Earlier this week, LSU football team found out they will be playing their season opener against BYU in the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans. The game was initially scheduled to take place at NRG Stadium in Houston, but due to the devastating effects of Hurricane Harvey, they decided that NRG Stadium was no longer fit to host the annual Advocare Kickoff Classic.
Ed Orgeron enters his first full season as LSU football coach, after leading the team to a 6-2 record last year as the team’s interim head coach.
After watching the BYU Cougars fight to a rather uneventful 20-6 win over FCS foe Portland State last Saturday, the LSU staff accumulated 60 minutes worth of BYU tape to study up on in preparation of Saturday night’s showdown.