The Louisiana-Monroe football team has been looking forward to its trip to Lafayette this weekend since last Nov. 26, when Louisiana-Lafayette knocked ULM out of the New Orleans Bowl with a 54-21 win in Monroe.
Shaquilla Smith scored 18 points as the Bossier girls advanced in the Barksdale Federal Credit Union Lady Kats Invitational with an 89-30 victory over Green Oaks on Friday night at Bossier High School.
It's a big weekend in college football. There are three conference championship games that will determine BCS bids. What makes them even bigger is that, in each case, the loser will be out of the BCS picture.
Despite the lingering sting of a last-minute loss to Sun Belt Conference rival Arkansas State University on Saturday, the Troy University Trojans aren't hanging their heads.
Give the league credit for keeping one of its time-honored traditions intact, completing its schedule before Thanksgiving. No. 2 Michigan at No. 1 Ohio State, of course, will have most of the nation's attention. The biggest contest ever in the history of this heated rivalry will land the winner in the BCS championship game.
