The Saints held steady with the 29th NFL Draft pick and chose Clemson defensive tackle Bryan Bresee (bruh-ZEE). The six-foot-five, 298 pounder had 51 tackles and nine sacks in 26 games in three seasons at Clemson. Saints coach Dennis Allen says Bresee was a good get…:

CUT 30(08)       “…a position in need.”

Bresse’s 2021 season ended early because of a torn ACL and last year he only played in ten games because of a severe case of strep throat. Plus he lost his baby-sister last September to brain cancer.

No LSU Tigers were selected in the first round, but defensive end B-J Ojulari (O-juh-lar-e) is expected to be selected in today’s second round. New Orleans has two picks today, one in the second round and in the third round.

Top-ranked LSU begins a three-game SEC series tonight at home against the Crimson Tide. Alabama enters the game with a 9-9 SEC record, 30-12 overall. The Tigers are 12-5 and in first place in the SEC West and they are 32-8 overall. LSU leads the SEC in hitting and they’ve scored a league-high 397 runs. Coach Jay Johnson points out that Bama has won six of its last seven…:

CUT 16(20)      “…a lot of fun.”

Also this weekend, the Ragin Cajuns host sixth ranked Coastal Carolina, Louisiana Tech is at Middle Tennessee, ULM visits Georgia Southern, Northwestern State hosts Southland leader Nicholls and Grambling hosts Prairie View.