The Saints bounced back from a tough home loss to the Giants by beating the Washington Football Team 33-22 yesterday. Quarterback Jameis Winston only completed 15 passes, but four of them went for touchdowns, including a 49-yard hail mary pass to Marquez Callaway to end the first half. Coach Sean Payton says the play was executed perfectly…
cut 17 (16) “…momentum”
The Saints head into their bye week with a 3-2 record tied with Carolina for second place in the NFC South. New Orleans had a couple of big injuries on offense, Taysom Hill suffered a concussion when he took a hit to the head and receiver Deonte Harris left the game with a hamstring injury.
The LSU football team was outplayed badly in a 42-21 Saturday night loss to Kentucky and Coach Ed Orgeron’s days as head coach could be numbered. Orgeron admits it’s tough times, but still has confidence that he can turn things around…
Cut 5 (10) “…never will.”
LSU hosts 20th ranked Florida on Saturday and the Gators are 10 point favorites.
In other action on Saturday, ULM scored the first touchdown but the Warhawks were pounded by Georgia State 55-21. Southeastern Louisiana quarterback Cole Kelley threw five touchdown passes as the Lions roared past Nicholls 58-48. Northwestern State won its first game, beating Houston Baptist 21-17. Grambling fell to Alcorn State 24-20. Texas Southern snapped an 18-game SWAC losing streak by beating Southern 35-31.