LSU Head Football Coach Ed Orgeron said today that if Leonard Fournette was 100-percent healthy, he would play in the bowl game against Louisville. Fournette missed four games this season because of an ankle injury. Stanford’s Christian McCaffrey and Baylor’s Shock Linwood are other high profile running backs who have decided not to play in their team’s bowl game. Orgeron doesn’t see this becoming a trend in college football…
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Orgeron insists that the team is fine with Leonard’s decision not to play.

Saints cornerback Delvin Breaux and fullback John Kuhn were not at practice yesterday. Breaux missed last week’s game with a shoulder injury and Kuhn is dealing with an injured groin. And Quarterback Drew Brees says he’s not concerned that he was not named to the Pro Bowl team.

Tonight, the LSU men’s basketball team will face Wake Forest in Winston-Salem at 8 PM in a game that can be seen on E-S-P-N-U. The Tigers lost to the Demon Deacons by six points last year and this year Wake forest is 8-3, while LSU is 8-2. Also tonight, McNeese vists North Carolina state, ULM is at V-C-U and Louisiana Tech hosts L-S-U Shreveport.

Louisiana Tech football has received a verbal commitment from Neville quarterback Jaiden Cole. As the Tigers Q-B, he helped Neville win a state title in 2015 and they were a runner-up this season. Houston, Oklahoma State, Arkansas and Colorado State were among the others who offered Cole.

Oak Grove’s Sam Philley has been named the Class One-A offensive player of the year. The Tigers running back rushed for 13-hundred yards and 23 touchdowns and also caught 38 passes for 701 yards.

In the NBA, the Pelicans fell to 10-21 on the season with a 121-110 loss to Oklahoma City. New Orleans hosts Miami tomorrow.