No. 14 LSU's game with surging South Alabama features one coach who played Louisiana high school football and grew up going to Tiger Stadium against a coach from Boston who didn't move down South until he was 60 years old.

South Alabama’s Major Applewhite will coach his first game at LSU on Saturday night, but it will be far from the first time he’s experienced Tiger Stadium. The 46-year-old Applewhite grew up in Baton Rouge,

First meeting. WHAT’S AT STAKE? LSU seeks its fourth straight victory since a season-opening loss to Southern California in Las Vegas and needs to win to avoid sliding down the AP Top 25 Poll . South Alabama wants a competitive showing,

Brian Kelly and the Bayou Bengals head into the clash as heavy favorites, but what do the expert models believe?

South Alabama has two wins in program history against power-conference competition, a 21-20 victory at Mississippi State in 2016 and last year’s 33-7 rout of Oklahoma State. The last time the Jaguars played an SEC team on the road, they lost 60-14 at Tennessee in 2021.