PASADENA, Ca. (WGNO) – The LSU Tigers kick off the 2021 football season against the UCLA Bruins in Pasadena, California.
It’s the first time the Tigers will play at the Rose Bowl in program history.
Last weekend the Tigers had to relocate to Houston for final preparations ahead of the game due to Hurricane Ida.
LSU finished the 2020 season with a 5-5 overall record on the heels of winning a National Championship.
Follow along with our live blog below for up-to-the-minute action as it happened.
.. wow .. routed .. #WGNOtv
— Ed Daniels (@WGNOsports) September 5, 2021
.. LSU has 51 rush yards .. when they run for less than 100 .. 1-7 under Ed Orgeron #WGNOtv
— Ed Daniels (@WGNOsports) September 5, 2021
.. that was the most bizarre pass attempt I ever seen .. even more bizarre than the backwards pass Aaron Brooks attempted as a Saint #WGNOtv
— Ed Daniels (@WGNOsports) September 5, 2021
.. great open field tackle by Damone Clark .. on quarterback .. forces field goal try .. UCLA leads 24-17 in the third .. #WGNOtv
— Ed Daniels (@WGNOsports) September 5, 2021
..any questions? #WGNOtv
— Ed Daniels (@WGNOsports) September 5, 2021
… Max Johnson is going to have to win the game .. with a ton of big plays .. #WGNOtv
— Ed Daniels (@WGNOsports) September 5, 2021
… wide receiver who caught the TD pass, Chase Cota, is son of former Saint Chad Cota #WGNOtv
— Ed Daniels (@WGNOsports) September 5, 2021
LSU .. put a third tackle in the game .. gets a first down on three running plays .. #WGNOtv
— Ed Daniels (@WGNOsports) September 5, 2021
.. LSU has three rushing yards .. trails 14-10 at the half .. #WGNOtv
— Ed Daniels (@WGNOsports) September 5, 2021
Tigers settle for a FG off of Ricks’ INT
Cade York 26-yarder is good#LSU – 10#UCLA – 14
3:53 left in the first half— Jori Parys (@JoriParys) September 5, 2021
..now just bad defense .. #WGNOtv
— Ed Daniels (@WGNOsports) September 5, 2021
.. same as last year .. confusion on defense .. #WGNOtv
— Ed Daniels (@WGNOsports) September 5, 2021
..didn’t take long to tie it .. one play 75 yard pass .. totally faked out by the run .. very bad .. #WGNOtv
— Ed Daniels (@WGNOsports) September 5, 2021
..Johnson to Boutte for the TD .. Johnson now 9 of 13 for 96 yards … 7-0 early 2nd #WGNOtv
— Ed Daniels (@WGNOsports) September 5, 2021
..great play by Johnson with the heat on him #WGNOtv
— Ed Daniels (@WGNOsports) September 5, 2021
Scoreless at the end of the 1Q#LSU defense 🔥 in the early goings
— Jori Parys (@JoriParys) September 5, 2021
..good field position for LSU .. got to make something happen #WGNOtv
— Ed Daniels (@WGNOsports) September 5, 2021
.. LSU has 7 rushing yards .. not good enough #WGNOtv
— Ed Daniels (@WGNOsports) September 5, 2021
.. Max Johnson with a clean pocket .. tough to stop .. #WGNOtv
— Ed Daniels (@WGNOsports) September 5, 2021