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Ford, a fourth-year junior who gained 756 yards on 127 carries last season, might miss the season opener Saturday (ESPNU, 7 p.m. ET) against North Texas as he awaits the outcome of an appeal concerning his academic record at LSU. Tahj Jones, a junior backup linebacker expected to play a lot this season, is also facing the possibility of an academic suspension.
"Yeah, there is some appeal process that being undertaken for those guys," LSU coach Les Miles said at his first weekly media luncheon Monday. "And we'll kind of have to wait and see how that all turns out as we get closer to the game."
Ford, a fourth-year junior who gained 756 yards on 127 carries last season, might miss the season opener Saturday (ESPNU, 7 p.m. ET) against North Texas as he awaits the outcome of an appeal concerning his academic record at LSU. Tahj Jones, a junior backup linebacker expected to play a lot this season, is also facing the possibility of an academic suspension.
"Yeah, there is some appeal process that being undertaken for those guys," LSU coach Les Miles said at his first weekly media luncheon Monday. "And we'll kind of have to wait and see how that all turns out as we get closer to the game."
