LSU nearing deal with Tom Herman to become next coach

Without its star running back Fournette, who didn’t even travel with the team due to an ankle injury, LSU entered the game as the underdogs on the road.

For A&M, (8-4, 4-4 SEC) it was the third loss in four weeks and moved the team’s record to 2-7 in November versus the SEC West since 2014.

Fournette had set the game rushing record on October 22 against Ole Miss when he shook off his season-long ankle injury after missing the previous game, gaining 284 yards on 16 carries with three touchdowns against the Rebels.

But Guice was quick to show that he could carry the backfield on his own, rumbling through the Texas A&M defense for a 45-yard touchdown on the Tigers’ first drive.

“Joe asked me to do my best on a daily basis”, Orgeron said.

“We were playing tonight for Coach O”, senior center Ethan Pocic said.

While LSUmight have its next head coach already targeted, its players made a passionate case for the interim head coach, Ed Orgeron, in the aftermath of their regular-season finale.

USA Today Sports reported that Herman, who has spent two seasons as Houston’s coach, met with LSU officials on Thursday afternoon. It’s good advice for Joe Alleva at Louisiana State University, where his best choice in his college football coach may be Ed Orgeron, the man now coaching at LSU. Orgeron has done a nice job righting the ship, and has now impressed in two interim stints at massive programs. We played some good teams that came up with good wins. “It was a ship that was sinking and we turned it around”. By the end of the first quarter Saturday, Memphis had amassed 222 yards and three touchdowns. They are in better shape now than Texas, so that would give Herman a head start on rebuilding the program, while he continues to sign his own recruiting classes.

Washington will take its College Football Playoff hopes into the Pac-12 championship game next Friday against either Colorado or Southern California.

The Tigers (7-4, 4-3) have won two of their last three, including a 34-7 win at Cincinnati last week and Memphis has plenty of motivation.

If Washington State QB Luke Falk is given time to throw, he should be able to find gaps against Washington’s stellar secondary.

Just 11 seconds later, Etling hit Malachi Dupre to put LSU up 20-7 at the half.

“That’s something that I expect from our guys and our offensive line”, Guice said of being able to rush for 285 yards. That number is an important benchmark when it comes to the Apple Cup in Pullman. There were three games in which he rushed for 19 yards or less, but now also five games in which he rushed for 150 yards or more. Whichever wide receiver can have more of an impact may decide the outcome. I’ll take it one game at a time.

“When I was cleared to play, there was never a thought in my mind that I wouldn’t go out there”, Knight said after limping to the podium.

The victor of Friday’s game will face OH in the MAC title game next week.