4:45 LRN Sportscast

Saints running back Alvin Kamara will miss his second straight game when New Orleans visits Philadelphia on Sunday. Kamara has a knee injury. Plus both of the Black and Gold’s starting tackles have been ruled out, Terron Armstead and Ryan Ramczyk. New Orleans is a two-point underdog heading into Sunday’s game as they try to avoid a three-game losing streak.

LSU football is expected to end its three-game losing streak when they host ULM tomorrow night. Coach Ed Orgeron says quarterback Garrett Nussmeier will not play again this season in order to preserve his red-shirt, which means he’ll still have four years of eligibility left. Freshman walk-on Matt O’ Dowd will back-up starter Max Johnson.

The 21st ranked Ragin Cajuns will look to end Liberty’s 15-game winning streak at home when they face the Flames at 3 PM in Lynchburg, Virginia. Liberty has a talented quarterback by the name of Malik Willis, who has almost three thousand yards from scrimmage and 31 total touchdowns.

Louisiana Tech hosts Southern Miss tonight in the Bulldogs’ final home game of the season. That means it’s also senior night. Coach Skip Holtz has not given an indication if senior Austin Kendall will be the starting quarterback after suffering a lower back injury three weeks ago…
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Kick-off is at 7 PM.

Was last night Cole Kelley’s last game in a Southeastern Louisiana uniform? Nicholls upset S-L-U 45-42 spoiling Southeastern’s chances of claiming at least a share of the Southland Conference Championship. The Lions are 8-and-3 and they’ll find out on Sunday if that’s good enough to get into the F-C-S playoffs.

The regular season concludes for Northwestern State and McNeese tomorrow as they play each other in Lake Charles at noon.