16:45 LRN Sportscast August 9

LSU football coach Ed Orgeron speaks to the media tonight and we’ll get an update on injuries. Because of regular camp injuries, LSU started three freshmen along the offensive line for the first scrimmage on Saturday. Quarterback Danny Etling says Saahdiq Charles, Edward Ingram and Austin Deculus did well despite the lack of college football experience…
cut 18 (20) up as well”
Etling says Lloyd Cushenberry has been at center the last couple of days as they’ve been taking it easy with Will Clapp, who had shoulder surgery in January.

Former Florida and South Carolina Head Coach Steve Spurrier took a shot at LSU while speaking at the Independence Bowl Foundation’s annual kickoff luncheon in Shreveport today. Spurrier said you can have good ball players and still not win football games….LSU fans know about that. Spurrier’s last game on the sidelines was against LSU, a 45-24 loss to the Tigers in Baton Rouge.

The NCAA says Grambling State will not have to vacate its 2011 SWAC Football Championship. An internal investigation determined Grambling’s athletic program used ineligible players in eleven sports from 2010 to 2015, but it has determined that the 2011 championship team didn’t use ineligible players so the title will not be vacated. Grambling went 8-4 that season and beat Alabama A-and-M in the championship game.