NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) – In this edition of FFF: LSU 2023 recruiting class decimated by transfer portal, Vermont is a soccer school now, and the epic bananas foster.
Twenty-six high school recruits were part of LSU’s 2023 signing class. Of those 26, only nine are left on the roster, with Trey Holly currently suspended. That’s right nine.
With the transfer portal and NIL, this is the new norm around college football. National Signing Day has lost a lot of it’s luster the last few years because of this.
Yes, that player signed with the Tigers, but a year later he could be gone.
This is also the reason as a fan or coach to not get too worked up when a recruit picks another school. When that athlete hits the portal, he’s probably “Callin’ Baton Rouge.”
I know, fans don’t have to like the system, but they need to embrace it, it’s here to stay. Here’s the lists of 2023 Tigers still on the roster:
Javien Toviano
DJ Chester
Whit Weeks
Kaleb Jackson
Tyree Adams
Kyle Parker
Paul Mubenga
Dylan Carpenter
Ashton Stamps
FÚTBOL
College soccer doesn’t get the same interest in America as Major League Soccer and the European leagues, but for one night it was front and center.
Vermont captured their first NCAA title in soccer with a memorable goal in overtime. The announcer call also made the winning score one of a kind.
Vermont and Marshall in the championship, yeah this isn’t college football.
FOOD
Going into the French Quarter for brunch or dinner during the holidays is always a must in New Orleans. The decorations at the hotels and the energy of the people make it a fun meal.
Brennan’s had all of that this week, and it’s one of a kind dessert was unreal as usual. There’s many enticing desserts in the Crescent City, but the Bananas Foster stands alone on it’s own pedestal.
Legend has it, in the early 1950′s, Owen Brennan decided to name a dessert after his friend Richard Foster. At the time, Owen’s younger brother, John was running “Brennan’s Processed Potato Company,” a produce company with a surplus of bananas. Owen asked his sister, Ella, and Chef Paul Blangé, to come up with a new dessert using these bananas.
According to the Brennan family, The Bananas Foster was originally invented at Brennan’s Vieux Carré Restaurant on Bourbon Street, across from The Old Absinthe House.
With bananas, sugar, and rum, a flamed mixed in, it’s always my favorite dessert.