Nick Saban won his sixth national championship last night as Alabama rallied to beat Georgia 26-23 in overtime. Saban’s decision to bench an ineffective Jalen Hurts for Tua Tagovailoa paid off as the freshman from Hawaii threw three touchdown passes, including the game winner to Devonta Smith, a former standout at Amite High School.

LSU is reportedly close to naming Steve Ensminger as the Tigers new offensive coordinator. Ensminger has been the Tigers tight ends coach for a number of years and served as interim offensive coordinator in 2016 after Les Miles and Cam Cameron were fired. LSU averaged 41 points a game in six victories with Ensminger calling plays, but didn’t do much in losses versus to Alabama and Florida.

And former LSU defensive coordinator John Chavis has found another job in the SEC. Arkansas has hired Chavis, after he failed to get Texas A-and-M’s defense among the best in the SEC the last two seasons.

The Saints coaching staff is developing a game plan to beat the Minnesota Vikings on Sunday. The two teams met in the regular season opener, Minnesota won 29-19. Head Sean Payton says there are many reasons why the Vikings finished with the second best record in the NFC…
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The Saints defense gave up 470 yards in that first meeting. And Minnesota has a different quarterback. Case Keenum has led Minnesota to a 13-3 record.

In the NBA last night, the Pelicans edged the Pistons 112 to 109. Anthony Davis had 30 points, before leaving the game in the third quarter, because of an ankle injury. New Orleans is at Memphis tomorrow.

And LSU has moved up about 40 spots in the RPI rankings after beating Texas A-and-M on Saturday. The Tigers visit Arkansas tomorrow.