As No. 10 Texas prepares to face No. 6 LSU this Saturday, some of those with ties to the Tigers have struggled to refrain from trash talking the Longhorns ahead of the marquee Week 2 game.

Former LSU running back turned fourth overall selecting in the 2017 NFL Draft Leonard Fournette was the latest to throw shade at Texas, but ironically, the prominent Tigers' alum did so after he requested people keep him out of the pregame trash-talk.

"Y'all leave me out of that LSU and Texas beef," Fournette tweeted Monday, before contradicting his request with his follow up sentence. "P.S. we will beat the (expletive) out [of] you country boys."

Fournette is the most recent LSU figure to knock the Longhorns ahead of Saturday's prime time game, but is not the first.

Current LSU outside linebacker K'Lavon Chaisson got the ball rolling when he insulted Texas QB Sam Ehlinger's talent after the Tigers' Week 1 win over FCS Georgia Southern.

"I don't really find him as too much of a threat," Chaisson said of Ehlinger. "Not taking a shot at him. He uses his legs more than he uses his arm, just like high school. He has a decent arm, but it's more about his legs."

Chaisson and Fournette's comment adds to a number of critics who have taken public shots at the Longhorns' starting quarterback, as they join the likes of Kyler Murray, Baker Mayfield and Terry Bradshaw, all who have thrown shade at Ehlinger over the last 12 months.

Bradshaw's comments went viral this summer when the famed La. Tech alum claimed Ehlinger, "ain't that good" — a remark that would follow the Pro Football Hall of Famer up until his alma mater faced Texas in Week 1, which ended in the Longhorns' 45-14 beatdown over the Bulldogs led by Ehlinger completing 74-percent of his passes (28 of 38) for 276 yards and four touchdowns in three quarters of play.

Both Fournette and Chaisson have ties to the Longhorns as the two athletes were heavily recruited by Texas during their time as high school prospects. A five-star prospect in the 2014 recruiting class, Fournette took a visit to Austin prior to his LSU commitment, but it was going to take something short of a miracle for him to commit to Texas over the flagship university in his home state of Louisiana.

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Chaisson was a little bit of a different story. As one of the most sought-after defensive prospects in the 2017 cycle, Chaisson was heavily considering the Longhorns, but ultimately signed with LSU following a close recruiting battle after Tom Herman took over as head coach at Texas.

Texas and LSU will take center stage this weekend with ESPN College GameDay kicking off on the Forty Acres bright and early Saturday before the Longhorns host the Tigers at 6:30 p.m. CT for ABC's premier Saturday Night Football broadcast.