BATON ROUGE, La. -- It was LSU's biggest recruiting day of the year.
A cavalcade of prep stars were in Tiger Stadium, from the nation's top receiver, Ricky Seals-Jones, to Louisiana's top player, Kendell Beckwith. They witnessed LSU look like the national championship program they want to play for in a 21-17 loss to No. 1 Alabama where the Tigers dominated everything but the last drive and the final score.
And that's the tough part for LSU to swallow: The next time LSU contends for a championship will be after many of the prospects are wearing purple and gold. For this year, those hopes are dashed.
A cavalcade of prep stars were in Tiger Stadium, from the nation's top receiver, Ricky Seals-Jones, to Louisiana's top player, Kendell Beckwith. They witnessed LSU look like the national championship program they want to play for in a 21-17 loss to No. 1 Alabama where the Tigers dominated everything but the last drive and the final score.
And that's the tough part for LSU to swallow: The next time LSU contends for a championship will be after many of the prospects are wearing purple and gold. For this year, those hopes are dashed.
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Gary Laney joined ESPN.com in 2012 after spending a year and a half as online sports editor of the Baton Rouge (La.) Advocate. Before that, he covered LSU sports for the Advocate. He has also been the sports editor at the Beaumont (Texas) Enterprise and covered McNeese State athletics for the Lake Charles (La.) American Press. Laney currently lives in Baton Rouge. Email him at glaneyespn@gmail.com