LSU filled its final two roster spots Tuesday night to reach the 105-man limit, adding a cornerback and a defensive end. It sounds like housekeeping. It was the whole story — a full roster has no room for Dae'Quan Wright or Zxavian Harris, and LSU had deliberately been sitting on two open spots. By Wednesday the SEC's case had come apart. The federal hearing in Birmingham was continued with no new date — "the court will reset the hearing by separate order" — meaning the conference asked for a restraining order and did not get one. Greg Sankey said the presidents would meet with a "revised agenda," and Ross Dellenger reported expulsion is no longer expected to be on it. The honest counterweight: WBRZ in Baton Rouge reported the opposite, that expulsion remains on the agenda. The SEC has confirmed nothing, and no time for the meeting has been published anywhere. In segment two — the letter. LSU President Wade Rousse wrote to Sankey: "The roster is now locked for the season. LSU complied with SEC rules. This issue is moot." Inside it is a claim about dates: Rousse says he told Sankey on September 4 that LSU would not roster the two players, and submitted a roster without them that evening. The SEC amended its complaint on September 8. Either LSU blinked Tuesday with a vote hanging over it, or the conference sought emergency relief four days after the emergency ended. Which version do you believe? Tell me in the comments. Locked On Ole Miss Hits — quick takes on the Rebels every weekday. Subscribe and hit the bell. Hotty Toddy.
LSU filled its final two roster spots Tuesday night to reach the 105-man limit, adding a cornerback and a defensive end. It sounds like housekeeping. It was the whole story — a full roster has no room for Dae'Quan Wright or Zxavian Harris, and LSU had deliberately been sitting on two open spots.
By Wednesday the SEC's case had come apart. The federal hearing in Birmingham was continued with no new date — "the court will reset the hearing by separate order" — meaning the conference asked for a restraining order and did not get one. Greg Sankey said the presidents would meet with a "revised agenda," and Ross Dellenger reported expulsion is no longer expected to be on it.
The honest counterweight: WBRZ in Baton Rouge reported the opposite, that expulsion remains on the agenda. The SEC has confirmed nothing, and no time for the meeting has been published anywhere.
In segment two — the letter. LSU President Wade Rousse wrote to Sankey: "The roster is now locked for the season. LSU complied with SEC rules. This issue is moot." Inside it is a claim about dates: Rousse says he told Sankey on September 4 that LSU would not roster the two players, and submitted a roster without them that evening. The SEC amended its complaint on September 8. Either LSU blinked Tuesday with a vote hanging over it, or the conference sought emergency relief four days after the emergency ended.
Which version do you believe? Tell me in the comments.
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CHAPTERS (measured from word counts)
0:00 LSU folded — or the fight was already over
0:48 The roster move that ended the emergency
2:14 Kalshi
2:48 The letter that says it was over on the 4th