Alabama is the media’s pick to win the Southeastern Conference this season. The Crimson Tide enter the year without a starting quarterback named. Most analysts anticipate Jacob Coker will be the Tide’s signal
caller, but Coach Nick Saban will let Blake Sims and others compete for the job…:
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Ole Miss is picked to finish fourth in the SEC West. The Rebels were 8- and-5 last season and had a signature win over LSU. Head Coach Hugh Freeze spoke at SEC Media Days about where his program goes from here…:
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Thursday was the final day of SEC Media Days.

The Doak Walker Award watch list was announced Thursday and on it from Louisiana are LSU’s Terrence Magee, Louisiana-Lafayette’s Alonzo Harris and Louisiana Tech’s Kenneth Dixon. The award is given to the nation’s top college running back.

ESPN is reporting that former LSU star Glen “Big Baby” Davis has re-signed with the Los Angeles Clippers. The one season deal is for the veteran minimum of $1.2 million dollars. Davis played in 23 regular-season games with the Clippers, averaging 4.2 points and 3 rebounds in 13.4 minutes per game.

LSU is set to introduce their new assistant baseball coach during a news conference on Monday. It’s expected to be former Tulane star and New York Yankees scout Andy Cannizaro. Also being introduced by the Tigers will be the 2014 signing class and the 2015 schedule.

LSU men’s basketball coach Johnny Jones is set to be one of the guests of ESPN basketball analyst Andy Katz on a special 90-minute edition of Katz Corner that will air tonight at 7:30 on ESPNU.

In the NBA summer league “struggle” would be putting it nicely when describing the Pelicans performance with Charlotte. New Orleans fell by a score of 104-75 last night to the Hornets. The loss means the Pels advance to the consolation rounds where they will face the Minnesota Timberwolves at 4pm today.