LSU fans are familiar with Clemson’s stars on offense, running back Travis Etienne and quarterback Trevor Lawerence. On defense, the defending national champs are led by Butkus Award Winner Isiah Simmons, who has 14 tackles for a loss. Tigers Coach Ed Orgeron says Simmons can do it all
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The man who hired Orgeron as head coach gave some eye-popping comments to Advocate columnist Scott Rabalais. Joe Alleva told Rabalais he was not interested in hiring Jimbo Fisher in 2015 and could have hired Tom Herman in 2016, but was not willing to pay Herman the money he was looking for.

Last night was a good night for Louisiana basketball teams. The Pelicans beat the Bulls 123 to 108. New Orleans has won seven of its last ten and will visit the Knicks on Friday night.

LSU improved to 2-and-0 in the SEC with a 79-77 home win over Arkansas. Freshman Trendon Watford had a career-high 21 points and had two three-point plays in a span of 24 seconds in the final minute.

Nicholls is in a three-way tie for first place in the Southland after beating Lamar 61-52. The Colonels are 4-and-1 in league play. McNeese upset Abilene Christan 88-84 as A-J Lawson had a career-high 35 points. Sha’markus Kennedy had a double-double, 24 points and 10 rebounds.

Northwestern State is 3-and-2 in the Southland, its best start in league play since 2015 after beating Incarnate Word 77-66.