The USA Today Baseball Coaches poll ranks LSU as the number one team in the country. The Tigers are ranked ahead of UCLA, Texas, Georgia Tech and Arkansas. There are nine SEC teams ranked in the Top 25.
The Sugar Bowl will not be played on New Year’s Day weekend next college football season. That’s because the Sugar Bowl will be a College Football Playoff semifinal game and will be played on Friday, January 15th. The national title game will be on January 26th.
Today is the start of college football’s late signing period. Former Archbishop Shaw standout Jackson Williams is expected to sign at LSU. He’s a three-star safety. LSU is also adding JUCO offensive lineman Adrian Lamb, who selected the Tigers over Bama and Georgia.
And the son of former LSU star Chad Jones, Chad Jones Junior, will sign at Southern today. He was a star linebacker at St. Aug. Former Ouachita Parish two-way star Wydell Clark is also signing with Southern.
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The Cajuns men’s basketball team is at James Madison tonight. During the non-conference, U-L Lafayette lost ten in a row, but lately the Cajuns have been playing better, winners of three of their last four. Coach Quannas White says his players never stopped believing….
Cut 17 (06) “…go to work”
Louisiana Tech looks to go to 6-5 in Conference USA action as the Bulldogs host New Mexico State today. DJ Dudley has scored 20 or more points in four straight games. Coach Talvin Hester says Dudley is a special player for several reasons…
Cut 19 (16) “…by the day”
Also tonight, ULM is at Old Dominion and Northwestern State hosts East Texas A-and-M.