4:45 LRN Sportscast

Saints running back Alvin Kamara was a full participant at practice today and he’s expected to play this Sunday against the New York Jets after missing the last four games with a knee injury. But fellow running back Mark Ingram has been placed on the COVID-19 reserve list. Ingram joins defensive end Cam Jordan as two players who might miss Sunday’s game because of COVID protocols.

LSU quarterback Max Johnson has entered transfer portal after two seasons with the Tigers. Surprising, as he started 11 games this season, says Tiger Rag assistant editor William Weathers. The move leaves Garrett Nussmeier as the only scholarship quarterback on LSU’s roster. Weathers wonders if former starter Myles Brennan will decide not to transfer…:
CUT 05(10) “…philosophically.”
Brennan entered the transfer portal last month, but has not transferred to another school yet.

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New Ragin Cajuns coach Michael Desormeaux is busy recruiting and getting the Cajuns ready to play in the New Orleans Bowl against Marshall on December 18th. Desormeaux says finishing the season with a 13th straight win is the main focus…
cut 17 (12) “….for it”
Desormeaux’s contract is five years worth 3-point-eight million dollars.

According to the Action Network’s Brett McMurphy LSU was reportedly prepared to offer Texas A-and-M Coach Jimbo Fisher an eight-year, 125 million dollar contract to replace Ed Orgeron. But Fisher expressed strong desire to stay in College Station.

New Louisiana Tech coach Sonny Cumbie has hired Texas Tech assistant Jake Brown as the Bulldogs wide receivers coach and co-offensive coordinator for the Bulldogs. Brown was an offensive coordinator at West Texas A-and-M in Canyon in 2019.