He’s back. Less than five years after being fired as LSU’s head football coach, Ed Orgeron is coming back home – literally. Hell, he’s still got his house in Redstick. New head coach Lane Kiffin has added Orgeron to his staff as a special assistant to recruiting and defense, LSU announced on Tuesday. “I’m excited … Kiffin brings Coach O back to LSU
LSU continues to lean into its villain role with Lane Kiffin and Will Wade running its football and basketball programs, respectively. It was Kiffin ruffling feathers last week with his ridiculous remarks about his former employer in an interview with Vanity Fair (what’s next for Lame Chafin’, an appearance on the The View?). Now it’s … What?! RJ Luis Jr. signs with LSU
FanDuel has posted numbers for nine different college football games in Week Zero, Week 1 and Week 2. We’ll start with Week Zero in Dublin, Ireland, where Virginia will take on NC St. The Cavaliers are listed as 3.5-point favorites (at a -105 price) with a total of 54.5 (‘under’ -115, ‘over’ -105). The Wolfpack … FanDuel releases early college football lines
According to a report from Matt Zenitz of 247Sports on Sunday night, LSU junior linebacker Harold Perkins tore his ACL in Saturday’s 34-17 home win over UCLA and will miss the rest of the season. Perkins, a former five-star recruit, was a first-team All-SEC selection as a true freshman in 2022 when he produced 72 … LSU’s Perkins is out for the year with torn ACL
LSU star quarterback Jayden Daniels, the 2023 Heisman Trophy winner, has declared for the NFL Draft and will opt out of the Tigers’ New Year’s Day showdown against Wisconsin at the ReliaQuest Bowl in Tampa. Daniels had a spectacular campaign, completing 72.2 percent of his passes for 3,812 yards with an incredible 40/4 touchdown-to-interception ratio. … LSU’s Heisman winner Daniels declares for NFL Draft
LSU (6-3 straight up, 5-4 against the spread) star senior quarterback Jayden Daniels has been upgraded to ‘probable’ and is expected to start in Saturday night’s home game vs. Florida. It wasn’t all good news from Brian Kelly on Thursday night, though, as he shared that RB Logan Diggs has been downgraded to ‘doubtful.’ Both … LSU’s Daniels ‘probable’ vs. UF, but RB Diggs ‘doubtful’
As is its weekly custom, DraftKings released its look-ahead lines for Week 10 on Wednesday night. Let’s start with an SEC East showdown that could determine who meets the winner of the SEC West in Atlanta on the first Saturday in December. Georgia (7-0 straight up, 2-5 against the spread) actually faces another division rival … Week 10 Look-Ahead Lines: UGA heavily favored vs. Mizzou