No surprise as LSU head football coach Ed Orgeron says Danny Etling remains his starter at quarterback, but the battle to be his primary back-up continues. Orgeron says all of the quarterbacks on the roster have shown flashes…:
Cut 16 (20) “in the spring”
The Tigers came in at #13 in Sports Illustrated’s preseason Top 25 Wednesday.

Look out! Former LSU Football Coach Les Miles will be in the TV spotlight this upcoming football season. The Mad Hatter returned to Twitter last night and said he’ll be covering some of his favorite teams this fall. He told the Baton Rouge Advocate that he doesn’t think there is any question that he could call LSU games, and root for every guy he recruited.

It’s gameday! Saints fans get to sit in front of their TV tonight to watch the Black and Gold take on Cleveland in the first preseason contest of the 2017 season. Kickoff is set for 7pm. The NFL transactions wire indicates veteran tight end John Phillips has fully recovered from the injury that forced him to miss the first two weeks of training camp. The Saints also waived wide receiver Jordan Williams-Lambert with an injury designation and signed former USC receiver De’Quan Hampton.

In preseason action last night, Texans rookie quarterback Deshaun Watson shined in his debut, completing 15 of 25 passes for 179 yards in Houston’s 27-17 loss to the Panthers.

Alex Bregman and the Houston Astros dropped Game 2 to the Chicago White Sox last night, 7-1. Bregman fell in the batting order to #7 after the Stros activated George Springer from the disabled list to his usual leadoff spot.

The New Orleans Pelicans released their preseason schedule on Wednesday and will only play one home game which will be against the Chicago Bulls on October 3rd.