11:40 LRN Sportscast

There are two college football games tonight involving football teams from Louisiana. At 6:30, the Ragin Cajuns will take on Texas State in San Marcos. The Bobcats are 4-and-3, 2-and-1 in the Sun Belt and led by quarterback Jordan McCloud, who has 20 touchdown passes on the season. U-L Lafayette Coach Michael Desormeaux says McCloud has a lot of weapons…
cut 17 (11) “….play sound football”
At 7 tonight, Louisiana Tech will take on Sam Houston in Conference USA Action. The Bulldogs are 3-and-4 while the Bearkats are 6-and-2.
The Pelicans continue their west coast road trip as they visit Golden State tonight. They’ll also play the Warriors tomorrow night in San Francisco. Golden State star Steph Curry is out these next two games because of an injured ankle. Both teams have 2-and-1 records.
Grambling Coach Mickey Joseph has been fined five-thousand dollars by the SWAC for his criticism of the officials. During yesterday’s zoom conference call involving all of  the league’s coaches, Joseph expressed his unhappiness about the seven penalties his team drew for 104 yards in Saturday’s touchdown loss to Texas Southern…
cut 20 (20) “…better head coach”
And Joseph says starting quarterback Myles Crawley will miss the next two to three weeks with an undisclosed injury. Grambling is at Bethune Cookman this Saturday. Both teams are 1-and-3 in league play.
LSU and Alabama has been set for a 6:30 PM kick-off on November ninth. Some betting sites have the Tigers a slight favorite, while others have the Crimson Tide favorite by as much as 2.5 points.