4:45 LRN Sportscast

If you want to see the Saints in primetime this season, don’t hold your breath. The Saints released their 2025 schedule last night; and for the first time in 25 years, they will not be on primetime television. WWL Saints Analyst Mike Detillier notes that the Saints made three primetime appearances last season and stunk up the field in each and every one of them, and the NFL doesn’t want to risk losing its audience in the latter stages of its primetime games.

Cut 13 (13)  “…prime doing this.”

That doesn’t necessarily mean that the Saints won’t be on primetime later in the season; with flex scheduling, NBC, ESPN or Amazon Prime can flex them into a primetime slot if they surprise the naysayers and play into playoff contention.

It’s the final SEC series of the season for the number-one team in college baseball, and it begins tonight. LSU is in Columbia to take on the South Carolina Gamecocks. South Carolina may be only 5-and-22 in SEC play, but LSU Coach Jay Johnson says he sees talent on the Gamecocks’ roster.

Cut 18 (18)  “…another weekend.”

As of late this afternoon, LSU had yet to name a starter for tonight’s game. We won’t know until just before first pitch at six this evening. Kade Anderson will start tomorrow night, and Anthony Eyanson will start Saturday; both on regular rest.

The high school state baseball championships are underway at McMurry Park in Sulphur. University Lab, Sterlington and Teurlings Catholic have all taken the first game in their respective best of three series..