LSU Quarterback Garrett Nussmeier threw for 395 yards and three touchdowns to lead the Tigers to a 35-31 win over Wisconsin in the ReliaQuest Bowl in Tampa. Nussmeier led LSU on a 98-yard drive late in the fourth quarter to give the Tigers the lead. The defense had another rough day, but came up with back-to-back sacks in the fourth quarter to preserve the victory. Coach Brian Kelly….
cut 15 (15) “….win a championship”
Kelly says now that the season is over he’ll fully evaluate his coaching staff. He needs to hire a new offensive coordinator and will he make a change with his defensive coordinator Matt House.

LSU also got a big commitment from a recruit on New Year’s Day as five-star defensive lineman Dominick McKinley from Acadiana flipped his verbal pledge from Texas A-and-M to LSU.

It will be Michigan and Washington in the college football national championship game. The Wolverines defeated Alabama in overtime 27-20, while the Huskies held on for a 37-31 win over Texas. Washington built a 13-point lead in the fourth quarter, but Texas kept battling and was right there at the end. Longhorns Coach Steve Sarkisian…
cut 18 (18) “….gave up hope”
The national championship game is next Monday in Houston.

The Saints will host Atlanta this Sunday and New Orleans still has a chance to make the playoffs. They can win the division if they beat the Falcons and Tampa Bay loses to Carolina. A wild card berth is also possible if the Saints win Sunday and the Bears beat the Packers in Green Bay and the Cardinals take down the Seahawks in Phoenix.