The LSU Tigers will play Baylor tomorrow in the Texas Bowl to close out the 2024 season. The Bayou Bengals received good news for the 2025 season as star linebacker Harold Perkins announced he’s returning for his senior season. Perkins played only four games in 2024 because of a season-ending knee injury. Coach Brian Kelly is happy Perkins is coming back
Kickoff from N-R-G Stadium tomorrow afternoon is 2:30.
LSU’s men’s and women’s basketball teams are enjoying a few days off to celebrate the new year before opening conference play later this week. The 15-and-0, 6th-ranked women return to action Thursday night at Arkansas; the 11-and-2 men host Vanderbilt Saturday afternoon.
The Saints have one more game left and they are looking at their worst record since 2005, the Katrina season. That year, the Saints split its home games between Baton Rouge and San Antonio because the Superdome was severely damaged by fierce winds. The Saints had several injuries this year that destroyed their chances of getting back to the playoffs, but defensive end Cam Jordan says no excuses…
The Saints will try to play spoiler Sunday in their season finale against the Bucs in Tampa. A Bucs win would seal the division for them. But if the Saints can pull off the upset and the Falcons beat the Panthers, the Falcons would win the division and the Bucs would join the Saints in watching the playoffs from the comfort of their own living rooms.
NBA, the Pelicans host the Clippers at the Smoothie King Center tonight. The injury-riddled Pelicans have the worst record in the NBA and are trying to snap a nine-game losing streak.