The Saints are short on cornerbacks heading into Sunday’s game against Carolina. Alontae Taylor is the only healthy cornerback on the active roster as Marshon Lattimore, Kool-Aid McKinstry and Rico Payton all missed practice yesterday. New Orleans has signed veteran Tre Herndon to the practice squad.
Tulane improved to 5-and-0 in the American Athletic Association with a convincing 34 to three win over Charlotte last night. Sophomore Makhi Hughes rushed for 117 yards and two touchdowns.
ULM is looking to bounce back from a loss to South Alabama last week by knocking off Marshall in Huntington, West Virigina tomorrow afternoon. The Thundering Herd are 15th in the nation in rush offense. Kick-off is at 2:30.
It’s also another big night for High school football tonight…as Airline battles Byrd and Teurlings Catholic takes on ST. Thomas More.
LSU is trying to take advantage of the bye week by correcting the mistakes that cost them last Saturday’s Texas A-and-M. The Tigers missed on three field goal tries. One of the tires saw the holder not even know the ball was snapped. Coach Brian Kelly…
Cut 30 (27) “…on it”
LSU is 6-and-2 and ranked 16th in both major polls. Jerry Palm with CBS Sports says LSU getting into playoff position starts with them winning out.
Cut 17 (09) “…conference championship game.”
The Tigers will host Alabama next Saturday night in Baton Rouge. The loser will suffer their third loss and basically eliminated from C-F-P consideration.