LSU is considered a huge favorite to beat Texas Southern on Friday in the opening game of the Baton Rouge Regional. Tiger Rag Associate Editor James Moran says the SWAC champs are not very strong on the mound..:
Cut 18 (12) “over eight”
NO.2 seed Southeastern Louisiana takes on No. 3 seed Rice after the LSU game.

LSU’s Greg Deichmann is a semi-finalist for the Golden Spikes Award, as are UL-Lafayette’s Gunner Leger and Louisiana Tech’s Nate Harris.

In softball the Women’s College World Series gets underway today and the Tigers are set to face UCLA at 1:30 at USA Hall of Fame Stadium in Oklahoma City. No. 13 LSU is the second-lowest national seed of the eight teams that made to the WCWS, and it’s the third year in a row LSU has made an appearance at this tournament.

Parkway High School quarterback Justin Rogers, the state’s top high school QB prospect, plans to head to TCU instead of LSU. The four-star recruit plans to graduate in December and enroll in Fort Worth, Texas, for the spring semester.

The Bayou Bengals are losing cornerback Savion Smith after just one season in Baton Rouge. The five-star rated prospect was ranked as the NO. 1 cornerback in the 2016 class and was one of the biggest recruits in coach Les Miles’ final group of signees.

Former LSU baseball coach Smoke Laval has been fired after seven seasons with North Florida, according to Baseball America. The former assistant under Tiger legend Skip Bertman from 2002-2006 compiled a 237-160 record in his seven seasons at the Jacksonville, Florida school.

Lee Corso, the 81-year-old face of College GameDay, has agreed to a multiyear contract extension with ESPN. He’s been with the network since 1987.