LSU Players Use Video Games to Prepare

January 5, 2008 By RALPH D. RUSSO, AP College Football Writer LSU Players Use Video Games to Prepare (AP)

The BCS Championship Trophy is on display during media day at the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans, Saturday, Jan. 5, 2008. LSU will play Ohio State in the BCS championship college football game Jan. 7, 2008. (AP Photo/Rob Carr)

(AP) -- When practice is over and film study is done, LSU quarterbacks, as most college kids do, play video games.

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