LSU head football coach Ed Orgeron has been named No. 81 in Athlon Sports & Life magazine’s ranking of 130 college football head coaches. Louisiana Tech’s Skip Holtz is ranked 67th, Tulane’s Will Fritz is 59th, ULM’s Matt Viator is 101 and Lousiaina’s Mark Hudspeth is 89th.

The Monroe News-Star is reporting ULM has interviewed for its A-D Vacancy Alcorn State athletic director Derek Horne and East Carolina senior associate athletics director Nick Floyd. Floyd is also a former associate commissioner at Conference USA and senior associate A-D at Southern Miss.

Donte’ Jackson is the new men’s basketball coach at Grambling State. Jackson comes to Lincoln Parish after spending the last three seasons at Stillman College, an NAIA school in Tuscaloosa. His overall record at Stillman was 66-21 and he won the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference in 2016.

Campus police arrested three LSU basketball players for shooting paintballs at pedestrians. Campus police issued summons on June 16th to sophomore Wayde Sims and freshmen Galen Alexander and Mayan Kiir. In a statement to Tiger Rag, Head Coach Will Wade says he’s aware of the situation and they are dealing with the matter internally. Wade also says he’s extremely disappointed in these players and the poor judgement they used.

Rummel wide receiver Ja’Marr Chase will play in the Under Armour All-American game. The six-foot-two playmaker will announce his college decision next week. LSU and TCU have recruited him hard.

The Houston Rockets are trying to build the next super team in the NBA. The Rockets have acquired former New Orleans Hornet Chris Paul. C-P-3 will be teamed up with MVP finalist James Harden in the Rockets backcourt. Paul is 32-years-old and still looking to play in a conference final. The Rockets have also traded for former LSU Tiger Tim Quartermann.