UPDATE: LSU VS. NORTH TEXAS GAME POSTPONED

[TigerSport]

PC at 4:30 from LSU AD

From another board...

LSU VS. NORTH TEXAS GAME POSTPONED DUE TO HURRICANE KATRINA

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.

[Harry]

Good for them. This was the right decision.

[PURPLEKATS_03CHAMPS]

Thanks TigerSport, I just posted the link.

[greenjoe]

I just got a call from the University owned hotel that the game HAD been postponed. However, she also said that the game would be played Oct. 29. I told her that NT had a home game that day.

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[MeanGreenPOP]

I agree....as bad as I wanted to go down there wearing my water cannon full of green dye that was the best decision...even if we have to cancel the game because there is not a good date to re-play...we will survive without it...the people down there need help not a football game

[SCREAMING EAGLE-66]

I just got a call from the University owned hotel that the game HAD been postponed.  However, she also said that the game would be played Oct. 29.  I told her that NT had a home game that day. 

Stay tuned for further details.

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-----She probably is right....Our scheduled game that day is La.Monroe... another La. team... That game may be moved to the end of the season to clear space for LSU. Pressure and rewards to Monroe could be applied without much trouble I would think. Besides they would be more sympathic than some other school being an in-state university. That will put our last game closer to bowl time ---assuming we can get there again.

Edited August 30, 2005 by SCREAMING EAGLE-66

[ntmeangreen11]

Good. Maybe a demoralized 6-4 non bcs-bowl going tiger team will come in to the game dissapointed on the seasons performance and get upseted.