New Orleans has been selected to host the college football national championship game in January 2020.Executive director of the CFP, Bill Hancock, says there are a lot of reasons why they wanted to crown a future champion in the Big Easy…
cut 14 (07) “…downtown area”
Hancock also announced that Atlanta will host the championship game in 2018 and Santa Clara will host the title game in January 2019.

Saturday’s game between LSU and Alabama features two of the best running backs in college football. The Tigers have Heisman front-runner Leonard Fournette, and the Crimson Tide have Derrick Henry who has rushed for over 1,000 yards and has 14 touchdowns. Coach Nick Saban says Henry has had a fantastic year…
cut 18 (20) “…has played’
Kickoff on Saturday is at 7 PM.

Louisiana Tech is a 30-point favorite on Saturday as they host North Texas. who has just one win on the season. But Bulldogs quarterback Jeff Driskel says they are not changing their approach…
cut 20 (15) “…every other week”

ULM has just one win on the year and they’ll visit Troy on Saturday. The Warhawks are coming off a tough loss to the Ragin Cajuns. UL Lafayette is at Georgia State on Saturday. The Cajuns are looking to improve to 3-1 in Sun Belt play.

In college basketball news…an ESPN report says freshman Antonio Blakeney has been clared to play this season. The NCAA was apparently looking to see if he violated any rules by appearing in a workout video with a trainer.

Louisiana Tech announces that transfer LeAntwan Luckett has been ruled eligible to play this upcoming season for the Bulldogs. The fifth year senior scored over 14-hundred points at Alcorn State.