The Saints will have closed practice today in Costa Mesa, California after holding two joint practices with the Chargers. Tomorrow, New Orleans will face the Chargers in a preseason game. Starters are not expected to play much. Cornerback Marcus Lattimore is entering his third season and he wants to avoid the slow start that he had last year…
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Tomorrow’s preseason game starts at 3 PM.

LSU will hold a scrimmage today. Coach Ed Orgeron has said he wants to give a long look at the younger players on his roster. Spotted at practice yesterday, new defensive line Bill Johnson, who is taking the place of Dennis Johnson who suffered serious knee injuries in a basketball game.

Second-year U-L Lafayette football coach Billy Napier is facing criticism for requiring scholarship athletes on his team to donate 50-dollars a year to the Ragin Cajun Athletic Foundation. Athletics director Bryan Maggard told the Advocate that it’s only optional. Napier says the hope is that if student-athletes are introduced to donating to the R-C-A-F in college, they will continue to do so after graduation. He says if they can’t afford the 50-dollars, he’ll pay for it for them.

The Louisiana Select Association says it will hold its four state championship football games between December 5th through the 7th. That’s the weekend before the non-select schools will hold their title games at the Superdome. L-S-A C-E-O, J-P Kelly, also says that three of the four divisions have waived their rights to host a championship game, which means title games for those divisions will be played at a neutral site, possibly on a college campus.