The Ragin Cajuns will face Cincinnati tomorrow night in the opening round of the Starkville Regional. Coach Matt Deggs calls the Bearcats a dynamic baseball team.
Cut 16 (20) “…very well coached.”
Deggs was talking about Cincinnati first baseman Quinton Coats, who is tied for fourth nationally with 28 home runs and is fifth in RBIs with 78 and third in the Big 12 with a 764 slugging percentage.
The Women’s College Series gets underway today in Oklahoma City. Texas Tech versus Mississippi State is the first game and the fourth and final game of the day is Arkansas versus Nebraska. Top seeded Alabama is the first seed.
Senators Ted Cruz and Maria Cantwell have filed legislation that’s designed to fix college sports . It would regulate payments to players, allow athletes to transfer once without having to sit out a season and there’s also the Lane Kiffin rule to prevent what happened last season, Kiffin leaving Ole Miss for LSU before the Rebels season ended. It will need 60 votes to pass.
The Saints have signed linebacker Jackson Sirmon, he’s the son of Saints linebackers coach Peter Sirmon. The 26-year-old Jackson Sirmon spent the last two seasons with the Jets, mostly spent on their practice squad. Sirmon provides more depth at the linebacker position as the Black and Gold have just five linebackers.
The Saints have finalized their preseason schedule as New Orleans will host Jacksonville on August 15th and they will visit the Rams on August 22nd and the Cowboys on August 28th.