11:40 LRN Sportscast

We know that tomorrow is Ed Orgeron’s final game as head coach of LSU inside Tiger Stadium and today we’ve learned that Skip Holtz will coach his final game for the Louisiana Tech Bulldogs tomorrow. Holtz has led the Bulldogs for the last nine seasons posting a 64-49 record. He led Tech to two Conference USA championship game appearances and seven straight bowl games. But the Bulldogs are 3-and-8 this year heading into tomorrow’s regular-season finale against Rice.

Ragin Cajun fans are concerned head football coach Billy Napier may leave for another job. Florida is reportedly very interested in Napier and his name has also been connected to the LSU opening. Napier says he has not made a decision on his future and the rumors of him leaving come with the territory of having a winning program…
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U-L Lafayette goes after its eleventh straight win tomorrow when they host ULM.

The Saints lost their fourth straight yesterday as they managed only 190 yards of offense in a 31-6 defeat to the Buffalo Bills. Coach Sean Payton says they have a lot of areas to address heading into their next match-up, another Thursday night home game against Dallas…
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We’ll see if Payton makes a change at quarterback. Trevor Siemian was 17 of 29 for 163 yards, one touchdown, and one interception. Siemian once again got most of his yards in the second half.

LSU men’s basketball takes its undefeated record to Niceville, Florida where they’ll play two games in the Emerald Coast Classic. The Tigers face 3-and-1 Penn State tonight at 6 PM and then either Wake Forest or Oregon State tomorrow.

The Pelicans are at the Utah Jazz tonight.