LSU is 10th in the new college football playoff rankings, which is good news for their chances of playing in a New Year’s Six bowl game. Jerry Palm does bowl projections for CBS-Sports-dot-com and says as long as there are no major upsets in the Big 10 or ACC Championship games, the Tigers should have a postseason game in either Arizona or Georgia…
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Palm says if LSU goes to the Peach Bowl they could face Michigan. He says if the Tigers play in the Fiesta Bowl, they’ll likely face either U-C-F or Boise State.

Louisiana Tech has accepted an invitation to play in the Hawaii Bowl and they’ll face the Hawaii Rainbow Warriors of the Mountain West Conference on Saturday December 22nd at 9:30 Central time. It’s the fifth straight season the Bulldogs will play in a bowl game, they’ve won the previous four. Hawaii is 8-5 on the season.

The Ragin Cajuns back on the practice field this afternoon getting ready for Saturday’s Sun Belt title game against Appalachian State. The Mountaineers are 9-2 overall, 7-1 in the Sun Belt as they clinched the East Division with a win over Troy last week. UL Lafayette Coach Billy Napier says they need a good week of preparation in order to beat the Mountainers on their home turf…
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If the Cajuns win, they’ll play in the New Orleans Bowl, a loss sends them to the Cure Nation Bowl in Orlando.

Saints Hall of Fame linebacker Rickey Jackson is recovering after undergoing brain surgery. It’s unknown why the surgery was needed, but NOLA-dot-com says the procedure was a success. The member of the Dome Patrol was inducted into the pro football Hall of Fame in 2010.