Arkansas interim head coach Bobby Petrino split four games with LSU when he ran the program from 2008-11. Petrino lost both games played in Tiger Stadium.

After the first week of the college basketball season, both LSU teams are unbeaten.   Of course, the two teams were taking on mid-major teams.

At the end of each week, the 16 Southeastern Conference teams will be broken down into four groups according to what they have done on the field.

Here are the position grades for LSU in its 20-9 loss to Alabama at Bryant-Denny Stadium in Tuscaloosa on Saturday night.

Without a doubt, Alabama was ripe to be beaten on its home field Saturday night.

No one knows the frame of mind of the LSU players when they hit the field in Tuscaloosa on Saturday night.

Six players scored in double figures as LSU opened the season with a 96-60 victory over Tarleton State at the PMAC on Wednesday night.

LSU was without a Director of Athletics for only five days. At least logical thought prevailed Tuesday when Verge Ausberry was named LSU’s new Director of Athletics, the successor to Scott Woodward.

Without a doubt, the upcoming 2025-26 campaign is going to be NCAA tournament-or-bust for McMahon. The dismissal and eventual financial payout to Kelly will have no effect upon McMahon’s status.

At the end of each week, the 16 Southeastern Conference teams will be broken down into four groups according to what they have done on the field.

All Jeff Landry has done is raise more questions from potential LSU coaches about the interference of political figures. The path to hiring coaches in the future has become rockier.

On Kelly’s four Tigers teams, a total of ten Louisiana high school signees started at least 75 percent of the games in any one season. The greatest number of such players (six) were on the 2023 team, which produced Kelly’s best record at LSU (10-3).