McNeese State’s Matt Viator has been hired as the new head football coach at ULM. In his 10 seasons in Lake Charles, Viator led the Cowboys to four Southland Conference Championships and five appearances in the FCS playoffs. The voice of the Warhawks, West Monroe Representative Frank Hoffman, commends the selection committee for making the hire as quickly as they did…

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Viator takes over for Todd Berry who was fired last month. ULM will hold a press conference to introduce Viator Tuesday morning.

The LSU Tigers begin their on-field preparations for the Texas Bowl today. The 21st ranked Tigers will face Texas Tech December 29th in Houston. This will be the first meeting between the two teams since 1957.

In other Tiger news, running back Leonard Fournette was named a first team All-American by the Associated Press. Offensive tackle Vadal Alexander is on the third team.

The Saints had one of their best efforts of the season yesterday as they beat the Buccaneers 24-17 in Tampa Bay. Marques Colston caught two touchdowns, Tim Hightower, starting his first game since 2011, rushed for 85 yards and a score, and the defense held the Bucs to 291 yards of offense and 4-of-11 on third downs. Quarterback Drew Brees says they did a lot of things well…

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Brees had two TD throws and moved past Dan Marino into fourth place all-time with 421 career touchdown passes.

The LSU men’s basketball team fell to four-and-four on the season after a 105-98 loss in overtime to Houston. Keith Hornsby, playing in his first game since returning from a knee injury, sent the game into overtime with a three-pointer at the buzzer. But the Tigers gave up 21 points in the five minute overtime period.