It’s Orgeron versus Orgeron when LSU hosts McNeese for the Fighting Tigers home opener in Tiger Stadium on Saturday night. LSU Coach Ed Orgeron is looking for a good showing after a season-opening loss to UCLA, while Coach O’s son, Cody Orgeron is the starting Q-B for the Pokes
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Orgeron started three games in 2018 and became the full-time starter in 2019. This past week, Orgeron threw for a career-high 361 yards in a season-opening loss to West Florida.

In the high school football polls, University High is the newly ranked number one team in Class 3A after beating Class 5A Central 39-7. Union Parish has moved up to number two and Madison Parish has moved up to five after beating St. Thomas More 38-35.

The Saints are preparing for the season opener at the team’s temporary practice facilities in Fort Worth, Texas. Later this week, New Orleans will head to Jacksonville where they’ll host the Green Bay Packers on Sunday. ESPN’s Mike Triplett asked Coach Sean Payton if the team had a lot of options for their first home game away from home…
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Payton says the plan is for the team to return to Fort Worth next week and no timeline has been established on when they will return to the Big Easy.

The NFL Network reports the Saints will add veteran cornerback Desmond Trufant to their 53-man roster. He’s played in the NFL for eight years and was recently released by the Bears.