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Grading the Texas A&M football team’s performance against McNeese State in Week 2

Texas A&M led 14-0 after the first period and 38-0 at halftime. The level of opponent is the only reason why the Aggies didn’t truly ace it.

The Texas A&M football team bounced back in a big way with a 52-10 victory against McNeese State on Saturday afternoon at Kyle Field.

While Conner Weigman may have struggled in the 23-13 season-opening loss against No. 19 Notre Dame, the Aggies (1-1) junior quarterback redeemed himself against the Cowboys, albeit in limited playing time due to the lopsided score. Weigman completed 11-of-14 passes for 125 yards and 2 touchdowns. He added 4 carries for 40 yards.

Texas A&M led 14-0 after the first quarter and 38-0 at halftime. Therefore, the Aggies earned a B+ for their dominant performance. The level of opponent is the only reason why Texas A&M didn’t truly ace it. However, it’s exactly what the Aggies needed to do after a lackluster showing versus the Fighting Irish.

Next up for Texas A&M is its SEC opener at Florida. The Gators (1-1) enter the conference contest with a similar résumé through two games. Florida lost 41-17 versus its bitter rival, No. 12 Miami, to begin the year. Then the Gators responded with a 45-7 win against Samford.

Kickoff at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium in Gainesville is scheduled for Saturday at 2:30 p.m. on ABC.

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Instant reaction to Texas A&M football team win over McNeese on Saturday

The Texas A&M football gets back on track in dominate 52-10 win over McNeese at Kyle Field Saturday afternoon

Fans in Kyle Field had much to cheer for this weekend as they witnessed the Texas A&M football team putting McNeese away early with a lopsided victory.

The Aggies (1-1) got back on track in all aspects of the game, beating the Cowboys (1-2) by a final score of 52-10 on Saturday afternoon in Bryan-College Station. A&M moves to 2-0 in their match series and picks up their first win under new head coach Mike Elko.

As expected, A&M came out and dominated McNeese in all areas on the field. Overall, the offense looked efficient, and Conner Weigman’s accuracy was much better this weekend. There were a few opportunities to go deep that the coaching staff probably would have liked to see him take, but he made up for it with some head-up running.

Conner finished the day by halftime, going 11/14 for 125 yards and 2 touchdowns. Le’Von Moss and Amari Daniels did a lot of the heavy lifting, combining for 159 yards and 4 touchdowns behind a stout offensive line. True freshman Terry Bussy also scored his first collegiate touchdown with a 65-yard scamper.

The Aggies’ next game is against Florida at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium in Gainsville, FL, on ABC on Sept. 14 at 2:30 p.m. CT.

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3 McNeese State players to watch ahead of Texas A&M’s Week 2 matchup

Here are three McNeese State players to watch ahead of Saturday’s game

Texas A&M’s 2024 season began with a disappointing 23-13 loss to Notre Dame.

The game was tied 13-13 with just four minutes left in the fourth quarter, as Irish QB Riley Leonard led his team down the field for a go-ahead touchdown, virtually ending the game. Set to face FCS opponent McNeese State this weekend, Texas A&M’s offense will be under the microscope.

After passing for only 100 yards and two interceptions to open the year, Aggies starting quarterback Conner Weigman will look to find holes in the Cowboys’ secondary. At the same time, McNeese State’s offense will look to establish the run early and use the legs to their star QB.

Here are three McNeese State players to watch ahead of Texas A&M vs. McNeese State.

QB Clifton McDowell

Standing at 6-5 and 230 pounds, McDowell entered the transfer portal after spending last season with Montana, leading the Grizzlies to the FCS title game in 2023.

Finding a home in Louisiana with a Cowboys team needing a steady signal caller. Texas A&M’s secondary should keep him at bay, but his legs could give the defense issues after allowing Riley Leonard to rush for 63 yards last Saturday. In two games this season, McDowell has thrown for 273 yards and two touchdowns and rushed for 132 yards and two touchdowns.

Note: Clifton McDowell is questionable to play in the game due to injury

LB Micah Davey 

McNeese State has some dudes on the defensive side of the ball, starting with junior linebacker Micah Davey, who accounted for 130 tackles, 70 solo tackles, two sacks, two forced fumbles, and two pass deflections last season. Already netting 31 tackles and half a sack in two games, Davey will be all over the field against the Aggies.

DL Stephen Johnson

Like most FCS programs, utilizing the transfer portal is an absolute must, as McNeese State head coach Gary Goff went out and acquired former Auburn defensive lineman Stephen Johnson, who stands at a whopping 6-4 and 330 pounds. A powerful defender, Johnson didn’t see the field during his first season with the Tigers but has already recorded six tackles in two games. However, I expect A&M’s strong interior O-line to be prepared.

Texas A&M will host McNeese State on Saturday, Sept. 7, for an early kickoff at 11:45 a.m. The game will air on the SEC Network.

