The Saints have a new starting quarterback after signing free agent Derek Carr to a four-year deal. Carr averaged 39-hundred passing yards and 24 touchdowns during nine seasons with the Raiders. Now that Carr is in place, what happens with receiver Michael Thomas. New Orleans will need to rework his deal. Based on a social media post from Thomas, he appears excited about the signing of Carr. Ross Jackson, host of the Locked on Saints Podcast, expects Thomas will remain with the Saints…
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The S-E-C is set to expand to 16 teams in 2024 as Texas and Oklahoma will join the league. A proposed new football schedule would have LSU play Texas A-and-M, Ole Miss and Alabama every season and rotate between six other schools every year. Coach Brian Kelly told ESPN.com he likes the idea of playing Alabama every year.

After losing in the Sun Belt Tournament Championship game last season, the Ragin Cajuns won in the league’s tournament title last night as they defeated South Alabama 71 to 66. The win puts Bob Marlin’s team in the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2014…
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U-L Lafayette will find out on Sunday who they will play and where in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.

McNeese is the first eight seed to make it to the Southland Conference Tournament semi-final round as the Cowboys upset Nicholls 77-71 yesterday in Lake Charles. The Cowboys face top seeded Texas A-and-M Corpus Christi at 5:30 today, while Northwestern State hosts UNO in the other semifinal game.

The Pelicans lost to Sacramento last night 123 to 108. New Orleans will begin a four-game homestand tomorrow against Dallas.