Update (Nov. 2, 5:20 p.m.) — Babcock Partners received a notice Wednesday from Collegiate Licensing Company stating that the University of Alabama’s ticket policy prohibits the use of game tickets in promotions.
The firm has ceased its ticket giveaway opportunity and replaced it with a $1,000 cash prize in lieu of the tickets. Fans must “like” the  by 7 p.m. today, with the drawing scheduled for 8 p.m.
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For the earth-shaking game between LSU and Alabama, tickets are hard to come by.
But like many intensely-hyped events, there are interesting opportunities to win free tickets.
The LSU women’s basketball scrimmage tonight against Xavier University of Louisiana at the PMAC will give fans the opportunity to win two free tickets to Saturday’s game.
To qualify for the prize, fans are required to show up to tonight’s 7 p.m. game wearing their most spirited LSU gear. A special few will be chosen among the most spirited to enter a dance-off competition during halftime, and the winner will be awarded the coveted tickets.
For those who don’t want to get down in front of thousands of people, there’s still hope.
Babcock Partners, LLC, a Baton Rouge law firm, is also giving away two tickets to the game.
Stephen Babcock, the firm’s founder, decided to give away his tickets because his wedding conflicted with the game.
“I wanted to try to give some people that maybe didn’t have the Alabama tickets in their budget an opportunity to go,” Babcock said.
Most people would have sold the tickets if they couldn’t go, but Babcock thought otherwise.
“I could’ve sold the tickets on StubHub, put a couple thousand dollars in my pocket, and have some spending money on my honeymoon,” Babcock said. “But, quite frankly, I thought it would be cooler to give them sweepstakes.”
The winner will be announced via the Facebook page tonight.
“The number [of entrants] that we have gotten has far exceeded anything that we thought that we would,” Babcock said. “We were expecting a couple hundred, and we ended up with a couple thousand.”
 
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