Tropical Storm Bertha has maximum sustained winds of 60 miles per hour in the northeastern Gulf, and the National Hurricane Center says the storm has started to turn West towards the southeastern coast of Louisiana. State Climatologist Jay Grymes says Bertha is a lopsided storm so its stronger winds and heavier rain bands could remain over the Gulf, which means Louisiana may not receive the worst that Bertha has to offer.
The FDA originally traced the source of the cyclophorias outbreak to contaminated lettuce from Taylor Farms, but it now says that test was a false positive. Senator Bill Cassidy says the FDA should not have jumped the gun in its assessment.
Doctor Bryan Maggard is leaving U-L Lafayette as the school’s athletics director. He’s held that position since 2017 and led the renovation of the football stadium and the football team consistently went to a bowl game under his leadership. A search for a permanent A-D is underway and Dave Schultz, host of the Locked on Sun Belt podcast says it’s a hard job to fill with the right candidate…
Cut 11 (11) “…got to adjust”
At SEC Media Days, LSU makes a trip to Tennessee on November 21st. While it may not have the same vitriol as Kiffin’s return trip to Ole Miss in week three, fans in Knoxville have not forgotten about when the coach left them after just one season for USC in 2009. Volunteers head coach Josh Heupel says that’s a good thing.
Cut 18 (12) “…for his arrival.”
When Kiffin took Ole Miss to Knoxville in 2021 a golf ball and a entire bottle of mustard was thrown at him.