Receipt · Cover 3 Week 1 LOCKS · Sep 3, 2026
Hit
“Give me LSU minus 10. I mean, I've been standing on a mountaintop yelling about Clemson for a while now. I don't think this program is in a good spot. You can't tell me LSU isn't far more talented than this Clemson team is. It's Baton Rouge. It's the first game of the Kiffin era. LSU minus 10.”
Tom Fornelli
CBS / Cover 3
Snapshot Clemson 23¢ (≈ +335) / LSU 78¢ (≈ -355) · as of Sep 3, 2026
Final LSU 51, Clemson 10 · Graded Sep 6, 2026
Why Tom Fornelli picked them: He is laying LSU because Clemson’s QB/OL/defense attrition has the program in a bad spot and because he thinks LSU is clearly more talented in Kiffin’s Baton Rouge opener.
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Josh Pate, Paul Finebaum, Andy Staples, Greg McElroy, Clay Travis, David Pollack, Desmond Howard, Pat McAfee, and Nick Saban also picked LSU. George Wrighster and Danny Kanell picked Clemson. The full split is on the game page.