I did and hes grown up to be an awesome young man. Its going to be tough for him. Reporter the officer that fired the shots had been placed on administrative leave. Thats standard protocol. Police officers are required to go through a 40hour course of instruction. At the press conference earlier this week chief brown did not explain why the officer felt the need to when migraine strikes, theres quickdissolve nurtec. Dont take if allergic to nurtec. Side effects include nausea. To pay as little as 0, go to nurtec. Com the College Football season shifts into high gear this weekend. When the s. E. C. Begins play four weeks late due to covid19. The reigning national champions, the lsu tigers kick you off their season at home against mississippi state. There will be limited seating and no tailgating. The head coach brought home the title last season. Hes also a local hero in baton rouge. John wertheim reports for 60 minutes. You might call 2019 the year of yes for Louisiana State. They won the national championship. Their quarterback joe burrow won the heisman trophy. Thats jamar chase. In april, nfl teams drafted 124 players from lsu, tying a modern record for one school fwoumplt all the talent coursing through baton rouge there is a house in new orleans the sun rises and sits with coach onchts he didnt get much of a victory lap unless you count 5 00 a. M. Rides to work radio blaring. Covid hits and he was coming to work alone. We were invited inside lsu football for a few days in august when louisiana had one of the highest covid rates in the country. Players were back in the gym but they werent training in a bubble. Everyone here goes home at night. The team tracks players temperatures, administers regular covid tests, isolates those who test positive, and quarantines anyone who comes in contact with the virus. All over the place. Really . Reporter lsu hasnt disclosed dpigs but he said this week most of his players have had covid. How much of your day to day is devoted to this virus . We have a protocol and i foilt. Whatever it is they tell me to do and i coach. My tv hasnt been on for six weeks now. Why is that . Theres a lot of stuff going on there. Up understand. For right now my job is to coach this football team. Youve been outspoken. Want football in the fall. Yeah, yes. I think its good for everybody. Last couple of days, they get their 10day quarantine, but they had a little cough, so i think the Young Players when they do get sick get over it quick. Have you come to grips that there might not be football this fall . I dont think about it. Dont think able to it . Yeah. We prepared these guys to play. We didnt blink. Were ready. Stay, stay. There you go, be patient . Reporter the coach insisted on intensity even in the first practices. Do it right reporter we watched things get a little heated out there. Hands on. Nice job. Reporter i notice you used the word energy a lot. Yes. Jiets important to you. Yes. Reporter why . If its quiet, it aint no good to the me. Reporter afternoon a 14hour day we trailed him to a local boxing jichlt he conforms to every dlaich about a football coach and at the same time smash the mold. For staerts, theres his voice. He sounds like a man who gargles craw fish shells and garnishes that rasp with a cajun accents. We put the obvious question to tyler shelled oen, the offensive lineman. The voice, you always understand what hes saying . Yes. I can understand what hes saying. Im from louisiana. Anybody imitate him . Almost everybody. Can we hear it . Big t. Big t. You always had that distinct voice . A lot of times it gets wore out. I think that is something i use as a tool. Its loud. Its demanding. Take control. Inside hut reporter his accent was born here in lafourche parish, about 75 miles down the bayou from baton rouge. The family is cajun, descended from French Canadians in the 1700s and have proudly resisted assimilation ever since. When we stopped by, his mother coco insisted we eat before we talk. And really, whoomp we to resist sea fwood gumbo. This is absolutely wonderful. Joog thank you, i appreciate that. Ed would coach kids on the field across from their house. That was the play ground of the whole neighborhood. The ditch was the line and the sideline was a hedge and every once in a while youd go up the sideline you were in the hedges. Reporter her son stood 62 and 270 pounds by the time he was 15. This south lafourche tarpins were did Louisiana State champions with you saturdays were all about College Football. What did lsu football mean to this family . It was a big part of our family, but it wasnt something we could go and go to the game. Reporter why not . We could not afford these that was an outing. It was ex pens you couldnt get a tickets, even. Reporter when his son asked for tickets, ed senior delivered the ultimate pep talk. He said son, we cant afford that but let me tell you something. If you keep on working, you wont need a ticket to get into tiger stadium. Reporter he did get in. Lsu gave him a College Scholarship but overwhelmed and home sick, he high stald it back to the bayou. He woke