A big football weekend got started last night with the Saints finishing off the preseason without a win. Green Bay thumped New Orleans 38-10. There were some positives, Brandon Coleman who is fighting to be the Saints number three wide receiver, had four catches for 82 yards. Another wideout, Willie Snead, who is trying to make the team, had three catches for 31 yards, including a seven yard touchdown pass from Luke McCown. In the battle for third-string quarterback, Ryan Griffin was 7 of 13 for 56 yards, while Garrett Grayson was 8 of 19 for 71 yards and two interceptions.

Southeastern Louisiana began defense of its Southland Conference championship with a 34 to 20 win over Northwestern State. The Lions rushed for 438 yards. Quarterback D’Shaie Landor led the way with 125 yards on the ground.

And Duke dominated Tulane by beating the Green Wave 37 to 7 at Yulman Stadium.

It’s the opening weekend of the high school football season. Great game last night between Jennings and Kinder and it was Kinder who pulled off the victory 41-40. Tonight’s marquee match-ups are North Webster at Haynesville, Calvary Baptist hosts Teurlings Catholic, Parkview battles Catholic and Rummel visits UHIGH in the LHSAA Game of the Week.

There are some who LSU can be one of the four teams in the college football playoffs. We’ll see how they look tomorrow night when they host McNeese State in the season opener. Coach Les Miles says it’s nice to be recognized as one of the top teams in the country and the players believe they can compete with anyone…
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Kick-off is at 6:30.

And one quick NFL note…the Steelers have traded former LSU punter Brad Wing to the Giants for a late-round draft pick.