The Saints suffer a frustrating defeat to the Rams as another officiating call goes against them, plus they lose quarterback Drew Brees to a thumb injury in a 27-9 loss. The game was tied at three in the second quarter, when it looked like the Saints Cam Jordan returned a fumble for a touchdown, but the refs blew the play dead because they thought it was an incomplete pass. Coach Sean Payton is not using that call as an excuse on why they lost the game
Cut 16 (11) “…field too”
Jordan on the refs messing up another call that went against the Saints…
cut 30 (17) “…review the play”
As far as Brees goes. He’ll see a hand specialist today to find out the severity of his injury.
Fourth-ranked LSU started slowly but eventually rolled to a 65-14 win over Northwestern State on Saturday night. The defense allowed the Demons to score two touchdowns in the first half and it took a while before the offense got into a rhythm. Coach Ed Orgeron says there was no yelling on the sideline when LSU had a three-point lead late in the second quarter…
cut 19 (15) “he did”
LSU did not allow any points in the second half and the offense ended up producing 610 yards.
The Ragin Cajuns scored a modern-era record 77 points in a 77-6 win over Texas Southern. The 71 points are the largest margin of victory in school history.
Tulane had its largest margin of victory since 1998 as it defeated Missouri State 58-6. Also, Louisiana Tech went to Bowling Green and got a 35-7 win.