me up, said lets go. I was digging dichls. People were passing on the side of the road, you quitter. You couldnt take it. It was the worst day of my life. My father looked at me and said he dug his way back to baton rouge of course but it took him 35 years to go those 75 miles. First he went to northwestern state. Then after graduation took a volunteer coaching job while moonlighting in the hull of a shrimp boat. From 5 00 in the morning to soc o 10 00 at night. I had a shovel in my hand and the phone rang. They have a coach job. Do you want the job . I took the shrimp shovel and threw it in the bayou and said hell, yeah. You gobt here by monday. I said where in the hells arkansas, man . Reporter he spent the next quarter century pin ball around the landscape, resigning from miami while he struggled with alcoholism. Sore for 20 years hes still been dealt his share of blows by the profession. In 2013 despite his success as an interim coach fourvegs sc he was denied the fulltime job. You want to o hear the story i heard . Whats it . People loved you. The high ups said we need a guy golf clubs in his trunk. Absolutely. Im not a Country Club Type guy. You think your arc sent affected that decision . Absolutely. Whats the feelings about cajun population . Dumb. Not worthy, not worldly. Reporter now back home in louisiana hes not just understood, hes appreciated. He was hired as assistant in 2015 and promoted to head coach the following year. Now with a 7 million salary. He cemented his status when the tigers beat rival alabama for the first time until eight years, delighting fans, one in particular. What do you remember about lsu beating alabama last year . You know, i love their stadium. I dont care for the word the people say. Theyre kind of loud and boisterous, but when we won, i enjoyed a did living hell out of it. Reporter im getting a sense of what it must be like to sit on the couch and watch a game. Come on down. You can see the full report on our website cbsnews. Com. And catch the game right here on cbs saturday starting we are at war with a virus. And healthcare troops and First Responders are on the front line fighting it every day. Lets join the fight, by staying home. Staying home is not a retreat, its the most brave and aggressive weapon we have against this enemy. Because when we do stay at home, we help prevent overwhelming our hospitals, while buying time for scientists to find the vaccine. And thats how we beat it. Defight all of the loss, the pandemic has brought out kindness in strangers. Phil hartman found this touching fish tale. In baltimore we found a first rate fish story. Last week, someone posted a picture of this bizarre chair on a Facebook Page called weird secondhand finds that just need to be shared. When syracuse auto mechanic emily saw that chair, she about had a cow because of whats on her calf. And heres the truly amazing pamplt emily never tonight chair. She just saw it once years ago and felt strangely compelled to have it tattooed. Thats the thing about it. I saw that chair and twaefrgz for me. You make it seem almost mystical. It almost is. Almost like had to get the tattoo but werent sure why. Absolutely. After she posted a picture on the Facebook Page. Oh, my god. Hundreds of women called to action. It looked like her. Its kizmet, serendipity. Even though theyd never met, they started a gofundme, raised 600 to buy the chair for this total stranger and deviesed a plan to personally deliver it. Perfect fit. First, jan gerard picked it up in baltimore, drove it to meredith, who drove it to mary ann and so on up interstate 8 is more than 300 miles. Sarah edwards carried the precious cargo on its last leg. Its similar to driving my kids home from the hospital the first day they were borchlt nervousness, excitement. I cant comprehend why anybody would want to do Something Like this for me. Reporter its a legitimate question. It wasnt about a chair anymore. It gave me significant needed and i didnt know i needed. Reporter i think a lot of people look r oing for ways to connect. If its a fish chair, its a fish chair. Thats right. Sorry. Clearly, kindness can take many forms. Were a fellowship of the fish here reporter butter but the be of kindness is always that random act. Oh, my god. Reporter that somehow makes people believe again. I did not need the chair but i need to be reminded that kindness lurks in even the weirdest little places. Reporter all we need to do is fish for it. There. You did great. Reporter Steve Hartman on the road in syracuse, new york. And thats the overnig news or this its thursday, september 24th, 2020. This is the cbs morning news. Unrest in louisville. Two Police Officers are shot during demonstrations over a grand jurys decision in the Breonna Taylor case. Tribute to a trailblazer. The nation mourns Ruth Bader Ginsburg as the president defends his decision to quickly fill her seat. And capitol clash. A Heated Exchange between dr. Anthony fauci and senator rand paul during a coronavirus paul during a coronavirus hearing. Captioning funded by cbs good to be with you. Im annemarie green. The