For many college coaches, it pays to get fired. Over a 17-year period beginning in 2005, public universities have shelled out more than $1.1 billion in buying out the contracts of college coaches, according to an InvestigateTV analysis of NCAA financial data collected by Syracuse University. Most of that money was spent on football coaches who play at the highest level of Division I athletics. As football coaches' annual compensation now stretches into seven digits, massive severance payments also grow bigger and bigger.
Chalmette’s Breaux Mart welcomed New Orleans Saints fans Monday morning who were still in shock after Sunday’s last-minute win over the Atlanta Falcons.
It’s time for another season of LSU football with a new man at the helm of the program. Brian Kelly is entering his first season as head coach of the Tigers.
LSU head football coach Brian Kelly announced that a trio of Tigers on the defensive side of the ball will serve as team captains for the upcoming season.
Grambling head coach Hue Jackson was not prepared to announce his starting quarterback at his first weekly press conference Monday. The G-Men have four quarterbacks on their roster, but Jackson said true freshman Julian Calvez has really impressed him. “He is going to be a sensational player,” Jackson said. Grambling opens the season at Arkansas State Sept. 3.
There’s the feeling that the LSU players are anxious to compete against someone in a different uniform. The Tigers will get that opportunity in a week.
Hall of Fame quarterback Len Dawson, whose unmistakable swagger in helping the Kansas City Chiefs to their first Super Bowl title earned him the nickname “Lenny the Cool,” died Wednesday.
As fate would have it, the next morning after Gillikin’s impressive boot, he received a notice from the NFL that he had been selected for routine random drug testing.
La Tech Football’s Joshua Mote graduated with his Master’s Degree in guidance and counseling. The former Oak Grove standout enters his sixth and final season for the Bulldogs.
For their regular season schedule release, the Pelicans dropped a video of VP David Griffin tickling the ivories to some dramatic music as listing dates for games scroll across the screen.
Pelicans forward Larry Nance Jr. announced on social media last weekend that if school teachers in the area sent their classroom supplies lists his way he would cover the cost.
There was a noticeable absence from LSU’s football practice, as sixth-year QB Myles Brennan was not in attendance and is stepping away from football, according to the university.
With Chris Olave, Jarvis Landry, and Mike Thomas locked in, Callway will be going against Deonte Harty and Tre’Quan Smith for the four or five receiver spot.
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