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Today's LSU briefing: “All my words are being used against us”: Wade goes silent on eligibility after LSU lists Niang, Dessert and Clark but plays only six, hours after Sankey said he’d “like to not be in court”. Plus 9 more LSU stories.

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“All my words are being used against us”: Wade goes silent on eligibility after LSU lists Niang, Dessert…
Sankey drops the SEC’s resistance to a bigger playoff: “There is an openness” to expanding the CFP to 24…
Six players, one win: Donovan Dent’s drive with 8 seconds left lifts LSU past UCF 85-81, with 26 points…
Kamario Taylor and Fluff Bothwell are both questionable for Saturday at LSU, and LSU adds linebacker Tylen…
Watch: the ghost screen and off-ball screen from Ružić that freed Abdi Bashir Jr. for one of his six 3s…

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“All my words are being used against us”: Wade goes silent on eligibility after LSU lists Niang, Dessert and Clark but plays only six, hours after Sankey said he’d “like to not be in court”

Will Wade won’t talk eligibility anymore: “Because all my words are being used against us, I’m not going to.” LSU listed Niang, Dessert and Clark vs UCF. None played. Greg Sankey, hours earlier: “I’d like to not be in court.”

PICThe Advocate · Five takeaways from LSU’s win over UCF, including Wade’s eligibility answer / On X · @ByPatForde (SI): Niang, Dessert and Clark on the lineup card, in sweats / TigerDroppings · Sankey: “I’d like to not be in court”

“All my words are being used against us”: Wade goes silent on eligibility after LSU lists Niang, Dessert and Clark but plays only six, hours after Sankey said he’d “like to not be in court”

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Sankey drops the SEC’s resistance to a bigger playoff: “There is an openness” to expanding the CFP to 24 teams, and he expects a decision “sooner rather than later”

Greg Sankey on a 24-team College Football Playoff: “There is an openness to playoff expansion on our part.” He expects a decision “sooner rather than later.” It could mean no more SEC Championship Game.

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The SEC has spent months raising questions about the Big Ten-backed push to 24 teams. At SEC Tipoff on Wednesday, Greg Sankey said “there is an openness to playoff expansion on our part” and that “attitudes change over time and perspectives change.” He said the SEC had “never said no, that it won’t happen,” and that the league had worked through its concerns about media interest, where the games are played and the effect on the regular season. “We’ll see if we can finalize those across the nation, go from there and make some final decisions probably sooner rather than later” (Sports Business Journal, AL.com). Reports say a 24-team field could end conference title games, including the SEC’s, and that the financials would have to make the league whole. The CFP is in talks with ESPN about rights to the extra games, and a deal would have to be done by Dec. 1 to take effect next season. LSU’s angle: nothing changes for the 2026 race. At 4-2, the Tigers are still playing for one of the 12 spots.

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Six players, one win: Donovan Dent’s drive with 8 seconds left lifts LSU past UCF 85-81, with 26 points from Abdi Bashir Jr. and another double-double from Michael Ružić

LSU 85, UCF 81, with six players. Donovan Dent: 21 pts, 11 ast, 9 reb, go-ahead bucket with 8 seconds left Abdi Bashir Jr.: 26 pts, six 3s Michael Ružić: 15 pts, double-double, 4 blk Wade: “Basically played five guys the whole game.”

PICLSU Athletics · Tiger basketball defeats UCF in exhibition, 85-81 / On X · @LSUBasketball: final box line / 247Sports · Everything Wade said after beating UCF

Six players, one win: Donovan Dent’s drive with 8 seconds left lifts LSU past UCF 85-81, with 26 points from Abdi Bashir Jr. and another double-double from Michael Ružić

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Kamario Taylor and Fluff Bothwell are both questionable for Saturday at LSU, and LSU adds linebacker Tylen Singleton to its own report

First SEC availability report for Mississippi State at LSU: MSU: QB Kamario Taylor and RB Fluff Bothwell QUESTIONABLE LSU: LB Tylen Singleton QUESTIONABLE. Out again: Whit Weeks, Trey’Dez Green, Dashawn Spears, Phillip Wright III, Charles Ross II Saturday, 11 a.m., ESPN

