BATON ROUGE, La. -- LSU quarterback Danny Etling is challenging the 19th-ranked Tigers to get some perspective and control over their emotions.Any type of hangover from a deflating 10-0 loss to top-ranked Alabama this past weekend will damage interim coach Ed Orgerons chances of keeping his job long-term and put bowl eligibility at risk for LSU (5-3, 3-2 Southeastern Conference). The Tigers still need at least one more victory out of three remaining conference games to qualify for the postseason.Its time to move on and get ready for Arkansas, Etling said, referring to this Saturday nights opponent. Whats more fun than playing college football? Theres only so much time to put into it. I realize football is a game, but I love this game.Maybe if you dont love the game like you should, you shouldnt be on the team, Etling added sternly. If youre the right kind of person, youre competitive. Im very competitive.Only days ago, LSU was realistically in position to take control of the SEC West Division. Now, for the fifth consecutive year, there will be no appearance in the Southeastern Conference championship game for LSU, which has dropped six straight to the Crimson Tide, starting with the January 2012 BCS national championship game.But in its previous five losses to Alabama, LSU already had reached the six victory threshold for bowl eligibility. If the Tigers cant win at least one of their final three games, theyll fail to qualify for the postseason for the first time since 1999 -- the year before current Alabama coach Nick Saban began his previous college coaching job at LSU.LSUs remaining schedule is challenging, with road games against Arkansas and No. 10 Texas A&M sandwiched around a home game against No. 22 Florida.Getting to a bowl is a motivation, junior fullback John David Moore said. But, that may not be the first thing. The first thing we say may not be `we have to win to be bowl eligible. We need to win for the brothers on our team, for `coach O and for our fans.LSU has struggled the past two seasons when facing Arkansas the week after being beaten by Alabama. The Razorbacks have posted back-to-back 17-point victories against the Tigers -- 17-0 in 2014 and 31-14 in 2015. Last season, LSU dropped games to Arkansas and Ole Miss after losing to Alabama.Orgeron asserted that he bears primary responsibility for getting his players in the proper frame of mind for Saturdays game against the Hogs in Fayetteville.My job as the football coach is to have the players put (the Alabama loss) away, said Orgeron, who coached LSU to lopsided victories in its first three games following Les Miles firing in late September. All of us felt the loss (Sunday). You have to deal with the emotional letdown. We were all sick to our belly. We must respond to the first loss in our new season.Tigers senior center Ethan Pocic expects a different mindset from his teammates this week than in the past two years following losses to Alabama.There will be a lot of energy this week, Pocic said. In the past, it was not as alive. It was a little bit mopey. Coach O is big on energy, going fast and having fun. It was a hard loss, but we still have a lot to play for and he has a lot to coach for.The LSU offense gained just 125 yards and picked up six first downs while getting blanked by Alabama, which did not allow the Tigers one offensive snap inside the Crimson Tide 30-yard line. Etling remains confident that his unit will rebound in Arkansas in what is also LSUs first road game under Orgeron.I thought we were going to go in there and move the ball against Alabama, Etling said. It was a mixture of them being really talented and us not executing the game plan. We dont need to freak out. It was one game where we didnt execute. We just have to grind away and get better.---More AP college football: www.collegefootball.ap.org and https://twitter.com/AP-Top25J. J. Stokes Jersey .com) - Yankee Stadium is the home of the Bronx Bombers, but on Sunday afternoon it will open its gates to host the latest addition of the Hudson River Rivalry. Scott Bull Jersey . 