{"id":434604,"date":"2024-11-07T20:11:34","date_gmt":"2024-11-08T01:11:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saturdaydownsouth.com\/?post_type=article&#038;p=434604"},"modified":"2024-11-07T20:11:34","modified_gmt":"2024-11-08T01:11:34","slug":"lsu-announces-guest-captain-trio-of-former-tiger-stars-vs-alabama","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.saturdaydownsouth.com\/lsu-football\/lsu-announces-guest-captain-trio-of-former-tiger-stars-vs-alabama\/","title":{"rendered":"LSU announces guest captain trio of former Tiger stars vs. Alabama"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>LSU football announced its guest team captains against the Alabama Crimson Tide on Saturday, releasing that it would be welcoming former running back Leonard Fournette, defensive tackle Ricky Jean-Francois and guard Stephen Peterman to take the field for the Tigers.<\/p>\n<p>Fournette was one of the best running backs in LSU history, totaling 32 games played. He carried the ball 32 times for 3,830 yards with 40 touchdowns. Jean-Francois, a defensive tackle, totaled his LSU career at 56 tackles, 10 tackles for losses and 5.5 sacks. He was also a member of the LSU track and field team.<\/p>\n<p>Peterman was also a force but within the offensive line. He was an All-American and anchor for LSU&#8217;s line in 2003 as the Tigers went on to win the BCS National Championship.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Former LSU Tigers Leonard Fournette, Ricky Jean-Francois and Stephen Peterman return to campus on Saturday as Guest Captains <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/WEFmcq5nL1\">pic.twitter.com\/WEFmcq5nL1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 LSU Football (@LSUfootball) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LSUfootball\/status\/1854655066474684501?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 7, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>It will be interesting to see how LSU handles Alabama moving forward, but there is no question that these pairs are arch rivals. And it is clear that there is a force against the Alabama Crimson Tide.<\/p>\n<p>LSU will look to get back to the right side of the win column in this one, which has not been favorable in the past.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LSU named several guest captains who will return to Tiger Stadium for the game against Alabama.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":364585,"featured_media":434608,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","tags":[4262],"class_list":["post-434604","article","type-article","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-lsu-football-2","article_types-news","teams-lsu-football"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saturdaydownsouth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/434604"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saturdaydownsouth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saturdaydownsouth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/article"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saturdaydownsouth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/364585"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saturdaydownsouth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=434604"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saturdaydownsouth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/434608"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saturdaydownsouth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=434604"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saturdaydownsouth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=434604"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}