Alabama took the stage Wednesday at SEC Media Days, and for the third straight season, The Crimson Tide heads into preseason camp without a starting quarterback named. There are four guys who will battle for the position once practice begins and they are Cooper Bateman, David Cornwell, Blake Barnett and Jalen Hurts. Coach Nick Saban he’s not sure how the competition will develop:
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Saban also defended his two players that were arrested in Monroe and said they will not be suspended. Cam Robinson and Hootie Jones were not indicted on gun and drug charges. To SEC Network’s Paul Finebaum, Saban suggested the arresting officers were disgruntled LSU fans, because it seemed fishy that his guys were the only two arrested when there were four people inside the vehicle.

The expectations for the LSU baseball team are even higher for next year. That’s because left-hander Jared Poche will return for his senior season. Poche could have played professional ball after San Diego took him in the 14th round, but the Lutcher native has cut off negotiations with the Padres. Tiger Rag Associate Editor James Moran says Poche’s return makes a good LSU baseball team on paper, even better…:
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Poche has 27 wins during his three-year career at LSU and is 11 victories shy of tying Scott Schultz, who is LSU’s all-time wins leader.

Tonight two former Tiger baseball stars will meet again as Alex Bregman and the Frenso Grizzlies begin a four game series against Austin Nola and the New Orleans Zephyrs. There were reports circling this week that Bregman could be called up by the Astros as soon as this weekend, but Houston’s NO. 2 overall pick last year tweeted Wednesday that he was heading to Louisiana..