The 4-and-5 Saints take on the 3-6 Carolina Panthers tonight on Thursday night football. New Orleans beat Carolina 41-38 earlier this season. Drew Brees threw for 465 yards and four touchdowns. The Q-B says the Black and Gold had a good day that day and Carolina still has a good defense…
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The 37-year-old Brees is tied for the most touchdown passes in the NFL and ranks second passing yards as he’ll go over 3,000 mark tonight.

Also tonight in Thibodaux, Nicholls State will host Southeastern Louisiana as those two teams will battle it out for the River Bell Trophy. The Colonels won this game last year on a 40-yard field goal with no time left on the clock. Nicholls is led by freshman quarterback Chase Fourcade who has thrown for 22-hundred yards and accounted for 22 touchdowns.

The 21st ranked Gators come into Baton Rouge this Saturday with a 7-2 record, but seven starters are not expected to play because of injuries. Florida Coach Jim McElwain joked about changing the rules of football in order to make the game more even…
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A win for Florida and they clinch the SEC East.

Louisiana Tech is the first school since 2012 to have two players named semifinalists for the Biletnikoff Award. Trent Taylor and Carlos Henderson have combined to catch 26 touchdown passes.

In college hoops, Tech beat Alabama State 87-56 last night, tonight ULM faces Colorado.