LSU football will now take on Missouri football at Faurot Field this weekend.
LSU football has to move its home game vs. Missouri football due to Hurricane Delta.
In order to get the game in, this SEC matchup will now be played in Columbia, Missouri in the early-afternoon window on Saturday, Oct. 10, as opposed to a night game at Tiger Stadium in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. This isn’t the first time a hurricane has impacted the location of an SEC football game, nor will it be the last. Fortunately, the conference is adept at these sort of things.
Will moving the game to CoMo give Mizzou a better shot at the upset bid?
On paper, yes, having this game played in the early-afternoon window at home, as opposed to being on the road in Death Valley at night gives Eliah Drinkwitz’s team a puncher’s chance to pull off the upset of Ed Orgeron’s Bayou Bengals. However, Mizzou might be the worst team in the SEC this year, and even though LSU is rebuilding a bit, the Tigers are still dripping with talent.
LSU looked to get back to good by crushing the Vanderbilt Commodores last week after losing their SEC home opener vs. the Mississippi State Bulldogs two weeks ago. The Bayou Bengals will now take their No. 17 overall ranking into CoMo and hope to come out of Faurot Field victorious. Frankly, if LSU falls to 1-2 on the year with a second upset loss, it’d be a major cause for concern.
As for Missouri, this was always going to be a challenging year for Drinkwitz and his program. The Tigers were expected to duke it out in the SEC East basement with the likes of the South Carolina Gamecocks and Vanderbilt. Now with a pair of losses to the Alabama Crimson Tide and the Tennessee Volunteers, an 0-3 start to the Drinkwitz era in Columbia is very much in play.
Even though moving the game will be impactful, it’s not enough to hand Mizzou a victory.
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