8 Iowa State on Saturday, sending the Cyclones to their third consecutive loss. The Longhorns (14-4, 3-2) got their biggest win of the season with their third in the row in the Big 12. http://www.custompatriotsjersey.com/custom-ken-dorsey-jersey-large-1141f.html . There are some early surprises in the race for the Hart Trophy, but two of the contenders are the leagues biggest stars over the past decade. There are many more players in contention for the awards than just the three that Ive named, and a good or bad week can easily alter the landscape, but through the first 20 or so games of the NHL season, this is how the awards races look to me. Corey Dillon Jersey . Following a lopsided 5-2 loss against the New Jersey Devils on Wednesday night, Paul MacLean told reporters that "theres a lack of focus, theres a lack of leadership and theres a lack of preparation" with his struggling team. That came on the heels of Bryan Murray taking the unusual step of going into the locker room at the Prudential Center and addressing the players himself. Sam Cunningham Jersey .Y. -- Marcell Dareus and the Buffalo Bills defence made life miserable for Super Bowl MVP Joe Flacco.AUBURN, Ala. - The Auburn volleyball team kicked off Southeastern Conference play against LSU Friday night and held off a late run by the visiting Tigers, capturing a 3-2 (25-22, 25-22, 23-25, 23-25, 15-9) win in Auburn Arena.We really stepped up and played tough in the fifth set, head coach Rick Nold said. We had LSU on its heels at the end and played some great defense. That is what really made the difference throughout the match. LSU was defending extremely well, but in the end, it turned back into our favor.The two Tiger teams are no strangers to five-set matches. In the last five meetings, Auburn and LSU have battled to five sets four times.There is just good defense on both sides of the court, Nold said. LSU always plays good defense and it has typically come down to who can stay on their toes at the end.Auburn (7-7, 0-1) had a trio of student-athletes finish with double-digit kills. Sophomore Brenna McIlroy set a career-high, leading all players with 20 kills in the match. She added 13 digs for her fifth double-double of the season. Senior Breanna Barksdale reached a season-best with 13 kills, while freshman Gwyn Jones finished with 11.Defensively, junior libero Jesse Earl led all student-athletes with 28 digs and classmate Kelly Stewart finished with 14. Junior setter Alexa Filley had 50 assists along with nine kills and nine digs. Junior Macy Reece chipped in nine kills and two solo blocks.LSUs (5-7, 0-1) Gina Hillis had 15 kills and 21 digs for the Bayou Bengals, while Sydney Mukes finished with 13 kills and setter Anna Zwiebel totaled 34 assists and 10 digs. Libero Cheyenne Wood led the team with 23 digs.Kills from Filley and Jones led to an early 9-5 lead in the opening stanza for Auburn before another kill from Jones sent the Tigers on a four-point run to make it 15-8. LSU regrouped after a timeout and beegan to chip away at the Auburn lead.dddddddddddd The visitors came within a point at 22-21, but a service ace by Earl gave Auburn set point and McIlroy sealed the set with a kill, 25-22.Set two opened with Auburn capitalizing on LSU errors and taking a 7-3 advantage. The pesky, visiting Tigers wouldnt go away and tied the set at 10. Auburn used another run to push to a 17-13 lead, but once again, LSU responded and locked it up at 17-17. The teams exchanged points before a pair of LSU errors gave Auburn set point and a McIlroy kill sent the match into intermission with a 25-22 victory.Hard hitting from Auburn led to a 7-4 lead in the third. LSU errors put the Tigers up 12-9 before the Bayou Bengals came back with a 7-2 run to go up 16-14. The two teams went back and forth until a trio of Auburn errors lifted LSU to a 25-23 win.It was once again a back-and-forth affair in set four until a run halfway through the stanza put LSU up 14-12. The visitors pressed ahead at 19-14, forcing an Auburn timeout. A LSU error followed by a Barksdale kill cut the LSU lead at 22-21, but the Purple and Gold held on to force a fifth with a 25-23 victory.Auburn forced the momentum to swing at the start of the final set, taking a 5-0 lead thanks to a pair of kills and solo block from Reece. Back-to-back kills from McIlroy made it 7-2 and a kill from Filley sent Auburn on a run to go ahead 12-6. A strong swing by junior Courtney Crable gave the Tigers match point, 14-9, and McIlroy closed it out with her 20th kill, 15-9.The Tigers travel to No. 19 Texas A&M to cap the SEC opening weekend, taking on the Aggies Sunday, Sept. 25, in College Station, Texas. The 2 p.m. CT match will be aired on ESPNU from Reed Arena. ' ' '