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LSU baseball gets back in the win column against McNeese on Tuesday night

After falling out of the baseball polls for the first time in a year, the Tigers bounced back with a blowout win on Tuesday.

After falling out of the baseball polls for the first time in a year, the Tigers looked to get some good news. They got just that with a 16-0 victory over McNeese.

[autotag]Jared Jones[/autotag] got the scoring started in the bottom of the first inning with a solo homer. [autotag]Paxton Kling[/autotag] followed that with an RBI single and [autotag]Stephen Milam[/autotag] cleared the bases with a three-RBI triple to give LSU a 5-0 lead.

In the bottom of the second inning, [autotag]Mac Bingham[/autotag] was credited with two RBI via a bunt single to increase the lead to 7-0.

In the bottom of the third inning, Jones homered once again. This time it was a two-run shot that extended the lead to 9-0.

In the bottom of the fifth inning, [autotag]Jake Brown[/autotag] hit a two-run homer to right field to increase the LSU lead to 11-0. [autotag]Ben Nippolt[/autotag] was then hit by a pitch with bases loaded to score another run and a wild pitch resulted in [autotag]Alex Milazzo[/autotag] scoring to give LSU a 13-0 lead. Jones then hit his third homer of the night as his three-run bomb gave LSU a 16-0 lead.

LSU will be back in action on Friday night when they take on No. 4 Tennessee in Knoxville.

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Where is McNeese State located as the Cowboys play in March Madness 2024?

Cowboys head coach Will Wade didn’t have to travel too far after being fired by LSU in 2022.

McNeese State is going through the most prosperous season of basketball success in program history. All it had to do was hire one of the game’s most controversial head coaches to get there.

Will Wade had never had a losing season as a head coach and had led LSU to what would have been four straight men’s NCAA tournament appearances if not for COVID-19. Despite this, he was fired by the Tigers after the NCAA opened an investigation into his recruiting practices.

That dimmed his star and eventually led to a 10-game suspension and two-year show-cause penalty. Fortunately for him, he’d already found a new job — and it wasn’t too far from Baton Rouge.

McNeese State is located in Lake Charles, Louisiana; a city that, unsurprisingly, sits on the bank of Lake Charles in the southwestern corner of the state. That leaves it roughly 210 miles from New Orleans and 145 from Houston.

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2024 March Madness: Final Four long shots worthy of NCAA Tournament futures bet

Beat the Sportsbook: Here are the best 4 long-shot predictions and picks to make the Final Four of the NCAA Tournament.

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For this analysis, we’ll stay away from the top 20% of teams listed in the  USA TODAY Sports Coaches Poll and the top 25% seeds (top 4 each region) in the tournament brackets. We’ll look for teams whose chances of reaching the Final Four may not be a slam dunk, but they will have relative value compared to the risk. We’ll track down 4 teams at diverse price points, but value is value.

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Wisconsin Badgers (+1400)

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Wisconsin (22-13) — the 5-seed in the South Region — lost to Illinois in the Big Ten Tournament championship game, but the Badgers led that contest by 9 points inside the 15-minute mark. UW was undone by Illinois going 26 of 30 at the free-throw line.

Wisconsin beat No. 3-ranked Purdue in a Saturday Big Ten semifinal, and the Badgers had played the Boilermakers tough in an earlier loss. Top South Region seeds Houston (No. 1) and Marquette (No. 2) may end up with some injury or injury-return continuity issues, and No. 3 Kentucky needs its potent offense to click to avoid upsets. So, the Badgers have a path.

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The Aztecs (24-10) — the No. 5 in the East — are just 6-4 over their last 10 games, but they have the defense (39% field-goal accuracy allowed over those 10 games) and court skills to make for profit leverage at this price point. SDSU’s Jaedon LeDee is a power forward with possible late 1st-round NBA talent, and he could be a difference maker in a lot of key minutes  — and games — as the East Region rolls toward crowning its Final Four entrant.

Alongside LeDee, a 6-foot-9, 240-poinder averaging 21.1 points and 8.4 rebounds, San Diego State sports a veteran lineup. The Aztecs get their 1st 2 potential games in their own time zone (games in Spokane).

The futures market had shorter overall futures odds on SDSU a couple weeks ago, and they fit as a decent value when trying to find a play from back in the pack.

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The Cowboys (30-3) are tabbed as the No. 12 seed in the Midwest. Their path lays out with decent matchups, and they are a dangerous 3-point shooting team (39.4%) playing at a slower-than-average pace. That is often the formula for Cinderella runs in March.

McNeese State may have some trouble forcing enough less-than-optimum mid-range looks, but if it can catch an opponent or 2 having off-kilter shooting games it has a legitimate shot at making a run. The Cowboys create a lot of near-proximity and quality perimeter looks when they’re on offense.

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West No. 5-seed Saint Mary’s (26-7) has filed just 1 loss in 2024. The West Coast Conference champs are 18-1 — knocking down triples at a 39.9% clip along the way — over their last 19 games.

