Harold Perkins Tigers linebacker Harold Perkins Jr tackles quarterback Bryce Young as the LSU Tigers take down Alabama 32-31 at Tiger Stadium in Baton Rouge, Louisiana,Saturday, Nov. 5, 2022. Lsu Vs Alabama Football 2006

The No. 7 LSU Tigers defeated the Arkansas Razorbacks, 13-0, Saturday. Though the game wasn’t pretty, it should be enough to at least maintain the Tigers’ spot in their continued ascension in the polls.

After the game, Tigers head coach Brian Kelly met with assembled media. He explained that freshman star linebacker Harold Perkins, who finished the game with six solo tackles, four sacks and two forced fumbles, played while suffering from the flu.

He mentioned to Perkins that Chicago Bulls legend Michael Jordan played his best game of the season while suffering from flu-like symptoms. The answer Perkins gave shocked the coach.

“Brian Kelly said Harold Perkins was sick before the game with the flu,” Cody Worsham tweeted. “Told him MJ played his best game ever when he was sick. Perkins: ‘Who’s MJ?'”

In Perkins’ defense — he is a true freshman. He was not alive when Michael Jordan played that epic Game 5 of the 1997 NBA Finals, when he scored 38 points despite having the flu. Still, it’s surprising he hasn’t heard of arguably the most famous athlete in history.

Kelly, Perkins and the Tigers are next in action on Nov. 19 when they host UAB. Though oddsmakers have yet to release the line, the Tigers will assuredly be favored in their tune-up game before facing Texas A&M in College Station the following week in their regular-season finale.

[Cody Worsham]