There’s a new era in LSU football.
For the second-consecutive day, LSU interim coach Ed Orgeron made an in-season practice open to media, which was unheard of under former LSU coach Les Miles.
On Monday, LSU went through a high-energy, short walk through practice without pads inside of the LSU practice facility.
In Orgeron’s second practice as the head coach, LSU’s intensity did not waver. Orgeron, an energizing figure in LSU’s football ops building because of his tendencies to yell passionately, kept the Tigers moving quickly between drills and through drills.
“Let’s go, let’s go,” Orgeron hollered in his fiery cajun accent.
Inactives
Junior defensive tackle Frank Herron, for the second day in a row, assumed junior defensive end Davon Godchaux’s role with the first team defense on Tuesday.
Godchaux was arrested on Monday for false imprisonment after an altercation with his the mother of his ten-month-old child and was suspended indefinitely from the team on Monday.
Junior running back Leonard Fournette missed his second straight day of practice, as he is dealing with an ankle injury and an unspecified injury he suffered on LSU’s second-to-last drive against Auburn. After the game, former LSU coach Les Miles said Fournette “got nicked up” at the end of LSU’s 18-13 loss to Auburn and that he “hopes” the injury is not serious.
Senior center Ethan Pocic and sophomore offensive tackle Toby Weathersby also sat out practice on Tuesday, like they did on Monday, too.
Weathersby did not play against Auburn on Saturday, while Pocic was seen at practice but not in pads.
Freshman cornerback Saivion Smith, for unknown reasons, also sat out of LSU’s Tuesday practice.
The New Guys
Recently hired defensive line coach Pete Jenkins, make his appearance at LSU’s practice. Jenkins, 75, decided to come out of retirement after receiving a phone call from Orgeron to be the new defensive line coach on Sunday afternoon.
Unlike Monday’s walk-through, offensive coordinator Steve Ensminger spent time with the quarterbacks, wide receivers and running backs going through pass catching drills.
The LSU linebackers shuffled practice time with new linebackers coach Dennis Johnson and defensive coordinator Dave Aranda.
