Things were going a lot better in Baton Rouge this time last year.
On Wednesday, the LSU athletic department announced that they have self-imposed a postseason ban for the football team for this season.
#LSU Athletics’ and Ed Orgeron’s statement on the self-imposed one-year postseason ban: pic.twitter.com/9HR7ZYQiFn
— Crissy Froyd (@crissy_froyd) December 10, 2020
Despite being 3-5 this season, LSU remained an attractive team for many bowl sponsors because of the history of the program and being the defending national champions.
In November, a report by USA TODAY Sports was released detailing how the LSU program has ignored multiple sexual assault claims by female students including against star running back Derrius Guice.