LSU says the SEC will not overturn Devin White’s suspension for the first half of the Alabama game, because of targeting a Mississippi State player. Legal analyst Tim Meche says further legal action is highly unlikely, and at this point, fans should move on and accept number 40 will have to ride the pine…
The game kicks off November 3rd.
The Advocate newspaper reports that Marquette Transportation, the barge operator that’s responsible for hitting the Sunshine Bridge at Donaldsonville, had 32 collisions or “brush-ups” with bridges since 2013, and were not penalized. Ascension Parish Council Chairman Bill Dawson says it’s clear the Coast Guard needs to reform how it tracks company and pilot accidents on the river.
JMC Analytics Publisher and Analyst John Couvillon says he doesn’t see any of the Congressional races on the November ballot resulting in a change in the state’s congressional delegation. He did say the 3rd district could get interesting though, where Clay Higgins faces a Republican challenger and a crowded democratic field. Even then the analyst says he expects Higgins to avoid a run-off, and the rest of the congressional races to be far less close…
Early voting for the November ballot runs through Tuesday, but closed on Sunday, and if any candidates fail to crack 50 percent, the election run-offs would be held December 8th.
And Senator John Kennedy says we’ll know whether or not he’s going to challenge Governor John Bel Edwards before the first of December. In an interview with the AP, Kennedy said he loves his current job but finds it “hard to stomach what is happening in Louisiana right now.”