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PODCAST: A.J. Haulcy suspended for first half of LSU-Clemson

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LSU starting safety AJ Haulcy will be suspended for the first half of LSU’s game vs. Clemson. The organization clarified his ejection in the final game of the 2024 season was due to fighting, which includes an automatic carryover penalty.

Here is what ESPN’s Pete Thamel initially reported from the NCAA.

“In the last game of the 2024 season, A.J. Haulcy was ejected from the contest, initially listed as unsportsmanlike conduct but clarified postgame that game officials ejected the player for fighting,” the NCAA said to ESPN’s Pete Thamel. “Fighting carries an automatic carryover penalty.”

Bryce Koon and Matthew Brune react to the breaking news and what to make of Haulcy’s first-half absence.

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It will be a Top 10 matchup when LSU faces Clemson in the season-opener in less than three weeks as both teams sit inside the Top 10 of the AP Poll, which was released on Monday. LSU is ranked No. 9, while Clemson is No. 4. The LSU-Clemson contest will mark the first time in school history the Tigers will open the season in a Top 10 matchup for a true road game. LSU’s other two Top 10 season-opening matchups came at neutral sites – 2011 No. 4 LSU vs. No. 3 Oregon (Arlington, Texas); 2023 No. 5 LSU vs. No. 8 Florida State (Orlando, Fla.).

In addition to Clemson, six other teams on LSU’s 2025 schedule are ranked in the Top 25, a list topped by Alabama at No. 8 followed by South Carolina at No. 13, Florida at No. 15, Oklahoma at No. 18, Texas A&M at No. 19 at, and Ole Miss at No. 21. South Carolina, Florida and Texas A&M all come to Tiger Stadium this year, while the Tigers will end their season on the road at Oklahoma. The AP Poll features ten SEC teams with Texas leading the way at No. 1 followed by Georgia at No. 5. Tennessee at No. 24 rounds out the remaining SEC teams in Top 25.

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