The Athletic Department encourages fans to carpool, expect delays and arrive to both campus and seats early for the Tigers’ Saturday game against No. 1 Alabama.Student gates open at 11:45 a.m., according to a broadcast e-mail. Seventeenth-ranked LSU hosts the 2:30 kickoff in Death Valley, with several pre-game activities.ESPN’s College GameDay will broadcast from the LSU golf course “old front nine” grass area near the intersection of Nicholson Drive and Burbank Dive, and GameDay radio will be Burbank Dive in the field next to Walk-On’s Bistreaux and Bar.New Orleans musician Trombone Shorty will perform at 10 a.m. on the Tiger One Village stage, where Jim Hawthrone will host his pre-game show at 12:30 p.m.Additionally, the LSU cheerleaders and the Tiger Band will lead the audience in a rehearsal of the “Oh-Wee-Oh” chant at 1:20 in Tiger Stadium so students can learn the new cheer, which replaces the controversial “you suck” with “Tigers,” according to Student Government President Colorado Robertson.In the broadcast e-mail, the Athletic Department also reminded only full-time LSU students with vail LSUID are able to enter the game with a student ticket.——Contact The Daily Reveille news staff at [email protected]
ESPN GameDay, Trombone Shorty and “Oh-Wee-Oh” add to Bama buzz – 12:45 p.m.
November 7, 2008