No NFL games this weekend, but there is the Senior Bowl on Saturday in Mobile. The Saints are allowed to have ten members of their front office and scouting staff at the practices to observe. General Manager Mickey Loomis admits it’s been a tough year for their college scouting staff…
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There are three former Tigers who will play in the Senior Bowl, safety Jacoby Stevens, linebacker Jabril Cox and wide receiver Racey McMath. Also in the game, Ragin Cajuns running back Elijah Mitchell.

Austin Thomas is back at LSU as he’s been named the general manager of the football program. He’s considered one of the top personnel managers in all of college football and this past season he spent as the senior associate athletic director for football at Baylor. Thomas was previously at LSU from 2013 to 2017.

Tonight Louisiana Tech will face Southern Miss on the CBS Sports Network as the two schools begin a home and home series. U-S-M is allowing just 64 points a game and they have four players in double figures led by junior forward Tyler Stevenson. Bulldogs Coach Eric Konkol on the Golden Eagles…
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The Bulldogs are in third place in the western Division of Conference USA with a 5-and-3 record, while the Golden Eagles are in a three-way tie for fift place at 3-and-5. Tip-off tonight is at 8 PM.

Nicholls is in second place in the Southland Conference after winning its eighth straight game last night as the Colonels defeated McNeese 74-69. Sam Houston leads the conference at 7-and-0 and the two teams will meet on February sixth.