Saints safety Tyrann Mathieu is finally back with the team after missing practices to attend to family matters. Mahtieu was at practice this morning. Not at practice for long today were rookie left tackle Trevor Penning and defensive tackle Malcolm Roach after they were involved in a scuffle. Penning has been involved in several shoving matches during the first week of training camp.

LSU players reported to fall camp today. The offensive line is the biggest question mark, but Coach Brian Kelly feels better about the position group than he did in the spring…
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Kelly will speak with the media again tomorrow afternoon after the team’s first practice. LSU is allowing the media to watch the preseason scrimmages.

U-L Lafayette athletics director Doctor Bryan Maggard has received a one-year contract extension which means Maggard is now under contract through June 2027. Maggard was hired in 2017 and last season the Cajuns won a Sun Belt title in football, baseball, and softball, the only program in the country to win all three, and a bowl game….
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Maggard says the school also raised more than 30-million dollars, their most successful year in fundraising.

Nicholls running back Julien Gums is one of 35 players on the Walter Payton Award Watch List, which goes to the best FCS offensive player. Gums enters this season 103 rushing yards away from becoming the school’s all-time leading rusher. An injury ended his season early last year, but in 2019, Gums rushed for 12-hundred yards and 16 touchdowns.