After only putting up 123 yards of total offense in a loss to Arkansas, LSU found its powerful running game again in a 23-17 win over Texas A-and-M last night. The Tigers rushed for 384 yards, the most ever in an SEC game since 1997. Freshman running back Leonard Fournette led the Tigers ground attack as he rushed for 146 yards.
cut 10 (12) “…your hand”
LSU ends the regular season with an 8-4 record.

Tomorrow in college football…Louisiana Tech looks to win the Conference USA West Division, but to do so they have to beat Rice. The Ragin Cajuns are still in position to win a share of the Sun Belt Conference, but they’ll need to beat Troy and hope ULM upsets Georgia Southern.

Saturday is the Bayou Classic between Grambling State and Southern. The winner claims the SWAC western division championship as both teams are 7-and-1 in the league. Grambling Coach Broderick Fobbs has a lot of respect for Jaguars Head Coach Dawson Odums…
cut 13 (10) “…technically sound”
Kick-off Saturday is at 1:30 in the Mercedes Benz Superdome.

The Saints are getting ready to play the Pittsburgh Steelers on Sunday. New Orleans still has a great opportunity to win the NFC South, despite its 4-and-7 record. Quarterback Drew Brees says the opportunity to make the playoffs is great motivation…
cut 15 (11) “….positive thing”
The weather forecast on Sunday in Pittsburgh calls for high temperatures in the mid 50s and a 40-percent chance of rain.

LSU finishes their regular season on a high note as they defeated Texas A&M last night 23-17. Freshman running back Leonard Fournette rushed for 146 yards and one touchdown as the Tigers racked up 384 rushing yards on the game, the most in an SEC game since 1997. LSU finishes the regular season with an 8-4 overall record, 4-4 in the conference.

One of the best stories in college football this season will get national attention Saturday when the Grambling State Tigers try to complete their remarkable turnaround, by beating Southern in the Bayou Classic. With a win, the Tigers can win the SWAC Western Division after winning just two games in 2012 and 2013. First-year Coach Broderick Fobbs says despite some recent dark days at Grambling, the winning tradition never left the school…

cut 12 (12) “the challenge”

The winner of Saturday’s game will represent the western division in the SWAC Championship.

The Saints will look to snap their three-game losing streak on Sunday when they travel to Pittsburgh to take on the Steelers. Quarterback Drew Brees remains positive even though they haven’t won a game since October 30th

cut 14 (10) “first one first”

The Saints are tied with Atlanta for first in the NFC South, despite a 4-7 record.

The high school football playoffs resume tonight. In Class Four-A, top seeded Plaquemine will host ninth seeded South Terrebonne in a quarterfinal matchup. Both teams come to the game with one loss. And in the Division Two Semi-finals…Catholic High of New Iberia hosts Isidore Newman and Riverside takes on Calvary Baptist.

In the NBA, the Pelicans are at Atlanta tonight. New Orleans is 7-and-6 on the season, while the Hawks are 7-and-5. Former Louisiana Tech star Paul Millsap is averaging nearly 17 points a game for Atlanta.

In college hoops…Louisiana Tech concludes a four-game homestand by taking on Samford and Tulane, who is off to a 3-and-1 start, will host Southeastern Louisiana.

LSU is playing on Thanksgiving Day for the first time 31 years as they face Texas A-and-M in the regular season finale. Both of these teams enter tonight’s contest with identical records, seven and four overall, 3-and-4 in the SEC. LSU Head Coach Les Miles says it will be a challenge for his team to go to Kyle Field and play well…
cut 10 (12) “football team”
The Tigers are looking to avoid ending the regular season on a three-game losing streak.

The high school football playoffs resume tomorrow night. In Class Four-A…top seeded Plaquemine will host ninth seeded South Terrebonne in a quarterfinal matchup. Both teams have one loss. And in the Division Two Semi-finals…Catholic High of New Iberia hosts Isidore Newman and Riverside takes on Calvary Baptist.

