It’s a big weekend in the SEC West as Ole Miss will travel to Alabama and LSU hosts Auburn. The Bayou Bengals are a seven point favorite to win. Auburn Coach Gus Malzahn on what the War Eagles need to do to get their first win in Baton Rouge since 1999…
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Last year Auburn crushed the Fighting Tigers 41-7.

Saints running back CJ Spiller returned to practice yesterday for the first time since undergoing knee surgery. Spiller did not participate fully, but it’s still a sign he maybe able to play this Sunday against Tampa Bay.

Reserve guard Norris Cole is reportedly staying with the Pelicans. The 26-year-old has accepted the Pels qualifying offer of three-million dollars. Cole was traded to New Orleans from Miami during the middle of the season and the Birds went 18-and-11 after Cole arrived in the Crescent City.

In high school football tonight….the third ranked team in Class Two-A, Calvary Baptist visits the ninth ranked team in Five-A, the Byrd Yellow Jackets. That game can be seen on Fox Sports New Orleans as its the LHSAA Game of the Week.

LSU leads the NFL with 40 active players on opening day rosters. That’s three better than Miami of Florida. Ten of LSU’s 40 players are defensive backs.

And Louisiana Tech leads Conference USA in players in the NFL on opening week rosters. There are eleven former Bulldogs in the league.

And Grambling State is mourning the death of Doris Robinson. The widow of legendary Grambling football coach Eddie Robinson Senior. Mrs. Robinson passed away yesterday. She was 96.