The Saints are still licking their wounds after a tough loss to the Vikings ended a promising season prematurely. The players and fans will stew over the 26-20 overtime defeat to the Vikings for months, but linebacker AJ Klein says there’s a reason why the team’s been a contender for three years in a row…
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Saints linebacker coach Mike Nolan is reportedly leaving for Dallas to be the defensive coordinator for new head coach Mike McCarthy. Also Saints linebacker Kiko Alonso tore his ACL during the loss to the Vikings. It’s the third time he’s torn his A-C-L during his career.

LSU players get another day off today, they return to the practice field tomorrow and will leave for New Orleans on Friday where they’ll play Clemson in the national championship game Monday night.

The Ragin Cajuns won their 11th game last night as quarterback Levi Lews threw two touchdown passes to Ja’Marcus Bradley as U-L Lafayette beat Miami of Ohio 27-17 in the Lending Tree Bowl. Lewis threw for 246 yards and Bradley had seven catches for 88 yards.

Brandon Ingram had 35 points for the Pelicans, but New Orleans lost to the Utah Jazz 128 to 126. Ingram had a chance to tie it at the buzzer, but Rudy Gobert blocked his shot at the rim. Coach Gentry says his team deserved to win the game and he was upset the refs didn’t see him call for a time out before Ingram drove to the hoop.

In college hoops, Mylik Wilson scored a career-high 30-points as the Ragin Cajuns defeated Appalachian State 81-73. Coastal Carolina crushed ULM 93-64. Grambling improved to 2-0 in the SWAC play with a 68-63 win over Alabama State. Southern scored just 22 points in the first half and lost to Prairie View A-and-M 64-54.