The Saints will look to snap their three-game losing streak on Sunday when they travel to Pittsburgh to take on the Steelers. Quarterback Drew Brees remains positive even though they haven’t won a game since October 30th…
cut 14 (10) “…first one first”
The Saints are tied with Atlanta for first in the NFC South, despite a four and seven record.

In the NBA…the Pelicans are at Atlanta tomorrow night. New Orleans is 7-and-6 on the season, while the Hawks are 7-and-5. Former Louisiana Tech star Paul Millsap is averaging nearly 17 points a game for Atlanta.

In college hoops…Louisiana Tech concludes a four-game homestand by taking on Samford tomorrow night. Tulane, who is off to a 3-and-1 start, will host Southeastern Louisiana tomorrow. The Lions won their first game of the season last night, beating Tennessee Tech 86-65.

The LSU Tigers take on Texas A-and-M tonight looking to avoid ending the regular season on a three-game losing streak. LSU has won three straight over the Aggies. In the last two victories, the Tigers defense held quarterback Johnny Manziel in check. Tonight, A-and-M will start freshman Kyle Allen. Sophomore defensive tackle Christian LaCouture says putting pressure on Allen will be important…

cut 11 (10) “create havoc”

Both of these teams enter tonight’s contest with identical records, seven and four overall, 3-and-4 in the SEC. Kickoff is scheduled for 6:30 and it will be televised on ESPN.

Saturday, Louisiana Tech hosts Rice with the Conference USA West division title on the line. The winner of that game will take on Marshall in the Conference USA championship game on December 6th.

With one game left in the regular season, UL-Lafayette still has a shot to share the Sun Belt Conference Championship, despite their loss last week to Appalachian State. For the Ragin Cajuns to claim at least a share of the Sun Belt title, they’ll need ULM to beat Georgia Southern on Saturday and the UL-L will need to knock off Troy. The Cajuns-Trojans game kicks off at 11:30 Saturday and the Warhawks-Eagles match up will begin at 5PM. Both games can be seen on ESPN3.

Also Saturday, Southeastern Louisiana will host Sam Houston State in the first round of the FCS playoffs. Kickoff is scheduled for 1PM Saturday in Strawberry Stadium. The winner will advance to take on Jacksonville State on December 6th.

In the Battle 4 Atlantis tournament, ULM junior, Majok Deng, recorded a double-double, but it wasn’t enough as the Warhawks fell 61-48 to Coastal Carolina in Chattanooga, TN. Deng recorded 14 points and and pulled down a game high 10 rebounds as ULM falls to 2-2 on the season. ULM takes on Robert Morris today.

The LSU Tigers arrived in Texas today for tomorrow’s regular season finale match-up against the Aggies. The Bayou Bengals have struggled on offense, but they go up against a defense tomorrow night that’s 11th in points allowed and 13th in passing yards given up. Kick-off tomorrow is at 6:30 PM.

U-L Lafayette will play in an emotional game on Saturday when they face Troy. It’s the final game on the sidelines for Trojans longtime head coach Larry Blakeney. Cajuns Coach Mark Hudspeth expects Troy to play hard for their coach…
cut 17 (15) “….offensive line”
A win for U-L Lafayette and loss by Georgia Southern and the Cajuns will share the Sun Belt Title with the Eagles.

The Warhawks will look to finish their regular season with a two-game winning streak when they visit Georgia Southern on Saturday. ULM snapped a six game losing streak last week and Coach Todd Berry says it says a lot about his team that they want to finish the season strong, even though they didn’t win enough games to qualify for a bowl game…
cut 19 (21) “….the road”

The U-L-M basketball team lost earlier today as they fell to Coastal Carolina 61-48. The Warhawks were led by Majok Deng, who had 14 points and ten rebounds. In other action tonight….Southeastern Louisiana hosts Tennessee Tech, while Grambling is at Notre Dame.

