[Phillips] BREAKING: Tuscaloosa Police just confirmed to me that President Donald Trump will not be in attendance Saturday for Alabama-Georgia due to Hurricane Isaias.
[Dellenger] As well as the amended complaint, the SEC also requested a temporary restraining order against LSU to pave the way for it to expel the university from the conference in a vote scheduled for Thursday. Here’s a portion of the TRO:
[Dellenger] The SEC has scheduled a meeting Thursday to "decide whether to terminate Louisiana State University (“LSU”) as an SEC member institution pursuant to Section 3.1.5 of the SEC Constitution and Bylaw."
[Wallace] Breaking: Judge William Jorden officially grants plaintiffs a preliminary injunction in Louisiana case involving NCAA, and SEC. The athletes are free to be rostered by schools. LSU has been enjoined in the case, protecting them, based on named defendants (SEC)
[Wallace] Judge William Jorden is having a hard time getting around the SEC guidelines timeline He questioned whether there is collusion between the NCAA and SEC..discussing the guidelines the SEC enacted on August 24 and 25th pertaining to pro athletes returning to college.
[Wallace] Plaintiff Attorney Tony Clayton asks judge William Jorden to include LSU in his order, so the SEC cannot punish the Tigers for rostering players…
[Dellenger] The vote from SEC presidents on the new pro-player ban was unanimous, as well as granting Greg Sankey unlimited powers to enforce the rule. At least a couple of SEC programs were planning to sign athletes who would be ineligible based on the new policy.
[Thamel] NEWS: Tennessee and Alabama will both wear their home jerseys for the games between the rivals in 2026 and 2027, per ESPN sources. This will mark the first time since 1970 that they wore Alabama crimson and Tennessee orange in the game, a longstanding tradition to that point.
[Riley] NEW: In an interview with The Advocate on Thursday, DJ Pickett’s father shared his response to Jayden Daniels’ cease-and-desist letter to #LSU. Don’t expect DJ to change numbers anytime soon. “This right here makes us want to wear the number more.”
[Garafolo] The letter from Jayden Daniels’ attorney Adam Kenner to LSU football stating the program “must immediately cease and desist from any further use, display, publication, distribution, promotion, commercialization, or other exploitation of Mr. Daniels’ NIL in any manner or medium.”
[Dellenger] Big 12’s legal threat puts Brendan Sorsby in a dilemma: continue on this path, possibly subjecting Tech to a sanction (protected by federal injunction) -OR- apply for the NFL supplemental draft (deadline is next Monday). However, a twist: Sorsby may not have access to the draft.
[Georgia AD Josh Brooks] True integrity means holding your program accountable when things go wrong, not buying custom legislation or running to a local courtroom to bypass the rules.