Notre Dame is heading to the semifinals of the college football playoff as they were the more physical team last night in beating Georgia 23 to 10 in the Sugar Bowl that was postponed to Thursday because of the New Orleans terrorist attack. The Fighting Irish seized control of the game late in the second quarter with a strip sack fumble, which led to a Riley Leonard touchdown pass. And then the Irish returned the kickoff to open the second half for a touchdown. Notre Dame Coach Marcus Freeman…

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Notre Dame held Georgia running back Trevor Etienne from Jennings to just 38 rushing yards. Notre Dame advances to play Penn State in the Orange Bowl.

The sixth ranked LSU women’s basketball team opened SEC play last night with a dominant 98 to 64 win over Arkansas in Fayetteville. The Lady Tigers are 16-and-0.

The Lady Techsters opened Conference USA play with a 63-50 win over UTEP. The U-L Lafayette women’s basketball team lost, while the ULM ladies beat Georgia Southern 83 to 67.

On the men’s side…the Ragin Cajuns are now 2-and-0 in the Sun Belt after rallying to beat Coastal Carolina 71 to 68. ULM gave up 55 points in the second half and lost to Georgia Southern. And Louisiana Tech had a season high 20 turnovers in a 70 to 60 loss at UTEP.

The LSU men’s basketball team begins SEC play tomorrow as they host Vanderbilt. Tigers Coach Matt McMahon says the SEC is really good this year…

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Tip off against the Commodores is at 3:30.