LSU held practice No. 4 of fall camp today and Summer has fully arrived. It was 89 degrees with a heat index of 100 degrees at 9:55 AM right as the team was starting to come outside and they opened up the gates to media. By the time practice was over we saw an increase of at least seven degrees on the heat index as it was approaching 107-108 degrees toward the end of practice, so it was a hot one today for sure and the sun pulled no punches today claiming a victim toward the end of practice as Tyree Adams had to get rid of his breakfast near the end of practice and was getting some relief with a bit of an ice water bath from one of the trainers. But I'll tell you and I'll have more on this later in the notes, but one thing these coaches are instilling on this team is toughness and I don't know why but it seemed more evident today than it did last season. Granted it's early but there was no coddling going on that's for sure.

With that said let's get to the meat and potatoes of my news & notes. I will preface this by saying

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Destrehan (LA) four-star WR Phillip Wright III has decommitted from Michigan. LSU was considered a viable threat to flip Wright's commitment and we're hearing his recruitment may not be open too long with a new decision possible by the end of the week.

LSU has practice #4 today. Just a few minutes away from getting underway. Unless they throw a last minute audible, we should get a full practice in today for media.

Should have plenty of News & Notes coming your way following practice.

Only had 15 minutes of access today, but here's what I got for y'all:
Second Team Offensive Line:
LT: Tyree Adams RS-FR
LG: Paul Mubenga RS-FR
C: Coen Echols FR
RG: Bo Bordelon SO
RT: Weston Davis FR

• West Weeks and Princeton Malbrue seem to have a firm grasp on the backup LB roles.
• Aaron Anderson was taking first-team punt return reps, followed by Zavion Thomas, Kyle Parker then Jelani Watkins.
• Payton Todd was first-team punter, but I don't think that'll last long. From the five minute punting session we saw, Blake Ochsendorf looked like the better punter. More hang time and distance.
• Punt blocking looked not great. Scout team was putting a lot of pressure on the punter, but there also wasn't a ton of contact so take that how you will.
• Rickie Collins took QB2 reps today ahead of AJ Swann, who took QB2 reps yesterday. We'll likely see them go back and forth all fall.
• Mac Markway is pretty clearly TE2 at the moment. Took some reps on the first-team when they were in 12 personnel and was in most second-team reps with Pimpton as well.
• No changes to first-team WR. Lacy, Daniels and Hilton took the majority of reps with Zavion Thomas getting some as well.

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LSU has 5. Livvy comes in at #2 overall. Flo makes it also.

Underwood, Nuss, and Campbell round out the group of Tigers.

We've discussed this before, but there is a superbly equitable and balanced means of scheduling that also happens to preserve 99% of those 'rivalry' games.

They simply need to go with a pod system. Four 4-team pods, everybody plays the three teams in their pods every year (protecting the rivalry games) and then plays half of the other teams home-and-away followed by the other half of the other teams home-and-away. Every school plays every team at least twice every four years, once at home and once on the road. Every four year player gets to play in every stadium at least once in their career. The only 'drawback' is that we have to play 9 conference games, but you simply don't get more fair and balanced than this. It even minimizes travel for both the teams and the fans and maintains geographical integrity.

Pod #1:
Georgia
Florida
South Carolina
Kentucky

Pod #2:
Alabama
Auburn
Tennessee
Vanderbilt

Pod #3:
LSU
Texas A&M
Ole Miss
Mississippi State

Pod #4:
Texas
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Missouri

The only two 'rivalry' games that won't get played every year are Georgia-Auburn and LSU-Arkansas, but I don't think any of those teams are going to be that sad to see those games go away and they still play each other every other year.

As an aside, how hard did OU get screwed in the scheduling? It's like Texas only agreed to join if it could pick their and OU's schedule to start.

From Sam Spiegelman

Former LSU diver Juan Celaya-Hernandez takes home the silver in Paris


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Edna Karr S Aiden Hall will commit tomorrow at 12pm. He’s a four-star and ranks as the No. 66 player in the 2026 class.

