After nearly three weeks of court appearances involving multiple athletes in the Louisiana case, including former Ole Miss players Dae’Quan Wright and Zxavian Harris, the Tigers decided not to add either player to its roster at any point this season.On Tuesday night, LSU head coach Lane Kiffin finalized the roster by adding Gabriel Reliford and Aidan Anding, bringing the Tigers to the 105-player limit.SEC ACCUSES LSU OF LETTING LANE KIFFIN RUN WILD AS EXPULSION VOTE COULD BE COMING THURSDAY IN EXPLOSIVE COURT FILINGLSU Tigers head coach Lane Kiffin speaks at SEC Football Kickoff Media Day at Tampa Marriott Water Street in Tampa, Fla., on July 23, 2026.(Getty Images)LSU HOLDS OFF ON ADDING PLAYERS WITH NFL TIES AS SEC LAWSUIT LOOMS OVER PROGRAM, LANE KIFFINThe decision comes after Wright and Harris amended their complaints in district court to add the SEC as a defendant.A judge granted the players an injunction last week following a 12-hour hearing that featured SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey testifying in front of a packed courtroom in Baton Rouge.Not even ten minutes into his testimony, there was a rumbling within the courtroom as word started to spread that the SEC had filed its own lawsuit against LSU, Lane Kiffin, AD Verge Ausberry and other members of the Tigers athletic department."Did you authorize the SEC to sue LSU and coach Lane Kiffin?" attorney Tony Clayton asked Sankey.When asked why the conference took that step, Sankey pointed to the authority of the presidents and chancellors he represents.Inside a Louisiana Courtroom: SEC-LSU Legal Circus Played Out Like a John Grisham Novel in Stunning Showdown"We established our First Amendment right for freedom of association, so that our conference can make decisions and our members can make decisions about membership," Sankey said.SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey speaks at SEC Football Media Day at the Tampa Marriott Water Street in Tampa, Fla., on July 20, 2026.
(Getty Images)Now, five days after the injunction w...