Saints Quarterback Drew Brees and the offense got off to a slow start in yesterday’s 32-29 loss to the Kansas City Chiefs. Brees did not complete a pass until the second quarter. He was just 15 of 34 on the day and the future Hall of Famer has confidence they’ll play better this Friday against Minnesota…
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Brees and the Saints will host Minnesota on Christmas. The Vikings lost to the Bears yesterday and must win to keep their slim playoff hopes alive.

For the second time this month Ragin Cajuns Coach Billy Napier released a statement saying he’s staying at U-L Lafayette. Napier’s name has come up in the search for a new Auburn coach.

Clemson and Notre Dame will face off in the Sugar Bowl in New Orleans on New Year’s Day night. The other semifinal college football playoff matchup is Alabama against Notre Dame. That will be the Rose Bowl but it will be played in Arlington, Texas.

The Independence Bowl will not be held this Saturday as the Shreveport-based bowl could not find an opponent for Army who accepted a bid in October. The Black Knights were supposed to play a team from the Pac-12, but several of their schools opted out of the postseason and Indy Bowl spokesperson Erik Evenson they couldn’t find a school from another conference…
cut 5 (11) “…slots”

In college basketball…tonight Northwestern State takes its shot at number one ranked Gonzaga. LSU basketball will not host V-C-U because of COVID tomorrow, but they have scheduled a game for Saturday against Texas Southern, who is led by former LSU coach and player Johnny Jones.