PICThe Advocate · Kamario Taylor Watch begins as SEC availability report is released / On X · @1045espn: Taylor listed QUESTIONABLE / 247Sports · SEC availability report, Mississippi State at LSU

Kamario Taylor and Fluff Bothwell are both questionable for Saturday at LSU, and LSU adds linebacker Tylen Singleton to its own report

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Watch: the ghost screen and off-ball screen from Ružić that freed Abdi Bashir Jr. for one of his six 3s against UCF

Abdi Bashir Jr. was 1 of 10 from three at McNeese. Against UCF: 6 of 12, 26 points. Watch the ghost screen and the Ružić off-ball screen that freed this one 👇

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The Advocate’s Toyloy Brown III clipped the action. Bashir sets a ghost screen, comes back off an off-ball screen from Michael Ružić, and drills the three. “This is why Will Wade brought him,” Brown wrote. Bashir, the Kansas State transfer, was 1 of 10 from deep in the McNeese exhibition. Against UCF he made 6 of 12 and scored a game-high 26. “I just got back in my routine,” he said. “The McNeese game was my first game back, probably since like January. My teammates instilled a lot of confidence in me and kept telling me next shot is gonna fall” (The Advocate). Wade: “Obviously, you saw what he can do, making six threes tonight. It’s why we recruited him. He’s one of the best shooters in the country.”

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Mulkey will start the season with 10 active players, her smallest LSU roster, and says freshmen Anna Minaeva and Lola Lampley are “gonna be thrown to the wolves”

Kim Mulkey opens with 10 active players, her smallest roster at LSU. On freshmen Anna Minaeva and Lola Lampley in the frontcourt: “They’re gonna be thrown to the wolves… They have to play because of depth.”

PICThe Advocate · Mulkey doesn’t think her new team is as deep as her last one / USA Today LSU Wire · How Mulkey recruited Anna Minaeva / 247Sports · Everything Mulkey and Mikaylah Williams said at SEC Media Days

Mulkey will start the season with 10 active players, her smallest LSU roster, and says freshmen Anna Minaeva and Lola Lampley are “gonna be thrown to the wolves”

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“Both sides are taking accountability”: TJ Dottery says LSU’s players and Blake Baker own the Kentucky collapse, and Kiffin says one defender missed the call on the 2-point play

TJ Dottery on LSU’s defense after Kentucky: “Both sides are taking accountability… he (Blake Baker) feels like maybe he could’ve called some different calls.” Kiffin on the 2-point play: “Someone got the call, and one didn’t get the call.”

PICTiger Rag · LSU defense ‘taking accountability’ from both sides / On X · @LSUReport: Dottery after the Kentucky loss

“Both sides are taking accountability”: TJ Dottery says LSU’s players and Blake Baker own the Kentucky collapse, and Kiffin says one defender missed the call on the 2-point play

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Article — “Both sides are taking accountability”: TJ Dottery says LSU’s players and Blake Baker own the Kentucky collapse, and Kiffin says one defender missed the call on the 2-point play

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New 2028 Top247: LSU legacy target Jaylen Addai climbs to No. 6 overall, and six Louisiana prospects on LSU’s board are ranked

New 2028 Top247 rankings: LSU legacy WR Jaylen Addai, son of Joseph Addai, is up to No. 6 overall. Six Louisiana prospects on LSU’s board made the list. LSU’s only 2028 commit so far: OT Isaiah Whitehead.

PIC247Sports · Where LSU’s top 2028 targets landed in the updated Top247 / On X · @Geaux247: Wednesday’s Top247 update / On X · @Jayxce: Addai post (218 likes)

New 2028 Top247: LSU legacy target Jaylen Addai climbs to No. 6 overall, and six Louisiana prospects on LSU’s board are ranked

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ESPN ranks the 60 best college receivers of the last 50 years: Ja’Marr Chase is 15th, Josh Reed 18th and Wendell Davis 21st, with no Justin Jefferson or Malik Nabers

ESPN’s top 60 college receivers of the last 50 years. The LSU guys: 15. Ja’Marr Chase 18. Josh Reed 21. Wendell Davis No Justin Jefferson. No Malik Nabers. No Odell. Who got snubbed?

