4:45 LRN Sportscast November 9

This Saturday’s game between the Tigers and top-ranked Alabama is in jeopardy as Coach Ed Orgeron says he has several players in quarantine as a result of positive COVID-19 cases within the football program.
cut 13 (11) “…Saturday night”
According to the Advocate, the only quarterback on LSU’s roster available to practice is TJ Finley. Orgeron would only say they are thin at the QB position and that Myles Brennan might miss the remainder of the season with the injury he suffered in the third game of the year.

ULM is also dealing with a COVID-19 outbreak as the football program has suspended football activities for the second time in 2020. A spokesperson for the athletics department says the suspension is due to positive coronavirus cases among athletic department staff members.

The Saints completed a season sweep of Tampa Bay last night with a thorough beat down of the Buccaneers 38 to 3. Quarterback Drew Brees threw four touchdown passes, while Tampa’s Tom Brady was intercepted three times. New Orleans is now 6-2 and in control of the NFC South race. Coach Sean Payton says they have to remain on top of their game…
cut 30 (16) “….beginning tomorrow”
The Saints host San Francisco this Sunday.

Three Baton Rouge Police officers have been placed on paid leave following a social media post from LSU freshman wide receiver Koy Moore in which he claims the cops violated him after they suspected he was in possession of a gun and drugs. Moore says he was let go when he told the officers he was an LSU football player. Coach Ed Orgeron says there’s no place for racism or social injustice in this country.