6:45 LRN Sportscast October 28

LSU football coach Ed Orgeron is unsure if quarterback Myles Brennan will play Saturday, but Coach O says his first-team Q-B is feeling better. But Brennan will not play against Auburn unless he’s 100-percent.

Meanwhile, LSU’s defense is still trying to figure out how to prevent giving up big plays. In last Saturday’s win over South Carolina, the Gamecocks had two rushes for 45 yards or more. Linebacker Damone Clark had just two solo tackles and fellow linebacker Jabril Cox had three. Cox says he and Clark know they can play better…
cut 20 (18) “improve on that”
Kick-off against Auburn this Saturday is at 2:30.

The Pelicans introduced new head coach Stan Van Gundy yesterday. Van Gundy has been out of the game for the past two years but has worked as a TV analyst. There were a number of high-profile head coaching jobs that opened up but he says New Orleans is the one he wanted.
cut 16 (12) “it all”
Van Gundy has been an NBA coach for 12 seasons with three different franchises, the Heat, Magic, and Pistons. His career regular-season record is 523 and 384.

In high school football, West Monroe and Byrd were looking for opponents this week and so the two north Louisiana schools decided to play each other. But West Monroe has pulled out of the game, because of COVID related issues with their team. The Rebels are hopeful they can still play longtime rival Ouachita Parish next week.

And the Los Angeles Dodgers are World Series Champions, they defeated Tampa Bay 3 to 1 last night to win their first title since 1988.