RED BATON – Maybe it’s so quiet you can hear a vial drop.
When LSU number 5 opens the 2020 football season on September 26 in opposition to the state of Mississippi at 2:30 p. m. at CBS, there are more than 25,580 enthusiasts at Tiger Stadium, or 25% of its 102,321-seat capacity, LSU said Wednesday, due to COVID-19 precautions.
There will also be no hooker and the Tigerland Golden Band will not be able to perform on the field, even if it is in the game. Various regulations can be replaced the season.
“This plan focuses on the fitness and protection of everyone who attends LSU soccer games, from the enthusiasts to the team to the workers,” Gov. John Bel Edwards said in a statement. “By reducing capacity and taking a year off, bringing LSU in line with other SEC schools, the plan allows enthusiasts to socially distance themselves. “
Edwards said Tuesday he was hunting at 25% capacity at Tiger Stadium.
“I inspire Tiger’s faithful to adhere to those rules and act responsiblely, as there is still a lot of COVID in Louisiana,” Edwards said. “We will continue to monitor the number of our cases, check the positivity rate and hospitalizations and make the mandatory adjustments. While this season certainly starts differently than a football season in general, with COVID preventing all of us from running together, nothing can stop what we have for our LSU Tigers. “
But it will be strange.
“We told our team that we were going to have to supply our own power to Tiger Stadium,” LSU coach Ed Orgeron said before the announcement. “But you know what, there’s no way we can duplicate the power our fans are giving us. Then we can have enthusiasts. I don’t know how many we will have. whatever it is, it’s definitely going to be different. “
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Tiger Stadium has been known as one of the loudest places to watch a game for decades.
“It’s whatever we have to deal with,” Orgeron said. “It’s the same for the other team. Now that being said, we still have to win the game. “
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Deep senior JaCoby Stevens said there may be no lack of stadium enthusiasts.
“He’s going to downplay the experience on Saturday,” he said. “The Tiger Walk is full of enthusiasts going crazy. Hopefully all the enthusiasts can be out there and pack up the house. But this is the world we live in. They do this to us and to all of us, we have to settle for that as it is. , and I hope we can stay on top of it and come out of it and appreciate it that much more.
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Orgeron does not plan to make noise during education as groups do in the general season to prepare for noisy stadiums.
“When you make noise, your players don’t want to generate power,” he said. “And I think that’s a mistake. I think we have to be informed about how to produce our own energy and create our own noise. We are going to have to do it on the sidelines. “
Orgeron will rely on strength coach Tommy Moffitt, who has one of the loudest howls on the staff, and others.
“These guys are yelling and clapping,” he said. But we definitely have our homework to do this year. “
Among the many protective measures, enthusiasts will be required to wear masks on campus and at Tiger Stadium, according to LSU’s statement. “Tailgating will be allowed on campus and physical estating will be mandatory. “
A complete and up-to-date list of all fan settings and notifications similar to COVID-19 can be found on the LSUsports. net. Fans can also get updates with the new LSU Sports mobile app.
Nicholls State Darren Evans senior cornerer from Glen Oaks High in Baton Rouge will go to LSU and be eligible for this season.
“They say the house is where the center is,” Evans posted on his Twitter account Tuesday with a photo of a player dressed in an LSU helmet and a blouse from Nicholls State and a blouse from LSU.
Orgeron has been uploading a corner movement to his list for several weeks.
Ruston High’s defensive first-year LSU Redshirt / outside linebacker Ray Parker has been indefinitely suspected for a violation of team rules, Orgeron said in an LSU statement Wednesday morning.
Parker (6 feet five inches, 24 and five pounds) played the tight final at Ruston High and signed with LSU in 2019 as offensive take No. 23 of the country and prospectus No. 10 in the state. Then he moved on to the defensive goal, he’s on the list as an outdoor supporter.
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