HAMMOND - The Southeastern Lions are hunting a win in an annual rivalry game as well as a spot in the FCS Playoffs and both could come with a win over Nicholls on Thursday night in the River Bell Classic in Hammond.

The regular season finale between SLU (8-3, 6-1 SLC) and the visiting Colonels (4-7, 4-3 SLC) kicks off at 6:00 p.m. and will be televised on ESPN+.

"They are a hard nosed, physical football team. They've always been that way. When Tim (Rebowe) was there, their defense led the way," Lions head coach Frank Scelfo said of the end of season rivalry game.

"Those guys play hard, obviously, for this game, they're going to play hard again. That's just what they do. And we've got to obviously match that intensity or exceed it for us to be able to get to where we want to go," Scelfo

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