LSU football closes out the regular season tonight by hosting Texas A-and-M. But it’s what the Tigers do after the game that’s the bigger story. Who will LSU athletics director Scott Woodward hire to be the next head coach? There’s buzz about Oklahoma head coach Lincoln Riley. ESPN college football writer Chris Low says Riley would be a big get for LSU…
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Riley is 55-9 at Oklahoma and has led the Sooners to three college football playoff appearances.

Skip Holtz has a 64-49 record at Louisiana Tech, but today is his last day as Holtz will coach his final game on the Bulldogs sideline after nine seasons in Ruston. Holtz has led the program to two Conference USA championship game appearances and seven bowl games and six wins.

The 23rd ranked Ragin Cajuns host ULM today looking for an 11th straight win. But Billy Napier’s time as head coach at U-L Lafayette could be coming to an end. Yahoo Sports’ Pete Thamel reports that Napier is the favorite to land the Florida head coaching job.

The Bayou Classic between Southern and Grambling is at 4 PM today. Both teams have losing records. 17th ranked Southeastern Louisiana hosts 22nd ranked Florida A-and-M in the first round of the FCS playoffs.

There were some great high school football games last night. Ouachita Christian got past Calvary Baptist 40-37 to advance to the Division Four state championship game and the Eagles will face Southern Lab, who shutout St. Frederick 33-0.

West Monroe’s season ended last night with an overtime loss to Zachary in the quarterfinals of the Class 5A playoffs. Westgate will play top-seeded Karr in the semi-finals of the 4A playoffs as the Tigers topped Northwood-Shreveport 34-32. And Sterlington took down the defending champs in 3A by beating Madison Prep 40-34 in overtime.