11:40 LRN Sportscast

15th ranked LSU is preparing for a sixth ranked Alabama offense that’s averaging 43 points a game. Crimson Tide Quarterback Bryce Young is having another fantastic season averaging 292 total yards a game. Tigers Coach Brian Kelly on the reigning Heisman Trophy winner…
cut 18 (17) “….he’s elite”
Kelly says he expects safety Major Burns will practice this week after missing the last five games with a neck injury. He says left guard Garrett Dellinger is day-to-day after missing the last two games with a sprained knee.

There’s a head coaching vacancy in the SEC. Auburn has fired Bryan Harsin, who was in the middle of his second season. New athletic director John Cohen, who just left Mississippi State, will lead the search for a new coach.

The NFL trade deadline is at 3 PM today and there’s speculation the Saints could trade running back Alvin Kamara. Kamara is not sweating it…
cut 20 (17) “>…your thing”
Kamara says he has no interest in playing anywhere else but New Orleans.

The 3-and-5 Saints host the Baltimore Ravens on Monday night. Yesterday, Baltimore sent two draft picks and former Saints linebacker A-J Klein to Chicago for linebacker Roquan Smith, who leads the N-F-L in tackles.

There’s one more regular season week left in the high school football season. Destrehan, St. Thomas More, Union Parish, Many and Ouachita Christian are the teams ranked number one in the Louisiana Sports Writers Association polls.