NCAA.com | June 19, 2015 LSU's Jim Hawthorne signs off after 32 seasons Share Jim Hawthorne is walking away from the LSU Tigers baseball broadcast booth after 32 seasons. But his time with the Tigers is not over yet. Hawthorne has been the basketball play-by-play man since 1980 and called Tiger football since 1984. He’ll do one more season of each, then walk away from the game at the age of 71. Voice of the Tigers Jim Hawthorne signs off @LSUbaseball for the final time. #GeauxCWS http://t.co/NcVlQ5SlhU pic.twitter.com/NHyJwLhL1z — LSU Sports Prop. (@LSUSP) June 19, 2015 Blocked PAT lifts Florida State over LSU in Week 1 thriller A blocked PAT with no time left on the clock sealed Florida State's win over LSU in a Week 1 thriller at the Allstate Louisiana Kickoff. READ MORE The college football teams, conferences and coaches with something to prove in Week 1 These are some of the best storylines in week 1 of the 2022 college football season, beginning with the Backyard Brawl between West Virginia and Pittsburgh. READ MORE How the AP preseason football poll predicts the College Football Playoff Here's how the preseason AP poll correlates to the final College Football Playoff poll in the CFP era. READ MORE