06:45 Sportscast, November 15th, 2016

For the second time this season, 16th ranked LSU is getting ready to play a game against the 21st ranked Florida Gators. Florida is now 7-3, they lead the SEC East at 5-and-2 and they have one of the top defenses in the league. Head Coach Ed Orgeron…:
Cut 19 (13) “lot of speed” (2x)
The Senior Day game kicks off at noon in Tiger Stadium Saturday. The SEC announced LSU and Texas A&M will kickoff at 6:30 p.m. Thanksgiving in College Station.

There are plenty of honors going out to college athletes in Louisiana this week. LSU running back Derrius Guice and offensive lineman Ethan Pocic have been named SEC Players of the Week. Guice ran for 252 yards and two touchdowns in the win over Arkansas. Pocic led the Tigers with 11 knockdown blocks.

Louisiana Tech kicker Carlos Henderson once again picked up the C-USA Special Teams Player of the Week after posting his second kickoff return for a touchdown this season in the win over Texas San Antonio.

In the Sun Belt, ULM running back Thomas Koufie is the Offensive Player of the Week after rushing for 5 touchdowns in the win over Georgia State.

This story has been making national headlines, and once again UL-Lafayette coach Mark Hudspeth is apologizing for the video showing some of his players dancing and singing to a profanity laced anti-Donald Trump rap song inside the locker room…:
CUT 16 (15) “promoted here”
He said the players have been punished but didn’t say how.

In the NBA, the Pelicans have now won their second game of the season and their first at home. New Orleans slipped by the Celtics Monday night 106-105 in front of a thrilled crowd in the Smoothie King Center.