The Ragin Cajuns looked really good last night on national television as they defeated Appalachian State 41-13. U-L Lafayette’s defense forced four turnovers, which resulted in 20 points for the Cajuns. Also, the Mountaineers were held to 83 yards rushing and they were 0-for-11 on third down. Cajuns coach Billy Napier credits his defensive coordinator…
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Quarterback Levi Lewis led the Cajuns offense as he threw for 209 yards and a touchdown and U-L Lafayette had 242 rushing yards.

Saints cornerback Marshon Lattimore has been named the NFC Defensive Player of the Week. Lattimore broke up a career-high six passes in New Orleans win over the Washington Football Team. But Punter Blake Gillikin did not win Special Team honors even though he had three punts of 53 yards or more downed inside the three-yard line.

There was a bright spot in LSU’s loss to Kentucky on Saturday. The Tigers running game finally got going as junior running back Ty Davis-Price rushed for a career-best 147 yards and two touchdowns. Davis-Price says his offensive line did the hard work…
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More bad injury news for the LSU Tigers. Coach Ed Orgeron announced today that Eli Ricks will miss the rest of the season with an injury. Coach O says it’s been a nagging injury that they decided needed surgery.

Conference USA has reportedly asked the American Athletic Conference to consider a reorganizing plan that would lead to two new conferences split into geographic lines. But the A-A-C is reportedly not interested and has reportedly tried to take UAB away from Conference USA.