LSU coach Brian Kelly says he has the utmost confidence in his defensive coordinator Matt House. Through five games, the Tigers’ defense ranks 105th in scoring defense, allowing 31 points a game. Kelly says one major reason why LSU’s defense has struggled is the number of young players on the field…
Cut 18 (15) “…at a higher level.”

The Saints have failed to score more than 21 points in ten straight games, but head coach Dennis Allen is not planning on making any changes with his offensive staff…
Cut 16 (16) “…on the board.”
A lot of the criticism is coming down on Saints offensive coordinator Pete Carmichael.

At 1 PM, high school principals will hold a special meeting in Baton Rouge to vote on the definition of a select school. A yes vote would keep the select definition the LHSAA used last year that resulted in several public schools being defined as select schools, which prompted a lawsuit.

Louisiana Tech’s Smoke Harris has been named the Conference USA Special Teams Player of the Week. Harris had a 67-yard punt return for a touchdown in Friday night’s 24-10 win over UTEP. Tech hosts Western Kentucky on Thursday.

Nicholls Safety Tyler Morton was named Southland Conference Defensive Player of the Week. Morton had an interception and a forced fumble in the Colonels 31 to 10 win at McNeese to open Southland play. Nicholls hosts Houston Christian and McNeese is at Texas A-and-M Commerce.

The Major League Baseball playoffs start today…former LSU pitcher Kevin Gausman gets the start as the Blue Jays begin a best of three series at Minnesota.