The Saints meet their division rival Carolina on Sunday in an NFC Wildcard matchup. New Orleans has won seven straight inside the Dome. Saints Sideline reporter Kristian Garic says the fans made a difference when New Orleans beat Atlanta on Christmas Eve to clinch a playoff spot and they should be ramped up even more this Sunday….
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Before the Saints playoff game on Sunday, it’s the Bills versus the Jaguars in an AFC wildcard matchup. Former LSU Tiger Leonard Fournette has purchased rolex watches for his offensive linemen. Fournette rushed for 1,040 yards and nine touchdowns during his rookie season.

LSU atheltics director Joe Alleva says they expected other schools to come after defensive coordinator Dave Aranda and he says they were ready to put a plan in place to keep Aranda, who has signed a contract extension. Alleva added that keeping Aranda is a step for the future of the program.

Now the next order of business is to resolve the situation involving offensive coordinator Matt Canada. The Advocate reports Canada’s representatives and LSU are deep into negotiations that would allow Canada to coach somewhere else this season. Canada signed a three-year deal in December of 2016 and the school owes him just over three-million dollars to buy out the remainder of his contract.

In college basketball…the Ragin Cajuns moved to 3-0 in the Sun Belt with a 78-45 win over Appalachian State. ULM got its first conference win of the year by beating Coastal Carolina 82-72, Louisiana Tech fell to 0-3 in Conference USA with a two-point loss to U-T-S-A and Tulane rallied to beat SMu 73-70.