Volume 122 · No. 18
Thursday, September 15, 2016
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Les Miles suggests Danny Etling will start against Mississippi State, Leonard Fournette is ‘full speed ahead’ after practicing Wednesday STORY BY CHRISTIAN BOUTWELL @CBoutwell_
PHOTOS BY JORDAN MARCELL and THE DAILY REVEILLE ARCHIVES
LSU coach Les Miles said he wanted to keep LSU’s starting quarterback decision “in house” this week against Mississippi State. After a short two-minute stint of cell phone difficulties, Miles hopped on the Southeastern Conference’s coaches’ weekly teleconference call on Wednesday morning and was asked who he plans on starting at quarterback against the Bulldogs. “We’re going to keep that in house if you don’t mind,” the coach answered. The decision stayed “in house” for nearly eight seconds. Miles essentially implied redshirt junior Danny Etling will start on Saturday. “I can’t imagine that Danny Etling won’t take the first snaps, but we’re going to let this week play out,” he said. On Wednesday afternoon during his weekly post-practice
see QUARTERBACKS, page 2 BATON ROUGE COMMUNITY
Central native recounts community rescues with Cajun Navy
BY HUNTER LOVELL @hunter_lovell23 The water was rising fast. Luke LeBas knew he needed to get out. On the morning of Saturday, Aug. 13, LeBas gathered his family members, grabbed what few possessions he could find and drove to his brother-inlaw’s house a mile down the road. Knowing they would be safe on higher ground, LeBas went back to his house to get his boat. When he left, he knew there was no going back. “We just had to let it go,” LeBas said. “We knew we were
safe. My kids were safe. My wife was safe. You know, a house is a house, but you can’t replace a family.” As he contemplated starting his boat up, a man came over and asked him to rescue his daughter, who was handicapped. The water had risen from just a few inches to more than 2 feet on the road within the hour. Time was of the essence. But 2 feet of water was still too shallow to start the motor. With the help of several neighbors, LeBas was able to put the girl and her caretakers in the boat and push it to safety. When he came back to the
neighborhood, he had a line of people waiting to be rescued from their homes. “I’m guessing we took out 40 or 50 people,” LeBas said. LeBas is just one of a few hundred volunteers who made rescues during the historic flooding of South Louisiana a month ago. These rescuers, dubbed the “Cajun Navy,” came from all across the state to help trapped people. Many stores in the Baton Rouge area began selling “Cajun Navy” apparel after the flooding, including Bengals and Bandits
see FLOOD, page 2
courtesy of LUKE LEBAS
Luke LeBas uses his boat to rescue others in Central, Louisiana during the flooding.