11:40 LRN Sportscast

LSU’s defense on Saturday night will be tested by a very good Ole Miss offense, led by a three-year starter at quarterback in Jaxson Dart. Coach Brian Kelly says Dart is tough-minded and not afraid of the bright lights…

Cut 14 (10) “…that’s Jaxson Dar”

Dart is averaging 350 passing yards a game.

Louisiana Tech defended its home turf last night with a dominating 48 to 21 victory over a struggling Middle Tennessee team. The Bulldogs had a season-high 551 total yards and quarterback Evan Bullock threw for 290 yards and accounted for six touchdowns. Coach Sonny Cumbie felt a breakout game coming…

Cut 29 (17) “…defense”

Tech is at New Mexico State on Tuesday.

It’s homecoming on the ULM campus and the Warhawks are 4-and-1 and will host Southern Miss. Coach Bryan Vincent is trying to turn around a football program that has not had a winning season since 2012. The coach says ULM can be more than just a program that wins seven or eight games a year…

Cut 17 (20) “…it has begun.”

In other action…The Ragin Cajuns host Appalachian State. Nicholls is at U-I-W to begin Southland play, Southeastern Louisiana is at Houston Chrisitan, Grambling hosts Alcorn State, and Northwestern State hosts Texas A-and-M Commerce in a battle of two teams that are winless.