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Several members of the 19th-ranked Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns, including some key starters, apparently won't be available this Saturday when they host the Georgia Southern Eagles in their 2020 home opener, due to COVID-19 issues.

The Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns football team have their home-opener this Saturday at Cajun Field. The Cajuns want to remind everyone attending the game of important guidelines as to how to attend the game safely.

The Cajuns are currently 2-0, overall, and 1-0 in Sun Belt Conference play.

Elijah Mitchell's 12-yard walk-off touchdown helped the Cajuns improve to 2-0.

Louisiana is 1-0 on the season, while Georgia St. will be playing their season-opener.

The Louisiana Ragin Cajuns are coming off of their historic win against Iowa State and are traveling once again to take on Georgia State. The game is on September 19th at 11AM CT and will be shown on ESPN2 as well as broadcasted here on HOT1079 as well as on ESPN1420.

Duplantis now holds the outdoor and indoor pole vaulting record.

“Our streak has ended...A handful of players will be out." - Billy Napier

He played for Louisiana from 2005-2007.

Like at every college football stadium across the country, things will be different this season at Cajun Field, due to the Coronavirus pandemic, including reduced seating capacity and no tailgating.