LSU beginning security A.J. Haulcy will miss the primary half of Saturday’s high 10 conflict towards Clemson due to an ejection for preventing final season, an NCAA official instructed CBS Sports activities.
Haulcy, whereas enjoying for Houston final season, was ejected late within the fourth quarter of the Cougars’ regular-season finale towards BYU. Whereas the ejection was initially listed as unsportsmanlike conduct — which might not include any further penalty — it was later modified after the sport to preventing. With that designation comes a required first-half suspension of the subsequent recreation which simply so occurs to be in a distinct season with a distinct staff.
Sources instructed CBS Sports activities’s Chris Hummer that LSU was unaware of the opportunity of a suspension till this week, although an NCAA official stated that Houston’s “teaching workers was made conscious of the suspension and clarification of the preventing foul in a proper letter from the Large 12 convention in early December 2024.” It seems that message wasn’t handed alongside to the LSU teaching workers after Haulcy left for the Tigers. NCAA guidelines don’t allow appeals for preventing so LSU and Haulcy don’t have any recourse lower than 48 hours away from Saturday’s recreation at No. 4 Clemson.
Haulcy’s first half suspension is a major blow for LSU towards what must be a high-potent Clemson offense. Haulcy is anticipated to be a giant a part of LSU’s rebuilt protection and has earned rave evaluations from the teaching workers this fall. An LSU supply instructed CBS Sports activities earlier this week, “Haulcy has actually stabilized the (security) group.” Haulcy was rated as a four-star and the No. 3 security within the switch portal, in response to 247Sports.
Clemson was a 3.5-point favourite at dwelling towards LSU, and the road has already moved to Clemson -4 as of this text’s publication, in response to DrafKings.
