Saints running back Travis Etienne returned to practice yesterday after spending the last five weeks on injured reserve with a hamstring injury. Etienne was the Black and Gold’s top free-agent signing this offseason and the team’s lead back before the injury. Quarterback Tyler Shough says it’s great to see back on the field.
Head coach Kellen Moore says the team will see how this week goes before deciding his status for Sunday.
LSU linebacker Whit Weeks is listed as questionable for Saturday’s game against Texas. Offensive tackle Weston Davis is probable and so is defensive end Gabriel Reliford. The former Evangel star tore his ACL in March and has not played this season.
ULM welcomes UL Lafayette to Monroe tonight. The Warhawks are 2-and-7 this season, but both of those wins came in the last three games. Coach Bryant Vincent says his team is learning how to win and the Monroe community could learn from them.
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Kickoff in Monroe is at 8 p.m., and the game will be televised nationally on ESPN2.
Last night a Celebration of Life Ceremony was held at the PMAC to remember the late great Dale Brown, the former LSU basketball coach who recently passed away at the age of 90. Ricky Blanton was on the 1986 Final Four Team and remembers when Coach Brown came to his home in Miami on a recruiting visit…
cut 14 (14) “…Coach Dale Brown.