Saints quarterback Drew Brees did not look rusty at all in his return from thumb surgery. The future Hall of Famer threw for 373 yards and three touchdowns in New Orleans 31-9 win over the Arizona Cardinals. Brees says it was great to be back….
cut 20 (15) “…those guys”
The Saints are off Sunday and return to the field November 10th to host the struggling Falcons, a stretch of four straight games against divisional opponents.

The Pelicans look for their first win of the season when they host Golden State tonight. The Warriors are also off to a tough start as the five-time defending Western Conference champs lost their first two games of the season. Blow out defeats to the Clippers and Thunder. The Pels have been competitive in their three losses, just not good enough to win.

It will likely be one versus two when LSU visits Alabama in Tuscaloosa on November 9th. The Fighting Tigers have moved past the Crimson Tide in the AP Top 25 as the Bayou Bengals own three victories over teams ranked in the Top 10. But LSU has lost eight in a row to Alabama, Quarterback Joe Burrow lost at home to the Tide last season…
cut 18 (14) “….two weeks”
LSU, Bama and third-ranked Ohio State are off this Saturday. Tiger Rag Assistant Editor Tyler Nunez says Oklahoma’s loss to Kansas State on Saturday helps LSU’s chances of making the college football playoff…
cut 13 (07) “…to Alabama”
As it looks right now, Clemson, the champion of the Big Ten and SEC will be in the college football playoff and Oklahoma’s loss leaves the door open for a one-loss SEC team to get into the playoff.