The House Education Committee approves a resolution that urges the SEC not to schedule any LSU home football games before 6 PM in September. Harahan Representative John Ilg authored the measure in response to last September’s LSU-UCLA game, which featured a gametime temperature of 90-degrees, plus high humidity, which made it difficult for fans to watch the Tigers 34-17 win over the Bruins…
Cut 8 (06) “….it to halftime”
ESPN has control of the game times and they have that control because of a three-billion dollar TV contract with the SEC.
And the Athletic is reporting that ESPN is willing to add more money to that TV contract if the SEC is willing to move to a nine-game conference schedule. Commissioner Greg Sankey has publicly supported a nine-game schedule in the past, but the league has yet to agree on a format. More discussion on this when the SEC holds its annual spring meetings in late May.
LSU softball team easily defeated Mississippi State five to nothing yesterday in the SEC Tournament. This morning, a much bigger challenge when the Tigers take on top-seeded Oklahoma at 10 AM. The Sooners are 43-7.
Louisiana Tech had a dramatic win in the Conference USA Softball Tournament. The Bulldogs were trailing four to one in the seventh inning, but the Bulldogs battled back with two home runs in the seventh for a five to four win over New Mexico. Reagan Marchant cut the lead to one and then Addison Snyder hit a walk off home run, her first career home run.
This morning in the Sun Belt Tournament…the Cajuns battle App State at 10 AM and then tonight it’s ULM versus Georgia Southern.
ULM is at 14th ranked Coastal Carolina tonight to begin a three-game series.
Final weekend of regular season Southland Conference play tonight. Southeastern Louisiana is seeking a Southland regular season championship, and they are looking to be a host site in the conference tournament. The Lions will be at Nicholls. The Colonels need victories to get in the Southland tournament.