LRN Sportscast 11:40 September 15

In LSU’s victory over Mississippi State, they only threw the ball 14 times. Quarterback Brandon Harris says the plan was to throw the football more, but audibles were called at the line of scrimmage that led to LSU running the ball 47 times…
cut 17 (20) “…14 yards”
Coach Les Miles says at this point junior Trent Domingue is the Tigers place kicker. Domingue kicked all three of LSU’s extra points on Saturday, instead of last year’s starter Colby Delahoussaye.

In high school football…North Webster is the newly ranked number one team in Three-A, while Kentwood is the new number one in in One-A.

Because of a significant injury to safety Rafael Bush, the Saints have reportedly re-signed safety Kenny Phillips. Phillips hasn’t played a game in the NFL since 2012, but was with the Black and Gold during training camp. There’s a chance he could start this Sunday against Tampa Bay. New Orleans has also added running back Tim Hightower to the roster.

The Ragin Cajuns and ULM are off this weekend. UL Lafayette Coach Mark Hudspeth is thankful for the bye week, because the team is dealing with several injuries. The Cajuns had a couple of safeties hurt in the win over Northwestern State, Dominick Jones and Christian Goodlett. Hudspeth is hoping starting safety TJ Worthy will be ready for the game against Akron on September 26th.

The Warhawks bye week gives them a chance to work more with redshirt freshman quarterback Garrett Smith, who has been sharp through two games. He’s completed 79-percent of his passes for 576 yards, five touchdowns and one interception.