Tonight’s Monday night match-up between the Saints and Panthers features two of the best second-year running backs in the NFL. New Orleans’ Alvin Kamara and Carolina’s Christian McCaffery, who has rushed for 926 yards and has 701 receiving yards. Kamara says he has a lot of respect for the former Stanford star…
cut 15 (12) “…great year”
The Saints defense will have to make sure Carolina quarterback Cam Newton remains one dimensional. In three games against New Orleans last season, Newton rushed for just 104 yards. Kick-off is at 7:15.

The Saints chances of getting the number one seed in the NFC improved last night as the Eagles upset the Rams in Los Angeles 30-23. So two more wins for New Orleans and they’ll have the number one seed.

The Pelicans just can’t win two-games in a row. After beating Oklahoma City on Wednesday, New Orleans lost to the Heat 102-96 last night, despite Anthony Davis scoring 27 points and grabbing 12 rebounds. Jrue Holiday added 22 points…

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The Pelicans begin a four-game road trip on Wednesday against Milwaukee, then its out to the West Coast.

The LSU Tigers are back in Baton Rouge after a much needed win over St. Mary’s on Saturday night in Las Vegas. The Tigers dribbled past the Gaels 78-74 as Tremont Waters came off the bench to score 18 points. He only had two turnovers after having 27 turnovers in the previous five games.

Tonight…Tulane hosts Texas Southern, while Southeastern Louisiana hosts California Baptist.