LSU Football coach Ed Orgeron said following Saturday’s scrimmage that he was disappointed with the play of the offensive line. Starting left guard Garrett Brumfield says the defense happened to win that day, but he has confidence in the O-Line…
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But the Tigers are missing starting right guard Ed Ingram, who has been suspended indefinitely for violating team rules.

Junior defensive end Rashard Lawrence was not at practice yesterday during the portion viewed by the media. But preseason All-American cornerback Greedy Williams was back after missing a couple of practices.

The Saints are off from practice today. The will have a padded practice tomorrow, a walk-thru on Thursday and then host the Arizona Cardinals on Friday night in the Mercedes-Benz Superdome. The team had a short practice, but Coach Sean Payton was not satisfied the offense struggled to line up correctly on a few occasions.

The SWAC has named Texas Southern athletic director Charles McClelland as its new commissioner. He replaces Duer Sharp, who resigned at the end of last year, because there concerns about the direction of the conference. McClellland has been the A-D at Texas Southern since 2008, before that he led the Prairie View athletic department, his alma mater.

Nicholls State is ranked 17th in the FCS coaches poll. McNeese is 18th. Defending national champion North Dakota State is atop the poll as they received 23 of 26 first place votes.

The Louisiana Tech men’s basketball team won the second of their two exhibition games in Costa Rica last night. The Bulldogs grinded out a 74-62 win over San Ramon ARBA. Sophomore guard Amorie Archibald had 14 points, along with six rebounds.

In the NBA….Carmelo Anthony has signed a one-year, two-point-four million dollar deal with the Houston Rockets.