The LHSAA has called a special meeting where member principals will have the opportunity to vote on a new playoff format that’s different from the public-private school split. The new playoff proposal would end the split in Classes 5A and 4A and it would create metro and rural divisions in Classes 1A though 3A. It would also combine classes B and C. Chairman of the High School Relations Committee Michael Boyer says in football the number of state championships would be reduced from nine to eight…
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A date has not been set for the special meeting.

The dates are set for the Saints 2016 schedule. New Orleans will open the regular season at home against Oakland, they’ll also host Atlanta for a Monday night game on September 26th and visit Carolina on Thursday November 17th.

The visitation for former Saints star Will Smith is from two to seven PM today at the team’s training facility in Metairie. Funeral services are also scheduled today former Saints and LSU running back Hokie Gajan who died this week at the age of 56 from cancer. Sportswriter John Ed Bradley played with Gajan at LSU and says Hokie was an original and will be greatly missed…
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Two of Louisiana Tech’s games have been moved so they can be shown on national television. The Bulldogs home game against Western Kentucky has been moved to Thursday, October 6th and the regular season finale at Southern Miss has been moved to Friday November 25th. Details on what networks will carry those games will be announced at a later date.

And after taking two of three from Vanderbilt last weekend, LSU visits Missouri for a three-game series starting tonight.