According to a report from the NFL network, Saints cornerback Keenan Lewis will be sidelined the next four to six weeks after undergoing hip surgery. The 29-year-old has been dependable as he’s started every game in his first two seasons in New Orleans. The injury to Lewis means Delvin Breaux and Brandon Browner could be your starting cornerbacks week one. But Browner is also dealing with an injury.

The LSU football team and the Head Health Network are partnering up to study how impacts to the head effect players. H-H-N President Curtis Cruz says 24 players will have sensors in their helmets this season and the sensors will relay information to the training staff when the player is involved in contact, to determine if the hit was serious enough to bring on a concussion…
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He says this study will give training staff a much better handle on how to treat concussions.

The Ragin Cajuns are looking to pull off the upset this Saturday as they visit Kentucky. The Wildcats have a new offensive coordinator in Shannon Dawson, who was previously at West Virginia. UL Lafayette Coach Mark Hudspeth says they have an idea on what they’ll see on Saturday, but they are preparing for a few surprises….
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Kickoff is at six o’ clock.

Louisiana Tech believes they can have close to a sell out for Saturday night’s season opener for Southern. The Jaguar nation is expected to bring a lot of people to Ruston.

And the Independence Bowl says last year’s game between Miami and South Carolina generated about 18 million dollars in an economic impact for the Shreveport-Bossier City area.