BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) — Louisiana State Police want people to send tips as it is closely monitoring possible threats made to schools. The agency said it is not aware of any credible threats made to Louisiana schools but is monitoring tips, leads and information sources while working with federal, state and local partners to investigate.

Louisiana State Police say they have been monitoring incidents nationwide regarding threats of violence made against schools.

Smart's teams have overcome games like this in the past and there's no reason to believe they won't do the same thing this year as the opponents on their schedule get tougher. Meanwhile, Alabama looked like a College Football Playoff contender in a 42-10 thumping of Wisconsin in Madison.

Texas coach Steve Sarkisian says the freshman quarterback will get his first career start Saturday as Quinn Ewers continues to recover from a strained muscle.

Injuries and a new starting quarterback could either be the best or the worst thing for the Longhorns on Saturday against a ULM team that's 2-0 and hungry for another win.