After losing last night to the Warriors, the Pelicans try to get in the win column tonight against Portland. The Trail Blazers look much different this year as they have four new starters in their lineup. But they still have All-star point guard Damian Lillard who averaged 21 points and six assists a game last year. New Orleans Anthony Davis is looking for a bounce back performance tonight after a 4 for 20 shooting performance last night in Golden State. Tip-off tonight is at 9:00.

LSU football coach Les Miles is hopeful some of his injured starters will return for the Alabama game. Miles hopes defensive tackle Christian LaCouture, fullback JD Moore and cornerback TreDavious White will practice on Monday. Miles also says freshman Donte Jackson might keep returning punts, after taking over for the injured White.

Louisiana Tech only has a couple more days to get ready for Friday’s game against Rice. The Bulldogs should be able to run the ball against the Owls defense, which is allowing 205 rushing yards a game.

UL Lafayette and ULM meet for the 51st time on Saturday in Lafayette. The Cajuns lead the all-time series 26 to 24. UL Lafayette has won six of the last seven meetings, but the last game played at Cajun Field was won by ULM. Warhawks Coach Todd Berry says he’ll bring a young team to Lafayette, many of them have never played in a college rivalry game…
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Kickoff is at 4 PM and it is homecoming on the UL Lafayette campus.

In men’s college basketball…Stephen F Austin goes into the season as the favorite to win the Southland Conference. That’s according to a preseason poll of the coaches and sports information directors in the league. The Lumberjacks return four starters from a team that won 29 games last year. Northwestern State is picked to finish in second place.