The LSU Tigers radio broadcasts will have a different sound to them in 2024.
That is because legendary broadcaster and longtime color analyst Doug Moreau will not be in his usual role. Moreau recently had surgery, and is stepping away from the team for now to recover.
Moreau played tight end for LSU during his college days. He was an All-American and went onto play in the National Football League afterwards for the Miami Dolphins. In addition to his playing career, he worked as a district attorney and has become one of the most well-respected broadcasters in college football. He has been the color analyst for LSU football since 1988. During his time on the microphone, LSU has won three national championships.
“On behalf of all of us at LSU Athletics, we will truly miss having Doug on the air this season and wish him a speedy recovery,” Clay Harris, LSU Deputy Athletics Director, said of Moreau. “We are looking forward to carrying on the tradition of following the action on Saturday Night in Tiger Stadium on the LSU Sports Radio Network. Alongside our flagship station Eagle 98.1 FM in Baton Rouge, affiliates across the region, streaming audio, and satellite radio, LSU Football radio broadcasts can be heard by thousands of Tiger fans across the globe every week.”
The LSU radio broadcast team in 2024 will consist of Chris Blair (play-by-play), Jacob Hester (color commentary), and Gordy Rush (sideline reporting).
Blair begins his ninth season as the Voice of the Tigers. He is a four-time award winner with the LSWA for his broadcasting. In addition to play-by-play for football, men’s basketball, and baseball, he also hosts The Brian Kelly Show.
Hester was a standout player on the 2007 national champion LSU team. He went onto have a career in the NFL and now is in sports media. He hosts a radio show on ESPN 104.5 in Baton Rouge.
“I’ve always believed a home team radio broadcast is one of the greatest pageantries that we have in college football. It will truly be my honor to be able to sit in the booth and call games for the school I love so much,” Hester said of being on the broadcast team.
Rush enters his fourteenth season as the sideline reporter for LSU football. He also played for the Tigers as a defensive back in the late 1980s into the 1990 season. He won “Broadcaster of the Year” in 2013 via the Louisiana Association of Broadcasters.
You can listen to LSU Tigers football on ESPN 103.7 Lafayette and 104.1 Lake Charles once again throughout the 2024-25 season. They kick off the season on Sunday night in Las Vegas against the USC Trojans. Kickoff is set for 6:30 with pregame beginning at 4:30.