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Should LSU Worry About Football Comments from the Louisiana Governor?

LSU was picked fifth in Bleacher Report's post-national signing day top 25, but that ranking might be a bit too high.

As in, the Tigers might not even have the chance to justify it at all.

According to Julia O'Donoghue of NOLA.com, Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards addressed the state Thursday night in a rare statewide television broadcast regarding the ongoing budget crisis that threatens virtually every state-run entity.

In it, he discussed the worst-case scenario: If state lawmakers don't pass his proposed tax increases during a special legislative session, the $940 million budget deficit could close the doors on LSU and cancel the football season.