Before Hurricane Francine made landfall in southeast Louisiana, the Saints held a practice this morning at the team’s training facility in Metairie. The players were let go early and they’ll continue to go over the game plan remotely at their home. Quarterback Derek Carr talked about balancing being a football player, while also dealing with a hurricane…

cut 26 (24) “…job to do”

Five Saints players did not practice today including Marshawn Lattimore and Tyrann Mathieu. Lattimore is dealing with a hip and hamstring, while Mathieu has a bad heel. But receiver A-T Perry and guard Nick Saldiveri were full participants.

LSU linebacker Whit Weeks is one of the team co-leaders in tackles and Coach Brian Kelly said on today’s SEC Media teleconference Weeks is pushing for more playing time…

cut 29 (10) “…platoon situation”

Harold Perkins and Greg Penn were the starting linebackers in the first two weeks. Penn led the team with nine tackles against Nicholls, Weeks had six, while Perkins had three.

Louisiana Tech is preparing to play a North Carolina State offense led by Quarterback Grayson McCall, who was a three-time Sun Belt Conference Player of the Year at Coastal Carolina. Bulldogs defensive back Cedric Woods talked about the game plan…

cut 20 (15) “…third and long”

Kick off is at 11 AM.