Sam Spiegelman put a future cast for him to LSU back in June.

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Three-star OLB, Jaiden Braker, has flipped his commitment from South Carolina to LSU. He was in town for Bayou Splash on Friday, and it seems the Tigers staff worked their magic.

With the NICE CATCH!! Go Get it!
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Nothing has officially been released yet, but it looks like LSU is getting a new logo soon.

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First Team Offense:
QB: Garrett Nussmeier
RB: Kale Jackson, John Emery, Josh Williams
WR: Kyren Lacy, CJ Daniels, Chris Hilton...Zavion Thomas also saw a couple of plays
TE: Mason Taylor
OL: Will Campell, Garrett Dellinger, DJ Chester, Miles Frazier, Emery Jones
Second Team Offense:
QB: AJ Swann
RB: Same as first team
WR: Kyle Parker, Shelton Sampson, Aaron Anderson, Zavion Thomas
TE: Mac Markway, Ka'Morreun Pimpton...Trey'Dez Green got a couple reps
First Team Defense:
S: Jordan Allen, Jardin Gilbert, Major Burns (star)
CB: Sage Ryan, Ashton Stamps
LB: Whit Weeks, Harold Perkins, Greg Penn
DT: Jacobian Guillory, Gio Paez
ED: Sai'vion Jones, DaShawn Womack
Second Team Defense:
S: Kylin Jackson, Ju'Juan Johnson (star), Dashawn McBryde (Now Dashawn Spears)
CB: JK Johnson, PJ Woodland, Jyaire Brown
DT: Shone Washington, Kimo Makane'ole
NOTE: only had five minutes to get all of this, so I missed a few positions, but I'll try to fill them out in the coming practices.

• Aaron Anderson, Kyle Parker, Jelani Watkins and Zavion Thomas all worked out at punt returner.
• Shelton Sampson made a couple nice catches, highlighted by a leaping touchdown catch over a defender. He hit his head pretty hard and is being evaluated, but they're confident it isn't too bad.
• Collin Hurley threw multiple interceptions, including one to Harold Perkins who was covering Mason Taylor down the sideline.
• Kylin Jackson picked off Rickie Collins the play before the Perkins INT.
• Ashton Stamps also had a red zone interception on Hurley.
• Trey'Dez Green looks like a monster out there. Had two big catches in tight coverage. He absolutely looks the part.
• Kyren Lacy looked like a No. 1 WR. Made some nice catches, including one over Michael Turner Jr.
• Kylan Billiot beat both PJ Woodland and Joel Rogers for a 40-yard touchdown.
• Bradyn Swinson was absent from practice.

Number Changes:
Paris Shand: 0
Zavion Thomas: 0
Ashton Stamps: 1
Jardin Gilbert: 2
Chris HIlton: 3
Greg Penn: 3
PJ Woodland: 11
Zy Alexander: 14
John Emery: 22

Gal has just been a big liability for this team. Wish her luck at TCU but glad she’s gone. Can’t play a lick of D!

C'ville is back! Lots of travel. OU OOC schedule, holy crap.....Temple, Houston, Maine, and some other lay down. Well placed too. Their first go is doable, but a big finish with Bama and LSU back to back. It could be a lot worse. FOUR uncompetitive OOC games really helps. And we have USC and UCLA. Not exactly the Maine Black Bears.

That's right it sucks. Everything takes too long. I love the "white out" feature when I switch from one page to the next. SMH!

LSU fall camp begins today, but media aren't allowed in until tomorrow. They have a pretty open media schedule, so there will be a lot of content coming from fall camp over the coming weeks. We have 12 days of access starting tomorrow - August 24th. Just wanted to let y'all know things are about to ramp up again and football season is right around the corner.

If there's anything specific you want me to look for while I'm there for the post-practice notes, just let me know. Might not get to everything on day one, but over the next few weeks I should be able to get just about everything.

A look across the country here and then LSU added Braker on Wednesday as well: