A Louisiana judge has expanded an order affecting the SEC's effort to prevent former professional players from returning to college football, adding another roster question for LSU less than a week before its season opener against Clemson.

Courts have blocked the NCAA from enforcing eligibility rules against former professional athletes, but the SEC may have another option: punish LSU instead of the players. Here’s why the conference could be on stronger legal ground.

Clemson’s trip to LSU has all the ingredients of a historic season opener, but longtime Clemson SID Tim Bourret says it still doesn’t top the night the defending national champion Tigers walked into Athens to face Herschel Walker and Georgia in 1982.

LSU’s defense made an early statement, Sam Leavitt continued to show he’s fully healthy, and Lane Kiffin identified several areas still taking shape as the Tigers prepare for Clemson on Sept. 5.

Lane Kiffin offered a revealing update on Sam Leavitt as LSU opened fall camp, giving Clemson fans their first real clues about what awaits in Death Valley on Sept. 5.

For years, Clemson's most successful offenses were built on balance, physicality, and a relentless running game. Now, with Chad Morris back on staff, the Tigers appear poised to embrace the identity that helped turn them into a national powerhouse.

Clemson’s “measured” recruiting approach worked when it ruled college football — now it might be leaving the Tigers behind.