Through the first few days of training camp, Saints rookie receiver Mike Thomas has been a major storyline as he’s shown great ball skills by making some spectacular catches. Coach Sean Payton says they don’t want the former Ohio State star to just be a pass catcher, they also hope he can develop into an outstanding blocker…
cut 17 (17) “…good in that area”
Thomas is six-foot-three, 212 pounds and the Saints selected him with the 47th overall pick.

The son of LSU Coach Les Miles, Ben Miles, has committed to Nebraska, despite receiving a scholarship offer from his dad. Ben Miles is a fullback at Catholic High and helped the Bears win their first state championship last season

An NCAA rule change has allowed college coaches to publicly interact to a point with recruits. Coaches will still not be abllowed to comment directly about recruits, but they can now retweet, favorite or like a recruit’s posts. This morning, Coach Les Miles re-tweeted several posts about offers made to several high school stars.

At the time of this broadcast, former Ragin Cajun Jonathan Lucroy is still a Milwaukee Brewer. The All-Star catcher rejected a trade to the Indians, but other teams are still interested in his services prior to this afternoon’s trade deadline.

Former SLU Lion Wade Miley is now with the Baltimore Orioles. Seattle sent the starting pitcher to the Orioles, who are in first place in the A-L East. Miley is 7-8 with a 4.98 ERA, but has pitched much better in July.

After failing to get a hit in his first 18 at-bats, former LSU star Alex Bregman finally got one yesterday. But Bregman’s Astros still lost to Detroit 11-0.