LSU will open the 2020 football season on September 26th by hosting Mississippi State. The Tigers will travel the next week to Vanderbilt and then come back home to host Missouri. LSU will have a big road test on October 17th at Florida then host South Carolina. LSU is at Auburn on Halloween, then a bye week and the defending champs will host Alabama on November 14th. Following the clash with the Crimson Tide, the Tigers will have back-to-back road games at Arkansas and Texas A-and-M and then host Ole Miss on December 5th in the regular-season finale.

Safety Kary Vincent has become the second Tigers player to opt out this season. Vincent started eight games last season and had four interceptions, but has decided to skip this season and get ready for the NFL draft. Defensive tackle Neil Farrell has also opted out.

The Saints have started padded practices and the team has released a video of Quarterback Drew Brees throwing passes to newly acquired wide receiver Emmanuel Sanders. Before the season, Brees went to Colorado to begin building chemistry with Sanders. Brees says he likes how Sanders gets himself ready for the season…
cut 17 (19) “…great skill set”
Sanders has played 10 seasons in the NFL and has caught 601 passes, 42 of them for touchdowns. Last season he caught 33 passes for 502 yards in ten games in San Francisco.

The SWAC has released its spring football schedule. The Bayou Classic between Southern and Grambling is scheduled for April 17th, with the hope that the game will be played in New Orleans. The regular season is set to kick off on February 27th.