Saints defensive tackle and first round draft choice Sheldon Rankins reportedly broke his fibula during a training camp practice in West Virginia. This injury is not expected to sideline Rankins for the season, but he is expected to miss the next six to eight weeks. Rankins was carted off the field, after suffering the injury during a goal-line drill.

LSU Football Coach Les Miles is expected to meet with reporters tomorrow, but he said in an interview posted at lsu-sports-dot-net that the flooding devastation around the Baton Rouge area reminds him of Hurricane Katrina. The coach says tight ends coach Steven Ensminger had water come into his home and relatives of Miles who live in Baton Rouge have been displaced.

The former voice of the LSU Tigers, Jim Hawthorne, has also been displaced. About a foot of water flowed into his home in East Baton Rouge parish on Saturday. He said individuals on a private boat brought him to dry land on Sunday.

The Louisiana High School Athletics Association has suspended normal day-to-day operations, because 20 inches of flood waters has inundated their building in Baton Rouge. The LHSAA says they’ll use Hurricane Katrina as an example of how they’ll allow players to transfer to a different school if they’re family has been displaced by the flooding.

Louisiana Tech is making plans to practice at Freedom Fields in Bossier City on Friday. Not only will team be there, but so will cheerleaders and the spirit group, Regal Blues. The team will practice from 4-6 Pm and then there will be an autograph session with fans from 6-7 PM.