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REPORT: AD Joe Alleva Resigning

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From the Baton Rouge Business Report (who, weirdly, has a great reputation at breaking LSU sports news) "LSU Athletics Director Joe Alleva is expected to step down—perhaps as early as today—from the position he has held at the university for more than a decade, a high ranking source within the LSU System tells Daily Report. LSU officials declined to comment. ... While details of Alleva’s expected departure remain murky, sources say a deal is in the works to replace him with a nationally recognized leader in university athletics. That announcement is also expected in the coming days." There are many, MANY rumors surrounding yesterday's closed door LSU Board of Supervisors meeting to discuss "potential litigation" and it can't be helped but to draw a line between that meeting and this news. More as this develops....