Saturday evening at 6 PM starts the long awaited final leg to the College World Series Championship and another National Championship for our LSU Tigers! What makes this game at our 'summer home away from home,' Omaha, NE, even more enticing is that the coach for Virginia was the pitching coach for Paul Mainieri while at Notre Dame. So we have the teacher vs the pupil and a seasoned CWS squad vs an inexperienced CWS squad. All the possibilities setting up a major upset.

But we know better and when your voices are raised in support at either Fox & Hound or Sherlock's, we'll bring our Tigers through. The Saturday game is only the first and all games will be shown at both watch locations. So come on out- wear your colors and let's jump start the Tigers to our 6th National Championship. We can do it! You can help! Anthony Raynaudo had 14 Ks against Baylor in the Regional. Can he duplicate that feat against the Cavalier

And did anyone notice that attendance at the new Alex Box Stadium drew over 400,000 this season to lead the nation again this year? With top rated academics as well as national powers in athletics, no wonder our enrollment is on a dramatic upswing.

And for those who can't get enough of LSU in one day, both locations will be showing the NCAA Track & Field Championships on Sat. from 12 noon- 2 PM. Let's see if Trindon Holliday can break the 10 second barrier in the 100 meters. His winning qualifying race yesterday yielded a 10.0 seconds. Don't you want to be there to see history made?

With the influx of alumni relocating to the Dallas area, we are always asked by newcomers if there is an active aumni chapter in the area. And there must be as we have 68 new memberships since Jan. 1st in our 181 paid memberships so far this year. This brings our membership to 545 and if you haven't joined, now is the best time to do so. This week we sent the first installment of our 4th LSUAA DFW Scholarship to Baton Rouge in the amount of $6100 toward our $40,000 requirement to fully fund. Your $25 dues annually give us the opportunity to utilize up to $20 each toward scholarships. Our goal is to create a new scholarship every 24 months. Your membership and participation with Texas Tiger Tee Shirts as well as the Crawfish Boil and it's silent auction make that possible. By renewing at this time, your membership card can be printed and laminated to ensure more permanency and allow you to use the benefits of membership at our watch locations throughout the year.

Your Dallas chapter is committed to becoming the fastest growing chapter outside of LA and we can only succeed with your help. If you have not renewed your membership for this year, you can use the on line link as well as the mail in application link on our website, http://www.lsualumnidallas.com/. Your chapter is only as strong as you want it to be. And i know that none of us are satisfied with mediocracy!

Should you have any thoughts on how we could improve our schedules to make your experience with us better, please don't hesitate to send them to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . Your suggestions are greatly appreciated. Just as you are!

Geaux Tigers!