The Saints came up short again last night and fell to the Baltimore Ravens 34-27 to fall to 4-and-7 on the year. Quarterback Drew Brees threw for 420 yards and three touchdowns. He was also intercepted once and that was returned 44-yards for a touchdown. The loss drops the Saints record to 4-and-7 and Brees says this losing is no fun…
cut 11 (06) “…get a win”
Despite the losing record, the Saints are tied for first place in the NFC South with Atlanta. New Orleans is at Pittsburgh this Sunday, while the Falcons host the Arizona Cardinals.

The Pelicans are home tonight to take on the Sacramento Kings. No Eric Gordon tonight for the Pels, he’ll be sindelined for awhile because of a shoulder injury. New Orleans is hoping to get Center Omer Asik back in the line-up. He’s missed the last four games because of a back injury.

LSU will leave tomorrow for its Thanksgiving match-up with Texas A-and-M. It’s the Tigers first game on Turkey Day since 1983, when they beat Tulane 20-7 in the Louisiana Superdome. Anthony Jennings is expected to start once again at quarterback and Coach Les Miles has given no indication on whether Brandon Harris will play.

Louisiana Tech will host Rice on Saturday. The winner is the west division champ in Conference USA. Bulldogs Coach Skip Holtz says they had a feeling the West would be won on the last game of the season…
cut 28 (14) “….west division”
Rice beat the Bulldogs 52-14 last year.

Southeastern Louisiana Quarterback Bryan Bennett has been named the Southland Offensive player of the year. Bennett has thrown for 21-hundred yards and 18 touchdowns and he also leads the team in rushing.

The Saints struggles continued last night as they fell to Baltimore 34-27. The defense struggled to contain Ravens running back Justin Forsett, who rushed for a career-high 182 yards and his 20-yard touchdown run late in the fourth quarter sent Who Dat fans home from the Superdome. Quarterback Drew Brees threw for 420 yards and three touchdown passes. But his one interception was returned 44 yards for a touchdown. New Orleans is now 4-and-7, but still tied with Atlanta for first place in the NFC South.

In the NBA…the seven and five Pelicans are back at home tonight following a four-game road trip. They host Sacramento at seven P-M. No Eric Gordon tonight, he’s out indefinitely with a shoulder injury.

In college hoops yesterday….LSU finished the Paradise Jam tournament in sixth place by losing to Clemson 64 to 61 yesterday. The Ragin Cajuns lost in Las Vegas yesterday as they fell to Milwaukee 56-52.

LSU has only a couple more days to prepare for Thursday night’s match-up against Texas A-and-M. The Tigers have won the two previous meetings against A-and-M, since the Aggies joined the Southeastern Conference. In both contests, LSU’s defense slowed down an A-and-M offense led by Johnny Manziel. Coach Les Miles says the Aggies offense hasn’t changed much since “Johnny Football” departed…
cut 20 (17) “….throw the football”
Miles says starting center Elliot Porter will not play against the Aggies. He has an injured ankle. Ethan Pocic will move over from right guard to center and Evan Washington will start at right guard for the seven and four Tigers.

Ragin Cajuns Coach Mark Hudspeth says linebacker Chris Hill has been dismissed from the team. The Florida native was arrested in October on a charge of domestic abuse battery.

The Baltimore Ravens gave the Saints their third consecutive home loss last night as they defeated the Black & Gold 34-20 in Monday Night Football action. Ravens running back Justin Forsett rushed for 182 yards and two touchdowns as the Ravens improve to 7-4 on the season. Saints quarterback Drew Brees threw for 420 yards, three touchdowns, and one interception in a losing effort. The Saints drop to 4-7 on the season, but are still tied for first in the NFC South. This is the first time the Saints dropped three consecutive games at home since 2001.

