Should be an emotional night in the Superdome tonight as Sean Payton makes his return as his Denver Broncos battle the New Orleans Saints. Payton was the head coach of the Saints for 15 years, guiding the team to its lone Super Bowl victory to cap off the 2009 season. Saints analyst Mike Detillier of WWL Radio says Payton arrived following Hurricane Katrina, but he quickly got the right players around him…
Brees will be inducted into the Saints Hall of Fame tonight. Don’t expect much offense from New Orleans, as the team’s top two receivers, Chris Olave and Rashied Shaheed are injured. Shaheed needs surgery on his knee, which will likely put him on injured reserve. Kick off is at 7:15.
The Pelicans have launched their streaming service….It will cost 14.99 a month or 100-bucks for the season to stream Pelican games and other team content.
LSU’s defense is improved over last season as evident by the team’s performance in last Saturday’s overtime win over Ole Miss. The Tigers “D” kept the Rebels out of the end zone in the second half and in O-T. Defensive End Bradyn Swinson says they are not satisfied, because they still have more tough opponents coming up…
Cut 18 (16) “….the expectation”
The Tigers are at Arkansas on Saturday.
At SEC basketball media day, Lady Tigers Coach Kim Mulkey talked about her two top players, Flaue’Jae Johnson and Aneesah Morrow…
Cut 28 (21) “….plays hard
Johnson will have a decision after this season, as she could decide to enter the WNBA draft.