Louisiana Tech will face Western Kentucky tonight in the Conference USA opener for both teams. It’s a match-up of two teams that are expected to win their respective divisions in Conference USA. Bulldogs Head Coach Skip Holtz says there’s also two good quarterbacks in this game, Jeff Driskel for Louisiana Tech and the Hilltoppers Brandon Doughty, who was the nation’s passing leader last season…
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Kick-off is at 7 PM.

Also tonight…Southern is at Mississippi Valley State. The Jaguars won this contest last season, 44-13. Kick-off for this one is at 6:30 and it can be seen on ESPN U.

The Saints continue to get ready for their regular season opener against Arizona on Sunday. It doesn’t look like, safety Jairus Byrd and running back CJ Spiller will play. Both did not practice yesterday. But cornerback Brandon Browner did practice, which is a good sign, especially with Kennan Lewis out for the first couple of games.

In other NFL news…the Panthers have reportedly signed linebacker Luke Kuechly to a five-year, 62-million dollar contract extension. The deal makes Kueckly the highest paid inside linebacker in NFL history.

LSU sophomore wide receiver Trey Quinn says he’s fully healthy for Saturday’s game against Mississippi State. Quinn was sidelined for a couple of weeks during fall camp because of a neck injury.

It will be an emotional night in Wossman tonight, where the Franklin Parish Patriots will take the field for the first time since Tyrell Cameron passed away. Cameron was playing on the punt team for the Patriots last week, when he suffered a broken neck after colliding with an opposing player. He died a short time later. Tonight’s Franklin Parish-Wossman game was moved up to Thursday, because the wake for Tyrell is tomorrow night.