After dropping three of four last week, the LSU baseball team has fallen out of the top 10 in the major college baseball polls. Collegiate Baseball has the Tigers ranked 22nd, Baseball America has them ranked 15th. LSU had a tough loss on Saturday, leading 3-0 in the ninth inning over Texas A&M, the Aggies stormed back to score four runs and win 4-3. Senior shortstop Kramer Robertson described the loss as shocking….
cut 18 (19) “….hurts a lot”

Elsewhere in college baseball, UL Lafayette is tied with Texas State for first place in the West Division of the Sun Belt. The Cajuns clobbered South Alabama 10 to 2 yesterday.

Quarterback Chase Daniel said on a teleconference with reporters today one reason why he returned to the Saints is the possibility he could become the successor to Drew Brees. The 38-year-old Brees has one more year left on his contract. Daniel signed a one-year deal with the Saints last week.

The Saints will begin offseason workouts April 17th and minicamp is scheduled for June 13th to the 15th.

In other NFL news…The Bills hosted free agent cornerback B-W Webb, who played in 14 games for the Saints last season and had 28 tackles and one interception. Webb will also reportedly visit with the Browns and Bears.

Former LSU Tiger Ego Ferguson has been claimed off of waivers by the Green Bay Packers. He was released by the Chicago Bears last week.

The Chicago Bulls beat the New Orleans Pelicans 117 to 110 last night. If Portland defeats Minnesota tonight, the Pels will be officially eliminated from playoff contention.