It’s gameday and Louisiana is in for some great action on this Saturday. LSU and Mississippi State face off and one of the big things to watch is how the Tigers’ defense will fair against the Bulldogs QB and former Haughton High School star Dak Prescott. Prescott threw LSU around last year but Bayou Bengal defensive tackle Christian Lacourture says getting a lot of players around State’s QB will be key:
CUT 1 (17) “be okay”
Northwest Louisiana is looking forward to seeing two from their region go head to head as LSU quarterback Brandon Harris is a Parkway High product and Prescott from Haughton are both from the Bossier Parish School District. The game kicks off at 8:15 tonight and will be televisied on ESPN.

In other college football action tonight, Southeastern Louisiana hosts Florida Tech. Nicholls State travels to Monroe to take on ULM. Incarnate Word is at McNeese. Tulane visits Georgia Tech. UL-Lafayette plays Northwestern State at Cajun Field.

The Saints open their regular season Sunday afternoon at Arizona. Saints radio color analyst Hokie Gajan says this is about as uncomfortable he’s been about the Saints heading into a season opener…:
CUT 19 (11) “very limited”
The game tomorrow kicks off at 3:05 and you can watch it on FOX.

In high school football scores…Ponchatoula took control last night and rode four first-half touchdowns to get the 26-0 win over defending back-to-back 5A champion Acadiana last night. Franklinton downed Amite 40-12. University High beat the top ranked team in One-A, Southern Lab, 35-16. The game of the night was between Haynesville and Union Parish and it was Union Parish winning 27-26. North Desoto beat Mansfield 19-14 in a rivalry game. Haugton knocked off Minden 17-10. Delhi defeated Vidalia 32-31. And Carroll beat Rayville 21-20.