As expected, LSU Head Coach Ed Orgeron has named Danny Etling as his starting quarterback for the season opener against BYU. Orgeron says Etling knows the offense and has been the most consistent quarterback on the roster during training camp….
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True freshman Myles Brennan will serve as Etling’s backup.

Also, running back Derrius Guice has not practiced this week with an undisclosed injury. Oregeron calls it a minor injury. Former LSU offensive lineman Maea Teuhema has transferred to Southeastern Louisiana. His brother also plays for the Lions.

Southern Lab High School will have to vacate its 2016 and 2015 state championship football titles, plus its runner-up trophy in 2014 after it was learned the Baton Rouge school violated the LHSAA’s recruiting rules. The school has been banned from postseason play for the next two years and their head coach, former LSU quarterback Marcus Randall, has been fired and suspended by the LHSAA for one year.

Saints offensive tackle Terron Armstead told the Advocate Newspaper he’s ahead of schedule in his rehabiliton from surgery to fix a torn labrum. But no timetable has been set on when he’ll return.

Giants wide receiver Odell Beckham Junior could reportedly miss the season opener because of a sprained ankle. New York kicks off the season in Dallas.

Leon Landry is back with the LSU baseball program as an undergraduate assistant coach. The Baton Rouge native was on the 2009 national championship team.

And one of the state’s top prep baseball players for 2018, Cade Beloso of John Curtis, has committed to LSU. He’s a left-handed hitting first baseman.