It’s a busy night on the college baseball diamonds across the state. LSU will host Lamar at 6:30. The eighth ranked Tigers will be looking to improve their record to 26-12. Lamar is 22-and-15 and beat LSU last year 12-to-11 in Beaumont, Texas.

Louisiana Tech will host 23rd ranked McNeese State. It’s the first time the Pokes have ever been ranked in baseball and tonight marks the start of an eight-game road trip for the Cowboys. McNeese Coach Justin Hill believes his team is ready for this long stretch away from home….
cut 18 (15) “…care of itself”
Also tonight, the Cajuns are at Tulane. ULM visits Grambling and Northwestern State hosts Prairie View A-and-M.

There was some specuation the Saints will be featured on H-B-O’s “Hard Knocks” but instead another team from the NFC South will receive that publicity. Tampa Bay Buccaneer officials say they will make a major announcement tomorrow and they are expected to say they’ve been chosen to participate in the popular HBO series.

We know who the Saints will play next season and Thursday night we’ll find out when. The entire 2017 regular season schedule will be unveiled at 7 PM on the NFL Network. The Saints will play their division rivals twice and they’ll host the Bears, Lions, Patriots, Jets and Redskins and travel to Green Bay, Minnesota, Buffalo, to the Los Angeles Rams and play the Dolphins in London.

We all know, the Saints have expressed interest in Patriots cornerback Malcolm Buter. It’s been reported Bulter has signed his restricted free agent tender, but ESPN’s Field Yates says a trade is still on the table. Butler recently visited the Saints, while he was a restricted free agent.