Louisiana Sen. John Kennedy didn’t hold back on Tuesday as the SEC’s reported discussions about expelling LSU kept spiraling.
Kennedy stepped in just hours before it was reported that the Tigers would reach the 105-scholarship roster limit established by the House vs. NCAA settlement, a move that now makes any future addition of former NFL players Dae’Quan Wright and Zxavian Harris impossible. The senator from Louisiana said the conference’s reported talk of removing LSU was flat-out absurd.
“Bone deep down to the marrow stupid,” Kennedy said on Tuesday. “I’ve got rocks in my driveway that are smarter than that.
They’re not going to throw LSU out of the SEC. Let me tell you something, I and a lot of other people in the United States Congress will be on them like a hobo on a ham sandwich.
LSU hasn’t done anything wrong. It’s called a court of law.
God made courts to decide disputes.”
Kennedy is part of a broader political push in Louisiana backing the state’s flagship school as the legal fight with the SEC continues. Governor Jeff Landry also blasted the reported expulsion talks, calling them “ridiculous” and asking if “we can just play football,” in a statement given to Yahoo Sports’ Ross Dellenger.
The conflict escalated after a Louisiana court granted an injunction on Friday allowing Harris and Wright to become eligible and join LSU’s roster. Then on Tuesday, Dellenger reported that the SEC had amended its federal lawsuit against LSU in an effort to gain the authority to remove the Tigers from the conference. ESPN’s Pete Thamel also reported that conference presidents and chancellors were scheduled to meet to discuss LSU’s removal over a “lack of institutional control.”
With LSU now at the 105-player roster limit, the path to adding Harris or Wright later appears closed, which makes an expulsion even less certain.
The federal case is still on the calendar in Birmingham, Alabama, with the hearing set for 1 p.m. on Wednesday.
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