LHSAA director Eddie Bonnie tells lawmakers this morning in the House Education Committee that he expects they will be able to kick off high school football October 8th through 10th pending approval from his board. Bonnie also announced that they are ready to put players in full gear and resume contact drills without the state needing to move into Phase Three, and they can have up to 50 percent capacity at outdoor football events. The LHSAA executive committee is set to meet Wednesday and Bonnie sounds confident they will approve the restarting of high school sports.
The cap-strapped Saints are somehow in the running to land the most coveted free agent still on the market, defensive end Jadeveon Clowney. NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport reports the team is sending an “all-out blitz” to secure the end’s services. The team only has about seven million dollars in cap space, but is reportedly working to restructure some team contracts to make it work.
LA Tech and football coach Skip Holtz agree to a new four million dollar five year, backloaded contract that should keep the Bulldogs coach around after seven years with the team. The deal is pending approval by the UL Board of Supervisors, a decision that is expected to be made this afternoon. Holtz is 37-19 with the Bulldogs, and has a career .567 record.
College football resumed last night with two games The University of Alabama Birmingham defeated Central Arkansas St. 45-35. Southern Mississippi fell to South Alabama 32-21. College football resumes on Saturday with six games scheduled. No Louisiana teams are on that schedule.
LSU football coach Ed Orgeron has been placed on the Bobby Dodd watch List. The Dodd award is given to the National coach of the year. Orgeron and Clemson Coach Dabo Swinney were finalists in 2019.