Looking up: Former LSU defensive back Tyrann Mathieu announced today his plan to enter the next NFL draft. In a statement announcing the decision, Mathieu says, “It is time for me to move forward.” Mathieu thanked his parents and LSU coach Les Miles in his statement, as well as his former Tiger teammates. “I am sorry that I was not able to complete my journey at LSU, but I will always support LSU in any way I can. To my teammates, you are my brothers. You have kept me going. I will do my best to make you all proud of me,” he says. ESPN has the full story here.
Time to move on: An Alabama football fan got a dressing-down today and two years in prison for obscenity caught in a viral video with an unconscious LSU fan after last year’s BCS championship game. In New Orleans, State District Judge Karen Herman told Brian Downing of Smiths Station, Ala., that he’s a bully who has permanently damaged someone else’s life. Downing declined to say anything before the judge sentenced him as part of a plea deal. The full story is here.
Welcome to Atlanta: The Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport has confirmed eggs were thrown at the New Orleans Saints’ bus shortly after the team’s airplane landed there Wednesday night, The Times-Picayune reports. It has been reported that airport workers threw eggs at the bus, but airport administrators will confirm only that airline workers were on the ramp in the area. The Saints (5-6) are in Atlanta to take on the Falcons (10-1), their biggest rival, in a game tonight that kicks off at 7:20 p.m. Click here.
