LSU Football Coach Ed Orgeron says starting offensive tackle Saahdiq Charles and linebacker Michael Divinity will play this Saturday against ninth-ranked Texas after missing the season opener for disciplinary reasons. The Tigers played five different running backs in the easy victory over Georgia Southern. Orgeron says how the game goes on Saturday will dictate how many will play against the Longhorns…
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Both teams will likely have to rely on their reserves as the high temperature in Austin on Saturday is forecasted to be 102-degrees. Kick-off is at 6:30.

ULM football coach Matt Viator has suspended defensive end Kerry Starks for Saturday’s game against Florida State because he spit in the face of a Grambling State player in last Saturday’s win over the Tigers.

The Ragin Cajuns will host Liberty for its home opener on Saturday. Flames Head Coach Hugh Freeze has not received the ok from doctors to travel to Lafayette. The 49-year-old had back surgery last month and is also battling a staph infection that forced him to coach last week’s game from a hospital bed in the press box.

The first high school football polls are out. Oak Grove is ranked number one in Class One-A, Notre Dame has the top spot in Two-A, Sterlington is ranked number one in three-A, Karr is ranked number one in Four-A and the Cougars will play the number one ranked team in Five-A, John Curtis, tomorrow night. West Monroe is ranked second in Five-A. The News-Star reports that Rebels senior quarterback Garrett Kahmann is out indefinitely with a shoulder injury.