Just one more practice in Baton Rouge tomorrow and then it’s off to New Orleans to play Clemson on Monday night in the national championship game. Tigers Coach Ed Orgeron says winning the turnover battle will be a key…
cut 17 (12) “….best game”
Former LSU athletics director Joe Alleva gave a candid interview to the Advocate where he told columunist Scott Rabalais he did not want to hire then Florida State Coach Jimbo Fisher in 2015 when there was a push to fire Les Miles. Rabalais says Alleva told him in an interview yesterday that he preferred Miles at that time…
cut 6 (11) “…about that”
Rabalais says Alleva was also frustrated Miles did not want to change the offense.

SEC Football got a whole lot more interesting today as Mississippi State hired Mike Leach as its new head football coach. Leach has had successful stints at Washington State and Texas Tech and will go head-to-head in recruiting with new Ole Miss head coach Lane Kiffen. Leach and the Bulldogs will be in Tiger Stadium to face LSU on October 24th next year.

Louisiana Tech has released its 2020 football schedule. The Bulldogs will kick-off the season on September 5th at UNLV. The Conference USA opener is the next week versus Southern Miss in Hattiesburg. Tech will host league opponents UTEP, Marshall, UAB and Rice and conclude the season at FIU.

Louisiana Tech basketball visits UTSA tonight at 6 PM in a game that can be seen on E-S-P-N-U. The Bulldogs are off to a 2-0 start in Conference USA Play, with two victories over Southern Miss. The Roadrunners were picked to finish second in the conference in the preseason, but they are off to an 0-and-2 start.