LSU has self-imposed a one-year bowl ban on its football program. So that means no bowl game for the Tigers for the first time since 1999. Even though the Bayou Bengals are 3-5, Athletic Director Scott Woodward said last Saturday that the school still planned to play in a bowl game.
The one-year bowl ban is in addition to the sanctions the university levied on itself in October when the school announced its cutting eight scholarships over the next two years, reducing recruiting visits and banning former wide receiver Odell Beckham Junior from the facility for two years.
The NCAA is investigating the football program over allegations that a booster provided the parents of a former football player with a no-show job, Beckham’s handing out of cash to players after the national championship game, and a recruiting violation committed by Head Coach Ed Orgeron in January 2019.
While a bowl ban might sound significant, LSU beat reporter for the USA Today Network Glen Guilbeau says the NCAA may not look at this as a serious punishment.
“I think this is laughable in that they’re giving up a bowl from a 4-6 or 3-7 team that they really don’t want to go to anyway considering how this season has gone.”
Guilbeau also says the NCAA may add to these penalties when they complete their investigation.
“I think that the NCAA is probably going to slap them with a few more sanctions than what LSU asked for.”
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