Law school to host football game
Contest will include many former tigers
Erik Vollenweider
Issue date: 1/25/08 Section: Sports
With the national championship celebration in the past and the Super Bowl more than a week away, the verdict for football fans looks rather bleak at first glance.
But have no worries, football addicts. The Paul M. Hebert Law Center's football club has it covered.
The law school's football club will be hosting its fourth annual Barrister Bowl Saturday at 1 p.m. The game is a full contact tackle football game at Olympia Stadium.
The game will never be mistaken for the Super Bowl, but there will be plenty of talent on the field Saturday. Both teams consist of LSU and Southern law students and are littered with a few former LSU athletes and a plethora of former college and high school football players.
"We can't guarantee that we will be on the same level of the Giants and Patriots next weekend, but we will give it our best shot," said Jordan Faircloth, former LSU pitcher and third-year law student.
Faircloth will be suiting up as the gold team quarterback this year, out for redemption after this past year's sloppy game that the purple team won, 21-6.
"People take this game seriously because we don't want to go out there and embarrass ourselves," Faircloth said. "A big thing for us is bragging rights. My team lost last year, and I still hear about it."
Blocking for the purple squad will be former LSU offensive lineman Jimmy Courtenay.
Courtenay, a third-year law student at Southern, was a part of the LSU's 2003 national championship team and said he enjoys the chance to get back out on a football field and experience football again, even if it is just for one game.
"This game is a great break from day-to-day law school life," Courtenay said. "It is also a great way to remember the fun I had in the past at LSU."
The two squads have been training since the fall semester for the game. They have gone through NFL-type training camp with two-a-day practices the three weeks leading up to the game.
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But have no worries, football addicts. The Paul M. Hebert Law Center's football club has it covered.
The law school's football club will be hosting its fourth annual Barrister Bowl Saturday at 1 p.m. The game is a full contact tackle football game at Olympia Stadium.
The game will never be mistaken for the Super Bowl, but there will be plenty of talent on the field Saturday. Both teams consist of LSU and Southern law students and are littered with a few former LSU athletes and a plethora of former college and high school football players.
"We can't guarantee that we will be on the same level of the Giants and Patriots next weekend, but we will give it our best shot," said Jordan Faircloth, former LSU pitcher and third-year law student.
Faircloth will be suiting up as the gold team quarterback this year, out for redemption after this past year's sloppy game that the purple team won, 21-6.
"People take this game seriously because we don't want to go out there and embarrass ourselves," Faircloth said. "A big thing for us is bragging rights. My team lost last year, and I still hear about it."
Blocking for the purple squad will be former LSU offensive lineman Jimmy Courtenay.
Courtenay, a third-year law student at Southern, was a part of the LSU's 2003 national championship team and said he enjoys the chance to get back out on a football field and experience football again, even if it is just for one game.
"This game is a great break from day-to-day law school life," Courtenay said. "It is also a great way to remember the fun I had in the past at LSU."
The two squads have been training since the fall semester for the game. They have gone through NFL-type training camp with two-a-day practices the three weeks leading up to the game.
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