Ranked as the KenPom No. 20, they too can slow down a game and drain 3s. The Gaels also excel on defense (KenPom 3rd in defensive efficiency). SMC’s pace could be problematic for speed demons like Alabama or North Carolina, which could well be 2nd- and 3rd-round matchups.

Saint Mary’s has won tourney games each of the last 2 years and may be poised to takes things a step or 2 farther.

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Former LSU head coach Will Wade agrees to extension with McNeese State

Former LSU basketball coach Will Wade signed an extension with McNeese after a 20-3 start.

Former LSU basketball coach and current McNeese State coach [autotag]Will Wade[/autotag] will be remaining in Louisiana.

According to Jon Rothstein, Wade signed a five-year contract extension that will pay $700,000 per year.

If another program wants to hire Wade this cycle, it’ll have to pay McNeese a $1.25 million buyout. Next year, that number drops to $1 million.

Wade is finding success in his first season. McNeese is 20-3 and ranks 76th in KenPom. The Cowboys are a heavy favorite to win the Southland Conference, which would put Wade back in the NCAA Tournament.

Wade coached at LSU from 2017-22, but he was fired following LSU receiving a notice of allegations, largely surrounding the men’s basketball program under Wade.

At LSU, Wade went 105-51. His program appeared in the NCAA Tournament three times, though he only got the chance to coach in one of them.

Wade is well-connected in Louisiana and has recruited well at McNeese thus far, but McNeese is looking at a different level of prospect than LSU, so nothing has come at the Tigers’ expense.

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Former LSU coach Will Wade, McNeese stun Michigan

Will Wade is finding early success at his new gig.

Former LSU men’s basketball coach [autotag]Will Wade[/autotag] is finding early success at his newest stop.

Wade returned to the college coaching ranks this offseason as he accepted a job at McNeese, and despite serving a 10-game suspension as a result of the NCAA allegations against him, which ultimately resulted in his ouster from LSU, his team is 11-2, ranks 54th in the NET and pulled off its most impressive win of the season on Friday night.

The Cowboys stunned Big Ten foe Michigan in a buy game, giving them their second Quadrant 2 win of the season. They have the best record in the Southland Conference by a wide margin and are a likely NCAA Tournament team.

That’s obviously a tough pill to swallow for LSU, which has struggled quite a bit since Wade was fired. New coach [autotag]Matt McMahon[/autotag] went just 2-16 in SEC play in Year 1, and his team sits at 8-5 heading into what will be a very difficult conference schedule.

Wade, meanwhile, could find himself back in a big-time job sooner rather than later.

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Former LSU coach Will Wade has strong words for NCAA

Former LSU basketball coach Will Wade had some strong words for the NCAA on Friday.

Former LSU basketball coach [autotag]Will Wade[/autotag] is back on the sideline, remaining in Louisiana and leading McNeese State.

Wade was fired by LSU in March of 2022 after LSU received its notice of allegations from the NCAA. That trouble led McNeese to suspend Wade the first nine games of this season, but it now looks to be in the rearview mirror for the polarizing coach.

At a press conference on Friday morning, Wade was candid on his feelings regarding the NCAA. Spoiler alert: He’s not a fan.

“Legally, a lot of what the NCAA does it just flat illegal, I’ve learned that,” Wade said.

“There’s a reason they’re trying to get anti-trust exemption from Congress. They just need to blow the whole thing up and come back with a new model.”

Wade added the NCAA needs to engage in collective bargaining with the players and said until that happens, the NCAA will continue to get “smacked in court.”

This is a strong statement from Wade, who’s no stranger to NCAA controversy. At LSU, seven Level I allegations were levied against Wade’s program.

Despite leading LSU to three NCAA tournament appearances, he was only able to coach in one of them due to his suspension in 2019 and his firing in 2022.

Despite all that, Wade seems to be on to something with the NCAA as this remains an era of radical change for the sport.

McNeese is 9-2 and ranked in the KenPom top 100.

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LSU baseball to hold two more intrasquad scrimmages, exhibition vs. McNeese this weekend

LSU will host scrimmages on Friday and Saturday before facing McNeese in a road exhibition Sunday.

LSU’s fall ball schedule continues to chug along, and it’s starting to wind down to a close.

Not yet, though. Coach Jay Johnson’s defending national championship team will take the field at Alex Box Stadium two more times this weekend as it will host intrasquad scrimmages on Friday at 5 p.m. CT and Saturday at 11:30 a.m.

Both scrimmages are open to the public with gates opening 15 minutes prior to first pitch.

Then, on Sunday, the team will hit the road to go to Lake Charles and take on McNeese in its first exhibition. Tickets to that one are already sold out.

Johnson is looking to build a dynasty after winning a title in Year 2, and he once again brought in a talented haul with the transfer portal and high school recruiting.

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