The LSU baseball team heads to Knoxville today after sweeping a doublehader from Notre Dame yesterday. The Tigers won game one 1-0 as Jake Fraley hammered a home run in the 11th inning and LSU won the second game three to two as Bryce Jordan drove in two runs during a three-run seventh inning. The Bayou Bengals begin a three-game series at Tennessee on Friday.

Louisiana Tech completed a midweek sweep over Northwestern State by beating the Demons five to four in Ruston last night. Demons pitching walked four hitters as they could not hold on to a one-run lead in the ninth inning. It was the 800th win for the Bulldogs at the Lock Shack and this weekend they have a big series against Southern Miss in Hattiesburg.

McNeese State downed Baylor 12 to 7. Junior Will Fox had four hits on the night. Houston edged UL Lafayette three to two, Nicholls knocked off Alcorn six to 4 as Kyle Knauth homered for the Colonels and Tulane trounced Southern 14 to 2.

Saints Quarterback Drew Brees’ agent Tom Condon told the “Rich Eisen Show” it’s unlikely New Orleans will redo the final year of the future hall of fame signal caller’s contract. Brees deal is a 30-million dollar hit to the salary cap this year. Condon says the Saints seem satisfied carrying that number right now.

According to a CBS-Sports-dot-com article, LSU running back Leonard Fournette is covered by two insurance policies, each worth 10-million dollars. One covers him if he suffers an injury that ends his career, the other policy covers him if he’s injured and it hurts his draft stock. It’s believed Fournette is one of the most heavily insured players in college sports history.

Tulane football coach Willie Fritz unveiled new Green Wave uniforms on his twitter account today. It looks like Tulane will wear several different color combinations this year, including baby blue tops.

The state baseball tournanment begins today in Sulphur with semifinal action.