At SEC Media Days, LSU Football Coach Ed Orgeron is looking forward to the battle at starting quarterback between Myles Brennan and Max Johnson…
Cut 17 (12) …what happens.”
Orgeron says he’s not expecting any of his quarterbacks to run the offense like Heisman Trophy winner Joe Burrow did in 2019, but he wants to see the same type of plays and adjustments that made them so successful that season. On defense, Orgeron says the key will be limiting explosive plays.
SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey says they will not reschedule games this season because of a COVID outbreak on a particular team. He says if a team is not healthy enough to play, they may have to forfeit that contest. Orgeron did not provide a number on many of his players are vaccinated and he called it a personal choice.
One of the top running backs in the country has committed to LSU. Four-star recruit TreVonte’ Citizen of Lake Charles College Prep selected the Tigers over Auburn, Texas, Texas A-and-M, Arkansas and USC. He’s the son of former McNeese standout running back Tony Citizen. Rivals-dot-com lists Citizen as the second best player at his position in the nation.
Ragin Cajuns Senior Quarterback Levi Lewis has been named to the Maxwell Award Preseason Watch List. He’s entering his third season as a starter and last season he threw for 22-hundred yards and 19 T-Ds.
Conference USA Media Members have La Tech finishing third in the West Division. UAB is the preseason favorite to win the West, while U-T-S-A is expected to finish second. Marshall was selected to win the East Division.
Louisiana Tech graduate transfer running back Marcus Williams Jr., senior linebacker Trey Baldwin, junior offensive lineman Joshua Mote, sophomore defensive back BeeJay Williamson and sophomore punt returner Smoke Harris were named to the 2021 preseason watch list.