LSU football head coach Ed Orgeron (Photo by Sean Gardner/Getty Images)
LSU football’s victory tour didn’t get off to a good start on Saturday.
Hours before kickoff on Saturday, we learned that LSU football would be taking the field against Mississippi State to open the 2020 season without cornerback Derek Stingley Jr.
Stingley missed the game after he was briefly hospitalized on Friday night with a non-COVID-19 related illness.
The sophomore cornerback is expected to be fine and should return next week against Vanderbilt.
Without Stingley available, the Tigers had to scramble for a contingency plan.