Big news on Monday as LSU announced that play-by-play announcer Jim Hawthorne will miss this weekend's matchup with Alabama as he recovers from a "medical procedure," per Michael Bonnette's release this afternoon:
VOICE OF THE TIGERS JIM HAWTHORNE TO MISS ALABAMA GAME
BATON ROUGE - The Voice of the Tigers Jim Hawthorne will miss the first LSU football game of his broadcasting career on Saturday when fourth-ranked LSU faces seventh-ranked Alabama in Tuscaloosa.
Hawthorne underwent a successful medical procedure late last week and is still recovering. Hawthorne is expected to return to the booth in a couple of weeks.