LSU RUMORS: Tigers Could Miss CFB Playoff After Canceled Game

Very late on the night of Week 1, and after “prolonged inclement weather” that essentially consisted of myriad lightning strikes in the area, LSU officials chose to cancel its opener with McNeese State and not reschedule it. As a result, 100,000-plus fans lost out on watching the game, but they will see their money returned. Brandon Harris is the new starting quarterback and the Tigers hope Harris can provide a spark that was missing at the position last season. Ranked as high as number one in the 2014 AP polls, the Bulldogs finished the year with the 8 best offense in college football. He will become the first LSU quarterback to start his first two games on the road in the Southeastern Conference since Melvin Hill opened at Florida and Ole Miss in 1994, losing both. Tennessee is a program on the rise and while many debate just how far along Butch Jones’ rebuilding process is, a win against the Sooners would certainly validate improvement.

“He moved beyond that not only this spring, and I think he’s way beyond that right now”, Cameron said.

The Bulldogs were bumbling through an ugly first quarter on Saturday night when Holloway caught a kickoff a few yards into his own end zone.

“We just felt like it was not in the best interest of our players to play this game”, said LSU athletic director Joe Alleva via Associated Press. MSU has always had a big problem with LSU, so winning this game will mean more than simply getting a valuable division win.

The Mississippi State pass defense was supposed to undergo an overhaul from a group that struggled throughout last season, and it wasn’t pretty from the start. Will Miles feed Fournette this time?

Dak Prescott has to play a ideal game.

“It’s going to be loud”, Harris said this week.

“We played good at times”. That doesn’t seem like a lot, but three mistakes out of six, and now you’re down over two scores.

“It was kind of unusual to see him at Mississippi State”, Kleinpeter said. LSU knows that quite well after Prescott accounted for 373 yards in Mississippi State’s upset win over the Tigers previous year . This time around, beating LSU wouldn’t just be nice for MSU, it’s absolutely necessary with road games at Auburn and Texas A&M the next two SEC games. Boise leads 4-1 in the rivalry and won 55-30 at home last season. No. 10 LSU beat Mississippi State 59-26 in the last meeting in Starkville in 2013. After several completions down the field, Mississippi State was looking at a 47-yard field goal with eight seconds remaining.