LSU heads into Thursday night’s regular season finale against Texas A-and-M struggling on offense. So will true freshman quarterback Brandon Harris get some snaps against the Aggies. When asked. Coach Les Miles gave a non-committal answer…

cut 19 (14) “he’s improved”

LSU has won the two previous meetings against Texas A-and-M, since the Aggies joined the Southeastern Conference.

Louisiana Tech can win the West Division of Conference USA this Saturday. But the defending league champions stand in the Bulldogs way. The Rice Owls won ten games last year and were crowned the C-USA champs. This season Rice can win the West from Tech by beating the Bulldogs in Ruston this weekend. La Tech head coach Skip Holtz calls Rice a solid team

cut 17 (17) “been winning”

Last season, the Rice Owls embarrassed Louisiana Tech, beating them in Houston 52-14.

It was a tough night on the hardwood for Louisiana college basketball teams. LSU fell to Clemson 64-61, Milwaukee upended UL-Lafayette 56-52, Tennessee Tech defeated Southeastern Louisiana 81-62, and Ball State crushed Grambling 88-46.

A win tonight and the Saints will be back in first place in the NFC south, despite a 5-and-6 record. Baltimore also needs to win badly to keep pace in a highly compeitive AFC North. Expect the Ravens to give the ball to running back Justin Forsett. He’s rushed for 721 yards and he’s averaigng 5.4 yards per carry. Kick-off from the Mercedes Benz Superdome is at 7:30 PM.

New Orleans Saints owner Tom Benson has pledged two gifts to the Pro Football Hall of Fame totaling $11 million. Eric Gill has more…
CUT 1 (27) “reporting”

The Pelicans announce shooting guard Eric Gordon is out indefinitely after an M-R-I showed that he tore the labrum in his shoulder during Saturday’s win over Utah. Gordon is averaging 9.5 points a game and had missed 115 games during his first three seasons in New Orleans because of injuries.

LSU football Coach Les Miles said today that sophomore Ethan Pocic will start at center on Thursday when the Tigers take on Texas A-and-M. Pocic has been the starter at right guard for most of the season. Evan Washington will start at right guard.

Louisiana Tech is back at practice, after suffering an overtime loss to Old Dominion. The Bulldogs can still win the West Division of the Conference USA if they beat Rice this Saturday. Tech Head Coach Skip Holtz says they can’t let last weekend’s loss linger…
cut 19 (09) “…this week”

The Saints look to end their two-game home losing streak when they host the Baltimore Ravens tonight. They’ll need a big night out of birthday boy Jimmy Graham, who will certainly get a few more passes thrown his way now that Brandin Cooks is out for the year with a thumb injury….
cut 30 (16) “…show themself”
Graham turns 28-years-old today.

In other NFL news…Saints Owner Tom Benson has donated 11-million dollars to the Pro Football Hall of Fame. It’s the largest gift by any individual in the 51-year history of the Hall.

And sports fans are still buzzing over former LSU Tiger Odell Beckham’s one-handed touchdown grab in last night’s game between the Giants and Cowboys. But it wasn’t enough as Dallas won to move into a tie into first place with Philadelphia.

The Ragin Cajuns had their six-game winning streak snapped on Saturday as Appalachian State knocked off U-L Lafayette 35-16 on Senior Day. Quarterback Terrance Broadway did not have a good performance in his final game at Cajun Field. The senior from Baton Rouge threw for only 160 yards and he was held to two yards rushing. Coach Mark Hudspeth gives a lot of credit to the Mountaineers defense…
cut 17 (16) “….job of that”
U-L Lafayette wraps up the regular season on Saturday with an 11:30 AM kick-off against Troy.

The S-L-U Lions are the only team from Louisiana to make the F-C-S playoffs. Southeastern will face Southland rival Sam Houston State this Saturday in the first round.

In college hoops action today…LSU faces Clemson in the Paradise Jam Classic. And U-L Lafayette will take on Milwaukee in Las Vegas.