Federal investigators say it will likely take at least a year before they know what caused a twin-engine plane crash in Lafayette on Saturday, killing five people on their way to see the Tigers in the Peach Bowl. National Transportation Safety Board investigator Dr. Jennifer Rodi says the plane climbed to 900 feet, before descending below 700 feet, for reasons unknown…
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The N-T-S-B says the plane burst into flames, injuring three people on the ground. There was no distress call before the crash and the plane did not have an onboard flight data recorder.

A Go Fund me account for one of the people injured on the ground is at 24-thousand dollars. Danielle Britt is at the University Medical Center Burn Unit in New Orleans. St. Michael High School in Baton Rouge has established a scholarship in honor of journalist Carley McCord who was killed in the crash.

Despite a dominant 42-10 win over Carolina Sunday that gave the Black and Gold a 13-3 record, the Saints will not have a first-round bye in the playoffs, instead, they will host sixth-seeded Minnesota on Sunday. New Orleans needed a win and a loss by either the Packers or 49ers to get a week off. Coach Sean Payton says it was out of their hands, but the team certainly held up its end…
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New Orleans will face the Vikings at noon on Sunday.

After a historic 63-28 dismantling of Oklahoma in the Peach Bowl LSU heads home to take on Clemson two weeks from today in the Superdome for the National Championship Game. Tiger Rag Editor Ron Higgins says considering the competition, it was the greatest single-game performance by any LSU team, ever.
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If they want to raise the trophy on January 13th, the Tigers will have to end Clemson’s 29-game winning streak.