LSU puts up billboards encouraging staying home amid COVID-19 outbreak

LSU puts up billboards encouraging staying home amid COVID-19 outbreak
LSU is encouraging people to following the Governor's advice and stay home during the COVID-19 pandemic. (Source: LSU)
By Mykal Vincent | March 20, 2020 at 9:11 AM CDT - Updated March 20 at 4:02 PM

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Following LSU head football coach Ed Orgeron’s emphatic declaration that Louisianans will “fight like tigers” during this global outbreak, the university’s athletics department put up three billboards encouraging the people of Baton Rouge to heed officials’ warning; stay home.

Three billboards were put up featuring Orgeron, gymnastics coach D.D. Breaux, and women’s basketball coach Nikki Fargas.

The billboards say “Win! by staying in,” “staying home saves lives,” and “together we win by staying in,” respectively.

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