Tonight on ESPN-U, U-L Lafayette faces South Alabama in a Sun Belt contest. The Cajuns are expected to play two quarterbacks tonight. Brooks Haack and Jalen Nixon. Haack is expected to start and Coach Mark Hudspeth says Haack’s throwing arm needs to give their offense a spark…
cut 18 (17) “…run game”
Kick-off is at 6:30.

On Saturday night in Tiger Stadium…9th ranked LSU will host Arkansas. Tigers Coach Les Miles was asked to describe the Razorbacks offensive line…
cut 30 (10) “…it’s big”
That big offense line has helped Arkansas running back Alex Collins eclipse the 1,000 yard mark for the third straight season .

Seven Saints players did not practice today as the team continues to get ready for Sunday’s road game against Washington. Sitting out were…tackle Terron Armstead, linebackers Dannell Ellerbe, David Hawthorne, Ramon Humber, cornerback Damian Swann, wide receiver Willie Snead and cornerback Keenan Lewis missed because of illness. Linebacker Hau’oli Kikaha was limited with an ankle injury.

Nicholls State will get some time on television on Saturday night as they’ll host Central Arkansas on the American Sports Network. The game can be seen on Cox Sports Television. The Colonels are looking for their second win in a row, while Central Arkansas tries to improve its record 7-and-1 on the year.

In other Southland action this weekend. Southeastern Louisiana travels to Abilene Christian for its final road game of the year. The Wildcats have a six-game losing streak, while the Lions are looking for a win to get back to the .500 mark.

Also this weekend, Northwestern State is at Sam Houston State. The Demons beat A-C-U 39 to 22 last week.