11:40 LRN Sportscast

It wasn’t a master piece, but the Saints beat the New York Giants 14 to 11 yesterday to improve to five and eight, two games back of first place Tampa Bay. Interim head coach Darren Rizzi says being in playoff contention motivates the team…

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But Saints quarterback Derek Carr reportedly fractured his non-throwing hand and could miss this Sunday’s game against Washington.

The college football winter transfer portal opens today and the Tigers are losing two receivers to the portal, CJ Daniels and Shelton Sampson. So it’s a priority for LSU to sign multiple receivers out of the portal. One name connected to LSU is Texas Tech transfer Micah Henderson, a five-star recruit.

It was a lost weekend for Louisiana teams vying for championships, as all three go down to defeat, punctuated by the Ragin’ Cajuns loss in the Sun Belt title game. Andrew Greenstein is at Cajun Field in Lafayette with more.

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The Cajuns will play in the New Mexico Bowl on December 28th against TCU.

The LSU Tigers are headed back to the Texas Bowl as they’ll play Baylor on New Year’s Eve afternoon in Houston. Kick off is at 2:30.