The Saints are holding practices at Dallas Cowboys’ stadium as they get ready for the regular-season opener against Green Bay on September 12th. Coach Sean Payton says they made the decision on Thursday to leave their team headquarters in Metairie after seeing that Ida was a real threat to southeast Louisiana…
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The players’ families also evacuated with the team, But some of them will find out today they no longer have a job in the NFL as the Saints have to reduce their roster to 53 players by 3 PM.

Saints and Pelicans owner Gayle Benson has donated one million dollars towards Hurricane Ida relief. The Saints also say the Superdome only suffered minor damage from Ida.

Tulane was set to hold second-ranked Oklahoma this Saturday, but that game will now be played in Norman, Oklahoma because of the damage Hurricane Ida did to New Orleans. Kick-off is at 11 AM and the game will be seen on ABC.

Still no word on Southeastern Louisiana’s home game this Saturday against North Alabama.

The SEC announces teams will have to forfeit a game if they are unable to participate in a contest due to COVID unavailability issues. LSU has said that 99-percent of its football players are vaccinated.

The NFL and its players’ association have agreed that fully vaccinated players and staff members must test weekly for COVID. The original play was to test every two weeks. Unvaccinated or partially vaccinated players will continue to test every day, even off days.

The preseason high school football polls are out, here are the ranked teams, Calvary Baptist, Lafayette Christian, De La Salle, Edna Karr and Acadiana.