The ruling came after nine hours in the 19th Judicial District.

East Baton Rouge Parish Judge William Jorden granted a preliminary injunction Thursday night in the eligibility case that has sat two miles from Tiger Stadium all week. He barred the NCAA and the SEC from punishing a school for putting the named plaintiffs on a roster. He also barred LSU from using the threat of those penalties as a reason to keep them off. WBRZ timed the bench at 8:05 p.m. ESPN, CBS Sports, On3, and WDSU all have the same core order.

That is the door. It is not a national rewrite of college football. It applies to the athletes named in this lawsuit, not every player who signed an NFL contract this summer.

Two of those names are the ones that matter in Baton Rouge. Tight end Dae’Quan Wright, last at Ole Miss and then in camp with the Cleveland Browns. Defensive lineman Zxavian Harris, also Ole Miss, then the Saints. After the order, both told reporters they expect to be added to LSU’s roster on Friday. On3 and CBS have that. Also in the plaintiff pile with LSU ties: former Notre Dame pass rusher Junior Tuihalamaka and former Denver Bronco Blake Cotton.

LSU has to lock the 105-man roster Friday. Clemson kicks Saturday night at Tiger Stadium. Those are still two different clocks.

Wright has already practiced with the Tigers this week. That does not automatically put him in the Saturday 22. ESPN reported earlier Thursday that he arrived too late for the NCAA’s seven-day acclimatization window before a game. The injunction clears the eligibility fight with the conference. It does not invent extra practice days. Do not write him in as a starter against Dabo until LSU prints the roster and the NCAA clock is actually satisfied.

The conference did not wait for Jorden. Thursday morning, while Sankey was in the Baton Rouge courtroom, the SEC sued LSU, Lane Kiffin, President Wade Rousse, and athletic director Verge Ausberry in federal court in the Northern District of Alabama. The league’s filing asks a judge there for cover to enforce the rule it reaffirmed last week — coach suspensions of up to half a season, fines that can reach half a sport’s annual budget, loss of voting rights. No ruling has come out of Alabama. SEC counsel told On3 they will appeal Jorden’s order as soon as they can. The conference’s earlier statement still stands: the Louisiana order is not a final ruling on the merits.

WDSU added one more narrowing: of the 43 athletes named as plaintiffs, the judge said only seven have a direct claim against the SEC. The rest go at the NCAA.

So the Saturday file is this. The Tigers can put Wright and Harris on the Friday roster without the SEC being allowed, in this court, to lower the boom for it. Clemson still has to be blocked. The Alabama suit is still live. The appeal is coming. Kiffin’s first game in purple is still Saturday night, and the names on the sheet will be the ones LSU turns in tomorrow.