Saturday’s LSU-Ole Miss game features a matchup of two coaches who have a lot of respect for each other. Rebels Coach Lane Kiffin was a young assistant coach with LSU’s Ed Orgeron when the two were on USC’s staff in the early 2000s. Kiffin says he learned a lot from Orgeron…
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When Kiffin was the head coach at Tennessee and USC, he hird Orgeron to be an assistant coach on his staff. Coach O took over as the interim coach of the Trojans in 2013 when Kiffin was fired.

Multiple LSU players went on Twitter to deny the report Orgeron would have girlfriends at practice and their children would take part in team drills. Andre Anthony, Neil Farrell, Glen Logan, Myles Brennan and others say it’s Fake News.

The Ragin Cajuns seek their 12th straight Sun Belt Conference road victory tonight when they face Arkansas State in a game that will be shown on ESPN U. The Red Wolves are 1-and-5 but Cajuns Coach Billy Napier calls them a dangerous team
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Kick-off is at 6:30.

Also tonight, Tulane, who is 1-and-5, is at 21st ranked SMU.

Basketball, the Pelicans dropped their season opener, a 117 to 97 defeat to the 76ers. University of Illinois transfer Adam Miller, who was expected to be a big part of the LSU men’s basketball team, has reportedly torn his ACL and is out for the year. The Cajuns are picked to finish second in the Sun Belt coaches poll, while ULM is picked to finish last.