Former Texas A-and-M Aggie Kyle Allen will likely get the start at quarterback on Sunday for the Panthers when they visit the Saints in the Superdome. Cam Newton has already been shut down because of a shoulder injury and his back-up, Taylor Heinicke, has been placed on injured reserve with an elbow injury. Allen completed all four of his passes on Sunday.

Tomorrow, it’s the Independence Bowl in Shreveport as Temple will face Duke at 12:30 PM. There’s rain in the forecast for tomorrow morning, but it’s expected to clear out before kick-off. Today’s Servepro First Responder Bowl in Dallas between Boston College and Boise State was cancelled due to lighting after nearly nine minutes were played in the game.

The Pelicans are in Dallas tonight, looking to snap a four-game losing streak that has seen them drop to 14th place in the 15-team Western Conference. The Mavs have lost in six in a row, but they are 13-3 at home. Tip-off is at 7:30.

The Saints opponents for 2019 have been determined. Besides home and away games against NFC South opponents, the Black and Gold will also host Arizona, San Francisco, Houston, Dallas and Indianapolis next season, while they’ll visit Tennessee, Seattle, Chicago, the Los Angeles Rams and Jacksonville.

LSU leaves tomorrow for Arizona where they’ll continue preparations for the Fiesta Bowl. No word one way or the other if running back Clyde Edwards-Helaire will still make the trip and play in the game after police say he and a walk-on teammate used self-defense in a fatal shooting on Saturday.

The investigation continues into a Christmas Eve quadruple shooting that left two people dead, including a former Lutcher high football player. St. James Parish Sheriff Wily Martin Junior says Thaddeus Watis of Convent, was killed. He was a freshman at Arkansas Baptist College. Twenty-three-year-old Dedrick Paul Green Junior also died at a local hospital. The search continues for suspects.