OFFICIAL WORD: GAME POSTPONED

[Cerebus]

Link.

[Cerebus]

This probably means we won't makeup this game this season, we share no open dates except the weekend of the SEC championship, and LSU plans to be busy then.

1-AA's follow the same 11 game rule, and most of them are going to be full.

[ipd054]

LSU-North Texas Football Game Postponed Due to Katrina

Courtesy: LSU Interactive

Release: 08/30/2005

Courtesy: LSU Sports Information

The rescheduled date will be determined by the two schools and an announcement is expected within the next 36 to 48 hours.

BATON ROUGE -- LSU's football game versus North Texas, originally scheduled for this Saturday night, will be rescheduled due to the impact of Hurricane Katrina and the need for the LSU campus to participate in the recovery efforts, LSU announced Tuesday.

"The scope of this tragedy is becoming more evident as time passes, and LSU's focus is on assisting in the recovery effort of our state," said LSU chancellor Sean O'Keefe. "LSU is a primary evacuation site and we are not going to conduct any activities that could deter from our mission of assisting in the recovery mission."

"The events of yesterday and this morning have made it clear that this is not the time to play a football game," said LSU athletics director Skip Bertman. "This is a dire situation that rivals any in the history of our state, and our priorities are on participating in recovery efforts."

A number of locations on the LSU campus, and athletics facilities in particular, are being used in the recovery efforts for Hurricane Katrina. The Carl Maddox Field House is a Special Needs Shelter and the Pete Maravich Assembly Center has been designated as a triage unit for medical emergencies. The Bernie Moore Track will be utilized as a helicopter landing site for medical emergencies.

In addition, the traffic resulting from a football game could seriously impede the movement of emergency medical vehicles coming from the New Orleans area.

The rescheduled date will be determined by the two schools and an announcement is expected within the next 36 to 48 hours on the planned date.

[MeanGreenPOP]

Fox Sports SUX...they are still reporting at 4PM that the game is still on

[FirefightnRick]

As I mentioned last night, MTSU runs the wide open spread.......

Rick

[MeanGreen61]

Post by 96BullDog on the Tech board.

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I listened to Tim Brando's show today on The Sporting News Radio network. He interviewed the PR guy from the Saints and one thing he mentioned is they are already thinking about four sites for their "home" games since the Superdome probably won't be available for long while. Those sites were Baton Rouge, Shreveport, San Antonio, and Houston.

Brando also interviewed someone from the LSU AD's office. They believe that the North Texas game will be played, but because they don't share open dates it will take some cooperation from other teams on the two school's schedules. They have already have had some conversations with these other schools and things are going well.

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[meangreenfreak]

As I mentioned last night, MTSU runs the wide open spread.......

Rick

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Please explain.

[MootPoint]

Please explain.

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Just ask some of the older guys about weekends up there. . . .