On September 19th, LSU will host Auburn in what will be the Tigers SEC home opener. If healthy, Auburn is expected to start Jeremy Johnson at quarterback. Third year head football coach Gus Malzahn says he expects Johnson to have success right away as their starting quarterback…
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Auburn was 8-and-5 last season.

The body of former Tulane and H-L Bourgeois High School football star JaJuan Dawson was found in a Dallas-area lake by dive teams last night. Dawson reportedly fell out of a rented boat during a family outing. Authorities say he was not wearing an life jacket. Dawson spent three seasons in the NFL.

In tonight’s Major League Baseball All-Star Game, former LSU Tiger DJ LeMahieu will bat ninth and play second base for the National League. LeMahieu is hitting .311 and has 98 hits on the season and 35 RBIs.

More college football preseason watch lists came out today….junior linebacker Kendell Beckwith is on the Butkus Award watch list, which goes to the top linebacker in the nation.

LSU’s Vadal Alexander and freshman offensive lineman Toby Weathersby are on the Lombardi Award Watch List, which goes to the nation’s best lineman or linebacker.

Louisiana Tech places four players on the preseason All-Conference USA Team, they are Vernon Butler, Kenneth Dixon, Trent Taylor and Xavier Woods.

And McNeese State announces that three of their coaches have signed three-year contract extensions…football’s Matt Viator, men’s basketball Dave Simmons and women’s basketball Brooks Donald Williams.