ESPN reporting LSU Football Coach Brian Kelly is moving special teams and recruiting coordinator Brian Polian to an off the field role on the staff. The Tigers special teams unit struggled last season as they struggled handling punts, there were penalties and two blocked kicks cost them the season opener against Florida State.

Ross Dellenger at Sports Illustrated is reporting there’s discussion of rule changes for college football that would shorten games in an effort to reduce the number of plays. Dellenger reports there are proposals that call for the clock to continue to run after first downs and incomplete passes.

After visiting the Jets over the weekend, free agent quarterback Derek Carr is still not in a rush to to sign with a team. It’s been reported Carr had a good visit with the Jets, but hsi brother, David Carr, told the NFL Network that Derek is expected to take more visits and that this is a long process. The Saints met with Carr before the Raiders released the four-time Pro Bowler.

Top-ranked LSU baseball takes on Southern University this afternoon and second baseman Gavin Dugas is off to a great start. In two games in the sweep over Western Michigan, Dugas was six for eight at the plate and hit two home runs. Dugas says swinging at a bad pitch in the fall led to an eye doctor determining he was nearly blind in his left eye which led to surgery…
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Dugas and the Tigers take on the Jaguars at 2 PM today.

Last night, Louisiana Tech defeated B-Y-U 10 to 2 to even up a four-game series with the Bulldogs. Brody Drost and Philip Matulia each drove in three runs. Ethan Bates struck out five to earn the win in relief.