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LSU football will kick off the 2021 season on September 4 in Pasadena against the UCLA Bruins.
It’s not the typical matchup that you see for an SEC program.
Usually, SEC teams open either at home in a “tune up” game or in a neutral site game.
It’s rare that we see a program like LSU open with a true road game (road non-conference matchups are becoming few and far between these days, but that’s a conversation for another day).
LSU Football’s game against UCLA ranked as one of the best in week one
The LSU/UCLA matchup is ranked by 247Sports as the No.