The Saints and LSU football teams evacuated prior to Hurricane Ida’s landfall. The Black and Gold canceled its final preseason game against Arizona and arrived in Dallas to continue preparations for the regular season opener at home against Green Bay on September 12th.

The Fighting Tigers are in Houston and will spend the rest of the week there preparing for Saturday’s season opener against UCLA. The Bayou Bengals will leave for Los Angeles on Thursday.

The Bruins blew out a hapless Hawaii team on Saturday 44 to 10. UCLA held Hawaii to just 26 yards rushing and intercepted two passes. Special teams blocked a punt for a touchdown and Bruins running back Zach Charbonnnet rushed for 106 yards and three touchdowns. It was not a great day for UCLA Quarterback Dorian Thompson-Robinson. The senior from Las Vegas threw for only 130 yards and one touchdown.

U-L Lafayette will not require fans to be vaccinated against COVID-19 or receive a negative COVID test prior to attending football games this season. The school is recommending that fans wear a mask inside the stadium and self-monitor for symptoms prior to arriving for the game. Socially distant seating will be available for fans in the general admission areas on the east side of the stadium. The Cajuns home opener is September 11th when U-L Lafayette hosts Nicholls. Up first is a game against 21st ranked Texas.

Here’s the rest of the schedule involving Louisiana teams. Louisiana Tech is at Mississippi State. ULM travels to Kentucky. Nicholls is at Memphis, Northwestern State is at North Texas, Southern is at Troy, Grambling is a Tennessee State McNeese hosts West Florida and Southeastern Louisiana is scheduled to host North Alabama.