6:45 LRN Sportscast

LSU quarterback Colin Hurley is hospitalized following a one-vehicle wreck on LSU’s campus early Thursday morning. Authorities say Hurley drove his Dodge Charger into a tree at around 2:45 and he was found unresponsive but breathing. Hurley’s family says Colin is in stable condition and they are confident he’ll make a full recovery. The cause of the crash is not known, but impairment is not suspected. Hurley is 17-years-old and did not play in 2024.

Louisiana Tech men’s basketball lost a tough game to Jacksonville State last night 63 to 61. Bulldogs Coach Talvin Hester says the 18 second chance points they gave up was the difference.

The Ragin Cajuns trailed by 20 points at halftime and lost by 20 points to Arkansas State 83 to 63. U-L Lafayette is at ULM on Saturday.

Big high school football coaching news….Newman’s Nelson Stewart is leaving his alma mater for a high school coaching job in Georgia and Teurlings Catholic Coach Dane Charpentier is also leaving his alma mater to be the offensive coordinator at East Ascension.

The Sugar Bowl is donating 500-thousand dollars to the New Year’s Day tragedy fund in response to the terrorist attack on Bourbon Street that led to a one-day postponement of the Sugar Bowl. 250-thousand dollars will go to the Greater New Orleans Foundation’s New Year’s Day Tragedy Fund, the other 250-thousand dollars will fund public safety initiatives. Sugar Bowl President Walter Becker…

Cut 14 (08) “…EMS or fire”

14 people were killed and many more injured in the New Year’s Day attack.

Former LSU Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback Jayden Daniels will play in the biggest game of his life tomorrow night as the Washington Commanders take on the Lions in Detroit. Daniels says he and his offense have their work cut out for them against the top seeded Lions.

Cut 16 (11) “…challenge for us.”