According to the Baton Rouge Advocate, the teams had until 1 a.m. ET to restart the game, but the threat of ongoing thunderstorms caused LSU’s first cancellation of a game since 1918.
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“It boiled down to player safety,” LSU athletics director Joe Alleva announced. “At the end of the day, we have to be concerned about the players’ welfare. We’d need a full, 30-minute warmup. We just had a lightning strike now. We’d have to wait 29 minutes and then have a 30-minute warmup.”
The game was scoreless and will not be made up. All stats recorded before delay will not count.
No. 14 LSU will now play an 11-game season, similar to what Florida experienced last season when a matchup with Idaho was canceled because of weather.
McNeese State will keep the $500,000 guarantee for playing the Tigers despite the cancellation.
