BATON ROUGE, La. — Section 25BX. Row 1. Seats 1–16.
Cole Tracy’s thinking place is in Tiger Stadium, on the field-level metal bleachers to the right of the tunnel from which the LSU football team spills onto the field. You can find the Tigers placekicker here around lunchtime nearly every day in a moment of reflection and meditation, surrounded by 102,320 empty seats in this college football cathedral. He is here today, a blisteringly hot September Monday, with a school-issued box meal tucked under one arm, a backpack slung over his shoulder and a red notebook (we’ll get to that later) in his hand.