LSU announces they’ve developed a plan to allow halftime performances of visiting bands. The plan involves re-configuring the seating areas in the South End Zone so visiting bands may take a more direct route to the field, which will reduce congestion on the sidelines and enter the field in a precise manner.

The Sun Belt Conference has announced that it’s men’s and women’s basketball championships will remain at the New Orleans Lakefront Arena through 2019. The league also announced that the formate for the 2017 championship will include all 12 members. The men’s tournament will run from March 8th to the 12th. The title game will be played at noon on Selection Sunday.

In college football, Tulane announced today that it’s home opener against Southern on September 10th will kick-off at 7 PM and it’s contest against UL Lafayette on September 24th will start at either 6 or 7 PM. And Nicholls has announced its home game against Lamar has been moved to Thursday, November third.

Former LSU infielder Ryan Schimpf and member of the 2009 national championship team made his major league debut last night for San Diego and recorded a double and scored a run in the Padres five to two loss to Miami. Schimpf was hitting .355 with 15 home runs for Triple-A El Paso.

Former LSU hitting coach, Turtle Thomas, has announced his resignation as the head coach at FIU. He’s been the skipper of the Panthers the last nine seasons. FIU went 29-and-29 this past season.

Southeastern Louisiana first baseman Jameson Fisher has been named the Southland Baseball Player of the Year. The Zachary native hit .424 and drove in 66 runs for the Lions. He reached base at least once in his last 51 games of the year. Fisher was selected in the fourth round by the White Sox and signed with Chicago, so he’s not coming back to the Lions.