy at all. Woody follows him, and after After the tear-jerking conclu- some convincing, they both desion of “Toy Story 3,” almost ev- cide to try and find Bonnie again. eryone believed the franchise was In that adventure, Woody fiover. Andy’s time with the toys nally reunites with Bo (Annie had finished, but now Woody has Potts), some difficult decisions another story to tell. are made and ultimately, an end“Toy Story 4” follows the origi- ing just as emotional as “Toy Stonal toys two years after Andy gave ry 3” wraps it all up. them away to Bonnie (Madeleine As expected from Pixar, it’s McGraw). Fearing she a great movie. The will become nervous plotline is fun with No matter how at her kindergarten a deep twist, the orientation, Woody great the movie, the design and anima(Tom Hanks) slyly advertising shows tion are impeccable sneaks a spork onto through a little too as always and the her table during arts script and character much. and crafts. Bonnie design make it nearly decorates it to have impossible to not ema face, and it magically comes to pathize with every toy. life, joining her other toys on a Seriously, getting emotional road trip. about that spork happened way After an existential crisis, the too quickly. now-sentient Forky (Tony Hale) But looking back at Pixar’s

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track record, this isn’t out of the ordinary. They know exactly what they’re doing and how to produce something successful.

The company is essentially a machine of heartwarming stories, so there is very little they ever truly mess up.

Because of that, “Toy Story 4” is already great. It will likely bring entertainment to kids and adults alike for generations to come, but there is one glaring question underlying it all —was this sequel really necessary?

Considering the recent construction of Toy Story Land in Disney World and other Disney parks around the world, the decision to release another sequel in the series was more of a shrewd business plan than something necessary to complete the story.

Arriving directly in the middle of Disney’s live-action remake spree, it all feels a little too cor-

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porate. No matter how great the movie, the advertising shows through a little too much. Everybody knows Disney is a media giant, but it’s starting to slack on the pixie dust that covers it all up.

Essentially, “Toy Story 4” is a fantastic movie — impeccably

animated, written with care and infused with important lessons for its audience — but its glaring business plan is a little off-putting. I guess children don’t really care much about corporations.

They’d just rather empathize with a piece of plastic cutlery.

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