LSU must take its SEC punishment. Or take a hike | Opinion

Everyone settle down. They're not running off a charter member of the SEC.

The SEC presidents and chancellors are mad and embarrassed, and they'll vote Thursday to expel LSU from the league. While it sounds foreboding, here's the likely punishment for the suddenly rogue university:

LSU coach Lane Kiffin will be suspended multiple games, and the university will be hit with a massive fine. They'll also be told ― in a legal and unambiguous way ― that one more instance of flouting league rules will result in their expulsion from the SEC.

From Kiffin, to athletic director Verge Ausberry, to president Wade Rousse, everyone is going to pay for what the SEC considers a “lack of institutional control.”

“There will be no doubt about what will happen if this continues,” an SEC source told USA TODAY Sports.

Make no mistake, now is not the time for LSU or its acolytes — this means you, Gov. — to plead innocence or demand justice. Take your medicine, and walk away.

Take Kiffin’s suspension, take the fine and the humbling public paddling and declare fealty to all things SEC. Or not, and go join the Big 12 or hook up with a streamer…

Original source: https://www.usatoday.com/sports/