PICESPN · Ranking college football’s best 60 receivers of the last 50 years / TigerDroppings · ESPN ranks three LSU legends among the best receivers / On X · @TigerDroppings: ESPN’s LSU receivers

ESPN ranks the 60 best college receivers of the last 50 years: Ja’Marr Chase is 15th, Josh Reed 18th and Wendell Davis 21st, with no Justin Jefferson or Malik Nabers

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Article — ESPN ranks the 60 best college receivers of the last 50 years: Ja’Marr Chase is 15th, Josh Reed 18th and Wendell Davis 21st, with no Justin Jefferson or Malik Nabers

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Kiffin’s fourth-and-1 punt: On3’s Chris Low, who has covered him since Tennessee, says he was “surprised he didn’t go for it,” and “if he had a mulligan … he probably would’ve gone for it”

Chris Low has covered Lane Kiffin since Tennessee. On the 4th-and-1 punt at Kentucky: “I was surprised he didn’t go for it… I think if he had a mulligan… he probably would’ve gone for it. And I bet he will be going for it.”

PICTiger Rag · Kiffin’s 4th-and-1 punt: longtime media friend ‘surprised he didn’t go for it’ / On X · @Tingle__Co: the 4th-and-1 debate / YouTube · Matt Moscona: Is LSU a house of cards under Kiffin?

Kiffin’s fourth-and-1 punt: On3’s Chris Low, who has covered him since Tennessee, says he was “surprised he didn’t go for it,” and “if he had a mulligan … he probably would’ve gone for it”

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Article — Kiffin’s fourth-and-1 punt: On3’s Chris Low, who has covered him since Tennessee, says he was “surprised he didn’t go for it,” and “if he had a mulligan … he probably would’ve gone for it”

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What to watch today

Today's LSU and SEC briefing

The full LSU picture

“All my words are being used against us”: Wade goes silent on eligibility after LSU lists Niang, Dessert and Clark but plays only six, hours after Sankey said he’d “like to not be in court”

Sankey drops the SEC’s resistance to a bigger playoff: “There is an openness” to expanding the CFP to 24 teams, and he expects a decision “sooner rather than later”

Six players, one win: Donovan Dent’s drive with 8 seconds left lifts LSU past UCF 85-81, with 26 points from Abdi Bashir Jr. and another double-double from Michael Ružić

Kamario Taylor and Fluff Bothwell are both questionable for Saturday at LSU, and LSU adds linebacker Tylen Singleton to its own report

Watch: the ghost screen and off-ball screen from Ružić that freed Abdi Bashir Jr. for one of his six 3s against UCF

Mulkey will start the season with 10 active players, her smallest LSU roster, and says freshmen Anna Minaeva and Lola Lampley are “gonna be thrown to the wolves”

“Both sides are taking accountability”: TJ Dottery says LSU’s players and Blake Baker own the Kentucky collapse, and Kiffin says one defender missed the call on the 2-point play

New 2028 Top247: LSU legacy target Jaylen Addai climbs to No. 6 overall, and six Louisiana prospects on LSU’s board are ranked

ESPN ranks the 60 best college receivers of the last 50 years: Ja’Marr Chase is 15th, Josh Reed 18th and Wendell Davis 21st, with no Justin Jefferson or Malik Nabers

Kiffin’s fourth-and-1 punt: On3’s Chris Low, who has covered him since Tennessee, says he was “surprised he didn’t go for it,” and “if he had a mulligan … he probably would’ve gone for it”

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Kamario Taylor and Fluff Bothwell are both questionable for Saturday at LSU, and LSU adds linebacker Tylen Singleton to its own report

Kiffin’s fourth-and-1 punt: On3’s Chris Low, who has covered him since Tennessee, says he was “surprised he didn’t go for it,” and “if he had a mulligan … he probably would’ve gone for it”

ESPN ranks the 60 best college receivers of the last 50 years: Ja’Marr Chase is 15th, Josh Reed 18th and Wendell Davis 21st, with no Justin Jefferson or Malik Nabers

New 2028 Top247: LSU legacy target Jaylen Addai climbs to No. 6 overall, and six Louisiana prospects on LSU’s board are ranked