The LSU football team is slated for another appearance on CBS — its fifth of the season — when it faces No. 13 Arkansas two days after Thanksgiving.
The Southeastern Conference announced Monday that CBS would televise the game Nov. 26 at 2:30 p.m. The network has televised LSU’s tilts with Tennessee, Auburn and Alabama, and it will air this Saturday’s match against Ole Miss.
The game will be played in Little Rock, Ark., rather than Fayetteville. The Razorbacks traditionally play several games in Little Rock’s War Memorial Stadium. Arkansas’ Sept. 11 game against Louisiana-Monroe was also played in Little Rock.
The last time LSU played Arkansas in War Memorial Stadium was in 2008, when the Razorbacks came away with a 31-30 win on a last-minute touchdown pass from quarterback Casey Dick to wide receiver London Crawford.
The LSU-Arkansas series has traditionally been played the Friday afternoon after Thanksgiving, but CBS moved the game to Saturday last season.
The Iron Bowl rivalry between Alabama and Arkansas, which is usually played on the Saturday after Thanksgiving, has been moved to Friday for the 2009 game and this year’s game because of contract agreements with CBS.
Four other SEC games will be televised during Thanksgiving weekend. Kentucky-Tennessee will be on the SEC Network; the Ole Miss-Mississippi State “Egg Bowl” rivalry will air on ESPNU; Wake Forest at Vanderbilt will be on Comcast Sports; and Georgia Tech at Georgia will air on ESPN.
Florida State plays host to Florida, and South Carolina travels to Clemson. Television status has not been announced for either of those games.
 
 
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