LRN Sportscast 6:45

Did the Saints select their future quarterback in the NFL draft? In the fifth round, New Orleans took Spencer Rattler out of South Carolina. Rattler says he felt the Saints would draft him after a great visit to New Orleans before the draft….
cut 17 (17) “…..got me”
Ratler started his college career at Oklahoma but was benched his sophomore season. He transferred to South Carolina. In 2022, he led the Gamecocks to huge victories over Tennessee and Clemson. Last year, Carolina struggled to a 5- and-7 record.

The Pelicans season could come to an end tonight. New Orleans has to beat Oklahoma City in order to extend the series to a fifth game.

On the PGA Tour, Rory McIlroy (Mac-il-roy) and Shane Lowry won the Zurich Classic of New Orleans.
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The LSU baseball team missed out on a series sweep over Auburn as the Bayou Bengals lost to Auburn seven to five yesterday. LSU fell behind five to nothing in the first inning. The Tigers best reliever, Griffin Herring, didn’t enter the game until the second inning. Coach Jay Johnson explains why….
cut 20 (20) “…constraints”
LSU is 7-14 in the SEC and will host top-ranked Texas A-and-M this weekend.

Louisiana Tech is in first place in Conference USA after completing a series sweep over Sam Houston. The Bulldogs won in dramatic fashion yesterday, 12-9 in ten innings. Adarius Myers hit a walk-off three-run homer.

The Cajuns took two of three from Southern Miss and U-L Lafayette has a three-game lead over Troy for first place in the Sun Belt.