BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (sec.org) – The LSU-Florida football game scheduled for Saturday in Gainesville has been postponed due to Hurricane Matthew, it was announced Thursday. The universities and the SEC Office will work to reschedule the game later in the 2016 season if possible. “We had a very productive phone call today with a great spirit of cooperation between the universities’…
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) – LSU running back Leonard Fournette is sitting out Saturday night’s game against Missouri with a left ankle injury that has bothered him since the season opener. Fournette, a junior, is LSU’s leading rusher with 386 yards and two touchdowns on 67 carries in three games this season. He also sat out the Tigers’ second game…
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) – Ed Orgeron says that as a Louisiana native, it’s “a dream” to have the opportunity to be LSU’s head coach. The 55-year-old Orgeron, who was formally introduced as Les Miles’ interim replacement on Monday, says he has no idea whether he’ll have the job past this season and isn’t saying whether he sees his opportunity…
Junior safety Tray Matthews On what this does for the team’s confidence… “It’s great confidence, especially with losing last week, and the Clemson game, a game that we could’ve won. This is just great momentum, and we can just keep going on and keep getting better.” On defense as a whole… “Coach Steele stressed playing lights out, stopping the…
AUBURN, Ala. Head Coach Les Miles Opening statement… “First of all, I would like to congratulate Auburn. I thought they played their butts off. I felt like we had a nice drive at the end of the game going. We got down there at the end with an opportunity to win the game, and we felt like we…
AUBURN, Ala. (AP) – Daniel Carlson kicked six field goals and Auburn beat No. 18 LSU 18-13 on Saturday night after officials ruled Danny Etling’s apparent last-gasp scoring pass came after time expired. Etling rolled to his right and found D.J. Shark on a 15-yard pass, setting off a celebration by LSU players. Officials ruled time expired before Etling took…
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) –A person familiar with the situation says LSU defensive lineman Christian LaCouture will miss the entire season because of a knee injury that occurred in practice on Sunday. The person, who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because LSU has not publicly discussed the full extent of the injury, says LaCouture has a…
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) – LSU tailback Leonard Fournette is the leading vote getter in the media days’ preseason All-Southeastern Conference team while Alabama led the way with seven first-team picks. The SEC released the teams on Friday based on voting from those covering the league’s media days this week. Fournette was picked on 329 of 331 ballots. Mississippi’s Chad Kelly…
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) – LSU coach Les Miles says he has granted quarterback Anthony Jennings’ release to transfer to another school to finish his college football career. Miles, who made the announcement on Thursday, says LSU wishes him “nothing but good fortune” and appreciates all he has done for the Tigers in his three seasons. Jennings went 9-4 as…
