The New Orleans Saints are now 7 and 7 after their victory over the New York Giants on Sunday. A big factor in their win was the play of quarterback Derek Carr who led the offense to 24 total points and had 218 yards and 3 touchdowns in the game. After receiving some criticism from fans after his performance, Saints Head Coach Dennis Allen says that the criticism was unwarranted.

Cut 17 (15) “… played well.”

The Saints will travel to face the Rams on Thursday Night Football and kickoff will be at 7:15 pm on Prime Video.

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LSU Heisman and All-American quarterback Jayden Daniels has opted out of the 2024 Reliaquest Bowl. Daniels says that even though he is from California and played most of his career at Arizona State …

Cut 16 (07) “… Bayou boy.”

Daniels is projected to be a top 10 pick and the third quarterback to be taken in next year’s draft.

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Grambling State has named former LSU and Nebraska assistant Mickey Joseph as its new football head coach. Joseph says that all the talent he needs to build a winning program at Grambling can be found in Louisiana and that he and his staff will have to prioritize in state recruiting in order to win.

Cut 10 (12) “… these kids.”

Joseph was hired after former Head Coach Hue Jackson was fired at the end of this season.

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In basketball news, the Pelicans set a franchise record number of three pointers in their 146 to 110 win over the Spurs yesterday. New Orleans made 22 three pointers in their second win over the Spurs this season which was one more than the previous record of 21.

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In college basketball news, McNeese defeated ULL 74 to 72 yesterday and improved to 10 and 2 on the year and in a major upset earlier today, the University of Jacksonville beat ULM 75 to 66.