LSU players hate their new COVID-19 helmet face shields

LSU football players are not the biggest fans of the COVID-19 face shield.

Some LSU football players have given the COVID-19 face shield a try and, no thanks.

Linebacker Soni Fonua put on the face shield and told the world he cannot breathe inside of it. His LSU teammate offensive lineman Austin Deculus walks by in the video and says “it’s like breathing in a Ziplock bag”. Well, that’s a way to describe it. It may take some adjust or players like Fonua and Deculus will just go with the normal LSU helmets they typically wear. We’ll have to wait and see.

Will LSU football wear the COVID-19 face shields during the 2020 season?

The LSU Tigers are coming of an undefeated College Football Playoff National Championship-winning season. This was one of the greatest single seasons in college football history. With Joe Burrow and many star players from last year playing in the NFL, Fonua, Deculus and the rest of the Bayou Bengals must carry the rock up the mountain again in 2020 to achieve greatness.

LSU will play a 10-game, conference-only SEC schedule this season. Though the opponents and dates have yet to be fully outlined, LSU has a shot at getting back to the playoff in 2020. However, the Bayou Bengals may regress a bit due to attrition to the NFL. LSU can go anywhere from 10-0 this fall to maybe a 7-3 or hopefully not a 6-4 mark. This team is too talented to fall off a cliff.

Depending on if fans will be in the stands, LSU may lose its one-of-a-kind home-field advantage at Tiger Stadium. No opponent wants to play in Death Valley on a Baton Rouge Saturday night. It’s like playing inside of a drum; it’s that loud. So the Tigers may have to look for ways to overcome not having one of the most distinct home-field advantages in college football if fans can’t attend.

As for the COVID-19 face shields, it may take an acclimation period, or it may not be worth wearing if it hinders a player’s play that greatly. If it starts to fog up and a player can’t see the field in play, what makes you think that’s safe for anyone? Obviously, this will be a college football season unlike any other, assuming we still have it. LSU and everybody will have to adjust to it.

LSU football doesn’t love the COVID-19 face shields, but they may have no choice in the matter.

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