11:40 LRN Sportscast May 16th

Former Alabama Q-B and current ESPN College football analyst Greg McElroy said on an Alabama radio station that he hopes Ohio State graduate transfer quarterback Joe Burrow decides to play at LSU. McElroy added he would love to see LSU with a quarterback in his lifetime. LSU offensive coordinator Steve Ensminger has tweeted out a graphic that said LSU is the only school in the SEC to have seven quarterbacks drafted in the last 20 years, Josh Booty, Rohan Davey, Matt Mauck, JaMarcus Russell, Matt Flynn, Zach Mettenberger and Danny Etling.

Back to Burrow, he’s expected to visit North Carolina this week and make a decision soon on whether to continue to his college career at LSU, Cincinnati or North Carolina.

In other college football news…Alabama and Texas have agreed to a home-and-home series in 2022 and 2023. The Tigers are scheduled to visit Austin next year and Texas would return the trip to Baton Rouge in 2020.

LSU baseball finished off its home schedule last night with a nine to five win over Northwestern State. Senior Austin Bain had three hits and also earned his fourth save. Matthew Beck pitched three shutout innings for his second win of the year. Meanwhile, freshman pitcher Nick Storz is done for the season with shoulder problems.

ULM outscored McNeese State 10 to seven. Despite the loss, Joe Provenzano became the school’s all-time hits leader as he has 248 for his career.

Southeastern Louisiana outscored South Alabama 12 to 9. In the process, the Lions broke the school’s record for most stolen bases in a season with 127.

The Ragin Cajuns edged Tulane seven to six. Todd Lott hit two solo home runs and UNO upset Southern Miss 14-9.