The Saints host Carolina on Sunday. New Orleans already owns homefield advantage throughout the N-F-C playoffs, but Quarterback Drew Brees says the Black and Gold are not taking their foot off the gas pedal…
cut 30 (16) “…ready for”
Brees needs eight more passing yards to eclipse 4,000 in a single season for a 13th straight year. A win over the Panthers will also give New Orleans 14 victories on the regular season, which would be a franchise record.

The Pelicans franchise is heading in the wrong direction as New Orleans lost its fifth straight last night, a three-point defeat in Dallas. But Head Coach Alvin Gentry says Elfrid Payton is getting closer to returning as he’s been practicing with a splint on his broken finger.

The LSU football team is expected to arrive in Arizona later this evening as they are five days away from facing U-C-F in the Fiesta Bowl on New Year’s Day. The Knights have the nation’s third best offense, averaging 545 yards a game. Tigers defensive back Jacoby Stevens says Central Florida has a lot of weapons on offense…
cut 18 (20) “….good team”
Stevens’ teammate, Kary Vincent is mourning the death of his father. Kary Vincent Senior died at the age of 49. Twice this year the former teacher and coach in Port Arthur, Texas has battled pneumonia. The second bout forced him into coma.

And at the Independence Bowl in Shreveport, Duke scored three touchdowns in the third quarter on their way to a XXX win over the Temple Owls.