One of the state’s top high school football coaches has announced his retirement. Acadiana’s Ted Davidson is hanging up his whistle after a 42-year coaching career. Over the last 14 seasons, he’s been the head coach of the Wrecking Rams and led the school to four Class 5A titles and two runner-up trophies.

LSU will appear during the first day of SEC Media Days, which will be July 16th to the 19th. Texas A-and-M’s Jimbo Fisher will also be there that day . SEC Media Days will be held in Atlanta this year, instead of Hoover, Alabama.

Nicholls State has signed Tim Rebowe to a four-year contract extension. Rebowe arrived in 2015 and inherited an 18-game losing streak. Three seasons later, Nicholls was in the FCS playoffs and they have a lot of returning starters coming back from that team.

And the NFL Network reports Drew Brees’ representatives and the Saints will talk as soon as next week about a new contract.

A win tonight for UL Lafayette over Troy and the Cajuns will claim at least a share of the Sun Belt Regular season championship. It will be their first since the 1999-2000. If Georgia State loses to Texas State and the Cajuns win, then UL Lafayette will win the outright title and own the top seed in the upcoming Sun Belt Tournament.

ULM seeks its fifth straight win as they visit South Alabama. Both teams are 7-7 in league play.

And Louisiana Tech begins a three-game road trip to close out the regular season by visiting UTEP. Tip off in El Paso is 8 PM.

In the SEC, there’s a six-way tie for third place. Mississippi State, Kentucky, Arkansas, Missouri, Florida and Alabama are all tied at 8-7. LSU is at 7-8 and they’ll visit Georgia, who is 6-9 on Saturday.

The Pelicans return from the All-Star break tomorrow as they’ll host the Miami Heat. New Orleans is on a three-game winning streak and they are in 8th place in the Western Conference.